It seems to me like swine flu is the new bird flu like 30 is the new 20, or so they say. I personally have not gotten the flu and bought, grilled and devoured a rack of baby back ribs at the peak of the swine flu hype. Before that it was anthrax in the mail and biological warfare.
The Center for Disease Control tracks the cases throughout the US and stated that there have been 59 pediatric deaths for the 2008-2009 Influenza season. I totally agree, like that the media blow this whole thing out of proportion. Egypt, who has not had a single case of the virus, ordered a mass execution of all the pigs in the country. Just think about all that potential BBQ.
The hype does work and helps boost the revenues of cleaning supply companies like Clorox or the company that makes Fabuloso. At my job we all got our own tub of clorox wipes and personal bottle of hand sanitizer once people really started getting worried. We were told to wipe down our desks and take extra care when washing our hands.
I'm not losing any sleep over it. But it looks like the surgeon general is. The government had created pandemicflu.gov which gets data from the CDC. The surgeon general issued a public service announcement reminding us not rub our eyes or pick our nose after scratching our ass cracks because it produces a greater chance of catching H1N1 from the Mexican food we eat. Just kidding.
Friday, May 15, 2009
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Power
I believe nuclear technology is an important tool that has already changed the life of millions of people around the world by providing a source of energy. Of course it can also be used as a destructive force which can wipe out anything in its way and also have devistating after effects. I don't really understand why our governments expresses so much concern and threatens to go to war with other countries that want to take advantage of this technology when we ourselves have tested it and used the force as a destructive one.
I started noticing this trend with Iran. In 2006 the UN passed sanctions that would prevent Iran from enriching urainium to provide energy or make nuclear bombs. The US to this day still enriches uranium but the process is run by a private corporation called United States Enrichment program.
Now North Korea is developing nuclear technology and wants to test some nuclear missles and we are doing the same thing with them. The US currently has over 5000 active nuclear warheads and over 1000 tests were performed between 1945 and 1992.
I think independent countries should have the right to pursue these interests. I think our government should be aware of these activites but what gives them the right to impose sanctions on that country and possibly declare war just because a foreign country wants to get ahead technologically. It is hippocritical to prohibit someone from manufacturing weapons that we ourselves carry in our arsenal.
I started noticing this trend with Iran. In 2006 the UN passed sanctions that would prevent Iran from enriching urainium to provide energy or make nuclear bombs. The US to this day still enriches uranium but the process is run by a private corporation called United States Enrichment program.
Now North Korea is developing nuclear technology and wants to test some nuclear missles and we are doing the same thing with them. The US currently has over 5000 active nuclear warheads and over 1000 tests were performed between 1945 and 1992.
I think independent countries should have the right to pursue these interests. I think our government should be aware of these activites but what gives them the right to impose sanctions on that country and possibly declare war just because a foreign country wants to get ahead technologically. It is hippocritical to prohibit someone from manufacturing weapons that we ourselves carry in our arsenal.
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