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

[JR]

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.

 

[Ace]

My bad cold has a body count.

 

[AMacIsaac]

I thought it was a rather practical inclusion.

 

[Pancamo]

Is Brownie working up there?

 

[JR]

I thought it was a rather practical inclusion.

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.

 

[BYH]

Is Brownie working up there?

*******, that's good.

You're doing a heckuva job, Pancamo.

 

[AMacIsaac]

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

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

 

[Ace]

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

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

I've got a slogan for you:

Why fight it? Bite it!

 

[AMacIsaac]

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

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

I've got a slogan for you:

Why fight it? Bite it!

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?

 

[BYH]

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

Follow us @ YouAre****ed!

 

[AMacIsaac]

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

 

[Ace]

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

 

[Armchair_QB]

Chin straps?

 

[JR]

Chin straps?

Keeps the aboriginal headdress on. :)

 

[AMacIsaac]

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

Friends off, 4VR!

 

[Armchair_QB]

Chin straps?

Keeps the aboriginal headdress on. :)

Well that's awful thoughtful of them.

 

[Beef03]

I'm sure, JR, that Harper was behind this specifically. Anyway to lighten the load in dealing with aboriginals. Hell, he probably helped in creating the strain to begin with with an eye to unleashing his devious plan to eventually send body bags to the territories. Are you kidding me? He was just up there specifically to deal with their wants and needs like two weeks ago. But I'm sure any and every screw up in the government has always been his fault directly.

Plus H1N1 is a load of crap, especially in Canada. Its this year's Y2K. Yes a few people have died, but to be a mass killer like bored news outlets have built it up to be is a load of crap. Almost all of those who have unfortunately succumbed to it already were either the young or old or had some preexisting ailment. It's the flu. It kills thousands of people every year. Except with this strain we can attach a catchy name to it and turn on that mass hysteria switch and sell some papers/increase TV viewing.

 

[Gomer]

I saw a news report on how part of the swine flu preparation included ordering hundreds of thousands of these body bag kits and the Ontario business that made them. They were thrilled about it, obviously, and I don't remember any negative feedback from that story at the time.

Suddenly, because the aboriginals didn't expect it along with all the stuff they were given, it's anti-native and disrespectful? I'd wager that pretty much every health institution in the country receiving these kits isn't making a fuss about the body bags.

Whether the media overblows it is irrelevant. Fact is, the WHO has been formulating a pandemic plan for the past two decades, knowing one was imminent. Body bags were included in the plan. Governments were in on the plan. It doesn't bother me one bit if it's overkill, because all of this planning will save lives.

 

[Armchair_QB]

I saw a news report on how part of the swine flu preparation included ordering hundreds of thousands of these body bag kits and the Ontario business that made them. They were thrilled about it, obviously, and I don't remember any negative feedback from that story at the time.

Suddenly, because the aboriginals didn't expect it along with all the stuff they were given, it's anti-native and disrespectful? I'd wager that pretty much every health institution in the country receiving these kits isn't making a fuss about the body bags.

Whether the media overblows it is irrelevant. Fact is, the WHO has been formulating a pandemic plan for the past two decades, knowing one was imminent. Body bags were included in the plan. Governments were in on the plan. It doesn't bother me one bit if it's overkill, because all of this planning will save lives.

That's a very reasoned and rational response.

What the **** are you doing hanging around here?

 

[Ace]

I saw a news report on how part of the swine flu preparation included ordering hundreds of thousands of these body bag kits and the Ontario business that made them. They were thrilled about it, obviously, and I don't remember any negative feedback from that story at the time.

Suddenly, because the aboriginals didn't expect it along with all the stuff they were given, it's anti-native and disrespectful? I'd wager that pretty much every health institution in the country receiving these kits isn't making a fuss about the body bags.

Whether the media overblows it is irrelevant. Fact is, the WHO has been formulating a pandemic plan for the past two decades, knowing one was imminent. Body bags were included in the plan. Governments were in on the plan. It doesn't bother me one bit if it's overkill, because all of this planning will save lives.

Nice use of the word overkill.