Mad Cow! Mad Cow!

When a single cow in Canada was found to be possibly infected with mad cow disease, our friendly neighbors to the South went nuts, banning our beef way past the time it was shown that there really wasn't any threat*.

Now, the americans have their own homegrown case of Mad Cow disease, so I think we should extend them the same courtesy they showed us. Lets go nuts, shut down some borders, demand that they slaughter their herds, etc. etc.

*Of course, the hamburger that I eat poses much more of a threat to me in terms of heart disease than in terms of getting some other disease mildly related to BSE, but its important to never let facts get in the way of a good bout of paranoia.

Update: Turns out that Canada is going to lead by example, which is probably a better move, but petty revenge would have been so much more satisfying...