The nation's media has ( thankfully) taken their unjustified heat off of Obama and geared it towards scaring the masses about this Swine flu " epidemic".

As I see things, the swine flu has been an epidemic exclusive to the GOP for as long as I can remember. Those ruthless, self-serving, soul-less, greedy pigs have infected our government for far too long. They spread germs that come in the form of hatred and arrogance. They quarantine themselves, and force their followers to do so as well, leaving our country deeply divided between what's right ( or left) and what ails us.

Apparently it's quite a resistant virus because although our country demanded a cure in November, they are clearly fighting logic and morality with every breath that they take. What's worse is that it appears to be mutating. We thought Bush was bad, but look at those who are infected now; Palin, Coulter, Limbaugh and Hannity. I think that this virus needs to be contained, and fast.

We can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig. We can try and cure the GOP's swine flu with a little shot of the Obama administration, but unless the nation is on his side, the sickness remains untreated, leaving us susceptible to an outbreak at any moment.

The real swine flu will probably never affect you as you have to work with sick pigs or have been exposed to someone who has. The rate of deaths in Mexico is only on the high side because there is not enough sanitation or medical advancements there. As with any sickness, the elderly, young and those with weak immune systems will find it more difficult to resist the virus.

Therefore, don't worry about getting sick from a pig, focus your energies on getting those lousy, no-good porkers out of our government!

The romanticized image of pirates: eye patches, wooden legs, treasure-looting, walking the plank etc, seems to be dissolving in front of our eyes these days.

The nation seems to be in an uproar over the recent attack of Somali pirates on an American ship that resulted in Capt. Phillips being taken hostage on the Indian Ocean for nearly a week before Naval snipers took out his captors.

" How can this happen?", " What is Obama going to do to stop it?". Dear readers, I hate to scare you but Somali pirates have been a problem for quite some time now. If I'm figuring correctly, a decade at least. And, they are not alone. There are many instances of pirating in the South Pacific Ocean as well. In fact, last week's incident was the 66th since January. The only reason that we've never cared before, is because it wasn't happeing to ships with American crews. This of course is very stereotypical American, and is absolutely arrogant of us.

On top of being arrogant, it's ignorant. Are you aware that the nation is asking our president to handle a problem that stretches over a millions square miles of ocean within international waters that we have no jurisdiction in? If you have a problem with Obama's inability to handle this issue, I suggest that you come up with one yourself because as of now, there's not too much that our country can do.

Somali pirates, historically, have not sought to harm it's captors. Their country is in such shambles and the quality of their lives so poor that hijacking ships for ransom has become their only source of income. However, it is still criminal and dangerous and certainly, not justifiable.

What is very upsetting is that often, the very ships that they are hijacking are carrying supplies and aide to other African nations that desperately need it. Somali's need it as well, however they're not robbing these ships of supplies, they're taking them hostage to the tune of millions of dollars.

My suggestion? Cut off the aide to those other nations. Then, they'll have to deal with the problem. The last thing this country needs, is another war over, or on, the seas.

Think about it.

Mr. President, you've certainly been earning my tax dollars lately.

In a little over a week you've managed to fire the head of a nearly defunct, American auto industry, consult with world leaders on solving our global economic crisis, respond to a nuclear threat by a hostile nation and reinforce your campaign promise to withdraw from Iraq to the very men and women in service there.

Not only that, he managed to do so without a shoe getting launched at his head!

This verbose democraddict is at a loss for words and is instead, overcome with admiration and gratitude.

As the crocuses begin to bud, proving that once again, spring is here and winter is over, Obama, a budding president, is showing the American people that the season of hope and change is finally here and that the Bush administration is, at long last,over.

To quote a sign on the door of a residence in Capital Hill on inauguration day, " O, Happy Day!"

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