I really don't like the sound of this. And I'm not talking about birds.


"If we had an outbreak somewhere in the United States, do we not then quarantine that part of the country? And how do you, then, enforce a quarantine?" Bush asked at a news conference.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051004/ts_nm/bush_birdflu_dc

Here's a couple of links if you're worried (about the flu not GW):

Bird Flu for beginners

Bird Flu

I, for one, welcome our new automatic-weapon-toting, quarantine-enforcering overlords!
/slashdot cynic

Ha- no, really, next they'll be talking about mandatory work without pay.. you know, just so the economy doesn't collapse.

Interesting. One extreme in me says, "Is this Bush & Co. leveraging fears from Hurricane Katrina's unpreparedness and widespread destruction to gain powers he really shouldn't have?"

The other extreme in me says, "Um, do they plan to quarantine the ducks and other virus-carying waterfowl? Will the National Guard be used for one big game of Duck Hunt?"

Either way, the mass extermination of poltury that happened because of this was really really sad.