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Title: All Texas HS games halted due to swine flu
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Published: Apr 29, 2009
Author: AP
Post Date: 2009-04-29 22:22:19 by X-15
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Comments: 18
AUSTIN -- Texas officials postponed all public high school athletic and academic competitions on Wednesday until May 11 because of the swine flu outbreak. The move suspends the baseball and softball seasons and eliminates the regional track championships that were to start Friday, said Charles Breithaupt, executive director of the University Interscholastic League. He said league officials acted on the recommendation of public health officials. "The health and safety of our student activity participants is of the utmost importance," Breithaupt said. "Taking every possible precaution to prevent the further spreading of this disease is an important contribution to the welfare of our great state, and altering the schedule of our events is a way to keep our participants safe." School officials say 53,000 students are out of school due to concern over the virus, and dozens of schools were closed to be sanitized. The state golf and tennis championships are scheduled to begin May 11. The state track meet, one of the largest high school track and field competitions in the country, has been extended from its normal two days to three and is scheduled for May 12-14. All UIL academic competitions, including a state meet that was to begin May 7, were also postponed and will be rescheduled later. With 16 confirmed cases of swine flue in Texas, Gov. Rick Perry announced a disaster declaration Wednesday for the entire state. The declaration will allow officials to begin emergency protective measures and seek reimbursement from the federal government.
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#1. To: X-15 (#0)
One little Mexican boy died, the border is wide open and now the Apocalypse? Are Texans buying this?
Several white Texas girls have been murdered by illegal mexicons the past few years, I'll take the border being closed for ANY reason.
_________________________________________________________________________ At least some good is coming out of this.
"Satan / Cheney in "08" I see this as having a positive effect. Parents may just get pissed off enough to demand that the border be closed, and that all illegal aliens be rounded up and deported?
The malls in Austin are safe for a few more weeks.
Fucking ridge-runners. ;-)
_________________________________________________________________________ At the risk of repeating a post, the very first copy of SOLDIER OF FORTUNE MAGAZINE I bought back in the early '80's showed two pix of a Mexican who was caught working as the salad chef in an upscale Chicago eatery. The first pic showed him in his clean, starched white smock which covered him up to the neck and all exposed skin appeared normal and healthy. The next photo showed him without the smock and his chest was eaten up with "wet leprosy", and he was contagious. Obviously the quest for a better life for himself and his kin was such a strong motivation that he didn't care if he infected untold gavachos. A few years ago a doctor posed a plan to completely eradicate leprosy worldwide for a cost of around two million dollars. Perhaps it would be in our own interests to eradicate any and all 3rd world diseases we can, if for no other reason because North America is about to see the re-emergence of some we've already defeated (polio, TB) and the introduction of others we've never had. I suppose if members of congress' peckers start dropping off we'll see some action on the issue of unchecked immigration of our sickly and otherwise less fortunate hermanos y hermanas. Otherwise I don't hold much hope. Imagine eliminating an ancient scourge for the price of an inaugural ball. Of course I couldn't pick a worse time to talk about this, as the ancient skeletal remains of the elite sit in their crushed velvet chairs of their carved cherry and walnut paneled sanctums and plot the deaths of billions of "W.E.'s" including me.
Anytime is the best time to bring out the truth. Two years ago I sent a large manila envelope with about 50 pages of stories (printed at my expense from legitimate newspapers) of crimes committed by illegal mexicons to my Congresscritter in D.C., with the word 'mexico' highlighted in yellow in each story. It had NO effect on his will to do anything about the open border.
_________________________________________________________________________ a whole 16! it's a disaster of epic proportion!!!!!!
The smooth criminal transition from Bush/Cheney to Obama
Cecille B. DeMille could make a movie about it with 'a cast of thousands...err, 16?'
_________________________________________________________________________ laughing...
The smooth criminal transition from Bush/Cheney to Obama
You better get on up out of there! Sounds like one room full of Mexicans have the swine flu.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Of course. I concluded some time ago that corporations who could not offshore their industries (restaurants, agriculture, construction, landscaping, poultry, pork and beef processing, etc,) expected something in return for their generous campaign contributions, and, watching those corporate types who moved to Malaysia rolling in the shekels because of the slave wages they're now paying was eating those who were trapped here up. The last year that the stats are available (2005) there were zero prosecutions for hiring what la Raza euphemistically terms "undocumented workers". But, you may have noticed how the ACLU, major media outlets and other ethnocentric orgs are screaming about those volunteers who monitor the border and notify the border patrol when "the workers" arrive. I predict that if a shooting war starts those volunteers will be fired upon from the border and from behind by govt agents who are not only purposely idled as the invasion progresses, but who'll be more than willing to shoot Americans who are willing to shoot back when the Mexican Army, MS 13 and the mohados themselves decide that its their right to enter, and the bullets coming from two directions will prove the correctness of that belief. Your "Congresscritter in D.C." knows all too well who puts the cream cheese on his bagels, and he will not cross them. And if those corporations want those wet workers to avoid paying spoiled Americans ridiculously high wages and being forced to offer "pie in the sky benefits" such as unemployment insurance, health insurance, job safety protection, days off each week, scheduled vacations and sick days, and (for some of the older workers) pensions, employee stock options and employer contributions to social security too, well, is it any wonder why a corporation cannot afford all of that and generous kickbacks to the GOP/DNC, too?
A useless move and one meant to brainwash and desensitize people to "emergency rule." I'd say they've overplayed their hand so much, they're making the source of this flu pretty obvious. They're using it. They're also doing everything EXCEPT what any rational government who was REALLY concerned for the people (laughable) would do and that is close the Mexican border. [They didn't do it during 9-11 either.] Law Enforcement Against Prohibition AFTERTHOUGHT: I live in Delaware. The Dupont Company began the tradition of caring for families when their workers died in the manufacture of explosives before the Revolutionary War. The survivors were provided with housing, jobs (if the spouses and older children could work) and education, and until about 20 years ago Dupont was a great, family oriented place to work and to retire from. Now, every ancillary production facility in the state (and other states including NJ, TN, PA, MD, etc.,) have been sold off and the Dupont workers replaced with people getting lower wages and little or no benefits. Even the original nylon plant in Seaford is now run by another company. And, Dupont has outsourced every possible function inside their existing plants that cut costs and boosted the dividends to shareholders. And those employees who are not yet retired are waiting with bated breath, hoping that they don't get canned weeks, months or years before their full eligibility for pensions take effect. In the mean time they're working side by side with lower salaried contractors who replaced their former Dupont co-workers. (Oh, what a feeling to know that you're only there because the company can't replace you....yet. But, if a patent is nearing expiration, i.e. *Freon, and the company cannot successfully have it outlawed while holding the patent on the only acceptable replacement, or, the product is withdrawn from the market, then...your department may be the next that's outsourced) The company has offered several early out incentives in the past 20 years, and some of the workers who took it made out and some didn't. But, the company doesn't tip its hand (who'll be kept on and allowed to work toward retirement or who'll be fired) until it's too late and it's a roll of the dice for those who must decide.... __________________________ *Freon was suddenly determined to be the greatest threat to humanity and (possibly to the entire Milky Way Galaxy) of all known ozone killers just as the patent was up. The sudden ban proved to be short sighted when the govt found that it couldn't recharge or retrofit their own DC office building air conditioners and refrigeration or even essential military cooling equipment before the existing supply of Freon was exhausted, so they asked to Dupont Company to produce another 100 million lbs of the "deadly stuff"! The incestuous relationship between FedCo and Dupont cannot be overstated. Dupont even did work on the bomb during WWll, and they didn't charge the govt a dime. The only requirement was that the company would not be liable for any cleanup or waste storage, and probably any deaths resulting from "on the job training". The Deepwater plant right across the river from me has recently buried radioactive building debris under the contractors' parking lot today. It was also the planned site for processing VX nerve gas from US Army stockpiles, and to dump the end product into The Delaware River. That plan has been halted...for now. But what Dupont wants Dupont gets so the last chapter hasn't been scribbled yet....As it is the only fish that are (arguably) safe for human consumption this far north of the bay and ocean are migrating stripers. It's hard to believe that this river used to have booming fisheries that pulled 10 ft long sturgeon from this river-before DE, S.E. PA and South Jersey became industrial/petrochemical waste dumps. So, if Dupont says "we need a financial edge to keep afloat and to continue our work on XXX weapons systems for the DOD-And, we hold the patent on R-407C so, if R22 (Freon) is outlawed we'll have many more years working together in a mutually beneficial relationship....." what is FedCo gonna say?
As you may know the UIL (Texas public school athletic organization) has suspended all interscholastic competition events until May 11 due to concerns about Swine Flu. At this time, our private school organization (TAPPS) has determined that the spring athletic events will remain intact with no changes. Your student's health and safety is always important to us at [private school]. We are staying in touch with the current information regarding the Swine Flu cases in our area. We do not see any reason for concern beyond reasonable precaution at this point in time. [School will remain open] Someone has some sense. Thank goodness for home/private schools.
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#2. To: Vitamin Z (#1)
"This man is Jesus,” shouted one man, spilling his Guinness as Barack Obama began his inaugural address. “When will he come to Kenya to save us?”
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#3. To: X-15 (#0)
School officials say 53,000 students are out of school due to concern over the virus, an
#4. To: X-15 (#0)
My joy over McCain's defeat, is offset by my disappointment over hObama's victory.
#5. To: X-15 (#0)
#6. To: X-15 (#0)
Razorback bump
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams 
#7. To: Rotara (#6)
Razorback bump
"This man is Jesus,” shouted one man, spilling his Guinness as Barack Obama began his inaugural address. “When will he come to Kenya to save us?”
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#8. To: hondo68, X-15 (#4)
I see this as having a positive effect. Parents may just get pissed off enough to demand that the border be closed, and that all illegal aliens be rounded up and deported?
#9. To: HOUNDDAWG (#8)
Of course I couldn't pick a worse time to talk about this, as the ancient skeletal remains of the elite sit in their crushed velvet chairs of their carved cherry and walnut paneled sanctums and plot the deaths of billions of "W.E.'s" including me.
"This man is Jesus,” shouted one man, spilling his Guinness as Barack Obama began his inaugural address. “When will he come to Kenya to save us?”
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#10. To: X-15 (#0)
With 16 confirmed cases of swine flue in Texas, Gov. Rick Perry announced a disaster declaration
#11. To: christine (#10)
"This man is Jesus,” shouted one man, spilling his Guinness as Barack Obama began his inaugural address. “When will he come to Kenya to save us?”
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#12. To: X-15 (#11)
#13. To: christine (#10)
a whole 16! it's a disaster of epic proportion!!!!!!
Lord Acton
#14. To: X-15 (#9)
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Two years ago I sent a large manila envelope with about 50 pages of stories (printed at my expense from legitimate newspapers) of crimes committed by illegal mexicons to my Congresscritter in D.C., with the word 'mexico' highlighted in yellow in each story. It had NO effect on his will to do anything about the open border.
#15. To: X-15 (#0)
Texas officials postponed all public high school athletic and academic competitions on Wednesday until May 11 because of the swine flu outbreak.
To use Omessiah's own logic about not closing the border: Why cancel athletic events "when the horse is already out of the barn" - school is in sesssion and there are already alledged cases present. Everyday, their illogical actions and words make this appear more like a staged psyops event.
#16. To: X-15 (#9)
#17. To: X-15, ALL (#0)
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Dear Parents,
#18. To: All (#17)
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