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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 11:51 AM Original message |
Bush Considers Military Role in Flu Fight |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
1. OK |
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Boomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 11:55 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I was wondering how he would bypass the 2006 election |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 02:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
51. MAYBE THIS SOLDIER COULD HEAD UP THE CAUSE |
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YouthInAsia (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 12:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. oops, please delete |
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YouthInAsia (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 12:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. like AIDS? |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 12:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Nope. Not like AIDS |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 02:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
45. Why could a conspiracy be a possibliity in a flu pandemic? |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 02:21 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Recombination, mode of transmission, etc. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 04:49 PM Response to Reply #47 |
65. Hi |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 04:53 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. I will - thanks for requesting it. |
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converted_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 12:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. I read an article yesterday, and it scared the crap out of me. Link |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 01:03 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. But rest easy because kids are being given their chicken pox shot. |
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converted_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 01:18 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. This really chaps me to say the least.... |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 01:20 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Their goal is to protect corporations - including drug companies |
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converted_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 01:28 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. I guess I'm just an old fashioned gal....... |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 04:52 PM Response to Reply #43 |
66. No, actually, it isn't |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 02:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
49. I think they have planned for this for a long time...probably their ace |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 04:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
59. I hate to say it, but that was my first thought, too. |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 04:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
61. Now we know why Libby was talking about Judy writing stories |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 04:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
62. I don't think the disease in manufactured |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
2. What is he going to do? Nuke it? |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 11:56 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Jr also jumped the gun in a news conf. about using mil. for disasters with |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 01:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
34. Perhaps quarantine all the sick folk under force of arms? |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 10:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
79. Crowd control. Un-amerikkkans like liberals, democrats, gays... |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
5. Sounds like he has another plant |
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pfitz59 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 09:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
74. Yep, junior was sure KNOWLEDGEABLE about.... |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
6. Now THIS is just plain STUPID and DANGEROUS to our constitution |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 12:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. A Maniac all right |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
7. When the only tool you have is a hammer |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
11. One way or the other, it seems the blivet is determined |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 12:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. He prob. only read the abstract on the back of the book. |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 02:35 PM Response to Reply #15 |
48. Is that what he thinks a quarantine is for? |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 03:40 AM Response to Reply #15 |
97. Can he read about the black plague? |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 12:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
29. sounds like |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
13. And on schedule, George again confirms that he is clueless |
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mom cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 08:09 PM Response to Reply #13 |
73. He is not clueless, he is vicious |
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tainowarrior (425 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
14. This is the problem with militarist societies |
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Say_What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 02:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
46. ala Pinochet... |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
16. I wonder where he will get the army from? n/t |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 12:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Mercenaries like Blackwater and Dynacorp |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 01:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
44. Shiiiiiver..... gulp..... I hate this |
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robertpaulsen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 04:40 PM Response to Reply #44 |
64. This is scary: ARMY'S "BEST GUESS" IS 124,000 TO 605,000 MERCENARIES. |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 09:55 PM Response to Reply #64 |
78. wow! Those numbers make me feel faint |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
17. Ah, that military panacea. Cures all ills, foreign and domestic. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
18. I thought this was going to be an Onion piece. |
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Timmy5835 (325 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
19. Shrub is running scared |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 12:14 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. In face of killer flu threat, Bush speech was for birds (worth the read). |
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seafan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 02:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
50. This author is a prof at Falwell's Liberty University. Interesting. |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 04:01 PM Response to Reply #19 |
57. Wash your hands |
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henslee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
20. Bush ideal -- Startship Troopers type of political state. |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 12:32 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. What was that Dustin Hoffman Cuba Gooding Jr. movie? |
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Stand and Fight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 01:00 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. The movie was "Outbreak." |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 01:01 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. "Outbreak" |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 06:18 PM Response to Reply #32 |
71. I thought about that movie while he was talking |
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Polethebear (190 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 09:46 PM Response to Reply #32 |
76. I thought that was gonna happen in new orleans... |
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FVZA_Colonel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 03:26 PM Response to Reply #26 |
55. It was Outbreak, and I really liked it. |
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Say_What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
24. The Bush Junta coming right up.... |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
25. Gee, I wonder which "blue states" will get the flu? ...n/t |
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Oreo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
27. What if it breaks out in the WH? |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
28. uh oh... |
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Stand and Fight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
31. Somehow a movie springs to mind... |
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benfranklin1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 06:32 PM Response to Reply #31 |
72. Or the STAND. Where martial law was imposed by a lying President. |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
35. It is HIGHLY unlikely that a bird flu outbreak in the US, would be.... |
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Massachusetts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 01:23 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. "It is HIGHLY unlikely that a bird flu outbreak in the US, would be...." |
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Theres-a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 03:25 PM Response to Reply #41 |
54. Come on out to Colorado |
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FVZA_Colonel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 03:27 PM Response to Reply #41 |
56. If this does become as bad as some people are predicting, |
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cshldoc (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
37. In other words, POTUS has declared... |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
39. Some predictions: |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 04:06 AM Response to Reply #39 |
100. Can't fault 'em |
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BurgherHoldtheLies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
40. Thanks, in advance, for being REACTIVE (again) rather than PROACTIVE |
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Richard D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
42. Good excuse . . . |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 03:10 PM Response to Reply #42 |
52. Exactly my thoughts. n/t |
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WildClarySage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 03:25 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. mine too. |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
58. Chilling. |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
60. States rights are eroding? |
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Dem2theMax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
63. OK, I think I've had enough. Will someone from another country |
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ngGale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
68. Gawd.... |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
69. Great. Let's bring out the military in "emergencies". |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
70. Well, that should solve a couple of Bush's problems |
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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
75. "We're gonna fight it over there, so we don't have to (ah-choo!) fight it |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
77. Keep the populace terrified!!! thats how you can control them!!! |
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stickdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
80. We have always been at war with influenza, and terror is our ally. |
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Rodger Dodger (87 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
81. Katrina Bush suggested putting the Pentagon in charge... |
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SlavesandBulldozers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
82. The Flu hates us for our Wellness. |
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norml (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
83. Bush Considers Military Role in Flu Fight |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:51 AM Response to Reply #83 |
84. wtf good will that do? |
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lateo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:51 AM Response to Reply #83 |
85. I have an idea... |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:52 AM Response to Reply #83 |
86. My Request for Bush |
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fearnobush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:52 AM Response to Reply #83 |
87. If Bush says it, then it's a real disaster - just like his Presidency. |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:52 AM Response to Reply #83 |
88. this is a real ticklish problem |
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calmblueocean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:52 AM Response to Reply #83 |
89. "Enforce quarantines?" |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:52 AM Response to Reply #83 |
90. The insurgency numbers in the trillions of trillions... |
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TaleWgnDg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:52 AM Response to Reply #83 |
91. Okay, okay. So who's the WhiteHouse atty who wrote this gem? n/t |
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MissMarple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:52 AM Response to Reply #91 |
95. A most excellent question. Whose stupid idea was this? |
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preciousdove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:52 AM Response to Reply #83 |
92. Two words Tularemia and Katrina; not going to happen with these bozos. |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:52 AM Response to Reply #83 |
93. "We're gonna bomb that virus back to the Stone Age!" |
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Selteri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:52 AM Response to Reply #83 |
94. Is every answer for Bush to call in the military? |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:52 AM Response to Reply #94 |
96. Well, that's obviously what he wants. |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 04:04 AM Response to Reply #83 |
99. Rich |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 03:43 AM Response to Original message |
98. NEVER FORGET - The neocons WANT MARTIAL LAW and are looking for |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 04:15 AM Response to Reply #98 |
101. Erm .. |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:45 PM Response to Reply #101 |
103. He doesn't care about the "emergency response." We ALREADY HAVE |
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SKKY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 04:26 AM Response to Original message |
102. Oh God! We're so close to becoming a police state it's frightening me. |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
104. * ain't concerned with a possible avian flu outbreak. This was all Rove's |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
105. Once again, moron* backs away from actually finding a solution |
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