Foot in mouth on hoof in mouth:

[jrittenhouse]

Bush: Let’s move the USDA contagious disease test operation from a deserted island to the middle of Kansas farm country!

A simulated outbreak of the disease in 2002 - part of an earlier U.S. government exercise called “Crimson Sky” - ended with fictional riots in the streets after the simulation’s National Guardsmen were ordered to kill tens of

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[filkerdave]

Granted, Plum Island isn't all THAT remote...it's just off the north fork of Long Island.

[awfulhorrid]

True, but it's not like one could drive to it by accident and it's quite a distance from the middle of cattle country.

[awfulhorrid]

Among the big brains at work here is Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts, who's all for the move because Kansas is one of the locations under consideration.

My first thought was 'This is the guy that the people of Kansas picked to represent them?' This was immediatly followed by the realization that the people of Kansas include Fred Phelps and that they apparently don't believe in evolution there. Perhaps they don't believe in germ theory either?

[jrittenhouse]

Probably not.

[marklafon]

And in the case of Phelps any outbreak can be blamed on the USA tolerating them homosexuals.

Hmm. Nation Guard outnumbered by a horde of diseased creatures and not having enough firepower to stop them. Sounds like a zombie flick with cows. Night of the Mooing Dead?