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   toasteroven said, 26 days ago

   What bothers me about Lisa Benson is that, while I always can get what she’s saying, it’s in spite of her cartoons, not because. They’re a mish-mash of conflicting images. She’s got H1N1 here, and she’s got a pig, (because it’s swine flu, get it?), but other than that I don’t see much of a meaningful connection.

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   Ken Warren said, 26 days ago

   If you were a Republican and watch Fox News, you would understand that the pig is Obama and he want stop the swine flu vaccine so that grandma will die, and he can turn the country in a socialist, gay loving society.

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   scottfreitas said, 26 days ago

   I don’t really get what Lisa’s trying to say here,either. Vaguely I sense a connection between the slowness with which the Swine Flu vaccine is being delivered to the public at large, and the above drawing, but…

   Can I just steeple my fingers below my chin and murmur “hmmm…” while looking thoughtful? Maybe even nod my chin slightly…

   Yes. Yes, I GET IT. Brilliant! No, really…

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   cdward said, 26 days ago

   ^ANandy, do you have some source material for that? Is there a link to an article where pharmaceutical reps say this?

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   charlie555 said, 26 days ago

   I think Lisa is contrasting the hysteria of the government/medical community with the small risk of the swine flu. Big OINK vs little oink.

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   wminfield said, 26 days ago

   Big honking, overblown hysteria over little piggie in the road. Worldwide annual flu deaths total 250,000 to 500,000 with 36,000 of those in the US on average. H1N1 has killed 1100 worldwide through July. Why was this even declared a national emergency?

   It must have been to highlight how much we need Gov’t to take care of us during all these crisis’ to make sure we all have the vaccine….oops.

   Maybe it was so Politicians could use the hype to show how much we need a public option and nanny gov’t.

   http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/28/regular.flu/index.html

   http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/youropinions.php?opinionid=40881

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   dtroutma said, 26 days ago

   The critic is that Obama was too slow to respond, then declared a “national emergency” to spur production and provide for distribution. No matter what he did, or didn’t do, it is his fault to Lisa.

   The REAL reason vaccine was slow was that 1. Tamiflu, produced under patent to Rumsfeld’s company, which is totally ineffective against H1N1 was again being marketed like crazy, AND 2. the fact they had to isolate a flu strain suitable for combating what the people were actually getting, then getting it into production on a large enough scale.

   Of course the fact that “normal” flu is still killing more folks, across a broader age span, is unimportant to politics of events.

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   NeoconMan said, 26 days ago

   ANandy, you are partially right when you say that the reason the vaccine is late being available is there are too few willing to produce the vaccine.

   And we don’t produce the vaccine because it wouldn’t generate enough profits for us to bother. It’s not like we’re in this business to help PEOPLE or anything, you know.

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   scottfreitas said, 26 days ago

   I like charlie’s take on it. I think he may have plugged directly into Lisa’s thinking.

   (he probably asked his wife for her opinion) ;)

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    toasteroven said, 26 days ago

    You may not be a serf ANandy, but you got to back up your information yourself. That’s a pretty basic rule. You made the argument, it’s your responsibility to support it, not cdwards.

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    charlie555 said, 26 days ago

    scottfreitas said

    ”(he probably asked his wife for her opinion) ;)”

    Busted!

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    Jim said, 26 days ago

    Eh ?

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    vhammon said, 26 days ago

    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123535050056344903.html

    Vaccine makers have been immune from product liability since 1986.

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    shane damit said, 25 days ago

    triple 6, that was quite a rant earlier.
    standing corrected or not (thank you also, hammon).
    that cute tattoo on your forhead…you’re still adorable!

    cdscissorhands, dont pick on triple 6, hes not a wordsmith/research dweeb, hes a numbers guy!

    I think charlie triple 5 has the right goggles on for this one.

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    Ken Warren said, 25 days ago

    I’ve always wanted to say this, now thanks to Stan I can:

    Stan: America, love it, or leave it.

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    shane damit said, 25 days ago

    stan
    say it isnt so!
    please dont go, you are just to dam lovable!

    I will miss you buddy, the perfect balance of ignorance and animosity.

    save me a slice of that possum pie, please!

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    foxglove16 said, 24 days ago

    Calling it an national emergency legally opens options for the hospitals to take in case a really big influx of patients were to occur. It seems like good planning. Naturally any good deed goes punished by right wingers. Obama scratches a kitten’s chin and Fox accuses him of slitting the little thing’s throat.