Tancredo: Obama 'truly a cult leader'

Former GOP congressman takes on swine flu response, amnesty, free speech © 2009 WorldNetDaily Swine flu has been confirmed by laboratory tests in 1,516 patients in 22 countries, according to the WHO. Mexico has reported 942 cases, including 29 deaths, while the U.S. has 403 cases and two deaths. Despite the increasing number of U.S. cases, President Obama is solidly against closing the U.S.-Mexico border to contain the outbreak, likening such a move to "closing the barn door after the horses are out." Former Republican Rep. Tom Tancredo of Colorado disagrees: "The problem is you cannot necessarily contain it but what you're trying to do is minimize the impact, of course, and reduce the number of people coming into the country with it." Tancredo believes the administration's refusal to act is also indicative of a "desire on the part of many people to eliminate borders."

Later on in the column, Tancredo is quoted as saying (There is also an embedded audio file of the interview):

"You have to admit, he is a cult leader and the cult will go with him anywhere he wants to go. "You just don't know about the size of the cult, how big it is, if it's shrinking or growing, but he is a cult leader and you have to realize that he's not just a political figure, he is truly a cult leader." [Continue reading]

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Ron Paul: Swine Flu skeptic

Ameriborn News: Reminds me of magicians trying to distract the people from the over whelming Tea Protest, that were taking part in every state for the last 7 weeks. [Continue reading]

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Government says 'swine flu' no longer exists

First it was use of the term "war on terror" that was banned by the government. Then it was "terrorist attacks" that became "man-caused disasters." Now it's "swine flu" that is forbidden. Despite the history of "swine flu" in the U.S. and the current alarm being raised, the real danger appears to be what the problem is called. read more | digg story

White House aide's family likely has swine flu

A member of the US delegation that helped prepare Energy Secretary Steven Chu's trip to Mexico City has demonstrated flu-like symptoms and his family members have tested probable for swine flu. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said that three members of an aide's family are being tested to see if they have the same strain of swine flu... read more | digg story ~ Submitted by pookydirt

How swine flu could be a bigger threat to humanity than nuclear warfare ~ By Michael Hanlon

By Michael Hanlon When a new animal virus emerges in some crowded corner of the Third World and the experts start talking gravely about pandemics, the inevitable question is: How much should we worry? Well, it probably isn't time, quite yet, to be heading for the hills but the emergence of a new and deadly strain of swine flu in Mexico is a matter of serious concern. If we are lucky, we will see something like a rerun of the SARS or bird flu scares seen earlier this decade - scary but containable outbreaks of disease which have (so far) killed a few dozen to a few hundred people. But if we are really unlucky, and experts stress that so far this is looking unlikely, we could be witnessing the beginning of a global catastrophe that could kill tens or even hundreds of millions. For it remains the fact that in a world awash with new and exotic fears, from computer bugs to terrorist dirty bombs, old-fashioned infectious disease - particularly the numerous influenzas which infect humans, pigs and birds - probably still has the greatest capacity to kill the most people in the shortest time. [Continue reading]

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Swine flu hits U.S. ~ By Ellen Ratner

The bottom line here is that this has been going on for a while (weeks to months), and the government has been silent about this. The main concern among physicians Ellen spoke with is that we are not hearing the whole story. Either the government is concerned and needs to take more rapid action, or this is not something to be overly worried about. read more | digg story