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thank you, but I deal with enough guys who look and act like this at the clubs!!! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by chefmike
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Originally Posted by Felicia Katt
LMAOOOOOO....point taken....
I think I have the bird flu. I have a fever and every time I see a car windshield I want to poop on it. :lol:
I am not afraid of a bird flu outbreak. Last year, the only people that got the bird flu were people that worked with chickens. The bird flu has yet to pass from human-to-human contact. I am not the only one, my doctor agrees the bird flu scare is overblown.
shrubya has an epiphany...after all, he does talk to God...just ask him...
There has been, on the part of the current Bush administration, a Machiavelian strategy, probably formulated by Carl Rove,to control the population by using scare tactics. This was demonstrated in the run up to the last election when the national alert color code was being raised and lowered on a weekly basis. Recently the mayor of Ny, Bloomberg, tried the same tactic, without coordinating his ploy with the feds, when the subway/baby carriage scare occured. Remember how the Ny officials held a news conference acting like a bunch of Rambos, when the feds were saying the intel was a bunch of crap? Intersting seeing that the mayor is up for reelection. Did he steal a page from the Rove/Bush handbook?
Now, you might ask, what does this have to do with bird flu? Does this make bird flu nothing more than a bullshit scare tactic? I wish that were the case, and I think the administration initially was going to use it as such(remember one of W's early remarks about quaranteening whole cities, if need be?). The difference here is that there are medical facts that indicate a real potential for a pandemic. Not a guarantee, but a potential.
Now, the problem we face is kinda like a boy who cried wolf scenario. Bush and the boys have played games with national security, and now that they need to be taken seriously, everyone thinks they are full of shit. FDR had it right when he said "we have nothing to fear but fear itself". Fear is a non productive emotion that can cripple people into inaction. Bush doesn't seem to get it.
While I agree with the majority of your post, I do question your analysis of Mayor Bloomberg’s motives as they relate to the NY terror scare. Since the beginning of the election season, Mayor Bloomberg has enjoyed a nearly insurmountable lead over what is perhaps one of the weakest challengers any NYC mayor has ever had to face: Freddie Ferrer. And before you attempt to link Mayor Bloomberg to the Bush Administration or General Rove, remember that he is a life long Democrat who only ran as a Republican because there were less challengers in that field.Quote:
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I was going to mention the Bloomberg "Democrat in Republican's clothing" thing, but didn't want to get off on too much of a tangent. Why do you think he had so little help from the feds? They really made him seem foolish, don't you think? I mean, they could have played along a bit more, instead of contradicting him like they did. I think the neo cons don't trust him because he's a potential future threat, on a national political level. Look what they did to Bill Weld when he tried to move from Massachusett's governor to Mexican ambassador. He was planning a move which would have given him exposure on the other coast, thereby making him a better national candidate. Unfortunately, he, like Bloomberg, is a Northeast Republican with an IQ in the triple digits who follows a more traditional fiscal conservative/socially moderate philosophy.
As far as Bloomberg's lead goes, that makes rational sense to an objective third party, but a politician in the middle of a race takes nothing for granted. Maybe he was being less Machiavellian, and more "cover your ass" just in case. Either way, the objective data, at the time, did not require the puffery that Bloomberg put forth.
Repent, Repent! the bird flu is coming! we're all going to die! we're all going to die!
It's the Germans fault...they fuck chickens. Now they'll take their revenge (see "The Birds")
WAIT A MINUTE! I THOUGHT WE WERE ALL SUPPOSE TO DIE FROM SARS LAST YEAR. AND ALSO FROM THE SHORTAGE OF FLU VACCINES LAST YEAR.
What happened!
Who's zooming Who.
Boy things are fucked up in the world. The muslim extremistist want to kill every one, mother nature is acting up. No one with any intelligence will run for office in the most powerful country in the world. Polar Bears are getting really ballsy of late. Technology is accelerating so fast that we now have to type in acronyms, (lol)!
It's the media! 500 channels with nothing on! Our only hope is Opie and Anthony's Assault on the Media! The media is scaring the shit out of everyone! We're running around like chicken little!
For christsake, grow up! if you're going to die you're going to die. At least you'll see what's on the other side. If nothing's there....you won't know! Because there's nothing there and your gone.
Bird flu, sars, equine encephalitis, aids, ebola virus, what's next! Bring it on!
I'm going to drink, go to hockey games, have wonderful sessions with t-girls and gg's. And when that grim reaper comes, I'll look him in the eye and say...."You sure you got the right address?" and dart out he back door while he checks his palm pilot!
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PS...To all you Muslim extremists... you got to be running low on suicide bombers. First of all, there are not that many virgins in heaven to go around. Second, word is going to get back that getting 50 virgins isn't all it's cracked up to be, you'd be better off with one experienced hooker or a sassy goat that has that come hither look.
It's a continuance of this administations "fear tactics" - keep the public afraid and they'll follow you however you want...ie; into a pointless war.
We've had SARS, BME, Edwina Currie's infamous egg scare in the UK, blah, blah, blah. Statistically, you're more likely to get killed crossing the road to KFC. Actually more likely a plane falling on you're head while you have the munchies!
"Why did the chicken cross the road?"
It's more bullshit.
seanchai
death to the masses scares the shit out of me --someone mentioned "walking around like Dawn of the Dead" ---also makes me think of the movie 28 Days ---and what Allanah said --IF there were a pandemic --we ain't got enough meds to help everyone -----I'm an optomist in a world of pessimism (sp?) ---and something HUGE is gonna happen soon --changes have begun --the planet is reacting ----------that GWB cartoon mentioning "white house chickenhawks" made me laugh my ass off ---and that give-a-fuck-o-meter too!! ----yeah ya know --first the dinosaurs --then us ---NEXT!! --which of course will be insects ---this race human sucks ---something big is coming --get rid of us already --