Heckuva Job, Brownie: Michael Brown Assails Obama on Handling of Swine Flu
By Robert Schlesinger, Thomas Jefferson Street blog
Ummm. Brownie's still doing a heckuva job.
In case you missed it, Michael Brown, the guy who was in charge of FEMA during the little thundershower that wrecked New Orleans, was on Fox today lambasting the Obama administration for its handling of the swine flu outbreak. Seriously.
He has about as much credibility talking about this as Dick Cheney does talking about the efficacy of torture.
Think Progress has the video and here, from them, is the transcript (emphases theirs):
BROWN: Well I think there's one thing they're legitimately worried about and that is this H1N1 is a new strain we haven't seen before so we're not sure how Tamiflu and everything will work against it. Here's what I really think is going on. I think they want to raise this level because that gives them more attention, it gives them more, you know, more legitimacy, and allows them to get out there and say 'oh look at us, we're in control we've got this thing taken care of.' It legitimizes what they're doing. We shouldn't be scaring the public. [...]
Neil, my theory always was after Katrina that the Bush administration and now the Obama administration will do it too. They will come out and they will do everything including the kitchen sink because they don't want to get caught with their pants down. But what that does is, that's the same as crying the sky is falling, chicken little. And next time people will be less inclined to believe it.
Well I suppose it's too bad that the Bush administration didn't scream and throw the kitchen sink before Hurricane Katrina—when the sky literally was falling.
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...Fear Itself!
H1N1 Influenza A ("Swine Flu") will NEVER be an epidemic OR pandemic--- especially in the developed nations. But isn't it always the case that crapola rolls down hill?! From the chief cornerstone of the pyramid to the conscripts down below...
What may happen is that over the next months when the virus will "supposedly" go dormant and mutate, a new batch of Swine Flu vaccine will appear from the smoke (and mirrors) to inject money into the evil Pharma industry, just in time for Christmas. It's ridiculous, see through and sociopathic--- AGAIN.
In 1918 the 1st WW spread it across the globe killing 20 million folks. Medicine has come a long way since then. The Swine Flu, or any flu, is most dangerous to the elderly, extremely young and immunocompromised. It is not a real threat to most healthy 21st Century people.
Learn some science people. Learn some basic medical concepts and quit going to the ER for the sniffles you've had hundreds of times in your life. Figure out what a cold is and its symptoms, what seasonal allergies are and the signs and symptoms. Learn what a Flu is and realize that all influenzas are uncomfortable, painful and take up to a week to resolve, BUT they can't kill most of us. Use technology to gain knowledge and increase your independent thinking and power.
Now I am convinced that the media IS the advertising arm for Big Biz. Shame on them. They have been complicit in every questionable act from the Iraq War to the financial crisis. You nut riders need to come clean and start acting like the unbiased entity you claim to be. This social and commercial engineering have got to stop people!
Don't read papers or watch news channels. Make the fourth arm of our government accountable for their missteps, sensationalism and premeditated irresponsiblity to the masses.
Ordo Ab Chao is the motto of the ruling class. Look it up and learn the reason for the continuous smoke and mirrors. Us dumb sheep need to be herded and sheared every so often, right?
Boycott any anti-Human endeavor. Peace.
In Response to Stacy in Response to Andrew
Well said, but the correct reply would have been, "Obvious troll is obvious."
Andrew: "Brown blew it big time, we know that already." That's exactly why nobody should be listening to him. If his words ring true to your ear, you need a freaking hearing aid.
*oh snizzap!*
stupid
masks don't work stupid.
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