Can you spot the fear mongering in this Associated Press report?<\/p>\n

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A better question would probably be “Can you avoid the fear mongering in this report?”<\/p>\n

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No one has died – but the “federal officials” are telling us it’s “likely”. Way to keep us calm, fellas.<\/p>\n

What I can’t help but point out is that the article trumpets the Obama Administration’s emergency $1.5 billion request but they fail to acknowledge that the Democrats traded away their initial request a few months ago to get some Republican votes<\/a> to pass their massive economy-killing package.<\/p>\n

The Administration urged calm yesterday and today, but it seems that they’re being anything but calm. As soon as it was discovered that an LA County coroner was investigating two recent deaths for the possibility of being related to swine flu, the (Republican) governor declared a state of emergency. In one case, swine flu has been ruled out<\/a> as the cause. I figured I’d better screen cap that story in case it disappears;<\/p>\n

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64 confirmed cases – of course Fox News told me earlier that confirmed cases “rocketed” from 50 this morning. This map is scary, isn’t it?<\/p>\n

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Whole states colored brown for minuscule portions of their populations with confirmed cases. I’m getting flu symptoms just writing this stuff. If you’re not scared yet, they have another map that shows how many 64 people are with little brown dots – you know, in case you’re a moron who has never seen 64 brown dots all in one place before;<\/p>\n

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I can’t help but shake the feeling that the media is throwing Obama a softball of a “crisis” so he can save us from the impending evil menace – then we can all clap like supporters at the Special Olympics when the little handicapped child finally finishes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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