Commentary on "Pig Sickness"

Mr. Ryan is definitely one of the most perceptive bloggers I have met. I do think the swine flu is blown out of proportion. This is all because how the government made of the swine flu. All they did was put tremendous fear into commoners like us, people that don't read or have any facts about the swine flu are even more terrified.

When Ryan writes, "I believe that the actions taken by many different governing bodies in the state of Texas is only playing to the crowd and essentially making the situation worse." He hit right on the spot. I feel that the government uses the swine flu as a scapegoat for the economic troubles we have. Do people with higher education not agree with me? Maybe I am making it bigger than it is; I could be making the same mistake they are right now by doing this. Nonetheless, Ryan is right. I do wish Ryan elaborated on why he thinks closing multiple schools is outrageous. What is Mr. Ryan's level on comprehending what is outrageous?

Even though Mr. Ryan enforces his statements with evidence, but I am still a little uncertain when he states, "So far there has only been one confirmed death in Texas, also the only one in the entire United States." Because after listening to the radio or reading the news, a lot of which they confirm a lot more death results compared to one. One is a REALLY small number, if not the smallest. This is only one of the very few noticing encounters with this article; otherwise I only had to read it once to understand where Ryan was coming from. His flow and word choice helped me understand his article even more.

Your opinion on how government is reinforcing people's fear is very understandable. I believe the government runs with a lot of flaws, and this is definitely one of them. The way Mr. Ryan talk about the swine flu, makes me feel ever better about it due to his positive reinforcement.

Somalia Pirates?

I'm surprised we haven't taken care of the problem dealing with the Somalia pirates. I could see that the U.S. has their hands full with other situations involving a new presidency, troops still in Iraq, and the economic problems in the country. We always butt our noses in everything dealing from Vietnam in the past to Iraq in the present, so why not the Somalia pirates?

I don't mind the United States being late for a week, or maybe even two weeks at the most! This particular problem has been lingering for a whole month. I might have not known about America's attempts to stop this, but the efforts seem a little minuscule in my eyes due to the lengthiness of this problem dragging out. I understand that my view on this problem is quite harsh on the government, but it is a problem that affects everyone. Not only doesthis problem disturbs other countries' trades, but ours too.

I discreetly remember Mr. Seago's wisecracks on how United States put their nose in other people's business and how it is suppose to be not. Even though I agree with Mr. Seago's HILARIOUS comments on United State's habits, but I will have to agree. People around the world already label us nosey, and some others label us as a world police, so why not keep that title? It doesn't seem to be wrong, just maybe a little expensive on our part to poke into every world matter.

So why is the U.S. taking so long? Obviously I don't know, so that's why I'm asking. If the government is taking so long on this matter, who knows what they could take forever in even though it could affect us negatively. Before you know it, this small pirate problem could arise to something so huge that we might not be able to handle it. I believe something needs to be done before it gets out of hand.