Re: Rumsfeld/Bird Flu hype

[Guest guest]

I prefer to look beyond the obvious hype in articles such as the one written

by G Lean and J Owen. There is an ever present smear campaign being waged at

all times by the media. AOL is an obvious example, as is The Independent. If

their preferred party was in office, they would fail to link every foul odor

that comes along to their party. It's all about agenda. If no proof ever reveals

itself, there will be no retraction; their purpose is simply knee-jerk

politics.

There was no evidence cited. Journalists are hired to spew the opinions of

their employers, make no mistake about that. What is really pitiful is the

gullible public inhales the spin and rushes to spread the gilded facts, and then

worst of all vote without due diligence. I believe there is an ongoing struggle

between impulsive ignorance and researched truth. Our nation is too precious

for such callowness which threatens us every election.

When acquaintances approach me with a political breath, I calmly ask them

have they read in detail the DNC Platform (all 40 pages) and the GOP Contract

with America. Almost without exception they reply " No " . I then tell them that

after they become better informed, I will gladly discuss the differences. That

ends it.

-C R

In a message dated 3/18/2006 12:14:50 PM Central Standard Time, haec

klers@... writes:

> Lest anyone think there is an actual threat from Avian Flu...

>

> Rumsfeld makes $5m killing on bird flu drug

> By Geoffrey Lean and Owen

> Published: 12 March 2006

> Rumsfeld has made a killing out of bird flu. The US Defence

> Secretary has made more than $5m (£2.9m) in capital gains from

> selling shares in the biotechnology firm that discovered and

> developed Tamiflu, the drug being bought in massive amounts by

> Governments to treat a possible human pandemic of the disease.

>

> More than 60 countries have so far ordered large stocks of the

> antiviral medication - the only oral medicine believed to be

> effective against the deadly H5N1 strain of the disease - to try to

> protect their people. The United Nations estimates that a pandemic

> could kill 150 million people worldwide.

>

>

> I've always felt this is a " Hyped-up " threat more than an actual

> threat. This just about confirms it.

>

> - Renate

>