Reply #65: Angry and defensive just because he's not automatically [View All]

buying into the company line on this subject?

I think his questions have shown only strong cynicism, with which I personally definitely agree, as well as intelligent, and probing if skeptical questions.

I don't think there's going to be a pandemic. Perhaps not at all, but certainly not this year with the avian flu virus. They couldn't make the West Nile Virus into a pandemic either.

The very biggest red flag, btw, is that George W. Bush showed keen interest and prior concern about this as a subject matter for his governance. That would be about the first things EVER, aside from wrecking-ball legislation aimed at destroying this country, its people and economy on the one hand, and all the power-grabbing Executive Orders, gutting of rules and regulations, and other similar stunts on the other. There's a reason he's interested, and it isn't because he has an altruistic bone in his body, anywhere. No, more likely because it offers yet another path to full dicatorial power he has yearned for -- aloud, even! -- since his first installation.

No, I'm not saying the Avian flu and talk of a pandemic is all a rightwing plot. OTOH, they (this administration) really are promoting it about how they promoted the "economy's going to be in recession" prior to taking office, which is yet another thing that raises a red flag. Further, a fully objective pursuit of an answer to the question cui bono? leads one down some interesting paths.