Pork: The Other Pandemic Flu?

Admittedly, we've seen this movie before, only with feathers. I only hope this time next month we aren't all under quarantine, but this is a political commentary site so let's toss around what an actual pandemic means in a political sense, especially in a Statist administration and congress.

I certainly can sleep at ease knowing Janet Napolitano is on the job protecting us all from flu-carrying right wing extremist running about in the dark. Perhaps those crazy religious nuts who still believe in the "tired old ideas" like state's rights and balanced budgets created the super bug in their hatred of a black president, or perhaps it was those scary veterans coming back. The very idea of someone actually volunteering to fight for their country is certainly an unsettling thought, such a violent nature could very well want to harm all those they volunteered to protect.

In keeping with their promise to never waste a crisis, perhaps the Obama administration could use a pandemic to gain the needed support for universal healthcare, affordable healthcare, enthusiasia, whatever they're calling it these days. With only so much vaccine to go around, federal healthcare guidelines would help healthcare providers and patients know when they are past their usefulness to society, especially in pandemic crisis where the weak must make patriotic sacrifices for the rest of us.

If the Statist are really feeling giddy they could push for increased global cooperation to stop the pandemic. Sovereignty would only get in the way of handling the crisis. The world of course could not risk independent nations actually acting in their own self-interest ahead of the global community's needs. We would all need to look to a new world system of cooperation and unity and set aside any obstacales such as individual liberty or independence in order to save the collective human race.

The possibilities are endless. We can all only hope such a horrible crisis never comes to past, and I am sure all the Statist completely share my sentiments.