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They warned us about it. Pandemic and death was on the way.

They said be worried about it. After hearing awful predictions of hospitals full of the sick, we were worried about it.

The government said they were ready for it. We lined up ready to submit to our shot of possible immunity. But, they were not ready. The H1N1 flu vaccine was still being mixed in the witches brew while the brunt of the flu season came and went. Now, they are begging to give the stuff away.

Not only was the government wrong about predicting the scale of H1N1 infections, they were wrong about being prepared to offer a vaccine for it.

But, how stupid are we for even thinking the CDC was going to make a difference for millions of eager Americans unable to get the vaccine? Instead, a classic example of government rationing took place. The “high risk” people were given the vaccine first, and then the common people were offered the shot in the arm. Welcome to government healthcare folks.

Now, with less than 24% of Americans immunized and over 50 million doses not administered, the CDC has a problem. They have too much inventory on the shelves, and not enough customers. So, the pandemic pandering is erupting again in the media in an effort to get those doses out and about.

Sorry, Charlie. Americans are trying to exercise and shed some pounds this time of year. A flu shot really doesn’t make much sense now to the Weight-Watchers crowd right about now. It never made much sense at all, anyway. The H1N1 scare was much closer to a hoax than reality. The CDC and other government clowns were running a good show for a while. Luckily, by the time the doses were ready, America was already distracted with something else.

The next time the CDC begins its media madhouse about a new deadly bug, America should take it seriously enough to disregard it. Maybe then, the CDC will have something really important to be worried about: being ignored.

Don’t count on Kay Hagan to fight for us in North Carolina. She does not even have the guts to face real North Carolinians in an open town hall meeting.

Kay Hagan: Like Colonel Sanders - Chicken! Yes, that is Obama posing as Dark Helmet.

This is surprising since she could easily stack the crowd to her favor if done right.  For instance, she could set up a town hall meeting in Chapel Hill – at John Edward’s house.  We know there is nothing going on at the Edward’s place these days.  If John was busy with his new baby, then the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill should be open.

She could have dug up Obama voters in Durham and staged a supportive rally at Duke University Medical Center.  I think Mike Nifong’s place is open, too.  There is not much going on there, either.

If push comes to shove, she can setup at John Umstead Hospital in Butner, NC.  That state psychiatric facility has been a sanctuary for patients exported from the bowels of Dorthea Dix Hospital in Raleigh.  While she is in Butner, she can visit Bernie Madoff to ask advice on how to pay for a government-run healthcare system.

Hagan’s state is full of some of the top hospitals in the nation.  From the coast to the mountains, North Carolina is famous for the quality of heathcare given to its citizens.  Locally to her office in Raleigh, she has a smorgasbord of options for healthcare.  There is WakeMed, Rex Healthcare, Duke Raleigh, UNC, Duke and the VA Medical Center in Durham.  This does not include the smaller local hospitals that affiliate with these larger hospital systems.  The quality of these facilities is a source of pride for many of us who work or have worked in these health systems.

Come to think of it, Hagan should keep hiding.  The state-run examples of North Carolina state-run healthcare are not very good.  An example of this is Cherry Hospital in Goldsboro.  Compared to the private healthcare industries in this state, the state’s ability to render care is child’s play.  I think Kay Hagan knows that she would face tough criticism for even thinking our community wants government-run healthcare.

Hagan was not an intellectual heavy-weight during the campaign of 2008.  So, I would expect her to stay away from debate on legislation, anyway.

The word Google has become a synonym for search.  For others, the word Google means money.  In the current economic climate, the numbers of those looking for new ways to make money are up.  Those looking for jobs are doing most of it from there computer.  So, a computer pop-up scam with the Google word in it is a dream come true.
Even a computer savvy person like myself can be a victim.  I almost was after clicking on the pop-up.  At first, it did not look like a pop-up.  Usually, I close out pop-ups without thinking.  But, the window was a full size browser.  This made it appear that I had opened the page on purpose.
After a quick scan of the page, I began to dream of how it would be great to have some supplemental income coming in.  I started to fill out a form and then common sense hit me hard.  I looked at the URL and did not see the word Google in it.  After doing a quick “Google” for this offer, I found it to be a scam.  Headaches avoided.
Since so many people are on the internet nowadays, the old pop-up scams have to be more sophisticated.  They have to appear so realistic that even the best of us can be fooled at times.  Be careful where you click.  It could be a trick.