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Here's how you deal with the swine flu.....send body bags

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by JR, Sep 17, 2009.

  1. JR

    JR Well-Known Member

    Yup, our idiot Conservative government in Ottawa responded to a northern aboriginal community's request for help in combatting an expected outbreak of H1N1 by sending body bags.

    Yup. Body bags.

    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/expecting-flu-assistance-reserves-get-body-bags-from-ottawa/article1290332/

    The federal government was left scrambling late Wednesday to explain the shipments, which also included hand sanitizer, masks and gloves.

    Each bag contained full post-mortem kits that included a chin strap, five tie-straps and three identification tags.

    The news of the unexpected supplies rippled through remote communities of less than 1,000 people, shocking residents and adding to native leaders' distrust of the federal government's efforts to help them prepare for a resurgence of the virus


    The Harper government has never been a supporter of any minorities in this country but this is a new low even for them.

    The irony is that the Canadian Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq is an aboriginal.

    Shameful.
     
  2. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    My bad cold has a body count.
     
  3. AMacIsaac

    AMacIsaac Guest

    I thought it was a rather practical inclusion.
     
  4. Pancamo

    Pancamo Active Member

    Is Brownie working up there?
     
  5. JR

    JR Well-Known Member

    And they could have also shipped up some shovels to dig the graves.

    Even the most accomplished PR flack couldn't spin this one l guess that's the reason Health Minister Aglukkaq has formally (and rightfully) apologized.
     
  6. BYH

    BYH Active Member

    Goddamn, that's good.

    You're doing a heckuva job, Pancamo.
     
  7. AMacIsaac

    AMacIsaac Guest

    Good idea! I'm devising a swine flu unsurvival kit as we speak. I can market that shit to death!
     
  8. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    I've got a slogan for you:

    Why fight it? Bite it!
     
  9. AMacIsaac

    AMacIsaac Guest

    I like it. I keep Flashing back to The Stand and thinking maybe Steven Spielberg knew something he wasn't supposed to know, you know?
     
  10. BYH

    BYH Active Member

    MacIsaac, will you keep us up to date on your Swine Flu Unsurvival efforts via Twitter?

    Follow us @ YouAreFucked!
     
  11. AMacIsaac

    AMacIsaac Guest

    I love it. Maybe I'll start a Facebook page, too.
     
  12. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    Dead.To.Me.And.Everyone.Else.
     
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