Swine flu debacle: Where is the outrage in the media and the American people over the mess our government has made with the swine flu vaccine?

Oh, yes, we call it H1N1 now; it sounds more appropriate. Just like we call abortion, pro-choice, and we call global warming, climate change.

I remember a few years ago when there was a shortage of the regular flu shots. Every day, the media blamed President Bush for not anticipating the demand. Yet this time, there doesn't seem to be any outcry against our government for this debacle.

No outcry when our government is trying to force health-care workers to get the shot, then changing their mind. No outcry when we find that the detainees at Gitmo are getting the shot, then they change their mind. No outcry when we learn that Wall Street is getting the shot. Goldman Sachs gets 200 shots. Morgan Stanley gets 500 doses for its New York office and 500 more for its Westchester location.

Then we learn that our servicemen overseas are going without. Even here in Maine, after clinics have been scheduled, they are canceled at the last minute.

I would say President Barack Obama and our federal government are doing something wrong here, and I don't hear much complaining. Maybe after we get the flu ourselves, or maybe when one of our neighbors dies, we might wake up.

Shirley Hanley

Randolph