Child Obesity in America: “Mommy, Mommy! Why Am I Fat?”
by David Kendall
Global Research
March 26, 2010
Malnutrition comes in a delightful assortment of colorful flavors nowadays. But poverty and obesity are a correlation that Americans find hard to swallow.
“Genetics and family history can predict whether you will become obese but then so can your ZIP code,” says Adam Drewnowski, world-renowned leader in innovative research approaches for the prevention and treatment of obesity, and Director of the Nutritional Sciences Program at the University of Washington in Seattle. In December of 2003, Drewnowski said, “If poverty and obesity are truly linked, it will be a major challenge to stay poor and thin.” [1]
In a more recent interview regarding her new “Let’s Move” campaign to combat childhood obesity, First Lady Michelle Obama argues: “A recent study put the health care cost of obesity-related diseases at $147 billion a year. This epidemic also impacts the nation’s security, as obesity is now one of the most common disqualifiers for military service.” [2]
It seems morbid that national security is Michelle Obama’s primary concern regarding obesity in American children. After all, raising healthy American children to become dead American soldiers doesn’t seem like a viable health care objective. But aside from that, poverty is directly correlated with obesity in Americans of all ages. So isn’t American poverty an even worse security threat than American obesity?
Called to Jury Duty? There are problems, but know your rights!
by Iloilo Marguerite Jones
Executive Director
Fully Informed Jury Association
1-800-TEL-JURY www.fija.org
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Yes, it is true that jurors are terribly underpaid compared to all the other players in the courtroom. Look who is not giving up their salary for that day: no one expects judges, bailiffs, clerks, or lawyers to come to the courtroom and work for $6 to $20 per day, so why does the government threaten jurors unless they do this?
Further, compare the salaries of these private working jurors with those of the government employees: most of those called for jury duty make about half as much as those government employees in the courtroom.
Most politicians are lawyers, and therefore have no interest in raising the pay of jurors, strengthening the concept of juries or jury service. Politicians have no interest in mere housekeeping that protects the human rights of the individual, you see.
Yet, if a juror does not show up when summoned, giving up their day’s wages, they can be fined, jailed, and maybe even worse, if they resist.
Not so Funny: Ann Coulter’s Bestselling Book
A cute post from a charming site called, “Margaret and Helen–
Best Friends for Sixty Years and Counting…”
Original post entitled, “Coulter and Bush sitting in a tree…K.I.S.S.I.N.G”
Note From Helen: I wrote this before Ann Coulter appeared on Larry King Live with Joy Behar. I am leaving my entry unchanged because I think many of you come here for the humor. That said, I feel sorry for Ms. Coulter. She seems so uncomfortable in her own skin. She – like Rush Limbaugh – is fine when hiding behind a book cover or a radio microphone. But expose them to the light of day and they become defensive and nervous to the point of pathetic. It’s sad really. But they made their bed so I hope you enjoy this last installment of my Hell ‘N Notes on Ann Coulter’s book, Guilty: Liberal Victims and Their Assault on America.
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Ann and George sitting in a tree…K.I.S.S.I.N.G.
Somebody should warn Laura Bush that a certain blonde fiction writer named Ann is really, really, really in-like with her husband. First comes love. Then comes marriage. Then comes Coulter pushing a – oh gosh I just can’t go there. I mean could you imagine the size of the feet on that child?
I finished an Ann Coulter book… Now there are six words surely never spoken before. And having finished the book all I can say is, “What the hell was that?”
