THE FLU

Does anyone remember bird flu, swine flu? Both were to have decimated the human race, pandemic proportions equal to the 1918 world wide flu which killed more than the 1st World War.
We heard about them both incessantly in the media, FOX NEWS, CNN, MSNBC, EVERY NEWSPAPER EVERY RADIO PROGRAM. We were doomed!

I have discovered what saved us from the devastation. Michael Jackson died. At the time of his death swine flu disappeared no mention anywhere. By sacrificing his own life M.J. saved mankind. Since M.J's death I don't think I have heard more than a casual reference to the swine flu, it must be dead.

Now if we could just get Bruce Springsteen, Barbara Streisand, Madonna and several rappers to offer the ultimate sacrifice, perhaps we find that Socialist Health care, Firearms Control, hemorrhoids, and HIV would also disappear.

What I don't understand is why we allow this flu to be called swine flu or bird flu to be called bird flu. Didn't we drop Mexican from swine flu, and Asiatic from bird flu because some Mexican or Asian might have their feelings hurt and feel that this inferred they were responsible for the flu? How do you think birds feel or swine? I tried to start a conversation with a couple of doves in our backyard the other night but they had no comment, then when I tried to interview a pig at the fair she just snorted in disdain. Perhaps the pigs ( "all animals are created equal, some more equal than others') in congress would be happy to have their name dropped from the swine flu tag. Congress can do whatever they want so it should be easy for them.

Driving from Ventura County into downtown Los Angeles I would listen to talk radio (propaganda radio) from the left and the right. after a couple years I realized how angry I was by the time I got to work and when I got home. Finally I made the break. I found a classical station (which was funded by public funds and private donations) I discovered 'true blue grass',
easy listening, and I could enjoy where some of my hard earned tax money went. This of course was after it was stolen from me by congress. The future became a bit more calm for a few minutes a day, but I did not become lulled into complacency. I still was in doubt, I ran in circles, I would scream and shout but never would I duke it out. It is not to late to take a stand, call or write your porcine senator and porky congressman. Do not let their squeals be heard above the roar of a free people. Remember the pigs in Animal Farm tried to walk on two legs and subvert one of their 7 commandments. They wobbled and tottered. Much like congress does today, a small nudge could push them over the edge.