Subj : In the news 2.
To   : ALL
From : BOB KLAHN
Date : Sun Nov 23 2014 15:24:00



 So, Ebola is not a threat, at least to the Republicans, now that
 the election is over.

 Of course, every single person who contracted Ebola in this
 country was trying to help others, so Republicans were never in
 any danger.

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Paul Krugman
When Government Succeeds
http://tinyurl.com/m88wdep

 The great American Ebola freakout of 2014 seems to be over. The
 disease is still ravaging Africa, and as with any epidemic,
 there's always a risk of a renewed outbreak. But there haven't
 been any new U.S. cases for a while, and popular anxiety is
 fading fast.

 Before we move on, however, let's try to learn something from
 the panic.

 When the freakout was at its peak, Ebola wasn't just a disease,
 it was a political metaphor. It was, specifically, held up by
 America's right wing as a symbol of government failure. The
 usual suspects claimed that the Obama administration was falling
 down on the job, but more than that, they insisted that
 conventional policy was incapable of dealing with the situation.
 Leading Republicans suggested ignoring everything we know about
 disease control and resorting to mocking claims that health
 officials knew what they were doing....




BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

.... Jesus was a community organizer ... Pontius Pilate was a governor.
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