Time to Take Action

[Mike]

Gary Weber: (On the Oprah Show-1996)"I'm saying we do not have the disease here" (In the U.S.)

 

[mrj]

Gary Weber: (On the Oprah Show-1996)"I'm saying we do not have the disease here" (In the U.S.)

Mike, what was the date of that show?

What was the date of the first confirmed case of BSE found in the USA?

Is it, or is it not true that at the time of that comment, IF there was BSE in the USA, no one knew about it?

NCBA members and leaders still believe the best course if to go with the science re. BSE. Obviously, the consumers who participate in NCBA focus groups do as well.

The carefully designed testing protocol still meets the needs of the USA. Why should that best science be abandoned in favor of serving a faulty perception that more testing will add safety to this situation? That would be perpetrating fraud on consumers, IMO.

 

[mrj]

Mike, what was the date of that show?

What was the date of the first confirmed case of BSE found in the USA?

Is it, or is it not true that at the time of that comment, IF there was BSE in the USA, no one knew about it?

NCBA members and leaders still believe the best course if to go with the science re. BSE. Obviously, the consumers who participate in NCBA focus groups do as well.

The carefully designed testing protocol still meets the needs of the USA. Why should that best science be abandoned in favor of serving a faulty perception that more testing will add safety to this situation? That would be perpetrating fraud on consumers, IMO.

You are WRONG. It's sad that you can be so naive and let yourself be so deceived. If you really cared, you would bother to actually pay attention to real experts, not paid publicists. Didn't you read the Steve Mitchell article, quote from Dr. Paul Brown. And thousands of posts here.

I pray that you never have to face losing a friend or family member to a TSE. If you do, you will live to regret these words. Fraud is the silliest word you could use. Tell that to the International Committee hired by the USDA. You need to just come out and say it -- the NCBA could give a d**n about the health of the consumers.

reader2, it is sad that you will not consider the possibility that YOU are wrong in whom you choose to believe.

Why do you persist in equating NCBA and particularly Dr. Gary Weber with the 'Great Satan'? It is absolute fact that NCBA is committed to following the best of science re. BSE.

What is your basis for saying that NCBA cares nothing for the health of consumers? It certainly is not a fact. How many NCBA members or staff do you know personally? Why would you assume that the 26,000+ plus members are all evil, or duped and deceived by evil people leading us on? Surely, you should have some factual basis for such accusations.

Which one of the reams of propaganda is the one by Steve Mitchell that you seam so high on? I've read tons of stuff and do not remember that name right now. Direct me to it and I will look at it.

MRJ

 

[TimH]

reader (the second) wrote....

You are d**ned lucky that I like ranchers and I am by no means a vegetarian since I am actually sympathetic to your positions and your product. I could be a real force against beef, which I am NOT being, so count your blessings.

Couldn't sleep last night, R2?? Maybe tired and a little crabby??? I hope that is all because otherwise, that sounded almost like a thinly veiled threat of some kind. :shock:
But then again, that's just my ignorant,uneducated, hillbilly opinion. :wink:
I'll go and "count my blessings" if you'll take a nap.