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First, it was my wife. Then, my son. Now, I have the H1N1 flu … Amazingly, I don’t feel that bad, just an annoying cough and an up and down fever.

 

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Maybe, as a "swine flu” survivor, I should relate a tad bit of information.  You see, my wife, and son have been to the doctor at different times.  And they have both had tests performed (a swab of your nostril with a big friggin’ Q-tip.)  The results come back as flu-like symptoms.  The actual H1N1 test can not be performed at our doctors offices (and we’ve seen two different doctors, a pediatrician and our family doctor.)  It seems all they can do is diagnose your symptoms as “flu-like,” and since it isn’t technically flu season, yet, they say, “Okay, you’ve tested positive for the H1N1 strain.”  The actual test requires them to send the swab off to another lab and have it tested, which takes up to 2 weeks, in which time you’d be over your case of … whatever … by then, so it would be kind of pointless.

The perscription for their ills?  My wife was given a perscription for Tamiflu and told to go home and sweat it out, which can take up to 2-4 days, then remain at rest until the fever has been gone for 24 hours.  Our son received nothing.  His pediatrician said he was perfectly healthy and could fight it off on his own.  We asked about the Tamiflu for him, to which his doctor informed us that it could have some harmful side effects  on young children, especially if they were already healthy.  So, Noah is on Day 3 of his bout with the … whatever … and his fever still comes and goes and he has a bad cough.  In fact, it is only 7:42 PM as I write this and he has been conked out on his bed for the past hour asleep.  Very rare, indeed!

Me?  I figured out by now that it was pointless for me to even take a trip to the doctor.  I’ve had a cough for about a day or so after my wife became sick, but no fever.  Friday night when I got home around 3:00 AM, I had a fever of 102.7.  I went to Wal-Mart and picked up some TheraFlu.  I’ve been taking that and 2 Motrin every 6 hours for the past 2 days.  I’ve felt fine the past few days, just an annoying cough and stuffy nose, almost like a regular cold, except for the fever.  And I’ve had the regular flu before, that was no walk in the park!  Anyways, This is Sunday night, I haven’t had a fever all day but still the cough remains. 

So … if you are between the ages of 5 and 65, and in good health, I’ve been told that you are gonna be sent home and just have to wait it out.  The younger and older and in poor health folks are the ones that receive medical attention I suppose.  There are several good sites for information out there on the web if you want to know what the experts say (and most of the sites don’t even have all that fear-mongering that the broadcast media announces about outbreaks.

Center For Disease Control Website

Miss USA Controversy

There’s no link to the numerous news stories covering this topic.  It’s easy enough to find, if you haven’t heard about it yet.  My personal feeling is that the young woman deserves applause for speaking her mind and standing up for her personal beliefs.  It’s already bad enough in this world where people disguard their morales just to go along with the “norm” or be politically correct.  But here this woman was, participating for Miss USA of all things, and she dared to speak her mind and risk losing the contest, which she did. 

Again, whether you agree with her or not, I cheer her for standing up and not following the rest of the sheep just to please others and be politically correct.

I Can See The Future!!

I predicted this a month ago.  When it was being reported that the Octomom had cameras in her house to “help her monitor her babies,” I told my wife, “They’re fixin’ to do a reality show.”

What drew me to this conclusion?  Why … because it was commented in a news clip that she had a camera in her garage … that isn’t exactly essential in monitoring your newborn babies. 

This woman’s 15 minutes are up, they need to take the kids away from her, all of them, and then when she can actually start taking care of herself, then slowly feed them back into her life.  Seriously, I don’t think I’m being cruel here, she needs someone to slap some sense into her, not reward her for insane decisions by giving her more attention.

But, of course, like the rest of America, I’ll tune it to see how crazy she really is.

Nadya Suleman in Talks For Reality Show – MSNBC

This Ain’t Kansas

There are tornados all around us right now.  The news channels are having a field day, people are freaking out, damage galore …  Hopefully everyone is safe and was prepared for anything that might have happened.

At our homestead, it was just some heavy rain and medium wind gusting through.  Still alerts going off all over the news, so it isn’t over yet.

Our local News Channel 2 (WKRN) has videos and pictures of the storm, as well as one of the tornados that can through our neighboring city of Murfreesboro.

http://www.wkrn.com/global/story.asp?s=10164304

Bill Gates Wants Everyone To Share …

the experience of Malaria!

Bill Gates Releases Moquitoes Into Audience – MSNBC

 

"Bill Gates just released mosquitos into the audience at TED and said, ‘Not only poor people should experience this.’"

That was the post by Facebook’s Senior Platform Manager Dave Morin on social networking site Twitter.

Rising Fame for Obama Lookalike

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7842347.stm

I’d be scared if I was this guy.  You look like the President, one of three things could happen:

1) You are famous and asked to attend parties due to your likeness.

2) Some crazy starts taking shots at you because you look like the President.

3) The White House drafts you to be used as a decoy during Presidential trips.

I would seek reconstructive surgery, immediately.

When Teens Find Their Parents Online!

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/28469063#28469063

Stupidity Doesn’t Take The Holiday’s Off

Or, as MSNBC likes to call it: “Man Blowtorching Snow Sets Home On Fire.”

Let’s Just Call Him, “The Democrat”

A new message from “The Democrat,” complete and uncut.  I assure you, I have not edited this in any way, it’s here for your viewing pleasure …  Click Here to view his last message (scroll to the very bottom of the link to view his comments to a MoveOn.org newsletter)

OK first off im an Obama supporter.i like most of his ideas and what he hopes to do .what is really bothering me in the amount of people that voted and didn’t have a real reason for why they voted for their candidate.i have yet to meet a McCain voter that has a real reason.one thing ,people ,you should not vote for or against someone because of the color of thier skin color ,if you do you don’t deserve the right to vote ! you should not vote for a group because of issues like abortion or gay marriage. one, those are laws the states decide for the most part .you should educate yourself on both candidates .On what they plan to do "not what one party says the other plans to do "because they both twist things to get you to think what they want you too.its politics people its mostly lies. don’t listen to the idiots on the radio"phil valentine" they do the same thing. research how your guy normally votes and if you like what he has done in their jobs so far.
also dont vote against someone because of their religion,its call freedom of religion for a reason. so many stupid people i meet think Obama is Muslim "One he is not" he is christian but that should have no place in our government .just because his dad wrote on his birth certificate "Muslim" does not make him one .im sure mine says im christian but i am not nor have i ever been! now if someone said to me that they voted McCain and they make more then 200k a year then id take that as an OK reason because McCain like most republicans are looking out for the wealthy , and you should be voting for the person that is looking out for your best interests .i would like to think that people would look out for the many instead of the few but we are a world of greedy and the ignorant.
with that being said ill move on to an idea Ive had. that maybe our new president could use.this idea is to help our unemployment problems that are getting worse by the day.
1st we need to shut our borders .
2nd all illegal immigrants that are already in our borders are given the option to server 2 years in our military or go back to their country. my ancestors fought for my place in this country . so i believe they should too.
i have nothing against them being here but they need to earn their right to be here and not break our laws and abuse our system. if i was them i would want to be here too ,but i would do it legally and i would be willing to do this to be in our country .
by doing this we would be freeing up millions of jobs. also to those of you that say "they are doing the jobs that we don’t want too"YOU ARE WRONG . i see American workers everyday losing their jobs to illegal immigrants that have fake social security cards and IDs. once again id like to say i have nothing against them but they are causing a lot of our economic problems at this time.they are not paying taxes ,they are causing our pay rates to go down for those of us working in the same fields. so by doing this plan more Americans will have jobs and the immigrants will have a chance to become legal so this really is a win win situation.
on to another issue. if our government continues to go the way of BUSH .we as a people need to stand up together and fight this injustice. our government in the past 8 years has done nothing but work towards making us FEAR them .they continue to take our rights away and RAPE our way of life. i am a firm believer that BUSH and his people belong in jail .there have been many times in history that "the people" that’s us lol stood up against the Evil governments and i feel that one of those times will be upon us soon if things don’t change .we should not Fear our government they are there to work for us but it seems they have lost sight of that! this is partly our fault sense we sat back and let them become more of a Mafia then an government .they want us to fear them because if we fear them we do nothing .
so they get rich and we all starve. so everyone out there that feels this way ,you can repost this or what ever you want to do bitch at me i dont care .
BUT STAND UP USE YOUR VOICE AND RIGHT TO BE HEARD!
I HAVE HOPE … THINGS WILL CHANGE!

Election Day Myths (Slate Magazine)

Slate posted a couple of election day myths that some folks believe to be true.  Good points, though.

Slate: Voter Beware

 

If Obama wins, our standing in the world will improve immediately just because he’s "different." There will, I am sure, be a brief moment of shock and surprise when the rest of the world learns that one of its most treasured beliefs—"whatever happens, the Americans are always more racist than we are"—is untrue. There will also be a good deal of rejoicing at the passing of the hated Bush administration. But very quickly, reality will set in as foreigners discover, along with American voters, that the U.S. president isn’t as powerful as they think he is and can’t change anything very quickly, if at all. President Obama will not be able to end the fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, he will not be able to make the stock exchanges rise, and he will not be able to halt the recession right away. And that’s only the short-term disappointment. In the long term, foreigners, along with U.S. voters, will also discover that America is not about to give up on global capitalism and start "redistributing" the nation’s wealth to others. Kenyans in particular will be disappointed.