tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34798599.post8973319779295191472..comments2023-11-14T11:44:10.396-05:00Comments on The Legion of Decency: AT THE RISK OF BEING PREMATURE...jimhenshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07815834271470133872noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34798599.post-37820246085554193672009-05-03T23:40:00.000-04:002009-05-03T23:40:00.000-04:00If the media had their way, they'd change the H1N1...If the media had their way, they'd change the H1N1 common name from "swine flu" to "PIGGIE-GEDDON".M J Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14062479862448746911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34798599.post-72499420498939136452009-04-29T14:59:00.000-04:002009-04-29T14:59:00.000-04:00Well, the CBC might be doing ok in the "sell the s...Well, the CBC might be doing ok in the "sell the steak, not the sizzle" sweepstakes (is that a tortured metaphor or what?), but the rest of the Canadian media seems to be in full "Sky is Falling" mode.<br /><br />I guess they can't just sex up "wash your hands and cough into your sleeve" enough.<br /><br />And, as Jon Stewart's "Daily Show" has already pointed out, swine flu is about #100 on the things that can kill you in Mexico. Number one? "Bullet flu"...<br /><br />If Toronto had had a real mayor back during the SARS crisis, and not a circus midget, it would have gone like this:<br /><br />"You know, Mr. CNN Talking Head, flu kills 36,000 Americans a year. XXX of them were in Atlanta. Do YOU feel safe?".<br /><br />Anybody remember the Italian earthquake. Killed a few hundred people...anybody? Just a few weeks ago. Bueller? Anyone?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34798599.post-16895766738157844872009-04-29T08:01:00.000-04:002009-04-29T08:01:00.000-04:00Is the name 'Fox' news derived from the character ...Is the name 'Fox' news derived from the character Foxy Loxy, the fox that ate all the chickens in the fable 'The Sky is Falling'?<br /><br />Coincidence? Well, probably but fitting nonetheless. They will eat our children.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05213866618922724603noreply@blogger.com