Something to Think About

Over the past several months, the US government has begun urging Americans to stockpile food and medicine. They've committed 3 Billion dollars to stockpile antivirals and work on vaccines. And HHS secretary Mike Levitt has visited half of the states in our nation to urge state and local governments to prepare for an `almost inevitable' pandemic.


Where are the nay sayers? (bloggers and book authors with an agenda don't count)


Where are the political opportunist's crying fowl? (yep, I spelled it that way on purpose).

Why aren't opposition candidates sneering at all of this time and expense, and charging that this is just a way to divert attention from Iraq?

Where are those voices who you'd expect to be demanding that our precious resources be spent on rebuilding New Orleans, or increasing Medicaid funding, or funding alternative fuel research?

While not everyone is on the bandwagon, I hear no strident voices of dissent in the halls of congress. No demands that the Bush administration stop scaring the public. Even the silence from some politicians, who have not gone on record supporting these steps, speaks volumes.

When was the last time this happened? When was the last time you saw petty politics give way to something more important?

The immediate aftermath of 9/11 comes to mind. But other than that . . .

What do the politico's know, that we aren't being told? What could possibly dissuade them from using bird flu to score political points? This is an election year, for Pete's sake!

Like I said, it's something to think about.