- This Swine Flu stuff is driving me absolutely nuts -- especially with news this morning that there has now been a "confirmed" death. Hey, the number of deaths in the U.S. from the regular flu is 36,000 a year!
- Read that first bullet point again and mention it to someone.
- The Drudge Report's bold headline this morning ominously reads: "First Dead."
- Cleburne High School shut down this morning even though Swine Flu had not been confirmed in the illness of four students.
- I'll swear I saw the following graphic about the Swine Flue at the bottom of the screen on Larry King Live last night: "Breaking News: Is World In Peril?"
- Today's issue of the Messenger (which still oddly has "Thursday" in it's masthead) has a list of indictments from the most recent meeting of the grand jury. I don't know what's going on, but there are a ton of them for the second month in a row.
- Fox is not covering Obama's press conference tonight on its regular entertainment channel. Really can't blame them for that.
- I had three comments the other day that this little blog has become stale and boring (tell me about it -- I'm stale and boring.) Oddly, they were all posted by people that read"Random Thoughts" within its first hour after being uploaded.
- Wise County is clearly one the most conservative counties in the nation. I think we forget that the rest of the country does not think like most of us.
- Do seemingly normal people that take extravagant vacations also spend every dime they make?
- Even though I run all the time, I rarely do any other type of exercise. I wiped the dust off my Bowflex this weekend and immediately remembered why.
- Hal Jay of WBAP was talking to a national reporter in Mexico this morning who had no accent whatsoever. He told her, "You guys have a beautiful country." Her reply, "I'm from Texas."
- Someone wrote "Bite Donna" in the dust on my back windshield.
- One of the best things I ever did was going to work for a large Dallas law firm right out of law school. I quickly decided that I was not going to spend my life that way.
- I watched Sean Hannity say on TV that he would be waterboarded "for charity." Wait, let me put it in Hannity terms: "Sure," Hannity said. "I'll do it for charity ... I'll do it for the troops' families." Now MSNBC's Keith Olbermann is really putting the pressure on him to do it -- offering $1,000 a second for the experiment.
- An election I can't vote in but desperately want to be over: The Dallas Convention Center hotel.
- My prediction about the Mavericks was horribly wrong. And I didn't watch a single minute of the playoff series.
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35 comments:
you can bet the swine flu thing will be just bad enough to pass socialized heathcare and probly a few new taxes.
like Rom say, never let a crisis go to waste. even if you have to make one up.
That's right. Mavericks moving on sucka
Hope MzCreep can come up with a cure
One word: Yoga
Early bird posters are busy people. Post early and get to work and busy for the day!
Wise County is more mainstream in believing in basic, traditional values and are smart enough to see through liberal media bias!
And go into any bank, clinic, or wherever their is a TV and it will be turned to Fox News.
We are NOT alone in Wise County but are surrounded by others in the heartland of America who will win the battle for the future of our country!
Today in the house a bill will be voted on that may lead to pastors preaching against sodomy in the pulpit. Thank God we don't think like the blue states that are pushing that through.
Post early to vent and then spend any extra time contacting our representatives to vote NO to expanding hate crime legislation.
And now, a fake conversation between President Barack Obama and Vice-President Joe Biden that probably actually took place:
Obama: Dude, where's my 747?
Biden: Where's your 747 dude?
Obama: DUDE, where's my 747?
Biden: Where's your 747 dude?
We need that socialized medicine so we can take care of the flu crisis like Mexico.
I recall your poll concerning your random thoughts months ago. I thought the random thoughts were too much like the old scattershooting in the defunct Muse. However, this is first and foremost your Blog Barry, and I am still here.
Soooooooo you're saying that we'll all be wiped out by the
"swine flu"
when "pigs fly"???
(I can't believe nobody else has latched onto this pun.)
the mavs still won't win sh*t!
I need to pop a Viagree and wipe the dust off my blowflex.
Did Donna bite back?
"I think we forget that the rest of the country does not think like most of us."
Hellooooo? We are reminded daily of that fact, by a president that "most of us" didn't vote for.
"Breaking News: Is World In Peril?"
If you can actually stand to watch Larry King Live then you deserve that sort of idiotic crawl screeching. It doesn't even make sense, anyway. You can't scream "Breaking News" and then ask a question; it demands a statement. Of course, we're going on the assumption that's what you actually saw last night.
Nice random pic today...a smorgasbord of skin
We can always tell when BG is having a "midlife crisis" day, when he posts pics of young girls on his blog.
:-)
Barry you are so wrong concerning the conservative nature of our county. There is a charming little Quaker community in Northern Pennsylvania that is every bit as conservative, though their women do dress a little flashier.
I'm pretty sure that Utah has some pretty conservative folks, too. I may have to move there soon.
The 23-month old who died from Swine Flu was medevaced from Brownsville to Houston and had recently arrived from.............
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wait for it.......
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Mexico.
From my travels, we are not like the right or left coasts, but are a lot like the rest of the country.
And what is more, we are more like the entire country used to be. Much more civil, hard working, self reliant, etc.
Obama only got 53% of the vote.
Why is the Swine Flu any worse than the regular flu, if more than 36,000 died from the regular flu last year? Is it because swine flu sounds worse?
Heart disease: 652,091
Cancer: 559,312
Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 143,579
Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 130,933
Accidents (unintentional injuries): 117,809
Diabetes: 75,119
Alzheimer's disease: 71,599
Influenza/Pneumonia: 63,001
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 43,901
Septicemia: 34,136
Causes of death in the US and totals annually according to the CDC. Do numbers matter? Look up how many of these are preventable if people would push the plate away from their fat faces, stop smoking AND move around just a little.
I'll give you a hint- add up the first FOUR skip number five then add in number six.
If we would take care of things we could easily control the rest wouldn't matter.
10:08 its because the dems want socialized heathcare.
Puh-lease, BG is correct. Wise County is very far behind. Come on and catch up, y'all.
To the rest of Texas, Wise County is known for meth labs and rock trucks; I doubt anyone outside of the county values our opinions on government and world affairs.
there is no such thing as a back windshield. only a rear glass.
Dallas County is known for killing Kennedy and losing the Cowboys to Arlington.
Your post lacks a point, 11:21
Your statements may be factually correct, but they don't carry any weight. If we change our core values will that make us relevant to the rest of the world? Is there a magical, mystical county somewhere that manufactures ideal opinions? Are we not worthy of communication with the rest of the world until all the meth labs are shut down?
What?!
I don't care whether anyone else values my opinion; it belongs to me. Illegal drugs and rock haulers aren't part of the equation
if catching up means becoming a lib, then ill stay a hick.
only a lib would think what where doing is better. ask the russians
10:53 - don't you see the problem with your statistics? Except for the flu/pneumonia line, the rest are NOT communicable diseases. You don't catch heart attacks or lung cancer from someone else. This flu thing could be a real problem if it spreads unchecked. That's a big IF but our health officials need to be alert to contain it. We don't need to panic but we do need to be alert.
only a conny would think what "we're" is not better. ask the nazis.
11:26, what is it when backing up against Texas wind?
Things would be much better with the NO Republicans. Just do nothing, let Rome burn.
Barry how old is the photo and the girls.No cell phones,no tatoos,no silicone,no belly button rings.Just a happy group of girls.
Senorita Verde numero diez y seis, diez y siente, diez y ocho, diez y nueva and veinte.
Stay thirsty my friend.
Double Fake the most Interesting Man in the World
4:37 mongotard the idea is there are REAL problems that are 100% preventable that kill 100s of thousands of people in a first world country with the best medical care on the planet.
Worrying about this flu is a non issue because already 65 thousand people die a year from flu/pneumonia (difficult to differentiate when not all decedents are autopsied) and no one gets worked up about it. And a lot of these deaths could be prevented by taking the dang vaccine.
The swine flu is just flu. You drink OJ and ice water, eat chicken soup take nyquil and rest. You will either live or die but, if you were healthy to start with you will live.
It isn't and will not and can not be more prevalent than any other flu and is transmitted the same.
Quit reading the dailykos and watching the tv and think for yourself.
I believe Wise County is most like the other 46-47% of Americans in the last election. I'm okay with those statistics!
If you want to talk about election percentages, one time W won his own state of Texas by a 6 to 4 margin. If only 1 voter in 10 changes their mind, it's a statistical dead heat.
I forget whether that was W versus Gore or Kerry.
I also read that if the black voter turn-out in '80 had been even somewhat strong, then Jimmy Carter would have been a two-termer...Reagan still on the back-burner. IIRC. Feel free to rsearch and rebut.
this is 10:51 AM again - I will admit that a 6 to 4 margin is a considered a landslide anymore
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