Evanston

Everybody,

We will be meeting at Prairie Moon at 7:00 p.m tonight. Look for us at the large common table in front.

Also, Jan asked me to pass this article on to the group:

http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/contributors/1755

see you there,

John

Hello!

The Evanston chapter of Drinking Liberally will meet tomorrow at 7pm at the Prairie Moon. Join us for intelligent conversation. Hey, at least we know what the Bush Doctrine is!

Hasta Luego,
Lynn

Everybody,

We will be having our regular meeting tonight at Prairie Moon at 7:00 p.m. We should be gathering at the common table in front as usual.

See you there,

John

Little tidbit from "Beat the Press". How can you get away with preventing a company from trying to protect the public?????

Illegal Mad Cow Testing: Where are the Free Marketers?

This small item in the NYT deserves more attention. The Department of Agriculture banned a small meat packer from testing its cattle for Mad Cow disease. It seems that the problem is that the big meat packers don't want the expense of testing their cattle, but they also don't want this small meat packer of getting a competitive advantage from being able to certify that its beef as been tested and shown to be free of Mad Cow disease.

This is just a wonderful example showing that the Bush administration conservatives have no interest in the free market or "you are on your own" economics. They are prepared to use the heavy hand of the government to ensure that small meat packers do not win out over bigger more politically powerful meat packers. It is clear that the Bush administration is not prepared to tell the big meat packers that "you are on your own."

[Thanks to Ben Zipperer for the head up.]

--Dean Baker
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Hello!

Join the Evanston chapter of Drinking Liberally on Wednesday at 7pm at the Prairie Moon. We will discuss the burning issue of the day: Why did John McCain choose Daisy Duke as his running mate?

Hasta Luego,
Lynn