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formercia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-20-06 12:57 PM
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In case of mass fatalities, The VA will refuse bodies
All democrats and Liberals to be buried in mass graves.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060620/ap_on_he_me/bird_flu_va

By ANDREW BRIDGES, Associated Press Writer 24 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Families of veterans who die during a bird flu outbreak shouldn't count on burying their loved ones in any of the 120 national cemeteries. The
Department of Veterans Affairs foresees closing the military graveyards in a pandemic because of staffing problems.
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The VA buries more than 250 veterans and eligible family members a day — about 93,000 a year. It operates cemeteries in 39 states and Puerto Rico.

Those burials could stop or be put on hold during a pandemic, presumably even as the tally of dead surges, according to a VA plan that lays out how it will cope with an influenza outbreak. The government is preparing for a worst-case scenario of nearly 2 million deaths in the United States in a pandemic.

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Is this part of the Final Solution?
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mike_c Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-20-06 01:03 PM
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1. dude....
Edited on Tue Jun-20-06 01:03 PM by mike_c
Why would this come as a surprise? In the event of a real pandemic with high mortality-- something on the order of the Black Death during the 14th century-- institutions will break down. That is inevitable.

You might want to consider loosening your tin foil hat just a tad....
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ShaneGR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-20-06 01:05 PM
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2. Lol, your tin foil hat is so large, I can't see my monitor
So if I have some typos its cuz I cant see what I'm typing. The story is about how the VA would deal with burying VETERANS of past wars if there was a pandemic strain of influenza that killed millions in a short period of time. In other words, my father was buried in Arlington when he died 5 years ago. He was a Vietnam war veteran. If he was still alive, and suddenly bird flu hit, millions died, and my family was one of thousands all asking for burial in national cemetaries than of course the VA wouldn't be able to meet the demand.

But that doesn't answer the question, WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH A FINAL SOLUTION KILLING ALL THE LIBERALS??? NOTHING. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
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raysr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-20-06 01:40 PM
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3. Bird Flu is propagada or germ warfare.
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formercia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-20-06 01:43 PM
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4. And gets people used to the idea of mass graves
Move along folks, nothing to see here, just some mass casualties of the day.
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