Damned if you do, Damned if you don't
We are faced with a situation as regards to horses. The previous scare was the West Nile Virus.This is a form of encephalitis, and is fatal to about 50% of horses. You can inoculate against it. It is carried by mosquitos, like malaria. Mosquitos are where it is wet, or there is standing water.
But now, it has been dry for so long. Most mosquitos do not have a chance. The dryness though releases what is known as " Dryland Distemper". It i carried by flies, and exists in soil. The flies carry it, and if the horse has a scratch, they will become infected. They will then be sluggish, fatigued, and have pus pockets that break open.
This is similar to the fire situation. Firemen have job security. If it doesn't rain, they say things are so dry that we are indanger of wildfires.
If it rains a lot, they say that due to the grass and brush that grew from the rains, we are in danger of fire.
Which reminds one of the ignition source of some wildland fires: LIghtning. It is somewhat silly for weather forecasters to warn of " Dangerous Lightning". Is there any other kind?
Perception of Bush haters.
From experience and reading, the people who hate George W. Bush have different reasons to do so. In reality, if they were able to sanely have a discussion with him, it is doubtful that about half of them could cling to their hatred. The haters fall into these types:
College Students:
These people have never had a brush with reality. They went to grade school and high school from home. The teachers in High School are just a time-developed version of High Schoolers. They infect students with a belief that Socialism and a lack of standards and responsibility are the channel to Utopia. Bush asks that people who work hard be rewarded. Socialism says that if you sit on your ass, think good thoughts, and wait--it will come to you. If it doesn't it was stolen by some greedy, evil entrepreneur.
True Believers:These people grew up indocrinated with Socialism, as did the last Class, but went into fields where being a " do-gooder" counts for them. In this group, we have the Social Workers, the shelter operators, and the psychologists. They have heard that Bush wants to phase out people whosiphon off our resources in favor of those who produce. Think about a minute. If their Clients were suddenly gainfully employed, they would have to get a real job.
Those who benefit monetarily from " Victims". Here we have your Race Pimps and your trial lawyers. For these to succeed, you must have a "victim" and the idea that the rest of us owe them something for their alleged "pain and suffering". Most people are stupid and greedy enough to not want to have these people become extinct. They are like the ignorant folks who drive up narrow highways to get to casinos, believing that this might be their "lucky Day". They do not want personal injury lawsuits to be limited, because their chance at a huge reward would go with that.
The Trial Lawyers, of which John Edwards is a member, does not want their income to be limited. They want to be able to extort from corporations and insurance companies.
Two retired cops--Chip & me.
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