I thought that we were done with fear...

I thought that with the end of the Bush administration, we would be done with fear, as in, done with constant threats of terror, SARS type threats, etc. This new "swine epidemic" seems like its just another SARS thing, where not that many people die, but yet its made out to be the worst thing ever. Sounds like the Killer Bees that were supposed to invade the US from, guess where? Mexico! Gee, how about that? Also, since the World Bank is lending Mexico $205 million, I wonder what measures they are attaching to it. Peso devaluation? Like Mexico wasn't already poor enough. Obviously its speculation, but banks like the IMF and the World Bank usually dont just lend money. They do so with interest, plus other stipulations, such as what the money can be used for, and currency devaluation is one of many other things that it stipulates. Were you aware that about 100 years ago, $1 would buy what $100 will buy? This is because of bank's insistance on monetary devaluation. I know this sounds all conspiracy theoryish, but think about it. I recently got a picture from my sister with a guy dressed in colonial cloths, with a poster saying "Remember Descent: the highest form of patriotic." It is true. If you just turn into sheep, or even lemmings, and justt follow the butt infront of you off the cliff, whats the point? It seems that its in human nature, but with so much information avilable, just take the time to look around, and stop just following. Following is easy. Take the path less traveled, and look at things from many sides.

Back to the point at hand though. Just over 8000 people suffered simptoms of SARS, and of those, 774 actually died. How was this such a huge deal? It just got politicized because the Chinese lied about it. It also made great scare TV. Driving a car is more dangerous than the SARS outbreak. According to a figure from 1994 from the NHTSA, there were 41,507 deaths from car crashes. Granted, its an old figure, but the point remains, you are more likely to die in a car crash than from SARS. As far as I am aware, its more likely you'll die in a plane crash than from SARS. Not by much, but it is a higher likelihood. Here is my point: Why do we insist on allowing ourselves to be told that every little incident is an end-all-be-all crisis? They rarely are. When are we going to stop allowing the media to rule us through fear? All I am asking is that you think. That's all! You have a brain, so USE IT!!