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So, America got its own case of BSE now. And what’s the first thing Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman points out?

I have been in contact with Secretary Ridge and I would emphasize that based on the information available this incident is not terrorist related nor is it related in any way to our nation’s heightened alert status. I cannot stress this point strongly enough.

Am I the only one to whom this sounds pretty paranoid? Maybe you get this as a side effect if you try to classify the world into five easy-to-understand categories.

Meanwhile the German churches ask the nation to work up the courage for changes. Yeah, right. What about changing yourself first?