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“People – Nothing to see here – please move on.”

Just like a million motorists hoping to catch a glimpse at the possibility of their future splayed out on the side of the road, rubbernecking as they creep along to their domiciles, many of the American Idiots are glued to their televisions awaiting any sort of coverage on the Swine Flu!

ENOUGH ALREADY!

In a 1 hour news broadcast last night, a full 23 minutes was devoted to the Swine Flu, which to this point has only infected 60 people out of 350 million in the United States (which I think translates to like .0000000172 % of the population).  

People are driving in droves to their local pharmacy or drug store and snatching up every single item off the shelf to do with anti-viral meds, masks, etc. etc. in hopes of being more preventive than reactive.  GOOD FOR YOU.  Want preventive medicine?

WASH YOUR FUCKING HANDS!

Wow – was that clear enough?  The Fear Monger Engine is in full swing and the media is proliferating it and the American Idiot is eating it up!

Sad, sad, sad….

So here we have a story about Michael Vick and what he will be doing after he is released from jail.  He is a major player in the NFL and quite a superb athlete who made a huge mistake.  He has spent that last 2 years in Jail re-paying his debt to society and yet NO ONE WILL TOUCH HIM.  

What the hell does this say about our Penal system and its worth to us all.  You do the crime, you do the time and you are still branded with a YELLOW CARD.  Fuckin’ Les Miserables all over.

He did wrong and he has almost finished paying his debt to society.  Let him back into the NFL – let him make a living – let him become a better person for his mistakes.

My blog, my two cents.

Bill

Folks – do not be fooled by the mainstream media.  Do not be taken in by the color graphics and the concerned look on the reporters face.  Do not, I repeat, DO NOT PANIC!

Is there something occurring, called the Swine Flu?  Yes.

Could it be fatal? It has shown to be in about 8% of the cases in Mexico City.

Is it in America?  Yes, a less virulent form of it.

But TURN ON THE NEWS or LISTEN TO THE RADIO and that is all we are hearing over the past few days… Swine This… and Swine That!

Did you know that on average, every year, there are 36,000 DEATHS from the common Flu Virus in AMERICA!? (source: LINK)  From the same article, it states that over 200,000 people require hospitalization.  

Yesterday the news agencies reported on how the STOCK MARKET was not fairing well because of fears about the SWINE FLU PANDEMIC – they are already ‘bracing’ us for the moniker of PANDEMIC – OK – Question – Does anyone know what a PANDEMIC is?

The Definition of Pandemic is:

pandemic |panˈdemik|adjective
(of a disease) prevalent over a whole country or the world.

Prevalent over a WHOLE country or the WORLD?  Hmmm – not quite there yet.  Not even in the same ballpark – the common FLU infects MORE PEOPLE a year than this thing is.  

Am I worried – I am worried about any thing that has the potential for doing any damage to my body more than I stupidly allow to happen through my own recklessness – that includes the cold, the flu, walking up a hill in the snow in my underwear!!!  But I am not worried about this.

Further proof that the mainstream media are a bunch of fear-mongers is that I turned on the Channel 2 (KTVU) news this AM and the first 7 minutes are all Swine related with a picture of the world splayed behind the newscaster that has certain countries painted in bright RED colors – including Mexico, the United States, Spain and I think Ireland or Scotland…  I mean – WTF?!

If seeing Swine Flu Outbreak as a caption and then BLOOD RED graphics of where it is doesn’t drive the fear perishing… I don’t know what else would.  

Lay off the sensationalism and please try to have responsible journalism – idiots!

So why is it that we are buying into this? Why is it that the media is doing this?  I don’t have that answer – maybe we all need something to occupy our time and give us a focus that the entire country can get behind. Maybe it has to do with unifying under one issue. 

Now excuse me while I go an purchase an allotment of Tami-Flu Anti-Viral drugs and N95 NIOSH classified respirator masks…  Hey – can’t be too safe, can you?

Bill