I did look through the CU site and did a search on "stories" by Mike Hansen. Turned up 10, all surely heartwarming to an R-CALF indoctrinated person........and carrying serious warning flags to anyone who does not buy into the isolationist trade policies they espouse.

Stories by Hansen fit very well with the attempts to discredit USDA, modern current beef safety practices, testing and re-testing "mad cow" suspects, and releasing data on cattle tested for mad-cow.

BTW, you tried to make it appear that I said CU is a "radical anti-beef organization". I did NOT say that. I said that many of the activist organizations are interconnected (via directors, funding sources and more), and that they have taken some anti-beef stands.

I would say that publicly going to consumers with CU complaints against USDA, using inflammatory language to induce fears into consumers in order to entice consumers into supporting their position against USDA, should be considered quite extreme activism. They lead us to believe USDA is NOT following the best science re. BSE. Maybe you believe that, but I, along with many others do not.

MRJ

MRJ