How many think TB Guy is not loved by his new father-in-law?

[Lobster Martini]

It’s Friday morning, and time for a crackpot theory.

What are the odds that a guy infected with "extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis" (XDR TB), a rare and potentially fatal form of TB, would have a new father-in-law who is a CDC a research microbiologist specializing in TB and it would merely be a weird coincidence? Raise your arm if you believe this is likely.

Knowing that you have TB, what is the likelihood that you wouldn’t ask your soon-to-be father in law, the CDC scientist, whether it would be a good idea to travel outside the country? If this doesn’t seem odd, raise your other arm.

If you’re the CDC scientist, would you not suggest to your TB-infected soon-to-be son-in-law that being confined in an enclosed space like an airplane with other people might not be in the best interests of public health? If you wouldn’t, raise your other arm. (I know that’s three arms and that it would be hard to buy sweaters, but if none of the above seems odd, then you are clearly a mutant. Check yourself into quarantine immediately.)

So, if the CDC's labs “operate under the highest levels of biosecurity” as new father-in-law Robert C. Cooksey says, is this a case of attempted murder by bacteria?

If nothing else, Robert C. Cooksey is not going to receive a sweatshirt saying “World’s Greatest Dad” on Father’s Day.

End of crackpot theory.

[wakeme2008]

1. Your tin hat is on tooo tight

And does he dislike his daughter tooooooo

[Nickster]

3. That's what I was thinking. Why would he put his own daughter in jeopardy like that?

[DKRC]

6. Didn't the guy sneak outta the country to marry her after he was infected?

Maybe Pop thought he had effectively stopped the wedding because the man should have been in quarantine?

[WinkyDink]

7. Exactly. Sonny's refusal to obey put the kibosh on PopIL's plan.

Or maybe Sonny was an "experiment".

As for putting his own daughter in jeopardy: (1.) He might not have figured on the wedding taking place (Note: In-laws not invited, I see!); (2.) Parents HAVE been known to kill their children!

[Nickster]

8. I guess anything is possible, but that's really squeezing some serious tinfoil on my head without

any further details.

[CanonRay]

2. If this is a "coincidence" I'll eat my shorts.

Theres more here than meets the eye.

[shain from kane]

4. He ran out of anthrax about 4-5 years ago. Disappeared off the shelf for some unknown reason.

[notadmblnd]

5. there was a post here last night

questioning the motive for the US allowing this guy to fly. The poster asked the question, was it done to get other countries to give the US access to their passenger lists. There were links to articles posted about the US tracking all people who fly in the US and placing their names in a database.

By now one would think that no amount of tinfoil is too much to be wearing, since these criminals have shown that there is no limit to how low they'll stoop in accomplishing their goals. But... denial is more than just a river in Egypt.