Here is a link to a story on MSN how the Bush administration in a parting shot at France put a 300% tariff on roquefort cheese in retaliation for the european ban on U.S. beef with hormones. Now granted we import a small amount of this luxury item, but for the small group of french farmers who raise the special sheep and call this their living it is unfair. Can we ruin anymore lives? Of course those who gave up french wine, french fries, french toast and french dressing(I never did understand any of that) believing that they were taking a stand against the evil french for not supporting the US led war in Iraq(once again the French were right)this probably seems fair and justified. French haters rejoice the evil roquefort is off the shelves.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28907462
This would seem trivial and funny, but it really once again underlines the prvious admin's "piss on you" philosophy and we are not going to play fair because we are the "big boys with the big guns" well the big boys have taken a big fall and taken the rest of the world with them "hail capitolism". I don't really want to eat beef with hormones and antibiotics either and while we always think of Europe as backward, they really are more progressive than us in many ways. They tend to recognize environmental and health issues before the US and act on them. Chaney said years ago that when it comes to the US "our standard of living would not be compromised." That may have been around the time of his secret closed door meetings with oil tycoons---look where oil futures went under this administration. Well guess what it has been compromised. In many ways our consumption abuse needed to be reigned in so it might be that the Bush administration will be recognized for that feat.
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This is a strange, interesting story. The politics of food! This attitude is why millions of people are starving in poorer countries than America or France. Somebody has to be in control regardless of the consequences. I am glad the USA banned foie gras from entering our country. (see article) Poultry is tortured to produce that product. Why Irish oatmeal was banned I do not know. Did the Quacker people protest? Like I said before, the politics of food is both interesting and catastrophic.
As time passes we learn more about the incredible indifference to human need that pervaded the Bush administration. Why would the Taliban attack again...we managed to attack ourselves via 2 of the 7 deadly sins: greed and lust for power. Ellen
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