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November 11, 2008

Stop the Viral Pandemic

I repeatedly have seen in the news over the past couple of years reports of the federal, state and local governments preparing for a global viral pandemic. Whether bird flu or smallpox or some other super-bug, plans are underway to prepare for tracking, quarantining, etc. to ensure the survival of the human race. Even the movies are rife with the theme. But I think we're preparing for the wrong kind of virus. There's another far more dangerous one that is spreading rapidly. If left unchecked, I think it just could lead to the end of the United States of America as we know it.

That virus is the lethal combination of extremism and hatred, and it exists on both the left and the right. It spreads easily and turns its victims into mind-numbed zombies (a.k.a. "dittoheads").

The primary infectors on the right - Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity - are right now working feverishly to defeat the only cure for this virus.

The only safety we have is to quarantine the zombies and those who have created them. We must turn them off, tune them out, and disengage from them before they push us one way or the other into hate-filled, reactionary extremism. We must move forward with hope toward healing this divided nation. Those who choose to remain infected must be left behind.

If we don't, I fear a civil war is the inevitable result.

Posted by Becky at November 11, 2008 07:42 PM