Mark Dopp of the American Meat Association says all Canadian cattle should be allowed into the U.S., given that the two countries now have almost identical rules in place when it comes to testing for and dealing with cases of mad cow disease.

“Calling Canadian beef unsafe is like calling your twin sister ugly,” he said Monday.

It doesn’t get much more straightforward than that.

The details seem a little bit thin (WND.com cites a “secret Defense Intelligence Agency report” and indicates that there is a joint FBI/US Customs Service investigation), but it could be true I suppose; eventually someone finds the holes in any given set of sanctions. Particularly, when that someone is under the Great American Thumb, so to speak. On the other hand, maybe President Hussein is tired of trying to sell oil and has decided that PS2 speculating offers a better profit margin? A possibility hinted at (tongue in cheeck, I think) by the UpsideToday article where I saw this originally.

Hat tip to Salon.com