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The surgeon general called fat a form of domestic terrorism in a speech he gave at the University of South Carolina.
"Unless we do something about it, the magnitude of the dilemma will dwarf 9/11 or any other terrorist attempt..."
Later in the speech he added this chestnut: "Where will our soldiers and sailors and airmen come from?" Because the whole nation will be too fat to support the administration's warmongering, and then where will we be?
Reading this quite frankly makes me want to kick George Bush in the nuts. Even more than usual, I mean.
"Unless we do something about it, the magnitude of the dilemma will dwarf 9/11 or any other terrorist attempt..."
Later in the speech he added this chestnut: "Where will our soldiers and sailors and airmen come from?" Because the whole nation will be too fat to support the administration's warmongering, and then where will we be?
Reading this quite frankly makes me want to kick George Bush in the nuts. Even more than usual, I mean.
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I'm sorry to hear he said that. In general, I think our current Surgeon General is an amazing guy.
So if anything, pacifists should gain weight as a form of resistance? Interesting concept. Eat doughnuts for peace.
So if anything, pacifists should gain weight as a form of resistance? Interesting concept. Eat doughnuts for peace.
I'll get behind the doughnuts for peace movement
Hey Surgeon General...here's a concept: Regulate the food industry like they have in the UK where it was mandatory that food manufacturers reduce the sodium in their processed food to 1/3 of what it was before.
I believe in personal responsibility -- which is why I'd be in the "Donuts for Peace" march -- but at the same time the Government and Media go ON AND ON AND ON about how obesity is a death threat, obesity drives up insurance costs YET the various food manufacturing lobbies have them all in their pockets.
The Potato Lobby (yes, there is one) recently had FROZEN FRENCH FRIES re-classified as a FRESH VEGETABLE so that school cafeterias can serve them and still be compliant with the Food Pyramid.
Being fat isn't the terrorism within...it's the unavailablity of large amounts of affordable fresh organinc food without hormones, pesticides, and additives. We as a country have changed our diet radically in as little as three generations.
Perhaps if the government cared more about their people who might grow up to be firemen, military, cowboys, nurses, or rock stars INSTEAD of making money perhaps they'd have a healthier pool of people out here.
The NEW "Homeland Security" could be to stop giving us utter crap to eat and then yell at us for eating it.
Sorry -- I'm reading "What To Eat" by Luise Light and the Food Industry is really pissing me off. :)
It sounds so much like the eugenics thing that went around the UK during the Boer War. Where they realized that over 1/3 of their of age men were not in fit shape for fighting. So they blamed the mothers and genetics rather than the pollution and poverty that was rampant at the time.
Of course, having read the other comments, maybe having gone through this so early is why they actually do things like force reduction of sodium now.
Laura - that's what surprises me so much that the Surgeon General said that - he comes from a background in which there probably wasn't a lot of affordable fresh food available (and certainly no organic food) and he's normally not afraid to make waves (he's occasionally openly critical of groups he's invited to speak to).
Gee, this could become a really powerful movement: Donuts for Peace. I will be happy to lead a march, coconut-covered chocolate terrorist weapon in hand (and mouth). Does no one find this silly besides myself? Our government is so obviously a show led by those who flunked out of Clown School that I am surprised anyone, here or abroad, takes us seriously anymore. Oh yeah; it must be all those nukes and WMD and other stuff we own and often use. Maybe we could start a U.N. search for W.M.F (weapons of mass fat) here in our own country. Good week-end, all.
Gee, this could become a really powerful movement: Donuts for Peace. I will be happy to lead a march, coconut-covered chocolate terrorist weapon in hand (and mouth). Does no one find this silly besides myself? Our government is so obviously a show led by those who flunked out of Clown School that I am surprised anyone, here or abroad, takes us seriously anymore. Oh yeah; it must be all those nukes and WMD and other stuff we own and often use. Maybe we could start a U.N. search for W.M.F (weapons of mass fat) here in our own country. Good week-end, all.
I'm sensing a contradiction considering the military is now going to start allowing "overweight" soldiers to have their desserts as an incentive to get higher recruitement numbers.
Hmmmm...
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