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Palin's reckless views on obesity (*BARF ALERT*)
CNN ^ | 11/24/2010 | Roland Martin
It's clear that we can't go 24 hours without Sarah Palin saying something so stupid that it defies logic, but leave it to the Kim Kardashian of politics to find something wrong with first lady Michelle Obama's effort to curb obesity in America's kids.
In a radio interview on Wednesday with conservative talker Laura Ingraham, Palin took dead aim at the first lady's "Let's Move" initiative, which is all about getting children active and involved in exercise and healthy eating.
In the wacky world of Wasilla's finest, Palin tries to cast the effort to fight obesity as part of Michelle Obama's "different worldview."
Here is a portion of the transcript from HuffingtonPost.com: "Take her anti-obesity thing that she is on. She is on this kick, right. What she is telling us is she cannot trust parents to make decisions for their own children, for their own families in what we should eat.
"And I know I'm going to be again criticized for bringing this up, but instead of a government thinking that they need to take over and make decisions for us according to some politician or politician's wife priorities, just leave us alone, get off our back and allow us as individuals to exercise our own God-given rights to make our own decisions and then our country gets back on the right track."
Hmmm. "Let's Move" is Obama's "kick?" Maybe someone should kick Sarah Palin so she can understand how devastating obesity is to the future of the United States.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
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"And I know I'm going to be again criticized for bringing this up, but instead of a government thinking that they need to take over and make decisions for us according to some politician or politician's wife priorities, just leave us alone, get off our back and allow us as individuals to exercise our own God-given rights to make our own decisions and then our country gets back on the right track."
bingo
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"And I know I'm going to be again criticized for bringing this up, but instead of a government thinking that they need to take over and make decisions for us according to some politician or politician's wife priorities, just leave us alone, get off our back and allow us as individuals to exercise our own God-given rights to make our own decisions and then our country gets back on the right track."
bingo
Palin just wants to be left alone?
why doesn't she just shut up and go away then?
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Who the heck is telling her what to eat? Nothing wrong with a "Let's Move" campaign.
Seriously, have you taken a look at Americans lately? I'm not talking about the fitness conscious who post here, ...but average everyday Americans? I've tried to... but so often I have to look away. It's gross.
ps: And what the heck does the writer have against Kim Kardashian? Jealous much! ::)
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One of the reason the health costs is so high is because americans are just plain fat. If trying to make americans move more is to much government intervention then i suppose having the police uphold the law is too and a bunch of other things
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Yeah because the govt has proven so effective and successful in all of these types of endeavors.
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One of the reason the health costs is so high is because americans are just plain fat. If trying to make americans move more is to much government intervention then i suppose having the police uphold the law is too and a bunch of other things
The reason healthcare cost are so high is because of the government created cluster fuck known as the HMO. As usual everyone just glosses over that fact, not to mention that it is yet another money making scheme concocted by the Kennedy types that never had to work a day in their fucking worthless lives. But they know whats best for the unwashed masses ::)
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Who do you think should be giving exercise advice?
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palin is such a retard i can't believe she even said that. Exercise programs are a universal good supported by any physician to help promote a healthier America. I can not even believe you're supporting her in the slightest, it just shows how delusional you are.
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I don't see anything reckless about what she said at all. In fact, it actually makes sense, you know, common sense.
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"And I know I'm going to be again criticized for bringing this up, but instead of a government thinking that they need to take over and make decisions for us according to some politician or politician's wife priorities, just leave us alone, get off our back and allow us as individuals to exercise our own God-given rights to make our own decisions and then our country gets back on the right track."
bingo
Relaly don't care one way or the other, but what's the obsessive character attacks on someone just because there black?
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What is racist about telling bama and his ungrateful sasquach wife to fuck off?
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telling kids not to have sex = YES
telling kids to exercise = how dare you?
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telling kids not to have sex = YES
telling kids to exercise = how dare you?
It's the dumbest argument i've ever seen made. I mean seriously how can you honestly defend it as if obesity is a good thing and implementing exercise is a bad thing. It makes no sense but for the sake of backing Palin they'll eat sh*t if need be.
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No she is saying that giving mobacca a billion dollars to tell us what to do and what to eat is none of her busness and to leave us the hell alone.
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No she is saying that giving mobacca a billion dollars to tell us what to do and what to eat is none of her busness and to leave us the hell alone.
do you think a person's sex life is anyone's business?
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What is racist about telling bama and his ungrateful sasquach wife to fuck off?
Because despite what you think, your pics of obama have a somewhat racist overtone to it. She's hotter than palin sorry to break it too you not that I really spend much time thinking about old middle aged women but whatever.
You may pretend all you want that it's out of political positioning, but no one here's buying it. You just look like some pseudo racist prick that don't like obama because he's black. You may have all the reason's in the world to hate him, but it don't matter you just look immature, and racist. Plesae for the love of god don't tell me you get on with this shit in real life, I'd feel sorry for you I really do.
Attacking something that's popular, by the way the look is pretty low class. But whatever get palin in their see what that women can do :D
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No she is saying that giving mobacca a billion dollars to tell us what to do and what to eat is none of her busness and to leave us the hell alone.
Advising to exercise obese children is none of her business? Oh please give me a break. She isn't forcing this on anyone they are advising parents and children and educating them into making better life decisions, decisions that not only save money for the country as a whole, but allow them to live longer and more productive lives.
You really would swallow anything Palin said wouldn't you? Even a piece of sh*t like this.
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Meltdown.
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she's at the point where she is going to complain about what obama does NO MATTER WHAT.
It's that simple. He cures cancer, and she cries about how he's hurting Phizer. It's that easy to see now. First lady activities are usually "read more", "exercise more", etc. I suppose we were all mad that laura bush worked to help kids read more with her reading programs? Or was Palin noticably quiet on that one?
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Ha ha ha ha - team bama is pissed off.
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Pissed off? Weird. I'm not the one starting 1000 threads a day proclaiming the day of reckoning to be upon us and veiled threats of taking up arms against the government, unlike you 333 i don't get violent when debating a topic. However the fact this is even a debate shows just how far you have fallen from the common sense tree.
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I don't want the govt to tell me what to eat or do.
They should protect the border, defend the nation, and stick to constitutional functions.
Otherwise the govt needs to back the fuck off and leave us alone.
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I don't want the govt to tell me what to eat or do.
They should protect the border, defend the nation, and stick to constitutional functions.
Otherwise the govt needs to back the fuck off and leave us alone.
Ironic ain't palin all about telling people what's wrong and right? Cough cough abortion?
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Palin is in better shape than that buffalo michele obama and probably is in a better position to discuss this issue than mobacca.
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I don't have a problem with the First Lady promoting healthy living, but she's not really setting a good example.
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why do you say that, BB?
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Because she doesn't look physically fit.
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telling kids not to have sex = YES
telling kids to exercise = how dare you?
I'm sorry, when exactly did this become the governments job and not parents???????
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This is really simple IMO. Encouraging healthy living is great. Trying to encourage people by force, even if it's in their best interest is wrong.
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Every FLOTUS has some cause that they promote
with Laura Bush it was education and literacy
can you imagine someone on the left criticizing Laura Bush for promoting literacy by saying something to the effect of "leave us alone, get off our back and allow us as individuals to exercise our own God-given rights to make our own decisions and then our country gets back on the right track."
statements like this are just generic dog whistles for the far right loonies who gobble up any stupid statement out of Palins mouth
we have a few on this board
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Every FLOTUS has some cause that they promote
with Laura Bush it was education and literacy
can you imagine someone on the left criticizing Laura Bush for promoting literacy by saying something to the effect of "leave us alone, get off our back and allow us as individuals to exercise our own God-given rights to make our own decisions and then our country gets back on the right track."
statements like this are just generic dog whistles for the far right loonies who gobble up any stupid statement out of Palins mouth
we have a few on this board
Two very different things. Laura Bush was promoting things like making it mandatory that children read a book every day. Like I said, encouraging is fine, encouraging by force not so fine.
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Palin is NOT a social Libertarian, she's a social Conservative. She is all about injecting Christian morals into our laws and policies.
She's just a hypocrit and probably too stupid to see the contradictions in her own beliefs.
I'm not even sure if this lady is for real.
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Right - so insteas let's cheer the obamas who stuff their fat faces with ice cream, caviar, beer, lobster, shrimp and tell everyone how to live with our tax dollars?
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There is absolutely no politician in the Republican or Democratic party I would cheer for.
But Sarah Palin is especially airheaded, illogical, and inconsistent.
Most politicians are more like evil assholes. But Palin is just a clown.
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Two very different things. Laura Bush was promoting things like making it mandatory that children read a book every day. Like I said, encouraging is fine, encouraging by force not so fine.
I was not aware of this
how/why would we even enforce this?
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The reason healthcare cost are so high is because of the government created cluster fuck known as the HMO. As usual everyone just glosses over that fact, not to mention that it is yet another money making scheme concocted by the Kennedy types that never had to work a day in their fucking worthless lives. But they know whats best for the unwashed masses ::)
So obesity is not a major health care cost? Are you stupid? and what the fuck's got the Kennedys to do with anything. You are a brainwashed retard
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Palin is in better shape than that buffalo michele obama and probably is in a better position to discuss this issue than mobacca.
What age do you think is a good age for an American male to stop calling people schoolyard names?
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Thank goodness that Michelle Swampthing Obama isn't on an anti plastic surgery mission trying to drill into the minds of America's youth that looks don't matter. That would fail miserably.
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Probably 63.
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Ths fool always hated Palin.
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Probably 63.
Ha ha.
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I was not aware of this
how/why would we even enforce this?
Sorry, that was a typo, it was supposed to say Laura Bush Was Not promoting things like making it mandatory that children read a book every day. The difference is Obama is trying to accomplish her ideas by force, for instance, taking fries off the menu at fast food restaurants.
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Sorry, that was a typo, it was supposed to say Laura Bush Was Not promoting things like making it mandatory that children read a book every day. The difference is Obama is trying to accomplish her ideas by force, for instance, taking fries off the menu at fast food restaurants.
I was wondering when you would correct that
Now can you show us the source of your claim that Michelle Obama is trying to "force" fast food places to take french fries off the menu.
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So obesity is not a major health care cost? Are you stupid? and what the fuck's got the Kennedys to do with anything. You are a brainwashed retard
Look you ignorant fuck you didn't even know what type of government the US had until I told you. You want to challenge me again? Ted Kennedy sponsored the HMO bill of 1973, along with the Nixon admin, guess what we got. So tell me why does it cost so much? Maybe because the fucking government had to get involved and drive health care costs through the roof. You wanna be fat, good for you, but since the HMO and turning health care into a business here we are. And you have the fucking audacity to call me a brainwashed retard? Fuck you and the horse you rode in on.
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I was wondering when you would correct that
Now can you show us the source of your claim that Michelle Obama is trying to "force" fast food places to take french fries off the menu.
Here's a good one:
http://nannystateliberationfront.net/2010/09/14/kids-meals-could-go-fry-less-courtesy-of-the-first-nanny/
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Here's a good one:
http://nannystateliberationfront.net/2010/09/14/kids-meals-could-go-fry-less-courtesy-of-the-first-nanny/
I read it but couldn't find anything even showing that she is
"trying to accomplish her ideas by force"
where is the "by force" that you mentioned?
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Let Michelle and Sarah don the thong to settle this........talk about and M and M'er........ :-\
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First Lady: 'Have pie! Eat the dressing!'
The Hill ^
First Lady: 'Have pie! Eat the dressing!' By Elise Viebeck - 11/27/10 11:36 AM ET
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First Lady Michelle Obama encouraged American families to enjoy their food over the holiday weekend and not to worry about "how much you eat."
Obama, who is spearheading a nationwide campaign against childhood obesity, explained to 20/20 host Barbara Walters that "this is the time" to let go a bit.
"I would urge people to use this time to come together, as families and community, and don't take it for granted. Be kind to each other and laugh a little bit. And don't worry about how much you eat. Just enjoy it," she said.
She later added, "Have pie! Eat the dressing!" when prompted to explain her comment.
The wide-ranging interview also included a discussion of Obama's campaign, dubbed "Let's Move," which focuses on healthy eating among schoolchildren.
"You know, our goal is ambitious but simple," Obama said. "We want to end the epidemic in a generation. We're really aiming at children born today, because our goal is that if we begin shaping habits and shaping the conversation and providing information to parents and teachers and engaging all of our leaders in this conversation, that we'll change the habits of young people today."
The First Lady has faced criticism from Republicans, including former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, for advocating what they characterize as government-overreach.
"A government has a role to play in this issue, as does every other sector," Obama rebutted in the interview. "And we reached out and engaged the grocery store manufacturers and the restaurateurs. We brought in the mayors and governors of states and towns. We're calling on faith-based community. There is no constituency that should be excluded from this call to action for our kids."
Both Obama and President Obama commented in another portion of the discussion that they both exercise to relieve stress.
The interview aired Friday.
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Palin is NOT a social Libertarian, she's a social Conservative. She is all about injecting Christian morals into our laws and policies.
She's just a hypocrit and is too stupid to see the contradictions in her own beliefs.
I'm not even sure if this lady is for real.
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If only Michelle Obama would just leave these poor teabaggers alone. Get off their back allow these individuals to exercise their our own God-given rights to make our own decisions and then our country gets back on the right track.
Why won't Michelle Obama allow these freedom loving tea baggers to exercise their God Given right to eat themselves to death
Isn't that what made America great??
Who cares if a recent report UnitedHealth Group's Center for Health Reform and Modernization, estimates that 52 percent of the adult population will have diabetes or prediabetes in 10 years. Treating that population will cost an estimated $3.35 trillion, the report says
The larger problem is still that the Michelle Obama would like children to eat more fruit
If that's not a communist agenda then I don't know what is
If we don't WAKE UP and stop the Obama communist agenda we'll only have ourselves to blame when we're all forced to pick apples in state run orchards and die as slave laborers in the state run vegetable farms
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If people want to eat themselves to death - why get in the way?
Less medicare, less ss to pay out, etc?
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If people want to eat themselves to death - why get in the way?
Less medicare, less ss to pay out, etc?
LESS MEDICARE?
Um, WTF?
Picture the chronically obese person who spends 25 years battling heart disease, diabetes, gout, etc.
You think he's CHEAPER overall cost to the system, than a HEALTHY person?
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE tell me this is not your belief, dude.
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If people want to eat themselves to death - why get in the way?
Less medicare, less ss to pay out, etc?
before they die they will cost US a shitload of money
but that's OK as long as they are not communist
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McD offers the option of getting apple slices (called apple dippers) in happy Meals.
You get them white milk, apple dippers, and a 4-piece mcnugget, and it's not too bad for them. It's not broiled chicken breast and asparagus, mind you, but it sure beats a cheeseburger, fries and Sprite.
So you can make better choices based upon their menu - and it's commendable when leaders work to educate people on the importance of taking care of themselves with a clean diet.
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LESS MEDICARE?
Um, WTF?
Picture the chronically obese person who spends 25 years battling heart disease, diabetes, gout, etc.
You think he's CHEAPER overall cost to the system, than a HEALTHY person?
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE tell me this is not your belief, dude.
don't expect a rationale answer from 333
that train has sailed
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I would LOVE for 33 to explain how a healthy person (who works and does not spend their life in doctors clinics and being underproductive) costs the system MORE - than a person who spends 30 years visiting the doc twice a week for a shitload of meds and doesn't work to full capacity as a result.
I think he might take this one back quickly lol- or it's going to be one of those "WTF" moments like 57 states or our allies in N korea - something that is used over and over to illustrate poor thinking process (only if he digs in and defends this position)
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I would LOVE for 33 to explain how a healthy person (who works and does not spend their life in doctors clinics and being underproductive) costs the system MORE - than a person who spends 30 years visiting the doc twice a week for a shitload of meds and doesn't work to full capacity as a result.
I think he might take this one back quickly lol- or it's going to be one of those "WTF" moments like 57 states or our allies in N korea - something that is used over and over to illustrate poor thinking process (only if he digs in and defends this position)
People are not eligble for medicare until 65 right? Medicade is a whole other matter and most of the people on that are well . . . . I'll leave that alone for now.
So if someone is an obese slob and dies at 70 y/o - we save money overall vs the old battle ax on medicare and ss until 99 y/o.
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People are not eligble for medicare until 65 right? Medicade is a whole other matter and most of the people on that are well . . . . I'll leave that alone for now.
So if someone is an obese slob and dies at 70 y/o - we save money overall vs the old battle ax on medicare and ss until 99 y/o.
why ignore Medicade.
you're eligible if you're low income and suffer from blindness or are disabled.
what are some of the results of diabetes: blindess ( leading cause of new cases of blindness in adults 20 -74) and chronic diabetes can easily lead to be classifed as disabled.
Ignoring all that I'm sure you won't bitch and moan when your insurance premiums go up because of the increased cost of diabetes
Again - the MUCH BIGGER danger to our country and our freedom is that Michelle Obama SUGGESTS that you might want to eat some more fresh fruit and veggies and get off your fat ass ( or scooter) and move around a little bit
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I have a buddy who works for a drug company and has told me some of the scams run via medicade and you would be SHOCKED.
This is all in the South Bronx. They have scams Straw that would even shock you.
If it were me - I would start work farms and make these fat pigs on govt assistance show up and work. If you don't show up - FUCK YOU - no food stamps, no medicade, nothing - tough.
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I have a buddy who works for a drug company and has told me some of the scams run via medicade and you would be SHOCKED.
This is all in the South Bronx. They have scams Straw that would even shock you.
If it were me - I would start work farms and make these fat pigs on govt assistance show up and work. If you don't show up - FUCK YOU - no food stamps, no medicade, nothing - tough.
spoken like a true commie
I've said it before - you are the real communist on this board
All your insane bitching about Obama is just s front for you true communist agenda
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No - what I would do is transform the food stamp program into a farm program.
Let these fat slobs in the bronx, brooklyn, queens, etc learn how to grow food, work a farm etc and the food is used to feed others who cant feed themselves.
No more food stamps - you get potatos, rice, beans, cucumbers, pumpkins etc.
FUCK THESE WELFARE PIGS! Let them earn their keep. No one has a right to my paycheck because they are too lazy to work in Mickey D's etc.
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LESS MEDICARE?
Um, WTF?
Picture the chronically obese person who spends 25 years battling heart disease, diabetes, gout, etc.
You think he's CHEAPER overall cost to the system, than a HEALTHY person?
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE tell me this is not your belief, dude.
Blah Blah and more Blah. You want to sit here and rail about this, yet you ignore the fact the government at the federal level has no fucking constitutional authority to be involved in the first place. You want the answer? You are responsible for your own health care, the government doesn't collect money and no longer sets up the insurance industry with a monopoly. You want to eat yourself to death, more power to ya, only in my scenario it only affects you and not every other person who has been pushed into the fucked up HMO scheme.
There seems to be some disconnect with the people in this country about a little thing called personal responsibility.
I'm surprised anyone survived, how did any one manage to have kids or get surgery before 1973? Thank god the government stepped in and saved us all ::)
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No - what I would do is transform the food stamp program into a farm program.
Let these fat slobs in the bronx, brooklyn, queens, etc learn how to grow food, work a farm etc and the food is used to feed others who cant feed themselves.
No more food stamps - you get potatos, rice, beans, cucumbers, pumpkins etc.
FUCK THESE WELFARE PIGS! Let them earn their keep. No one has a right to my paycheck because they are too lazy to work in Mickey D's etc.
Great idea comrade
While you've got them in labor camps you can give them some state sponsored indoctrination.
Eventually you can expand the program and make it mandatory for everyone
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McD offers the option of getting apple slices (called apple dippers) in happy Meals.
You get them white milk, apple dippers, and a 4-piece mcnugget, and it's not too bad for them. It's not broiled chicken breast and asparagus, mind you, but it sure beats a cheeseburger, fries and Sprite.
So you can make better choices based upon their menu - and it's commendable when leaders work to educate people on the importance of taking care of themselves with a clean diet.
No, it's not their place at all.
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No, it's not their place at all.
says who?
the government underwrites health care in this country and also has a vested interest in having a healthy population
clearly Americans are still free to exercise their right to eat like shit, get fat and suffer all the consequences of their choices but that doesn't mean the government doesn't have an interest in trying to keep them healthy by educating them to hopefully make better choices
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says who?
the government underwrites health care in this country and also has a vested interest in having a healthy population
clearly Americans are still free to exercise their right to eat like shit, get fat and suffer all the consequences of their choices but that doesn't mean the government doesn't have an interest in trying to keep them healthy by educating them to hopefully make better choices
Every American knows that eating fast food is bad for you, we don't need the government spending millions maybe even billions to tell us that eating Big Mac's is bad.
None of this "government intervention" is needed nor is it shedding any light on anything.
Further and more importantly, it's simply not the governments job to do anything like this, advise, encourage or whatever you want to call it...it's simply not their job. They have a very specific job outlined with exactly what they're supposed to do...beyond that their is nothing.
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Every American knows that eating fast food is bad for you, we don't need the government spending millions maybe even billions to tell us that eating Big Mac's is bad.
None of this "government intervention" is needed nor is it shedding any light on anything.
Further and more importantly, it's simply not the governments job to do anything like this, advise, encourage or whatever you want to call it...it's simply not their job. They have a very specific job outlined with exactly what they're supposed to do...beyond that their is nothing.
you say it's "not their job" and I say the government has a vested interest in having healthy citizens
I don't know what you mean by "government intervention" .... are we still talking about Michelle Obama or maybe we should go back to JFK or even Eisenhower who established the President's Council on Youth Fitness with Executive Order 10673, issued on July 16, 1956.
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palin is such a retard i can't believe she even said that. Exercise programs are a universal good supported by any physician to help promote a healthier America. I can not even believe you're supporting her in the slightest, it just shows how delusional you are.
333456 is oblivious to his delusions
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So says the fake soldier, fake gz worker, and pedophile.