Deviating from Official Flu Warnings, VP Biden Suggests Americans Should Avoid All Mass Transit

Right…as if Joe travels on civilian aircraft and trains these days.
The President needs to send Joe off to ‘an undisclosed location’ for a while.

Just more work for poor Gibbsy at the afternoon press briefing. I’m sure Biden had no idea what he was talking about…

Biden’s a smart man. But I really wish he would get his statements down and know what he’s going to say before he goes on the morning TV news shows.
I can see it now. Obama sends a message to Biden’s office.
“MEMO FROM THE PRESIDENT: Joe, please stop panicking the populace.”

As someone posted elsewhere, Joe Biden is
the Democratic Party’s version of Dan Quayle. Can he say anything less appropriate?

He has earned his name of Joe Blunder
Biden. That guy is this administrations
Forest Gump.

He answered the question honestly. He should know better.
And please…as if Joe Biden’s statement is going to cause “hysteria.” Give me a break.

“He has earned his name of Joe Blunder
Biden. That guy is this administrations
Forest Gump.”
Forest Gump > George W. Bush
Nothing wrong with Forest Gump. The man had a very strong moral compass and made wise decisions. Not to mention those ping-pong skills.

WOW 69 people with the flu moslty in Mexico and politicians and News oultets calling for the closing of the economy. Blind and dumb at it again. I thought Bush and Cheneys entourage retired.
Wolf Blitzer was selling lots of toothpaste last night. Wacky?

Biden’s interview doesn’t make sense at all. He have a ‘lack’ of inexperience and leadership. He is the worse VP in this history.

anonymous, I bow to your greatness! My favorite poster on this site.

Biden is a walking, talking, gaffe-machine. While The One played up his superior “judgement” capabilities (to make up for his lack of experience) during the campaign, his selection of Amtrak Joe would surely lead an objective observer to question these self- (and MSM) proclaimed capabilities.
But, I find him refreshing vs. the rest of his nuanced and measuredcolleagues who rarely offer direct answers to questions.

More sensationalism, I don’t see how this was a blunder, I’ve heard at least a hundred times that aircrafts are perfect ways of spreading a virus because the air on a plane is recycled and never really filtered properly. Plus its common sence to stay away from inclosed crowded areas if you can avoid them. Another million viewers for abcnews and another way to add fuel to a story they hope never goes away, this is perfect for sweeps month. I’m glad I work for an insurance company right now we’ll probably see our stock split in the next couple of days…..nice.

“Biden is a walking, talking, gaffe-machine. While The One played up his superior “judgement” capabilities (to make up for his lack of experience) during the campaign, his selection of Amtrak Joe would surely lead an objective observer to question these self- (and MSM) proclaimed capabilities.
But, I find him refreshing vs. the rest of his nuanced and measuredcolleagues who rarely offer direct answers to questions.”
And now it’s time for a little game I call “Count the Contradictions.”

Plagerist!

30,000 people a year die from the regular flu…this flu is pandemic only because of how rapidly it is spreading. As with all flu, it comes on suddenly and you have all of the symptoms fever, cough, muscle aches, sore throat sometimes nausea vomitting and diarrhea. It is not one or two of the symptoms, they key is fever over 101 and muscle aches and sudden onset. Biden was right, staying out of confined spaces right now is probably smart. This will pass in the next week or two. Calm down and wash those hands!

Come on guys ! We know that Biden is nothing but a life insurance for The One.This guy makes Dan Quale look a genius !!

Good idea! Let’s all stay home and shut down the economy just 2 months after we went 3+ trillion in debt to stimulate it.

“Good idea! Let’s all stay home and shut down the economy just 2 months after we went 3+ trillion in debt to stimulate it.”
I’m sorry…is that what he said to do? I must have missed that part.

Nice to see that Obama has gone back to the mold of do-nothing VPs, who only exist to say stupid things that keep the focus off the president as much as possible. It worked for Nixon and Bush Sr.

Yeah, seems like a great front to me :) Being an independent, I’m comfortable accepting that they’re both idiots. Biden won the office – so we get four years of his idiocy.

Yup, I watched him say that this morning. I knew the moment it came out that they would issue a statement. I dont care, I would avoid that stuff too. I do have a stepfather that has to fly next week. I told my mom to put him in quarintine when he gets back…lol! He is going to California and we dont want him to bring anything back with him. Who cares what Biden said, its common sense w/ this crap going around. To slow the spread of it avoid unnecessary travel. Oh and I am not a democrate and I did not vote for him…but its not a big deal.

“And now it’s time for a little game I call “Count the Contradictions.”
Let’s play! Come on down!

I always try to stay positive no matter what so I will say this about this whole pig flu situation…..If this was 1985 we wouldn’t be able to combat this virus the sameway but now in the age of the internet, texting, twittering, and the advancements made in television If there’s a new case of swine flu 10,000 miles away we know about it literally minutes after its officially reported. So remember my friends this is not 1918 I feel we are ready for this, Mexico was unfortunately not ready.

He speaks the truth. It’s just some people and “big corporation” (airlines for instance)do not want to hear it!

Biden genuinely fears for his family and yet the Obama administration fails to close the border and moniter arrivals from Mexico. I think Joe is an idiot but a useful one. He is telling the truth (how he really feels) while the administration tries to be politically correct in the face of a flu pandemic. Unbelievable.

This guy’s only a heartbeat away from the Presidency people and is definetly the future of his party! He is the brains behind the new left. I guess the question is, how many brains does it take to be the brains behind the new left?

“Say goodbye to First Class seat. Say goodbye to window seat. Say goodbye to aisle seat. Say “hello” to middle seat. and most likely between 2 heavily overweight passengers.”
Please…this is Amtrak Joe you’re talking about. No assigned seats on the Amtrak, brah!

They’re making fun of him here, but it is true that being in a confined space with a sick person is riskier than being in an open field with one. He didn’t actually say anything untrue or incorrect. I don’t understand what the fuss of this article is about.

I always tell my kids – if they think they smell smoke in the theater, scream “FIRE!” and run for the exits. Maybe that’s just me – better safe than sorry I say. Also, the idiot who picked me as his running mate gave a speech last night that he’d prefer dominate the news cycle… now let ‘em spend the next 24 hours running a little damage control for Crazy Uncle Joe :)

We will be so ready for a real leader by 2012! Maybe President Loser should call Hugo Chavez for advice?

Lack of proper precautions such as closing the border with Mexico and restricting air travel to and from countries with confirmed cases, clearly puts the spread of this flu on the head of the administration.

Joe tells the truth, and anyone with half a brain is thinking the same thing. The real problem is that government grovels at the feet of corporations that are afraid they will lose a dime if people use their common sense and stay home or at the very least avoid crowded and enclosed places.

No matter what you think of Joe Biden, he answered the question honestly. He was asked what he would tell his family, and any parent who has a choice in the matter and is one to act on the side of caution, would advise their child the same. Not a major catastrophy.

Oh, how refreshing to see such unity in the White House. *insert eye roll here*
And I thought Biden was picked because his experience would help back up an inexperienced President. Instead, it’s looking more like a three-ring circle every day! Ha ha ha ha ha!!!

Biden is a hooooooooooot!!!! Keep it up motor mouth!! LMAO

If Obama doesn’t do it, Congress should move. Tell him to do it or impreach him to get Joe in the driver’s seat.

“Slikey????It’s the opposite of what totus told big boy to say!!!!! Don’t you obabbatrons listen to what your fearless leader Totus (talking to Barry) tells you to do/believe? when you drink the Kool aid at least look to see what color it is before you swollow it.”
I don’t drink Kool-aid. I don’t think there is a right or wrong here. Would Obama have prefered that Biden stay on message? Of course. But I get why he answered honestly. In fact, it’s entirely possible that Obama, privately, encouraged the comment. That’s what’s best, but you can’t dis Mexico like that on the record. While it’s a “mixed” message, it’s a very obvious message.

Take a deep breath. You walk into the doctor with an illness fearing you have Swine Flu. Doctor tells you, “You don’t have Swine Flu… you have the normal everyday flu.”
You relax… you’ve dodged the proverbial bullet!!!!
Then he adds, “Mind you you still have EXACTLY THE SAME 1% chance to DIE from it.”
Its the FLU…. 13,000 people have died from every day run of the mill flu this year…. no one PANICed.
It’ll spread faster/further because no one has resistance, but at least its not a death sentence if you catch it. How many of you “the sky is fallings” bothered to even get a NORMAL flu shot? After all 350,000-500,000 die every year from that and you weren’t worried.

Biden is a joke.
The looney koolaid drinkers told us he is the smart one. He hasn’t proved it yet.
Infact, what are we up to now with the Oh that Joe number? Did we break a thousand yet?

Biden is an idiot. Just shows how smart the other idiot in the wh is. God help from these socialists.

the sky is falling the sky is falling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Biden needs JUMBOTRON to follow him around too.
Or should I say, Biden needs to follow JUMBOTRON around.

No real catastrophy is correct. But no slack was given to the other party during the campaign. Media and dems were sure laughing and mocking, scorning and ridiculing every thing that Sarah said. What a party of fakes and hypocrites, there no better than the other side. Without totus they sound like dopes too.

If anything positive can come from this is to show everyone how vulnerable we are to either a naturally occurring or man mad flu pandemic. Maybe as we look at the future of “personal transportation” we shouldn’t be look at mass transit which can be disrupted so easily.

William Longstocking:”The looney koolaid drinkers told us he is the smart one. He hasn’t proved it yet.”
Really? Richard Lugar and Jesse Helms seemed to think he’s proven to show some intelligence. So did Soviet Foreign Minister Andrey Gromyko. Congressional Quarterly sure doesn’t agree, but they’re just basing their honoring of him a decade ago on reality so ignore that. He was praised for even-handness while on the judiciary committee, refusing to stoop to personal slanders like many Democrats during the Bork review, and cutting the Anita Hill accusations off at the knees by refusing her any collaborating witness testimony in from of the committee.
Biden is well known to talk too much, to give his personal opinion when his professional opinion and statement should be “I don’t know, that’s not my field.” But to claim he’s is and always has been worthless is to show a PROFOUND ignorance of his documented track record of real achievement.

Wow. Mexico has closed its federal government because of the flu scare. And yet, no need to close borders?
I can’t decide if this flu scare is just media over hyping being handled wisely and calmly by the administration, or something really serious that is being completely bungled. I guess time will tell…

It amazes me how many negative-Biden comment’s I’ve read,rearding this column.Vice President Biden answers a question “from the eart”and “honestly”,and it’s called a gaffe? Could it be that after 8 years of deceipt and lies,they’re just not accustomed to hearing the truth?

Biden “used” to be intelligent when he was younger.
Today he is too old and has senior moments more frequent than not. As in everytime he speaks.

cound on Joe to give us some comic relief. Do you wonder that they didn’t drag him out so we can all laugh? So funny to have the white guy we the silly fool, huh? And the black guy be the restrained, thoughtful one. if this were a TV show, with the black president always saying the right thing, and the white VP being the fool, you’d say “that would never happen in REAL life, right?” right? LOL! too funny. That’s Ok, Joe. We could all use a laugh today. doh!

sr: did you go to the website”number” and read it. 39.1% give him an “f” and 14% give him a “d” on a left website. It is not scientific agreed but it is interesting.

So ignore public transportation and everyone drive their own cars.
What do you think Al Gore thinks of that.

Please cite the specific date that the swine flu was recognized as a potential pandemic —It was recognize by a nurse in New York after kids got back from Mexico and she had a line out the door of flu patients. She called the CDC. Mexico was denying there was anything wrong at this time. It was identified, corret me if I’m wrong, it was brought to hte attention of the CDC and the WHO by the US! AFTER it was found here! They tested the virus and found it WAS bird flu mutated. surprise surprise! At that time it was ripping through that New York private school.

“When was our chance to get out in front of this exactly? Please cite the specific date that the swine flu was recognized as a potential pandemic AND was not already in the US.”******
This is the job of our government. Obama should have known it and should have taken actions on it. Apparently, our tax dollars are not working.

Peter: I’m a bit unclear, so we should have closed the borders after the flu was already confirmed to be in the midst of New York city or on Sunday, when it was actually identified as the swine flu?
And my actual question was:
“Please cite the specific date that the swine flu was recognized as a potential pandemic AND WAS NOT ALREADY IN THE US.”
You know, when it would have actually been useful to close the border (if such a thing were really even logistical possible.)
As reference, could you list the countries who closed their borders at that point?

32.2%
A
111,590 votes
8.5%
B
29,531 votes
6.1%
C
21,274 votes
14%
D
48,376 votes
39.1%
F
135,250 votes
This is Obamas ratings from a MSNBC poll. It is intersting that a left wing news media would even show this.

Bush had Cheney and now Obama has Biden. I’ll bet he regrets having him as V.P. for sure now.

As much as Joey boy is known for gaffes…I have to agree, he was asked what he would do. I am trying to limit my chance of exposure by staying home as much as possible. It just doesn’t seem that this is “nothing”. And to have WH suddenly try to downplay it makes me think I smell a mouse.

Mr. Biden only articulated what many are feeling anyway. Although, given the effects his comments might have upon the travel industry and how mass transporation is suffering right now–it wasn’t too smart to say such a thing to national media. Oh well Joe… “and this too shall pass…”

Peter:” She sent off samples to the CDC and they tested them and confirmed it WAS H1N1 and the CDC flew right in and got to the houses of those kids, tested their families, decontaminated the school, handed out tamiflu to whomever may have been exposed and shut it down very quickly. … Now everyone is screened at the border.”
That sounds to me like the US dealing with it quite well. I’m not really sure why you think they suddenly went stupid and screwed up the decision on whether or not to attempt and unprecedented (in my lifetime) effort to close the border.

In this Panic, no where does it say if you contract the H1N1 virus you will die, or did I miss something? The flu is the flu. You get sick and take care of it. You don’t have to die! Stay in bed, take aspirin, keep the fever down, drink plenty of liquids. That’s if you even get a flu. Look at the mortality rate. It is no different than any other flu virus contracted. The ration is low and of all the millions of people that contract a flu virus about 3,900 people die from flu symptoms. They are usually the young or the elderly. For a country that is so concerned over living and panicking over a flu virus we don’t care about life anywhere else. I mean I read over and over again to bomb Iraq and Afghanistan, torture is legal, the bad people need to suffer not us. Who are we really?

Pretty funny can doers. You have what you all keep complaining about’ your own Bush or Dan Quale? even John Kerry. These guys are lifers that are just programed to speak.
I wonder how the new dictator who says he does not want to control the auto or bank industry but tells the ceo’s to step down (controls) will take to spank ole Bidon?

I think VP Biden is a genuinely funny person and I enjoy listening to him. He just isn’t good at the PC thing, which makes him endearing to me when we have so many politicians that can BS everyone without pause. Maybe this natural honesty of Joe’s is why he seems to be so well liked on both sides of the aisle in Congress.

” Look at the mortality rate. It is no different than any other flu virus contracted.”–yes it is, doofus. how do we get this far into it and you dont know that? If you are under 30, it can be lethal and the reason why Americans are not dying from this is that they are getting Tamiflu, an antiviral. If you try to sit this one out at home, you may die. The big difference between Mexico and the US is medication. The nurse who recognized this may well have saved those kids lives. Tamiflu only works in the first day or so of exhibiting symptoms. If someone gets a fever, get checked immediately and yes, there is a very probably that you’ll survive. Wait three days while your lungs fill with fluid, and tamiflu will not be able to help you, you may die.

Does this guy even have a brain? Or is his mouth so big that it has “flown” out through it? What world does he live in that he not realize that not only is his foot always in his mouth but he deserves his foot to be perpetually stuck in it so that he can open it any further!

You are saying such negative comments about Joe Biden, but did you ever stop once and think that he is the only one basically telling people how serious this really is. He is telling people to stay away from mass transit, airplane’s and any other confined places, Where as the president is trying to down play this. The vice president has always been known not to suger coat anything and that is what he is about, he is telling the American People just as he himself has told his own family, and for the record Biden always used mass transit everyday prior to becoming the vice president. These government agencies are not going to tell people how truly serious this may become because they dont want to cause mass panic, bottom line is you have to do what’s best for yourself and your family because ultimately you yourself have to live with all your decisions, and regardless of what goes on with this, you can bet on one thing, the president, vice president and all government officials will surely be much more protected against this and anything else far more then what we the american people will ever be.

Closing the boarder with Mexico would be very easy.
On the border, warning signs.
Behind that, automated guns. Similar to the Phalanx CIWS. Overlapping fire patterns.
Problem solved.

You should ask him why he had not done a better job to monitor the situation in Mexico and why he had not taken earlier preventive measures to protect America. As we are talking about this crisis at this time, it’s still not too late to close the borders. — I think if he sees it actually continuing to spread here, he will. Obama is not only dealing with a pandemic, he is dealing with a faltering economy. NOw is not a great time to do something devistating to the economy. Obviously he is not shutting the boarder for economic reasons. All the while, however, he is obviously watching to see if the cases in those border states go up. If they rise, I’m sure he will. If they rise, and we lose control of this, there will always be the criticism out there that we did not close the border sooner. This is why being president is hard. This is a tough decision. If you lose your job becuase he closes the border, would you support it still????? If the pandemic never materializes??? no. Then you’ll be mad he overreacted. It’s always easy to be critical when you’re not in the hot seat. I just thank God we have an intelligent president. At least we know whatever decision is being made is being made by a smart thoughtful man.

I SUPPORT BIDEN!!! BIDEN IS TELLING THE TRUTH!!! WHEN A MAN TELLS THE TRUTH YOU DONT CRITICIZE HIM BECAUSE YOU DONT WANT TO HEAR IT…YEAH, ITS GOING TO BE TOUGH ON EVERYONE AND WE KNOW THAT, BUT WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE THE MAN SAY? WOULD YOU HAVE THE MAN LIE? HE TOLD THE TRUTH…YOU HAVE TO CUT DOWN ON SOCIALIZING..I HAVE ASKED THAT OF MY OWN KIDS…WHAT WILL DO IT DO IF THEY BRING THE VIRUS HOME AND THEIR GRANDMOTHER FOR EXAMPLE FAILS? ITS THAT DANGEROUS! IN THE END WE HAVE TO CUT DOWN OUR EXPOSURE TO EASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF GETTING THE DISEASE. BIDEN TOLD THE TRUTH!!!! PERIOD

“Liberals are now attacking their VP”–well, liberals have always judged things as they are. They do not sit around in denial because someone is a democrat and fall lock in step. It’s funny that you think find that a sign of weakness. 50% of the county thinks we are headed in the right direction. That is astounding considering at the end of Bush’s term it was 8%. When you consider the 20% who are simply, not sure, it’s pretty clear the country is pretty pleased with Obama.

I’m really tired of folks slamming our VP. He’s a good man, who, thankfully, isn’t afraid to just be himself. His comments are candid, honest, and quite frankly to be heeded.
I love my VP!

I was watching it with my wife and we both looked at each other and said the VP’s assistants must be scrambling RIGHT NOW to put out a retraction ….
Funny stuff… Biden flubs again.

DelegateMath:”You should ask that question to your president, Mr. Obama.”
President Obama’s administration has laid out a very clear, rational explanation for his actions and position on this matter. It has also been publicly supported by politicians across the aisle, including Dr. Ron Paul.
I have seen no rational support for your “WE NEED TO PANIC!!1!!!!” In 1976, President Johnson took your advice and launched a massive swine flu vaccination program in response to a death from it at Fort Dix (a private who died during strenuous exercise while he had the flu). At the end of the year, over 400 people died FROM THE VACCINATION before the program was called off. Only one ever died of the flu.
If your irrational panic becomes policy, more people are likely to die.
President Obama and Dr. Ron Paul have both eloquently provided supporting evidence and arguments for the current course of action. What is your supporting evidence for ‘panic!’?

It’s just the flu, no more or less serious healthwise. Avoid it if you can, and if not, oh well, feel better in a few days. Has anyone besides me noticed a sharp upturn in the really ignorant, hateful posts on here recently? Is this the new Republican strategy to try and sway public opinion, which is, to their endless chagrin, largely favorable to President Obama? Just unleash a bunch of paid or volunteer ignoramuses (ignorami? no lol) on the news sites and ask them to just keep posting negative statements that have nothing to do with the actual articles? I like to discuss differences of opinion, but not with people who just want another opportunity to inject pointless insult and slander the truth.

“Say it ain’t so Joe”!!!!! Once again FOOT IN MOUTH disease!!!

Does this site have anything to do with the swine flu? It seems like there’s another election going on here. What about the people who are sick? What about those who are afraid to get sick?

jhw539: “Panic” is your word. It’s not mine. Keep it for yourself. What I am saying is about common sense. It’s about scientific logic. What the hell is this Dr. Ron Paul? Let him come up here to explain to us why he is willing to shut down the schools here but not willing to shut the non-essential travels to Mexico. Why is it so hard to ban travels to Mexico? Why do you call this a panic while closing the schools are OK with you? What are you going to do next? You want to shut down all the public transportations in this country, all the shopping malls and all the theaters. Make some common sense. Some other countries are doing it now. If you don’t get this thing under control, sooner or later, other countries are going to close their borders on US.

jhw539: Give me the official website about this statistic. I’m interested in confirming it.

Funny thing is, Biden looks like a genius compared to our last VP

It continues to amaze me how many people are so poorly informed. This flu is NOT the same as ordinary flu. It is far MORE dangerous. It can kill a percentage of young healthy people if left untreated. It is similar to the bird flu which killed approximately 8% of victims in 2002. The fact that Biden would dare to offer more conservative preventative advise is barely newsworthy. Biden speaks freely.

SISTERSEVEN – I lived in Totonto during SARS. They never closed their boarder.

Biden is giving great frank advice! Now, if the globalists could consider closing some borders that would be sane too. Of course, we are all one big global system and all at risk. Political correctness can be dangerous to society.

I think Obama should either muzzle him or loan him his teleprompter. After all our illustrious leader can’t say hi without checking the teleprompter first. As a matter of fact I think he sleeps with it and it should be called the teleblankee!!!!! So Biden get your own teleblankee!!!!!!!!!!! LMAO over change

The only reason to shut down a border is to prevent the spread to this country. News flash…it’s already here. Shutting down now would do no good.
BTW…one death in the US from this and everyone is panicing. We have 81 deaths every day from guns and no one blinks an eye. I guess it’s ok to die from a gun but if it’s a virus…watch out.

“I bet if I scroll down through them I find the usual appologists making excuses for Joe’s stupidity….”
Maybe you could explain why you think what he said is stupid???

I think Obama should either muzzle him or loan him his teleprompter. After all our illustrious leader can’t say hi without checking the teleprompter first. As a matter of fact I think he sleeps with it and it should be called the teleblankee!!!!! So Biden get your own teleblankee!!!!!!!!!!! LMAO over change
Posted by: lovingpolitic
You do understand that he uses the teleprompter for speaches only. Last night and on every other town hall meeting or press questioning…he relies on his knowledge. Your statement is inacurate.

People are so stupid and irritating.
I guess no one here has ever misspoken before eh? Actually ,Biden was just speaking his mind ,which can sometimes get anyone into a fix , especially when every syllable is gone over ad infinitum with a fine tooth comb ,looking for the slightest overt/covert flaws or errors .
Leave the guy alone ,he’s human. He’s a real character too. He shoots from the hip ,and is somewhat inaccurate at times,so what? Jeez…

I would tell my kids and friends the same thing. What is the big deal. Only if you have oatmeal for brains would you NOT know that traveling cooped up in a confined place is not the best thing when there is swine flu loose. What this yapping about is MONEY. The travel industry is afraid of losing money IF people don’t travel as much as they think they should. I think Biden should be left alone. They asked what he thought, and he told them, rather than some rehearsed remarks to try and make everyone happy. Haven’t we had enough of this the last eight years? Go, Joe. Some of us do appreciate your common sense thinking.

In comparison to Joe, Sarah Palin looks like a Rhodes Scholar. An embarrassment since the campaign started, and it’s gotten worse.

Do you think Obama was thinking about the flu when he did the “bro” handshake with Chavez?

Well, he felt compelled to plagerize in school. That speaks volumes! Only Ted Kennedy was a worse offender. Got kicked out of Harvard for it.

Ok ,that’s it. Republicans are on ignore from now until they come up with something intelligent and meaningful to bring to the discussion ,which doesn’t look likely in the near term .
WHO CARES WHAT JOE BIDEN SAID ABOUT THE FLU? I CARE ABOUT THE RUINED ECONOMY AND THE HOW/WHY/WHO/WHEN ETC THAT APPLIES TO THAT SITUATION SPECIFICALLY (among other cogent pressing issues at hand)
Stay on topic, was Biden at the wheel for the past 8 years ? Who was doing what? One thing I am sure of ,it wasn’t Joe Biden that ran this country into the ditch ,I am just glad he is there trying to fix this train wreck of a nation the Republicans and their conniving agenda have left us all.

Why is a person not allowed to give his or her own opinion anymore? Would people rather hear official statements only?

Citing an unscientific poll where you sat there all day selecting ‘F’ doesn’t say anything.

rasmussen polling reports that 53% of people think next president will be republican, this is after 100 days. this is not good for DEms

Republicans don’t appreciate honesty, Joe!!!
Posted by: Silky | Apr 30, 2009 9:34:11 AM
Silky,
I believe it was the Democrats who didn’t appreciate what he said or they wouldn’t have tried to cover for him.

former BO supporter ”
SR; Yeah, a D is not a failing grade, but you won’t graduate with less than a 2.0. Understand? The dumbing down of America is in full swing!
”
I understand perfectly well. You said ‘fail’ and I thought you meant what you said. I don’t want to get into a big argument about this, but I suggest you use credible numbers because it will add much more credibility to the point you are trying to make. Why not go to a scientific and reliable survey web source and post the numbers – there are many to choose from (yougov, gallup, etc). If the numbers are very negative for Obama – then fine.

All vectors are open…except Fort Worth Idependent School District and a few isolated schools. Soon all vectors ( grocery stores et cetera ) will be closed – see Mexico.

People are getting seriously sick from a flue that spreads rapidly throughout the body to the point of making people physically unable to move or even unable to open their eyes. The numbers of death are low in the USA. It could be because we do get our flue shots although not every single year. Common sense meassures are important to maintain. This flue attacks the entire body, and the bones. Would I ride in an airplane now? Not without a mask, a sanitizer, antibacterial wipes. definately wear my glasses, the eyes need protection. Would I ride in a subway now? Only if I wore a mask and opened all the windows and carried my bottle sanitizer and antibacterial sheets. Am I over reacting? I live in one of the south west border states. A few of our schools have been closed and we do have quite a few cases in our state. I don’t care what you think, but So far, knock on wood after sanitizing it, I am not coughing yet.

Biden is for shutting school classrooms down but is against stopping flights from mexico.
Last week U.S should have told american citizens living in mexico they have one week to return home.
Last week our government should have stopped all non american citizens from flying into u.s from mexico.
There should be a travel ban on flights from mexico.
Almost all the people that have this are catching it from having traveled to mexico and they spread it further in the u.s.
Allowing these flights to continue only spreads the virus to more people in america.
Obama says the barn door is open but he is opening it even more by having napalitano have this passive screening.
So Joe Biden is getting praised for saying stop having our children in classrooms but continue the flights from mexico.
The flights from mexico are very damaging.
Airplanes are the worst thing to be on and the people in mexico coming on the planes to the u.s are spreading it from person to person on the plane.
Biden says it makes no difference to stop the planes from mexico but it does.
Those planes from mexico are spreading the flu.
Many people that have the flu in the u.s were on the same flights.
We are fortunate this didn’t happen during spring break.

Let me guess, Obama is “furious” with Biden! I’ve heard it all before. Kind of gets old.

“rasmussen polling reports that 53% of people think next president will be republican, this is after 100 days. this is not good for DEms
Posted by: former BO supporter ”
If you’re quoting Rasmussen polling, you obviously were never a BO supporter. Their samples are always skewed to the right from every other sampling.

Quick Joe.. Run for Cheney’s secret hiding spot…

I can’t help but think, when the vice president – a person who has access to top secret information – says he’s advising his family not to travel on airplanes and subways, that he must know something we little folk don’t know. Even health officials are saying it’s safe to fly …. so is this a “misspeak” or a warning?

I agree with Biden, just because he’s a political figure doesn’t mean he’s not human. I want safety for my family also. So, I personally think people need to stop pushing all of this.

Bidens answer was truthful and correct. For those of you that dispute his wisdom I hope you enjoy your dirt nap.

Those who dispute or deride Biden for his comments are very simply – incorrect. What he said is what the CDC recommends – “AVOID CLOSE PERSONAL CONTACT”. Whether you exhibit symptoms or not, you can spread virus via the air – THE INCUBATION PERIOD IS TWO DAYS – meaning someone can have it and not be aware they have it – AND BE SITTING IN THE SEAT NEXT TO YOU ON THE PLANE AND COUGH OR SNEEZE EMITTING AIRBORNE DROPLETS CONTAINING THE VIRUS THAT YOU BREATH IN. That’s how colds and influenza spread. Why is this so difficult for people to understand – and why is JB being crucified? Has America dumbed down that much?

Why not simply adopt the practice that the Japanese have done? They have mass transit systems that are far superior to any region in the US, as do most nations in the world, btw. They use common sense, if you feel like you may have a cold or flu, you wear a face mask.period. Now that the new flu season is upon us, this is the kind of advice that could really help. Domo Arigato.