If this flu outbreak happened under Bush, he'd be on TV tonight imploring us to eat bacon

[Aloha Spirit]

So as not to disrupt pork and grain markets.
Luckily, we gots the smart people in the government... and Janet Napolitano would like us to call it the H1N1 virus instead of swine flu.
I can do that.
The flu isn't food-borne, no reason to freak people out.

Now some people I know, WILL take the threat to the pork industry as an invitation to do a cholesterol-busting bacon binge.
Ewww!
If any of you lovely people are contemplating Anthony Bourdain-level pig gluttony to support the farmers, please be responsible.
Have the nearest ambulance service on speed dial.


:evilgrin:

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. True thing the Secretary of health in Israel

a member of the Torah Party, refuses to call it swine flu... since it is not kosher

[Aloha Spirit]

3. Omg serious? Wait, does he/she think the virus isn't kosher or just, like, the name?

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. Serious, story yesterday

I went... you got to be kidding me?

He is calling it the Mexican Flu (which for naming reasons it either will be that or North American Flu)

[Hippo_Tron]

4. Netanyahu had to include some real nutjobs in his cabinet to get a majority

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. I know, I was tempted to send a letter asking if

prayers and burnt offerings were now in order

[Bluzmann57]

2. To tell you the truth

A bacon/lettuce/tomato sandwich doesn't sound like a bad idea right now.

[vaberella]

6. Ummm..Yummm...a blt....with iced tea. n/t

[Aloha Spirit]

7. "pork" has been in the headlines now since the budget debate started

Pork pork pork pork pork
every day.

I swear there's some lobby behind this!!! lol

[goodboy]

5. if we don't eat them "over there" they'll get us sick at home...also...

they hate us for our freedoms.

[Aloha Spirit]

8. Obama's gonna have to do an apology tour cuz us Americans aren't eating enough bacon.

[goodboy]

12. that's because he is "anti-pig"...maybe do a flyover of a pig farm..(nt)

[Cha]

11. Wasn't he the First

pig farmer?

[Aloha Spirit]

13. Haha yeah his ranch was a pig farm at one point

He'd be lobbying for the pig industry hard right now
They have lots of pig farms in texas... all that pig feces could spread a flu virus.
yuck yuck yuck.

[Aloha Spirit]

14. Oh no... now we're going to get all these pig references, someone on hardball just used

"whole hog" in a discussion about the GOP's meltdown.