I’m no health-food nut. In fact, I often just shake my head in sympathy when I think of those poor things when they get sick, worrying and wondering why they can’t point to a specific food to blame.
Two cows meet at a fence. “This mad-cow disease sure is scary,” says the first. “I know what you mean,” replies the second. “Good thing it doesn’t hurt us chickens.”
I’m not surprised that we’ve identified a case of mad-cow disease in the United States. With the number of cattle we have, it was bound to happen sometime. We should probably begin by saying thanks to a novelist named Upton Sinclair and his most famous book, The Jungle.