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tblue37 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-01-10 06:21 PM
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8. Don't forget, this is the same country where the state of Texas had a law
that allowed Oprah to be sued for defaming beef! (In fact, Dr. Phil got his start when he helped Oprah's lawyers with their jury selection process during that suit.)

I remember some other state passed a law that forbade the criticism of vegetables grown in the state. I don't know wether that law was rescinded, though.

The Texas beef industry eclaimed Oprah's show about Mad Cow disease had hurt their business, and the state with the veggie law was worried that its produce industry might be hurt by some scare like the one that turned people against apples from California one year.
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