We've seen the WHO, CDC, UN and individual gov'ts raising the fear level concerning the Swine Flu, but why? What's the difference between the Swine Flu and the 500,000 deaths each year from plain old influenza?

Oh, I'm sure they won't...

(the current crop of headlines from Drudgereport.com)

Military 'monitoring' outbreak...
WHO Will Raise Alert to Unprecedented Level...
EU: Don't travel to USA/Mexico...
*US calls EU travel warning unwarranted...
**Russia to check all planes from Americas...
STATE DEPT ISSUES TRAVEL WARNING...
UK INVESTIGATING 17 POSSIBLE CASES...
Has globalization made us more catastrophe-prone?
PIG SICK: NYC...
Flu could boost gov't intervention further...
CDC: No vaccine prevents...
Outbreak Triggers Global Mobilization...
Virus has bird, pig, human components...

Buffalo Wild Wings finally opened their doors In Tulsa Hills today, and though it was a bit chaotic being opening night, it was excellent.

What could possibly go wrong?

 

Tulsa's own Taylor Hanson has joined forces with Bun E. Carlos (Cheap Trick), James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins) & Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne) to form a Power Pop group called Tinted Windows, The CD was released today, but it seems to be pretty scarce around these parts for some odd reason, considering the local tie in. So until you can find it, here are a couple of videos to tide you over...

UPDATE: I finally listened to the whole CD, there really isnt a bad song in the bunch, you can definitally hear the Cheap Trick & Smashing Pumpkins influences.

Obama proposed that 100,000,000 be cut from federal agencies... which is .0028%  of the overall 3,550,000,000,000 budget... I'm guessing he thinks Americans arent so good at math anymore...

After reading the responses from the media and from people responding to stories on message boards,  yesterdays "tea parties" have really scared the left, and not in the way they are portraying (racists, hatemongers, etc.). No, the left is afraid that mainstream America has finally woken up and won't let them play their little games anymore. They are afraid that the politicians may actually listen to the people who actually keep this country running, and pay their own way. They are afraid that they may have finally gone to far. And they have.

We need to stand up and say we're Americans, and we have the right to debate and disagree with any administration. - Hillary Clinton

 Today woot.com had a sale on Weather Channel emergency weather radios, they sold out by noon. what is amusing is who purchased these gizmos.

Below is a map of which states purchased the most of them, the brighter the green the more sales...

Deuteronomy 31:20 (English Standard Version)

For when I have brought them into the land flowing with milk and honey, which I swore to give to their fathers, and they have eaten and are full and grown fat, they will turn to other gods and serve them, and despise me and break my covenant.