A Free Trade Fiasco

Hey diddle diddle, the NCBA played the fiddle
While Packers profits soared over the moon,
Queen Anne (Veneman) laughed to see such a sight
And congress ran away with out COOL
It’s amazing I’d say, the games USDA can play
When reporting on an imported BSE infected cow.
The consumer survey, declared confidence OK
So whys futures rolled limit down now?
No more meat to Japan, ban downer cows is the plan
To keep emotion and hysteria running high.
Untold millions can be made, on the Chicago Board of Trade
If they can just keep this story front page.
FDA’s playing the game, it always the same
Just trot out the witch doctors of sound science.
Ask what you please, but don’t ever tease
Cause they proved GMO’s share no blame.
Spray it, inject it, there’s no way to infect it.
Imported food we should eat, green Mexican onions can’t be beat.
US producers took the hit, packers lackeys spread the shit
And the media keeps showing that old British cow.
You say its Ok, this will all go away
We’ll soon forget what’s happening right now?
The question not asked or answered for me,
Is what happens when we find cow number two and then cow number three?

Stephen Anderson
Alma, KS