Oops! Ritz wrong Again! It is Swine Flu after all.

So a day after an Edmonton Sun article was lamenting the plight of pork producers and complaining that medical authorities were still calling the new virus "Swine Flu":

"Why couldn't the flu have been dubbed the H1N1 flu, for the sake of accuracy, when farmers first raised concerns?"

Well it turns out, this is why ..... This just in: "Alberta Pigs Believed to be infected with Swine Flu"

Oops! And this only one day after our incompetent Agriculture Minister, Garry Ritz, and Canada's Tory answer to 'just a brain stem', Minister Stockwell Day, issued a news release assuring one and all that:

"The government of Canada is confident that Canadian pork is safe. We want to reassure Canadians that human swine influenza cannot be contracted through eating pork or pork products."

What! Okay, maybe its true we can't catch it from eating pigs. But if they can catch it from us and we can catch it from them.... maybe it should be called "Farmers-Swine Flu"? And maybe Ritz should not have released Friday's news release if they already knew the story of sick Alberta pigs was going to break today.

Oh well, ... chalk up another one for the Tory's. They've tried to say 'Don't worry, be Happy' one too many times - (see: Tory fall debacle over the true state of the economy). While we can understand why they want to spin a bad situation; rather than issuing an its-okay-to-eat-pork memo on the very eve of a more ominous news release they probably knew was coming was too cute by half. Coming out with a news release that draws attention to pigs and professes them to be safe when you know there is a good chance a bad announcement is on the way is just plain silly. And all it does is draw attention to how stupid and just plain wrong you are ... yet again!

Can't imagine what this will do our pork export market. One things for sure - it ain't gonna help! A year from now Ritz will be in charge of another closed door inquiry that will be guaranteed NOT to get to the bottom of the issue.

Whew, the more things stay the same, the more they....

What an odd choice for a PR Banner Pic?

One would think that the Tory spin-machine would realize this pic is less than flattering. Odd they should choose to place this image over the banner of their official "Stand Up For Canada" website? I mean, what are they trying to do? Frighten little children?

If I were Harper.... hmmm?

Today, if I were Harper
I'd be ashamed

Yesterday, if Harper
... embarrassed

In January, if Harper
I will be toast...

Ahhh,

Justice - 'tis a fate so sweet it 'tis worth waiting for.

R.I.P. Minority Government



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