The Swine Flu issue: Hey, people! Everyone who has contracted it in the U.S. simply gets sick and then gets better.- Getting in your car this morning was a greater risk to your life than the Swine flu.
- Anybody else question whether 152 people have really died from that flu in Mexico?
- I never get a flu shot.
- Those paper masks? Do they work? I wouldn't think so.
- The 41 year old hot swimmer from last year's Olympics, Dara Torres, has written a book that she she promoted on WBAP this morning: Age is Just a Number: Achieve Your Dreams At Any Stage In Your Life. Seriously, what could she possibly say that hasn't been said? And what if I dream to be an Olympic swimmer, can I "achieve" that "dream", too?
- And did her book publisher pay WBAP a fee for that 5 minute commercial described as an interview?
- Someone emailed me and said they saw the Decatur Beggar outside of Vista Ridge Mall over the weekend.
- Someone also emailed me that he saw a pickup in Boyd with a bumper sticker that read, "I Voted For The White Guy."
- Both apologized for not getting a pic.
- Some spare guy doesn't get drafted by the NFL last weekend and some blog posts a bunch of pics of his very hot sister. I love the Internet.
- Cancer is horrible. Every time I see a human interest story on the news about some guy battling the disease (and I saw one last night), you know they aren't going to win. I'll go back to a Dale Hansen quote: "My ex-wife lost her battle with cancer this year because it wasn't a fair fight."
- Heck, even I would have been freaked out if I had seen the airliner flying low over Manhattan with a fighter jet behind it.
- A guy was arrested for stealing Huggies in Grapevine. Anybody else thinking of the line, "I'll be taking these Huggies and any cash ya got."
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4.28.2009
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Barry, you are blessed with good health, but folks who are older or already in an unhealty state are at greater risk for flu and/or other kinds of illnesses.
My hope is that the local media will issue some facts about the swine flu. Not everybody has one of these things to find information on.
The plane flying low over New York City was Airforce One on a photo op! Stupid, stupid, stupid! All about image without regard for the people and how much it cost the taxpayers! They wanted a picture of Airforce One over New York with the Statue of Liberty in the background. The White House didn't notify the Mayor of the event. No class and no consideration shown to anyone!
It would have been a lot cheaper and saved scaring the living daylights out of hundreds who fled for their lives thinking it was another 9-11 to just use some fake pictures!
No way can anyone defend this stupid action. Bush never did anything that stupid. Never!
Is that Anobiter Flashing Her Smile and Great hair climbing those stairs after Her weekend trip.
"A 747 flying low over Manhattan with an F16 trailing it? Nah, no one will notice. Don't bother the Mayor with this." The judgment of the Obama White House illustrated.
Flying low over NY with an escort. That is something Hitler would do. The president is just stupid.
Just because you dream it, it doesn't magically happen. Dara Torres worked for what she set as a goal and was able to achieve it. Too many people say they "dream" of something then just sit and wait for it to materialize and don't take any initiative to make the dream a reality. So, yes, Barry; if you're willing to put in the training and regimented diet to be an Olympian in something, there's probably not a reason that you couldn't have that come true. But it's not like she decided to become a world class swimmer at age 41. It was something that she'd worked for her entire life. She was willing to work for her dream at an age when swimmer's are typically past their prime and achieved something.
If you're not willing to work to make your dreams a reality, you're always going to be disappointed. If you're going to hope that your dreams come true without putting forth any effort, you should hope in one hand and take a $hit in the other and see which one fills up first. You have to be willing to work.
The Great and Powerful Ozbama said he didn't know? Come on -- the "most Intellectual Man to hold the office of President" does'nt know about photo shop. Unfortunately it takes this to wake up New York. Even you Big Barry, put this down as a lack luster event, much like the other Dear Leader Chairman MaObama's mass media.
Barry, you will get the flu one day. Someone will infect you and you, most likely, will infect someone else. It spreads that way, genius. When more people get vacinated, fewer people get sick and spread it around.
This blog thrives due to narcissism and the stupidity that narcissistic people propogate. Dull, getting duller day by day by day.
8:40 AM This blog thrives due to narcissism and the stupidity that narcissistic people propogate. Dull, getting duller day by day by day.You are right!
Oh my God, it's Air Force One with two fighter escorts! So scary.
A guy was arrested for stealing Huggies in Grapevine. Anybody else thinking of the line, "I'll be taking these Huggies and any cash ya got."
giggle :)
Oprah's Dr. Oz says the masks will not be effective against the swine flu. But maybe they'll become the next fashion accessory. They'll start selling them in all kinds of cute little prints. Remember when they wore them in China...I think it was China...
Better hurry it up, I'm in dutch with the wife.
- Triple fake H.I.
Not to smart to be flying over that part of town with a big plane. Shows how well the new "change" is thinking things through. Good job.
Michelle Obama used to be man. It's true, I read it on the internet or summers.
Is that the "Stairway to Heaven"?
Double Fake Robert Plant
8:40 - well said and so true.
Why do folks have to come in here and brag on themselves anyway.
Who cares anyway?
Wise and wonderful GOP thought pandemic flu preparedness was foolish, so why is Gov. Goodhair Perry begging Washington for all that Tamiful medicine? Doesn't he KNOW that it was part of the stimulus package? NOoooooo
Tell 'em Perry - Texans would rather DIE than accept life saving medicine from the 'man'.
Now, if we could only get some "Mad Cow" vaccine for our gov.
Facts: the paper masks they are distributing are not effective. They gap, or you touch your mouth or eyes with contaminated fingers, so they provide very little if any protection. The N95 type mask, however, is effective and what we who work in the medical field wear. These look like duck bills and are individually fit-tested to fit close enough to the wearer to actually prevent most contamination. Of course, hand washing is still the primary prevention. And you are correct, Barry, that the hype is ridiculous. There is no reason to think this is any worse than all the other bugs floating around out there. Just wash your hands and you should be fine.
8:40, 5:48 and 9:55
If you feel this way, then take a hike! Who gives a rats ass what you think?
Wordkyle, I am so happy for you. You have the AF1 incident. NOW you really have some legitimate criticism for the President.
You can add it to the list of Republican obsessions since President Obama took office: that his birth certificate is supposedly fake, he uses a teleprompter too much, he bowed to a Saudi guy, Europeans like him, he gives inappropriate gifts, his wife shamelessly flaunts her upper arms, and he shook hands with Hugo Chavez and slipped him the nuclear launch codes.
Wordbile and you other right-wing nuts: Do you really think (a) Obama had any idea about the USAF photo shoot, much less ordered it or condoned it; and (b) this is really something on which to indict his judgment and his entire administration? Then surely you must still be equally disgusted with Bush over Abu Graib, Gitmo, New Orleans fly-over, "Heckuva Job Brownie," etc., etc., etc. You boys display the intellectual, analytical and political depth of a paper napkin.
1021 - Let's say that the AF1 photo op doesn't surprise me. My stance regarding the Obama administration's decisions: What did you expect?Let's go through your little list:
Birth certificate - nonsense
Dependence on Teleprompter - only pertinent in that Obama's been touted by admirers as the greatest orator of modern times.
Bowing to Saudi king - a lapse in protocol (judgment again.) More important is that the White House denied that Obama bowed. Believe Obama more than our lying eyes, I guess.
Europeans like him - They really jumped behind him regarding Afghanistan, didn't they? And how about that support they showed for his economic recommendations?
Inappropriate gifts - Judgment again.
Hugo Chavez - An experienced anti-American dictator effortlessly maneuvers Obama into posing for a photo op. Lack of judgment or lack of experience - take your pick
These aren't obssessions. They're merely observations, manifestations of the doubts I've had about Obama all along.
10:12 why are u so angry Everyone does not have to see things the way you do CHILL OUT
"Get me some good low-angle stuff. Don't make it too obvious, but I want to see fur and early morning dew." ~ the dude from Full Metal Jacket
10:12 is Barry in disguise, who is lashing out because his narcissistic toes have been stepped on, and if he chills out, he might think he has flu symptoms.
1032 - Bravely done. Anonymous name calling deserves more credit than it gets.
The "what 9/11 attack?" photo op decision was approved in the White House. As I mentioned above, it's simply another Lego in the construction of the ever-larger "Hall of Things About Which We Were Right About Obama." (We're still working on the name.) If you want to quantify it, then add this decision to his disparaging remarks during the campaign regarding the people of Pennsylvania, and his discussion of the price of arugula in Iowa. It's a pattern of disconnect from, and disregard for average Americans. Unsurprising to those of us who opposed him during the campaign, but Obama's admirers prefer to believe his rhetoric rather than his actions.
Quit yer bitchin' and hurry up with those Huggies!
Double Fake Nathan, Jr.
Nicely done, Jarhead... and might I add...
"hey there little school girl, I am little school boy too."
I think it winked at me.
Thanks Cas O- you owe me a new keyboard for the one I just sprayed Mountain Dew on.
Wordbile. The mayors office WAS notified. Blame the staff.
And Barry. The only people that will die from the swine flu are the uninsured. That's who died in Mexico.
So you are right NO BIG DEAL.
Dear brave anon 209 - The Mayor didn't know. (Isn't that what I said?) More importantly, the people in those tall, vulnerable skyscrabpers didn't know it was a White House-ordered photo op. For some silly reason, they thought it might be some kind of terrorist attack. But no worries, Obama will be absolved of all responsibility. He makes teflon look like flypaper.
Don't ever get a flu shot. Having your body continually beating back disease only makes your immune system stronger. Fat, out of shape folks, who don't eat heathly or work out are the ones who get the flu and are incapacitated. Since you run regularly, eat healthy, and maintain healthy body weight, you might get the flu - at most you wil be laid up at home for one day.
Flu shots are for the weak.
"I voted for the right guy!"
(Hint: He won...)
2:45 I voted for the right guy too.
Arlen Specter also knows who is going in the right direction. He joined the Democratic party today stating the Republican party is going too far to the right.
Republican party too far to the right? That's a joke.
War = liberal way of dealing with other countries (war = revolutionary = liberal)
Massive government spending = liberal
Massive government = liberal
Interventionalist foreign policy = liberal
These are all ideals that Bush promoted (actually he started out more conservative, but Rove, Wolfowitz and Rumsfeld ~ neocons all, pushed their leftist agenda harder and harder during the Bush years) throughout his time in the WH.
The current Republican party is teeming with neoconservatives. They are no more than Pro-Choice liberals for the most part these days, which is why so many true conservatives have abandoned the party. Voting for a RINO like McCain left bad tastes in our mouths and for many of us it was the last straw, having to choose the lesser of two evils for President.
For those of you lefties who love to bash "neocons," I suggest you read up on neoconservative philosophy to discover how it was born of leftist (read: liberal) ideology. Yes, it's true. All you boneheads who whine about "neocons did this" and "he's a neocon" actually hate your own leftist political philosophy. You are spoon fed hatred of conservatism without even knowing what the tenets of your own perceived ideology are. All you know is you "hate Bush." And for some of you that’s true on more than one level.
Think for yourselves. I bet you'll find you have more in common with conservatives than you do liberals.
Summary: Arlen Specter is a doofus if he thinks the Republican party is too far to the right. If anything it's moved more to the left under Bush than under any Republican president since... well it's been a long time.
Jar, hasn't most expansion of the Federal Government been at the hands of the republicans?
I'm just sayin'...
There's a good reason you're called Jarhead.
Did you not post my comment because I used the ef word?
wordbile and others - it was a low level publicity guy in the White House that planned the fly-over - NOT the president.
The FAA and officials in NYC were notified - it's their problem if they didn't pass the info on.
Now to important stuff: the swine flu is dangerous to some folks. About 200 people in Mexico City have died (out of 20,000,000 who live there). Be aware of the symptoms and stay home and take an aspirin if you feel sick. You'll probably be just fine.
RPM,
Yes! That's my point! Thank you for pointing that out. your thoughtfulness is appreciated.
Republican doesn't always = conservative!
If only the other anonymous name-callers would follow your lead and listen and learn once in awhile, think about how much more intelligent this blog would be.
Sadly, we'll always have non-intellectual types, well, everyone else posting on this thread to lower the blog I.Q. for folks like you and me.
A few bad apples to shallow the gene pool...
You can't say "swine flu" anymore, it offends pigs and pig farmers. The only term you can now use is "white guy" flu, because only white guys are allowed to be offended.
I heard it cost taxpayer $318,000.00 dollars to get that picture...what a waste of money. He gonna have to let us drill baby drill just to keep up with his fuel comsumption. I know now why he was bowing to that prince.
What about the G M deal.Broke on their ass because of bad management and over compensated workers.Give them twenty billion and they want to give us the same back in worthless stock only half of it goes to the retirement fund who are largely at fault anyway.It would be the controlling percent. Would you want OBAMA fot G M. Idon't think so.I don't know a sane person that would buy a chevy. DAGO
Of course no one of any importance had any idea where the President's alternate jumbo jet was, or what it would be doing. If the available Air Force One were to be incapacitated, they had a U-Haul truck ready at a moment's notice. Just because the order came from the White House doesn't mean that anyone in the White House knew what was going on. What a ridiculous idea! (Is that what you mean, 7:06?)
Now that we've discovered that federal sanctions were threatened if the secret got out, there's a whole line of culpability. I normally have no sympathy for New Yorkers, but damn....how many cries of "Not again!" do you think there were?
ARLAND SPECTOR IS A CODLESS COW
wordy - you again seem to have trouble with basic logic. Just because someone in the White House arranged this stunt, it does NOT follow that everyone in WH knew about it. A minor publicity shoot like this would be unlikely to be of enough significance for Obama to be involved - he just must have bigger things to deal with. How many in the WH knew of the event? How high up the chain do you suppose this goes? In any case, I'll bet a bunch of them are scrambling for cover.
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