Posts Tagged “Swine Flu”

From the liberal left-coast comes more gooberment intrusion into your life. It’s Massachusetts HB 2029, the “Pandemic Response Bill.” From the bill:

During either type of declared emergency, a local public health authority… may exercise authority… to require the owner or occupier of premises to permit entry into and investigation of the premises; to close, direct, and compel the evacuation of, or to decontaminate or cause to be decontaminated any building or facility; to destroy any material; to restrict or prohibit assemblages of persons;

Illegal search and seizure and the 4th amendment come to mind?

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From Fox

NEW YORK — Mexico said Monday the number of people who have died from swine flu may be as many a 149. The Mexican government said it would close schools until May 6 as a precaution.

Meanwhile, officials from New York state have confirmed 20 more cases of swine flu, bringing the confirmed total up to 28. The state is watching another 17 possible cases. More [here ].

New Yorkers may want to remember that their Democratic Senator Charles Schumer has this to say about the recent porkulus bill.

From the New York Post:

“All those little porky things that the House put in, the money for the [National] Mall or the sexually transmitted diseases or the flu pandemic, they’re all out,” Schumer said.

Ah, someone get that man a pork chop.