Eric’s Dream

Maybe motivated is overstating things a little, but compared to this past weekend, I’m feeling optimistic.

It has been only two days, but it’s going fairly well. I ran, I have eaten in moderation, and if I can keep this up for a few days, I think I’ll be happy with the results.  With very little going on in my “diet world” the last two days, I want to ask a question…..

“Swine Flu?”

I’m sitting here typing while listening to Obama talk about the “Swine Flu” and it brings a few thoughts to mind.

Have you heard that Israelis and Muslims want the name changed from “Swine Flu” to “Mexican Flu” because they find the name “swine” offensive.  Are you kidding me? Ok, let’s change the name to “Mexican Flu” because I’m sure the Mexicans would love to have yet another negative connotation attached to them.  You’re offended by “Swine Flu?” Hell, I’m offended by everyone whining about how offended they are all of the time.  Suck it up people and live your life!!

On the other hand, I have heard that farmers want to change the name to “North American Flu” to help alleviate the worldwide panic that is growing over the association with eating pork, even though there is no evidence that shows you can catch the “flu” from eating pork.  I can understand the name change rationalization in this case.

Most countries have already banned importing pork products from the states as a result of this “Impending Pandemic.” I saw that Russia has even gone as far as to ban ALL meats from some states. While this is hurting pork futures and we’re all acting like it’s the Ebola virus gone rampant, instead of another strain of the “flu,” we still haven’t gone as far as Egypt, who has now decided to slaughter all 350,000 pigs in their country.

Yes, that’s right.  Where is PETA or EPETA (Egyptian People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) when pigs need them?  350,000?  HOLY CRAP!!   Ok, it’s only 350,000 pigs and it’s to save humanity, so I should be ok with it.

Well, I guess I’m not in complete agreement with the Egyptian government and I have to take the side of the farmers storming the streets in protest over their government’s decision to destroy the pigs, especially since there hasn’t been ONE CASE OF REPORTED SWINE FLU in Egypt. Why should this be surprising though, they did kill nearly 25 million birds a few years ago when they feared the bird-flu. 25 MILLION!!

Even with this so-called Swine Flu having killed people in Mexico and one person in America (a 23 month old Mexican visiting America) it is nothing compared to the nearly 10’s of thousands of people who have already died this year as a result of the “regular influenza.” It takes a flu named after an animal for all of us to run around buying up mask off of shelves and to stop shaking hands?  You mean to tell me that it’s not the 36,000 people who die in America each year because of the flu that had the President on Prime-Time television asking us to was our hands, it’s the “Swine-Flu?”

N95-NIOSH APPROVED!!

Then again, maybe we should all be running in the streets with the highly demanded respirator masks because according to some Islamic Militant websites, this flu is God’s revenge against the infidels.

So the next time you greet someone by bumping elbows instead of shaking hands or you need to remove a N95 respirator mask to kiss someone, you can thank a bird-shit eating pig.

I didn’t meant to talk about something other than my diet, but I don’t have much news on the diet, so I ran with what i had.

Audra, like I said in the comment I left on your page, I enjoyed reading your post very much and I can assure you I will NOT cross your path during the combination of DIETING and CYCLING.

I also need to get the graph, stats, charts, thing figured out.

Stick to your plan and everything will work out.  We’re gonna do this.