Newt Gingrich shows the bird flu fact or fiction at 9  cst

 

I'm watching it right now. Scary indeed! It's wierd to see it on TV played out like this. Glad I logged on when I did. Would've missed it otherwise.

Yeap, no sugar coating here.

Yes Fox News Channel

Bruss... I'm shocked!  FNC is the top rated cable news channel in America.  Their slogan.... Fair and Balanced.  But yes, it is subscription only.

A secret: I have a crush on Sheppard Smith.

LITANY AGAINST FEAR

I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.

Frank Herbert - Dune

He was a loud and widely heard voice that decried the failure of all levels of the governmental response.  His coverage from the overpass will stay with me for a long, long time.

stormriderfla: that was beautiful! thanks!

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE GIVE ME AN IDEA OF WHAT THE SHOW WAS LIKE, I LOOKED FOR IT EVERYWHERE BUT JUST ENDED UP WATCHING A NOSTRADAMAS SPECIAL.

SO PPPPLLLLEEEEAAASSSSEEEEE SOMEONE BREIF ME, I WANTED TO WATCH IT SO BAD, AND RECORD IT FOR MY OBLIVIOUS FIANCE' THAT THINKS I AM CRAZY @ THIS POINT AND IT'S GETTING PRETTY ANNOYING! WHEW, SORRY I THINK I JUST VENTED!

ANYWAY ANYTHING WOULD BE GREATLY APPRICIATED!

LOVE AND LIGHT******BLESSED BE*****

First, the Fox show will be repeated later tonight.  1 am EST I think.

Synopsis : Newt looking somber.  Describes a `fictionalized' pandemic starting in Asia, and being brought to this country by a businesman. Spreads rapidly. No way to contain it.  Compares the social unrest to New Orleans after Katrina, but nationwide.  Made it clear that the infrastucture, food deliveries, and law and order were in peril.

Stressed that no vaccine would be available for 8 -12 months. Tamiflu in short supply.  Hospitals overrun.  Millions dead.

Surprisingly, not overly hyped.  A bit political towards the end, pushing for indemnity for vaccine manufacturers.  Repeating over and over again that while it may not happen soon, it is virtually inevitable. 

Coulda used better experts. (The national geographic show was better in that regard).  Spent a few minutes on Swine Flu, but not much.

Sobering.  Nothing members here don't know. But a bit amazing to hear it on a MSM station.

Your welcome, Femvet.

Try putting some vick's vapo-rub on your finger tips for a day or two. You'll learn to keep them away from your face in a hurry. 

Hi Mary Kay,

If you get the Fox News Channel, they are replaying it tonight at 1am... in about a half hour.

Stormriderfla, was your Litany Against Fear directed at me, since you put it in directly after my post?  If so, I must ask you to please not judge me so harshly.  I have no fear!  I have been ill with Epstein Barr Virus for the last 3 years and the complications from it have almost killed me several times.  There have been times when I was so sick, I begged God to take me out of here.  I was hospitalized twice last year from complications and almost died from dehydration.  I have a post on here called Viruses are Very Scary, hoping that it would help people on here to tell their family and friends who don't take viruses seriously.  I'm a Christian and am not afraid to die.  However, since I already suffer from a nasty virus, if this thing goes h2h, I really don't want to die that way.  I want to go quick!  The people who have died from this have suffered horribly and I really do not look forward to dying like that, if it's my time to go.  Also, forgive me, in advance, if I have offended anyone because I spoke about my Christianity.    

PEBBLES: I'M PRETTY SURE THE POEM  WAS FOR ME BECAUSE I WAS HAVING A MELT DOWN OF FEAR AND STORM WAS JUST TRYIN TO HELP ME OUT!

LOVE AND LIGHT****

 

P.S. THANKS AGAIN FLA MEDIC U R MAKING ME SO PROUD TO BE IN FLA   I WAS AN EMT BEFORE BECOMING A NURSE, I'M NOT SURE IF U R STILL WORKING BUT I'M PRETTY CONFIDANT U R DAMN GOOD AT WHAT U DO! 

stormriderfla wrote: Pebbles,  I must have misread a fatalistic tone, my mistake. I feel fear and this is one way I handle it, Hokey...maybe but in my universe of experiences it works. I guess the old saying " never share a Rx"  is right. No offence intended. -K

Besides - I prefer the Ghola' Hymn.

 No bitter stench of funeral-still for Muad'dib. No knell nor solemn rite to free the mind From avaricious shadows. He is the fool saint, The golden stranger living forever On the edge of reason. Let your guard fall and he is there! His crimson peace and sovereign pallor Strike into our universe on prophetic webs To the verge, of a quiet glance -- there! Out of bristling star-jungles: Mysterious, lethal, an oracle without eyes, Catspaw of prophecy, whose voice never dies! Shai-hulud, he awaits thee upon a strand Where couples walk and fix, eye to eye, The delicious ennui of love. He strides through the long cavern of time, Scattering the fool-self of his dream.

I've always liked that one...maybe it's apt now and applies to many of us in attempting to spread the word to others...

 

stormriderfla: I am going to make that my morning mantra! thanx :>}

JUST WANTED TO LET U KNOW THAT IT'S ON AGAIN IF U MISSED IT (LIKE ME) THE FIRST TIME!

THANK GOD FOR DVR SO I CAN SHOW SOME PEOPLE AND PRAY THEY WAKE UP!

LOVE AND LIGHT***********

Maybe next time we can issue a forum wide announcement telling everybody what time the special airs.  

Bruss is too funny..... he works here 24/7 and he takes a 1 hour break and he misses the whole thing.  

Back to the topic at hand......

I was shocked that Newt Gingrich (in their hypothetical doomsday scenario) actually mentioned that most countries will go to great lengths to cover up initial outbreaks - And they will also hide the initial human to human outbreak that signifies that the final H2H mutation has taken place.  The poor countries do this because they really have no choice, otherwise, their fragile economies based on the poultry market will be destroyed.  

They also mentioned that the WHO states with 100% certainty that there has never been a single case of Human to human transmission, with the possible exception to a case in 2005.   

I love shep Smith also. I always watched him. But never knew how intelegent he is. When they let him loose from the teleprompter..look out!! He is like wild fire, He answers all the questions that I want answered. Tony Snow took over his weekend shows. Just last week. I hope it s just because of all the rearanging they are doing since a few people left.