Swine Flu: Ron Paul Makes Sense

Swine flu hysteria

Recall that President Gerald Ford suggested the entire US population be vaccinated for the swine flu back in 1976. It was called “the epidemic that never was.” Just one soldier died of it at an Army base. Over 40 million were vaccinated against swine flu. Mass vaccination backfired. Within days several people who took the vaccine were seriously ill. Many people developed a nerve disorder, called guillain barre syndrome. More than $3.5 billion in damages were paid out by the vaccine manufacturers to compensate 4000 victims.


Swine flu hysteria again in 2009

#1. Math.

The greater Mexico City Metropolitan area has a population of 22 million people according to Wikipedia.

Many millions of them live in crushing poverty, poor health and with poor sanitary conditions.

1,000 "cases" (which is higher than the so-far reported number) equals 0.005% of the population. 60 deaths equals 0.0003% of the population.

 

 

 
Violet in her hat she got at Disneyland.

 
This was so, so cute! Ledge LOVED riding as a passenger while Violet drove around the yard. When she stopped and got out of the car, he was upset. Wonder if this is how it will be when they are teenagers.

 

 

Chasing ducks

 

This is a small enclosed area with the iron gate around it to keep people out. There are ducks in there. Guess how Ledge got in. He maneuvered his way in between the iron rods. And, then happily went about chasing the ducks.

 

Disneyland

 

 

 

 

 

 

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This guy is standing up for his 4th amendment rights...I applaud him!

CNN's reporting of the tea party

CNN had this video removed from youtube. They are embarrassed by it.

Tavia as the Easter Bunny

The kids didn't know what to think

Ledge moves to the music

Unique dance moves. I am evaluating some new video software (that's the reason for the watermark).

One year ago...

Taking this Easter opportunity to repost this funny, funny video from last year.

The coloring process

She is proud of her eggs!

Uh oh...dropped one

Ledge wants to know what's inside

Italian Scientist Warned about Earthquake

Weeks before the disaster, an Italian scientist had predicted a major quake around L'Aquila, based on concentrations of radon gas around seismically active areas.

Seismologist Gioacchino Giuliani was reported to police for "spreading alarm" and was forced to remove his findings from the Internet.

Civil Protection reassured locals at the end of March that tremors being felt were "absolutely normal" for a seismic area.

The quake was the latest and strongest in a series to hit the L'Aquila area on Sunday and Monday.

Man detained and harassed at airport for carrying cash!

Another "Violet Said" .....

Alyssa and Leo are taking Violet and Ledge to the snow today. Violet is all excited. She said to Leo: "Daddy, will you help me build a snowman? Because I know you like to build things."

Alyssa even brought a carrot for the snowman's nose.

I think I like it....

What is it? Well, it seems to be a place where you tell what you are doing. Anythink you want to tell about, whether exciting or mundane. "Going to bed early tonight." "Just watched a great movie." "Feeling lonely." "I'm in good mood today." Whatever! The message cannot be more than 140 characters, so there isn't a lot to read.

From the Twitter site: "Isn't Twitter just too much information? No, in fact, Twitter solves information overload. At Twitter, we ask one question, "What are you doing?" The result of using Twitter to stay connected with friends, relatives, and coworkers is that you have a sense of what folks are up to but you are not expected to respond to any updates unless you want to. This means you can step in and out of the flow of information as it suits you and it never queues up with increasing demand of your attention. Additionally, users are very much in control of whose updates they receive. Simply put, Twitter is what you make of it--receive a lot of information about your friends, or just a tiny bit. It's up to them."