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Re: Swine Flu Problem?
« Reply #50 on: April 29, 2009, 02:33:06 PM »
FYI: Regular flu kills 36,000 Americans each year

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/28/regular.flu/index.html
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Re: Swine Flu Problem?
« Reply #51 on: April 29, 2009, 02:39:45 PM »
FYI: Regular flu kills 36,000 Americans each year

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/28/regular.flu/index.html

Then by all means we should outlaw the flu!  It's right up there with firearms.....

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Re: Swine Flu Problem?
« Reply #52 on: April 30, 2009, 04:33:28 AM »




For some reason I thought the perp would be a Rahm Emanuel...



OH WAIT IT IS.  THAT'S RAHM AND NAPOLITANO ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE! ! !
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Re: Swine Flu Problem?
« Reply #53 on: April 30, 2009, 05:18:00 AM »

Great explanation but listen to how often he uses the term "If you will"...... four I think.


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Re: Swine Flu Problem?
« Reply #54 on: April 30, 2009, 09:36:45 PM »


Now that's the best laugh I've had all day...........



not to poke fun at the sick folk or anything....

but that picture is funny.
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Re: Swine Flu Problem?
« Reply #55 on: May 02, 2009, 11:35:04 AM »
 Got swine flu go hug a mooslim or two .Just saying. 8)

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« Reply #56 on: May 02, 2009, 12:19:03 PM »
PIG's Are US   MOOSLIMS WELCOME    :o

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Re: Swine Flu Problem?
« Reply #57 on: May 02, 2009, 06:15:04 PM »
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090502/ap_on_he_me/us_swine_flu_immigration_debate

he swine flu virus has infected the immigration debate, with talk show comments like "fajita flu" and "illegal aliens are the carriers" drawing vehement protests from Hispanic advocates.

The volatile immigration issue had cooled off on talk shows and in the blogosphere as the presidential election and economic crisis unfolded. Now, some are using the spread of the virus to renew arguments that immigration from Mexico is a threat to America.

There have been no reports of swine flu leading to incidents of discrimination or profiling of Hispanics. But some Hispanics say racist anti-immigration rhetoric fueled the recent rise in hate crimes against Latinos, and they want to prevent another surge.

Since the virus began to spread, talk radio host Michael Savage has said the Mexican border should be closed immediately and that "illegal aliens are the carriers." Another radio personality, Neal Boortz, has suggested calling the virus the "fajita flu," and CNN's Lou Dobbs called it the "Mexican flu," according to the liberal watchdog group Media Matters.

Boston radio host Jay Severin was suspended indefinitely for calling Mexican immigrants "criminaliens" and emergency rooms "condos for Mexicans" during a discussion about swine flu. A member of a New York City commission on women's issues, Betsy Perry, apologized for blogging that Mexico might need to "get a grip on its banditos" and other flu-related remarks.

In an interview, Savage, who says he has a Ph.D in epidemiology and human nutrition from the University of California-Berkeley, said his remarks were based on science.

"The first rule of epidemiology is to find the epicenter of the disease and close it off," he said. "This has nothing to do with race and everything to do with epidemiology. Viruses do not discriminate."

The World Health Organization does not recommend closing borders, saying that would have little effect, if any, on stopping the virus from spreading. President Barack Obama called the idea "closing the barn door after the horses are out."

What some call science, others call racism.

"Using fears over a serious and ongoing public health issue to demonize immigrants is incredibly low and incredibly cynical, not to mention completely unsubstantiated," said Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J. "Some of these comments are overtly racist and have no place in our public discourse."

Liany Arroyo, director of the National Council of La Raza's Institute for Hispanic Health, said some were trying to exploit the virus "as a mechanism to stir fear."

"This situation is not about immigration, it's about health," she said. "We're all in this together."

But fear is not a rational beast. History is rife with unfounded health scares, some as recent as the 1980s, when Haitians were banned from donating blood in the United States during the early stages of the AIDS epidemic.

So, for anyone who looks Mexican, today's casual cough can turn into humiliation.

In Wilmington, N.C., construction worker Juan Mendoza said he was "working for these rich people ... the other day, and they kept asking me and my co-worker if we were sick. It made me feel bad. Like it's our fault?"

Moises Fernandez, a Raleigh, N.C., resident originally from Tamaulipas, Mexico, said no Americans have openly offended him. "But I know what they're thinking," said the 24-year-old construction worker. "You can tell with how they look at you."

The immigration debate exploded in 2007 when President George W. Bush proposed an overhaul that would have legalized millions of illegal immigrants. Talk radio led the charge against the idea, calling it "amnesty," and the legislation failed to pass. Bush then increased border enforcement and workplace raids, further inflaming tension.

There were 830 Hispanic victims of hate crimes in 2007, the most recent year for which FBI statistics are available, up from 819 in 2006 and 595 in 2003. Hate-crime charges were filed in three recent high-profile killings of Latinos. That led to calls for a new federal law, and the House passed a bill last Wednesday.

Now, with Mexican drug violence seeping across the border, Obama backing a path to citizenship for the 12 million illegal immigrants, and the new swine flu, the ingredients for another explosion are assembled.

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Re: Swine Flu Problem?
« Reply #58 on: May 02, 2009, 07:26:29 PM »
Boston radio host Jay Severin was suspended indefinitely for calling Mexican immigrants "criminaliens" and emergency rooms "condos for Mexicans" during a discussion about swine flu.

I listen to Severin every day on the way home from work.  Believe me, this is not even close to the worst thing I've heard him say about the illegal aliens coming from the south.  In fact, I think he coined the term "criminaliens" about five years ago!  He's the scapegoat of the hour in Boston because the Globe and the Herald hate him for his conservative/libertarian voice.

He's outspoken, has a huge audience in Boston and Providence and they just can't take the heat...it will probably drive him out of the market.  MSNBC said worse things about the tea parties than Severin ever said about the Mexicans. 

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Re: Swine Flu Problem?
« Reply #59 on: May 02, 2009, 07:32:15 PM »
..........He's outspoken, has a huge audience in Boston and Providence and they just can't take the heat...it will probably drive him out of the market.  MSNBC said worse things about the tea parties than Severin ever said about the Mexicans.  

Seems a like a confirmation of fascist MSM.
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