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Bush is on a roll.
Bush: If you oppose the immigration bill, you are a terrorist

President Bush today accused opponents of his proposed immigration measure of fear-mongering to defeat it in Congress, and took on his own conservative political base as he did so.

“If you want to scare the American people, what you say is the bill’s an amnesty bill,” Mr. Bush said this afternoon at a training center for border enforcement agents located in this town in Georgia’s southeastern corner. “That’s empty political rhetoric, trying to frighten our citizens.”

Bush Finally Fires Up the Base

Bluey at RedState:

In my nearly six years living in Washington, all under the reign of President Bush, I can’t recall a time when conservatives and the Bush Administration have clashed so virulently. The issue of immigration has divided traditional allies and caused what could be an irreparable rift.
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Bush’s decision yesterday to insult and demean critics of the bill didn’t help. In fact, it’s caused such a backlash that opponents are now even more devoted to stopping the bill. One leading critic wrote to me today, “His remarks were offensive to many grassroots citizens and activists. How elitist! Outrage is growing because of remarks like these—just tune in any talk radio program or read any newspaper.”

Thank you, Mr. President, for finally giving your base an issue to rally around. Unfortunately for you, it could be your ultimate undoing.

I do not undrestand why you are shocked. For six years he has gone to the fear card. I have no doubt that he wil call the meat company a terrorist organization if push comes to shove.

"Money doesn’t talk, it swears”

One the policy side, this is asinine.  Exactly what part of interstate commerce does this affect?

On the engineering/statistics side, I don’t know how good of an idea this company has.  I would think that a good look at how mad cow is passed on would encourage the meatpacker to first make sure that the herd isn’t eating animal based feed, and then test a sample.  False positives and oversampling are realities that good statisticians avoid.

I think it’s a case of ‘Let sleeping dogs lie’.
The concern is (probably) greater than it appears. British beef has only recently been cleared for export since our MCD problem in the nineties.
If there were extensive testing in the US, then it may discovered that the disease is more rife than previously thought, which could seriously affect exports and domestic consumption.

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

Big buisiness imposing their will on small competitors and the people via the government?
Nahhhhh!!!!!!!! Not in this free trade paradise called USA!!!

Nahhhhh!!!!!!!! Not in this free trade paradise called USA!!!

“Free trade paradise”? How quaint.

Not in this country.

“Big business” doesn’t hold a candle to the lowliest bureaucrat. They have no power beyond government favors. Government is the problem here because they hold the power.

“Big business” doesn’t hold a candle to the lowliest bureaucrat. They have no power beyond government favors. Government is the problem here because they hold the power.
likwidshoe on May 31, 2007 at 08:32 pm
Theyhave tons of power. For they tell the lowliest and highest bureaucrats how to word the laws to their advantage. Thus the political class in our beloved USA is subservient to the monied class,yours and Robert108’s protestations to the contrary not withstanding.