Swine Flu, Octomom, and protesters

So I am sitting here watching the news this morning (putting off the chores I should be doing) and I am pushed to think...

My first thought: "I don't think I can hear the word Swine Flu one more time!"
I guess it's my lucky day...it's not Swine Flu anymore! We have finally given the new strand a name N1H1. I also hope everyone paid close attention to the part where the CDC announced the N1H1 flu strand is less deadly than the winter strand we had this year. I think the problem we have run in to is the media is covering every aspect of the N1H1 strand of flu and the majority of American people do not understand influenza. I wonder how many people believe that flu is a stomach bug that causes vomiting and diarrhea? Actually influenza is a respiratory infection, that, like most illnesses is ever changing and evolving, making it increasingly harder to vaccinate against. And yes, influenza, regardless of the strain can be deadly to the wrong person; the elderly, young children, the immunocompromised, but these are the people who are more susceptible to all illnesses. The moral of the story, get your flu shot, wash your hands, and wash them often!

My second thought: "Really, Octomom? I thought she was finally fading away"
I was sick of the Octomom two days after her story came out, I thought surely the American media is not dumb enough to put this woman in the lime light. Boy was I wrong! We took an unemployed woman, without a leg to stand on, and more children than any person could support on their own and made her a celebrity. I thought it was bad enough when the porn industry offered her a movie deal, but an Octomom musical is too much! The last thing that needs to be done, is rewarding a woman for poor life choices. This is one musical you can bet I will not be seeing!

My final thought this morning: "These Protesters need to find a more effective approach."
Lving in Michiana you get your fill of hearing about Notre Dame, and when you attend one of the other colleges in St. Joe county you feel like they are the big brother whose shadow you can't seem to get out of. They just seem to have it all, and then they get presidents coming to their commencements. When I heard that, regardless of my political standings, I thought Wow! What an honor for those graduates! I guess that's not how everyone saw it. I can understand the contridiction in inviting a pro choice individual to speak at a Catholic university who believes so strongly in the sanctity of life. I can also understand that many individuals are requesting that the invitiation be rescinded, but I have yet to see someone who has found an effective way to voice that opinion. Those of you that know me, know I am as pro life as they come, but I have been disgusted at the means in which Randall Terry and his followers have attempted to voice their opinion on Notre Dames Campus. Gruesome pictures of aborted fetuses on semi's, strollers with baby dolls covered in blood, Helicoptors with graphic images. Yes, people need to understand the magnitude of their actions, but what about the small children who drive past those semi's who don't even know what abortion is? I have seen those images and have a hard time stomaching them, I can't even imagine the terror a school aged child would feel. How are parents and grandparents supposed to protect their children from these images, and even worse, what are the school bus drivers to do? If you truly feel that God has ordained you to stand up against Barrack Obama's visit to Notre Dame then you need to silently walk that campus is prayer, and ask God to do a work there, to protect the values that the Catholic church stands for. Obviously shock and awe has not been effective, but we are told with God on our side all things are possible, if you seek Him in this matter there is no telling in what way God can prevent that visit from happening.