HHS Warning: Easy for Terrorists to Attack Food Supply; Global Flu a Possibility

My Way News ^ | 12-03-04 | RON FOURNIER

[Gritty]

"I cannot understand why the terrorists have not attacked our food supply because it is so easy to do."

Tommy could have performed a real service to us if he had instead said, "I cannot understand why the terrorists have not attacked our Liberals because it is so easy to do."

[Babu]

"Hello! My name is Tommy Thompson, and I am a world-class Nimrod. To prove my worthiness for this label, as a parting shot from a national position I obviously was lacking in IQ for, I made a very dumb-a** comment which could possibly assist terrorists in killing Americans.

Ain't I somethin"?

[Feiny]

This is Tommy's way of getting all the obese Americans to lose weight. Scare them into not eating.....brilliant.

[Muleteam1]

Although I feel that Thompson should have kept these thoughts to himself, possibly he wanted to stimulate a discussion on the protection of agriculture a subject that most Americans find as interesting as hemorrhoids. Possibly we're shooting the messenger unnecessarily because I have little doubt that terrorists already have our agricultural in their sights. The fact that USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service was moved under the auspices of Homeland Security tells me I am not the only one who thinks so.

However, since there were only 24 replies in this thread, I dare say that serious discussions on the protection of American agriculture is not yet ready to happen.

Muleteam1

[Snapple]

What scares me the most is the type of plague that is spread by people instead of rats. This was the case with the Black Death in Europe.

It was spread very rapidly from person-to-person via the lungs. People didn't feel sick gradually so they were out and about spreading disease practically until they dropped dead.

The Russians weaponized this germ and it is resistant to antibiotics. Originally the germ comes from from marmots.

[Muleteam1]

Although there appears to be some controversy about what caused Europe's "Black Death", many researchers seem to agree that it was a combination of Beubonic and Pneumonic Plague bacteria. However, Beubonic Plague is spread by fleas on rodents, in the case of Europe, rats. Pneumonic Plague is the more dangerous version having the capability of being spread from host to host by a sneeze or cough. Pneumonic plague can kill its host within a few days.

I would agree that bioterrorism is something to be very concerned about. However, we should not forget about ag-terrorism. A single ag-terrorism event has the potential of adversely affecting many more people, and lasting much longer, than a single bioterror event.

Muleteam1