In case you missed the Presidents address on the bird flu, here is his plan of attack!!
Top Ten Features Of President Bush's Bird Flu Pandemic Plan

10. Hang "Mission Accomplished" sign in every Kentucky Fried Chicken
9. Torture some Perdue employees until they talk
8. Scare birds away with giant radioactive kitties
7. Be on the lookout for any bird which looks "fluey"
6. Build wall along border so birds can't walk in from Mexico
5. Never leave the house, avoid human contact -- like Letterman
4. Tax cuts for the rich
3. C'mon, it's a Bush plan -- you actually think there's ten items?
2. If you see a bird, run like you're being chased by a tiger
1. Hang on until 2009 when it becomes Hillary's headache
BUT SERIOUSLY...
Bird pest --just what is it and how do we get it? Apparently is has been around for decades. Just in the last few years have world health groups labeled it Bird Flu. How have 10s' of millions of birds gotten it but migratory birds(who you would think would have some encounter with the sick birds) haven't seem to be getting it. Bird flu pops up in China, dies down, pops up in Turkey or Greece, disappears, then pops up in South Korea. Why hasen't it 'popped' up in the U.S.(that we know about yet)? See what this scientist has to say about this. click HERE for BIRD PEST

Here's one question and answer from the scientist....
Q. THEN THOSE 100 MILLION hens which appear to have died from bird flu in reality have died from stress or and/or from nourishment deficiency and poisoning?

A. No! If one hen lies fewer eggs or gets a blue crest and that hen is tested H5N1-positive too, then all the other hens are gassed. That is how there got to be those 100 million apparently H5N1-killed hens.

If you look at this more closely, then you see behind it a several-decades-long strategy: In the West, the big enterprises are cleaning up on this, because those animals that died “from the contagious disease” are being compensated for at the expense of the general public, at the highest market price, while in Asia and everywhere where poultry are being farmed successfully, the poultry market there is being destroyed maliciously and on purpose under the leadership of the UN organization FAO [United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization]

All big Western poultry farming enterprises, therefore, are keeping their mouths shut and by means of their veterinaries are seeing to it that, if the market price for poultry sinks, they get an infectious disease diagnosed, so that they can get their animals sold at a higher price than would be possible with normal farming, “taken care of” at the governmentally guaranteed maximum price, and all the animals in one single batch too.

To bring it to the common denominator: It’s modern subvention scamming combined with paralyzing scaremongering, which as a secondary effect guarantees that nobody asks for proof. Sound intreging? Go Here for more.

If anyone has heard the news, or especially if you haven't, you will know that the MN Republican party finished its convention Saturday night. I wasn't able to attend nor was I invited. So I leave everyone with points that were most likely left off the planks of the platform. You had Mark Kennedy going as close to joining the independent party by claiming he's the best bi-partisan in D.C. and can turn things around(personally, I'd like to ask him what he's been doing during the time he's ALREADY been there). Our current Governor Tim Pawlenty, touting not increasing taxes(though he won a MN supreme court ruling for .75 a pk cigarette tax(oh, uh he calls it a fee, sorry)) and stadium funding tax.
Also, being a fair fellow, I'm letting you all know that the MN democratic party's convention is next weekend...
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Things you have to believe to be a Republican today:

1. Saddam was a good guy when Reagan armed him, a bad guy when Bush's daddy made war on him, a good guy when Cheney did business with him, and a bad guy when Bush needed a "we can't find Bin Laden" diversion.

2. Trade with Cuba is wrong because the country is communist, but trade with China and Vietnam is vital to a spirit of international harmony.

3. The United States should get out of the United Nations; our highest national priority is enforcing U.N. resolutions against Iraq.

4. A woman can't be trusted with decisions about her own body, but multi-national corporations can make decisions affecting all mankind without regulation.

5. Jesus loves you and shares your hatred of homosexuals and Hillary Clinton.

6. The best way to improve military morale is to praise the troops in speeches while slashing veterans' benefits and combat pay.

7. If condoms are kept out of schools, adolescents won't have sex.

8. A good way to fight terrorism is to belittle our long-time allies ("that's old Europe") then expect their cooperation and money.

9. Providing health care to all Iraqis is sound policy. Providing health care to all Americans is socialism.

10. Global warming and tobacco's link to cancer are junk science, but creationism should be taught in schools.

11. A President lying about an extramarital affair is an impeachable offense. A President lying to enlist support for a war in which thousands die is solid defense policy.

12. Government should limit itself to the powers named in the Constitution,
which include banning gay marriages and censoring the Internet.

13. The public has a right to know about Hillary's cattle trades, but George Bush's driving record is none of our business, nor are Dick Cheney's task
force discussions with energy industry our business either.

14. Being a drug addict is a moral failing and a crime unless you're a
conservative radio host. Then it's an illness and you need our prayers for
your recovery.

15. What Bill Clinton did in the 1960s is of vital national interest, but what Bush did in the 1980s is irrelevant.
PS; pick your favorites. Mine are currently #'s 2 and 5.