There's a whole lot of hysteria in the media surrounding the effect of the Mad Cow on the beef industry and how exports are disappearing. Let's get some perspective folks...

Exports make up 10% of the domestic beef industry's production. 10%...Are Americans going to stop eating burgers? Not unless you've witnessed the seventh sign of the Apocalypse and forgot to mention it to me...

It's a given that the whole Mad Cow thing is not exactly a godsend for the beef industry. But really folks, if you're that worried about it just order 2 Big Macs the next time you're in the drive-through instead of one...