The Swine Flu a.k.a., the H1N1 virus

The Swine Flu "pandemic" might potentially be the crisis that the American Mugabe a.k.a. "Broke" Obama and Rham-it-through Emanuel will not let go to waste. No doubt this "panicdemic" could be used to impose more restrictions on our liberties as well as another excuse to change the health care system, i.e.,  Obama could declare a national emergency and impose martial law.

Remember Clintonista Paul Begala's famous, "Stroke of the pen, law of the land? Kind of cool," remark about one of Clinton's Executive Orders?  It gives you insight into the mind set of the average Liberal-Fascist.  My original opposition to the Patriot Act, P.L. 107-56 was based on my standard test as to whether to pass a law or not. My test is to imagine the power and authority conferred by the potential law in the hands of the worst tyrant that you could ever imagine.  One of the criticisms of the Bush Administration was the accusation of domestic spying on American citizens. The "secret" order signed by Bush in 2002, authorized the monitoring of phone calls and other communications of people in the United States believed to have contact with suspected associates of al Qaeda and other terrorist groups overseas. While there were no cases to best of this writer's knowledge of abuses of the executive order, it may a different story with the American Mugabe. Obama has preserved the domestic surveillance program.

Recently the Obama DOJ recently exercised its subpoena authority by demanding the production of the details of all IP traffic to and from www.indymedia.us" on June 25, 2008. Indymedia is the Leftist news organization Independent Media Center, which is dedicated to promoting "social and economic justice" and "social change."  The Grand Jury subpeona did not specify the criminal activity that it was seeking to investigate.  While the subpoena was withdrawn, it shows that the Obama Administration is willing to attempt incursion into civil liberties to extend its power.

The Hong Kong Flu in 1968-69 killed approximately 33,800 people, yet, apart from the spitting on sidewalk laws, there were no calls to curtail liberties. During the annual flu season an estimated 36,000 people die in the United States each year. The usual approach to the flu epidemic has been a combination of information dissemination and the use of "hit or miss" flu shots.  The CDC has published its recommendations for vaccination for 2009-2010 flu season.  Unfortunately for many concerned parents, the vaccine has been in short supply and a least one a poll blames the drug companies for the shortages.  This shortage might come as good news to Louis Farrakhan who believes that the vaccine is designed to "depopulate the earth."  The extreme mistrust of the government may be behind the refusal of some health workers to take the vaccine even though it has been mandated.

It is not clear whether this latest crisis will eventually pan out into a genuine pandemic as probably hoped by the most extreme Liberal-Fascists. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has said that "passive surveillance" is adequate for now and that a US-Mexico border closure "has not been merited by the facts." She later retracted the term under severe criticism.  A children’s rhyme from the time of the 1918 Spanish flu might be instructive as to the issue of border closing:

I had a little bird,

Its name was Enza,

I opened the window,

And in-flew-Enza.

As it stands, the American people may be weary of the numerous crises real or created (e.g., the health care crisis) by the Liberal Fascists and may feel justifiably that their collective plate is full. They might not be in the mood for yet another crisis and drastic action--even if merited. So what will the "busy" American Mugabe do?  Between bites of imported $100 Kobe beef, he will claim that his plate is full.