H1N1 (photo: CDC)

President Obama announced today that he has a declared a “national emergency” over the H1N1 virus, a phrase with an ominous sound, but with little explanation offered by the mainstream media.

The Associated Press, for example, merely stated that the declaration removes “bureaucratic roadblocks” and enables officials to “bypass federal rules.” Other news outlets were even vaguer, saying the declaration waived federal requirements, but not saying what those requirements govern.

In the void of information, Internet

rumors were quick to flame, centering on concerns over how the Obama administration might use the declared emergency to suddenly expand government power.

“Obama just declared H1N1 a national emergency,” wrote a WND reader in an email, “Here we go with martial law.”…

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