And just when you think the world of "Politcal Correctness" can't go any further over the edge.....

is when something like this happens.....

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090427/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_odd_israel_kosher_flu

"JERUSALEM – The outbreak of swine flu should be renamed "Mexican" influenza in deference to Muslim and Jewish sensitivities over pork, said an Israeli health official Monday.

Deputy Health Minister Yakov Litzman said the reference to pigs is offensive to both religions and "we should call this Mexican flu and not swine flu," he told a news conference at a hospital in central Israel.

Both Judaism and Islam consider pigs unclean and forbid the eating of pork products."

Yes...calling it the swine flu. Unclean. Let's call it the Mexican flu. Nothing's quite as clean as the flu....

You'd think it would be an appropriate name for the thing in their eyes.

Swine = bad.

Swine flu = bad + bad = really bad.

Holy $%^&*. Has political correctness and considering everyone and anyone's insecurities....I mean sensitivities...finally gone to far? I love this one. Don't call it the swine flu...we don't like swine...it's offensive. Call it the Mexican flu. Screw them (the Mexicans) if they don't like it. They can take it. They are tough. Take things in stride. Mexicans.

I can't believe a statement like this even came about. Of all the things to worry about...

Alright. In order to preserve their delicate sensibilities (albeit I don't see where sense is at all involved, at least, not the common form of it), perhaps we can call it the swine flu, and they can call it something different. Yes...that could just work....and not the Mexican flu though....that would make them all hypocrites...they'd have to come up with a different name. How about:

"The nothing to do with pork it was really monarch butterfly flu."

or

"The I wished I named this something different flu"

or

"The thing with the round nose and squiggly tail flu"

or perhaps just simply

"The Wilbur Flu"

I can't believe this stuff even makes the news...

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/04/24/mccain-border-canada-911.html

Maybe someone should buy Senator John McCain and Janet Napolitano a box of crayons with which they can continue to try to rewrite their countries history.

No McCain and Napolitano, the 9/11 terrorists did not come through Canada. No, we did not train them to fly. No we did not give them American documentation or issue said documentation on your behalf. The US of A did all that themselves. We've been through this before.... trying to state otherwise avoids the issues. There are problems there in your own country that need to be dealt with. Avoiding the problems or falsely blaming someone else doesn't help anyone. Besides, we have our own problems here. Many are just the same as yours. We'll fix them here. You worry about yours.

Yes, I know. That's not it. You forgot/misunderstood/whatever the question, etc, etc. Signs of senility they say......

Not suggesting it's as they both wish to paint the US-Canada border with the same brush as the US-Mexico border with all it's drug and illegal immigrant problems, but hey, why not. Go ahead.

In fact, why not build a giant 10 foot cement wall around the entire country? That way you can feel wonderfully safe within it's confines and maybe we won't have to deal with all the bloody guns and drugs that find their way here from your side of the border...

Ahhh...The Billy Bob thing all makes sense now

I didn't know he was using a translator....

21

21
not old enough

not old enough
to die

not old enough

not old enough
to be as jaded as i

to be as jaded as i

to ask why

21
old enough

old enough
to hope
to dream
to believe

41
old

old enough to grieve


http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/04/14/blais-ramp-ceremony-0414.html

Billy Bob (Prima Donna) Thorton

I laughed at this interview. Several times. Especially how "thrilled" the band was to go play a tune after it. I actually felt a bit sorry for his bandmates.

Apparently we Canadians are an audience of mashed potatoes without gravy. That or Jian Ghomeshi was just to polite to point out we seldom throw things at each other and do get out of our seats - only it has to be a good band. LOL

The band was boo'd when they went on stage for their performance, subsequently canceled the rest of their Canadian dates (http://www.seattlepi.com/tvguide/405096_tvgif13.html) after a sudden onset of the flu, but no fear, getting south of the border cured them again!

Well Billy Bob, what's left to say? Don't let the border hit you on the ass on the way out?

Audience of One

But you ranaway
Now all my friends gone
Maybe we’ve outgrown all the things that we once loved
Runaway
But what are we running from ?
A show of hands from those in this audience of one
Where have they gone ?

We’re all ok, until the day we’re not
The surface shines, while the inside rots
We raced the sunset and we almost won
We slammed the brakes, but the wheels went on

We ran away
Now all my friends gone
Maybe we’ve outgrown all the things that we once loved
Runaway
But what are we running from ?
A show of hands from those in this audience of one
Where have they gone ?

From Rise Against - Audience of One. Yes, What are we running from? Ourselves?

Monsanto and others

http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/03/10/bills-could-reorganizing-farming-and-criminalize-gardening-organic-farming/

Thanks to Michelle at Crows Feet for the heads up. If you live in the U.S.A, or North America for that matter, you might wish to query on bills HR874 and S425 (query HR874 S425 in google and you'll find some interesting reading).

It's an all to alarming trend these days. Very big business influence governments to pass laws and policy to effectively eliminate their competition and to pretty much let these companies do what they want. Build a product in a part of the world where environmental controls and peoples rights do not matter. Sell it in places in the world where it would cost more to do it the proper way. Consume and destroy at will, all to post a healthy bottom line for the super rich. (but we buy the stuff, don't we...) Governments, instead of setting policy good for the people of the country, end up instead being "police" for the big corporations. I put police in quotes as I was actually being polite. I was going to write henchmen, or the goons. I think I should have. It's more accurate. A million laws later and where do you end up. You end up with the transformation of a free nation to a police state. Think about it. Freedom of speech is already disappearing. Think of all the things you can't say. Maybe freedom of gardening will go next.

Why do we let business run countries? Countries are for people. Let's get and keep business out of it.

Kids

I love my kids.

(yeah, short, sweet and not much in the way of great reading, but what more can I say)