Rhymes With Crapdemic

There is a silent, but deadly killer among us. Over 100 people are killed each day. That's 2/state/day based off really horrible generalizing. Yes, I'm talking about flu. Not that fancy swine flu, either, which only kills 5 people a day -- and that's world wide. This is hardcore, straight up influenza. Mostly A and B.

It's safe to say that "swine flu" is causing a pandemic in panic. Even the World Health Organization is involved, raising the terror threat level of SF to 5 (or orange, as it were). Countries are closing borders, pigs are being slaughtered and schools shut down. Here in the United States we demand Cures and Vaccinations.

You know what else kills 100 Americans a day? Heart disease. Scratch that. Heart disease kills 100 people an hour.

There is another pandemic stalking the globe. Malaria. That shit kills close to 3,000 people a day. It would sure be nice to have a vaccine or pills or something for that. Oh wait ...

I guess perspective isn't really a word I can use when it comes to Americans. How about AntiVaxersPullYourHeadsOutOfYourAsses, or is that too long?

Lila Schow
Because Responsible Citizens Clean Up After Their Government http://goodusgov.org/

What CAN I Believe?

Marjorie Cohn's article on torture and confessions was posted today at Truthout. And I am shocked. Shocked! I say. Because according to her, even torturing Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Abu Zubaydah could not get either man to link Saddam with 9-11. Did you get that? We couldn't even get a false confessions from torture.

But I thought would could use torture to get any false confession we wanted. Isn't that was the left is always saying? So, what, did the interrogators not know how to do their jobs? Do they need to spend more time practicing?

Take a lesson US government, the next time you want to torture prisoners to gain specific information to support an unpopular cause -- spend a little more time coaching the prisoners with the answers you want. May I suggest cue cards?

Lila Schow

Because Responsible Citizens Clean Up After Their Government http://goodusgov.org/