Imagine this: there's a flu pandemic and you're told you have to stay put. No leaving the state, the county, or the city. You -- even though not infected -- are under quarantine by federal order. In fact you are also under potential death sentence if you're one of the 1.9 million Americans who could potentially die of such a pandemic.
Travel restrictions in the face of a flu pandemic, ordered by the US federal government. So who gets to travel? How far? Who cannot travel?
I understand the history of travel restrictions; the monarchies of Europe restricted travel to keep serfs in there place, only allowing the landed to travel with papers (the origination of the modern-day passport).
Communist states disallow free travel.
Dictatorships disallow free travel.
I also understand, in times of need, for a quarantine (which is what this is) but we're talking about an unchecked federally-mandated travel blackout for everyone in a yet-to-be-determined area.
Article link and more after the jump.
This article on Yahoo via the AP,
U.S. Could Restrict Travel to Prevent Flu, demonstrates that fear mongering of a dreaded flu pandemic -- which I don't doubt will happen eventually -- is cause to advance the GOP agenda to totally control the remaining population who hasn't already fallen victim to the Faux mind control or the Hitler Youth-esque
Young Republicans.
This is a disgusting and third-rate masquerade of another assault on basic freedom behind a $7 billion 'strategy' to fight a potential risk by frightening people into agreement.
Actually it's not so much George's will as it is the GOP agenda, once again using a quasi-rethug meat puppet as a front man to maintain that diversionary Roman theater quality.