US to import chicken from China??

[me b zola]

As I walked by the tv earlier this evening, I heard a tease for an upcoming news piece, I believe it was Lou Dobbs, that (I believe) said that the US is going to start importing chicken from China. I was busy at the time and unable to stay and listen for the story.

I have googled and found nothing, I have gone to CNN website and found nothing. Did anyone else hear what I thought I heard?


edited to say:

I really want to clarify that I heard the story/tease correctly. Yes, the implications are horrible if what I thought I heard are true, but I want to verify the story first. As a poster below has pointed out, we have always been EXPORTERS of chicken.

[Clark2008]

1. Why not?

We import every fucking thing else from there.

:grr:

[rox63]

2. Home of the bird flu outbreak?

Fuckin' wonderful... :sarcasm:

[pitohui]

3. we export chicken

i would be surprised if you heard that right

there was a lot of chicken, waiting to be exported FROM usa, before katrina, maybe it was a report on how chicken EXPORTS have resumed

but really i am just guessing based on v. little information

[babylonsister]

4. Just great; there aren't enough poultry farms here, or do they

welcome varied diseases so they can use those detention centers? I'd say sarcasm, but I wonder.

[lovuian]

5. I'm going to pork next Bacon here I come

Its almost like they want to have the Bird Flu epeidemic here...

[astonamous]

6. I guess the bird flu isn't spreading fast enough for

the dictator in the White House. He needs some excuse to implement martial law.

[Deb]

7. Yes, I heard/saw part of it too

Hubby was flipping through stations and I made him stop. They showed a vehicle with it's tires being washed off and how the bird flu would cause a controversy on the importation. I didn't get to see the whole report. Who would buy that stuff right now?

[me b zola]

8. Do you know which show it was on?

I tried to google it and could find nothing. I think the implications are horrific, so I would really like to see a transcript or white paper before I sound the alarm.

[Contrary1]

9. And on a related note...some early Saturday morning satire:

President Bush Encourages Choking of Chickens to Fight Flu
January 25, 2006

"President Bush shocked the international community this week by encouraging world leaders to start 'choking their chickens' to fight the deadly Avian Flu. The remarks were made at a Houston fundraiser benefiting the group Washington Aid for Systematic People, sponsored by some rich Texan with a lot of cattle.

'I really don’t see how I ---as leader of the greatest nation on earth, which does have the greatest chickens----even I cannot ignore the egg that has been laid. I will answer the clucks. They are due for slaughter anyway, but this time we won’t bar-b-que them. No. No matter how great our homegrown hens taste, they are sick and don’t feel too good. Not good enough to eat. So it’s undeniable. I have been telling Laura for weeks now that it is time to get those wrists warmed-up for the ‘ole grab and twist, but she doesn’t want to face up to reality. She likes to eat ‘em down to the bone.'

<snip>

When asked if he was scared of catching the Avian Flu, President Bush shrugged. 'I told you people that I would gladly answer any questions you had about that bird flu. But I don’t know shinola about this...this new flu caused by Evian. The twins drink a lot of that stuff. Me, I stick to good ‘ole tap water. Secretary of State Rice will have to fill me in on that. She’s my SOS on the streets, you know. But I can’t have her in the same room with me trying to learn me up on another flu when I am trying to prevent a hendemic---it is hard to choke a chicken when she is around.'

Later that day, one of the Bush twins was spotted entering the Oval Office with a bucket of KFC Original Recipe and a twelve-pack. The White House officially declined comment, but sources report that both twins have been “doing their part” by stocking up on Vaseline..."

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_tara_par_060125_president_bush_encou.htm