Monday, October 19, 2009
When Pigs Attack!!!
Do you personally know anyone who has gotten the H1N1 virus (swine flu)? I didn't until about 5 minutes ago. Lilly (my granddaughter) was just diagnosed this morning. Fortunately, Katrina (her mom), has been on top of Lilly's health care. It took several trips to different doctors (insert derogatory statements about Medford here) for this to be figured out. She got a flu shot 2 days ago, but it was already too late by then. And Lilly can't have Tamiflu, so Katrina is making sure that Lilly stays hydrated and her temperature doesn't go up too much. I'm not all that worried about this. I truly believe that the seriousness of this has been completely blown out of proportion by the media. Out nation's love of things that scare us and getting freaked out about every little thing has not helped either. I do think that people should be informed about things like this, but they should do some actual research. Getting your news/info from Glenn Beck and Fox News does not count. Try getting your information from credible sources. That should apply for everything. And just because someone has the same opinion as you do doesn't mean squat. Use your brain. Critial thinking really does work!
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ahh come on-beck and fox aren't THAT bad. don't think for one minute that the gov doesn't have its own agenda....
ReplyDeleteReally? I'm afraid my opinion of your ability for critical thinking has just dropped. A lot. Yes, Glenn Beck and Fox News ARE that bad. I am quite aware that much of our government does not have our best interests in mind, but I'm not about to believe that people like Glenn Beck have anyone's best interests in mind besides their own. He is a liar and loves to provoke negative responses. He, and others like him, are fear-mongers and are only succeeding in driving more wedges between citizens. Like we need more of that. Do you really believe what he says? Please do some fact checking. Non-biased fact checking works the best. I'm not going to say everything Obama and the Democrats do is wonderful, cause that would be just as big of a lie, but at least he's trying to do some good in the world. I assume that your mind is already made up about things like this, so I won't badger you about it. I'm just glad that I am curious enough and open-minded enough to consider all sides critically before forming my opinions on things like this. Our nation has certainly dumbed itself down in the last 20 years. Conspiracy theory anyone?
ReplyDeleteSorry to sound so...mean, insulting, or whatever. I just really don't like that guy. And I wish you would take another look at his messages.
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