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2006-09-03 Home Front: Culture Wars

~~Michael Moore~~ Obesity pandemic engulfing world

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Posted by Fleque Chinesh5792 2006-09-03 12:17|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I knew already.

Posted by anonymous5089 2006-09-03 14:07|| 2006-09-03 14:07|| Front Page Top

#2 "It is the number one health problem of the American poor."

-I know that is true but it still amuses me to no end that "our poor" are fatter than most other nations' really rich folks. I knew an indian once who said that only in America will you see poor fat people. I knew what he meant, they were not truly poor by real standards.

Posted by Broadhead6 2006-09-03 14:26|| 2006-09-03 14:26|| Front Page Top

#3 "I knew an indian once..."

Our poor people actually have better standards of living than the majority of the middle class in India. Which ought to tell you that the truly poor in India live in wretched conditions.

I would LOVE to send our so-called poor there, so they could get a taste of what it is like to have really bad living conditions, with no safety net and no chance of opportunity.

Posted by Texas Redneck 2006-09-03 14:52|| 2006-09-03 14:52|| Front Page Top

#4 In a world that has been plagued by rolling famines throughout its history, I find the thought of obesity as a world health issue incredibley ironic. So we now have more fat people in the world than starving people, and we live long enough for obesity's negative effects to be clearly demonstrated in the individual. And people are upset by this? People, we now live long enough and well enough to actually worry about getting TOO much food! Even 100 years ago, that was an unthinkable problem : the world that existed back then had famines caused by war and drought that killed hundreds of thousands at a time. And now we have international conferences lecturing us on how big our butts are, and demanding that we had over all of our social planning powers to them so that they can correct us.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2006-09-03 14:53|| 2006-09-03 14:53|| Front Page Top

#5 Don't even have to go back 100 years, Shieldwolf - in this country, never mind the rest of the world.

Americans really did starve to death during the Great Depression. Not a huge number, as is usually the case in famines, but still....

In a world where millions of people go to bed really hungry (as in no food, not as in nothing to eat since 8 pm) most nights, and have no access to clean water, this is the LAST thing we should be worrying about.

So of course these wacky-demics, who have never missed a meal - or even had to scramble to find one - decide this is the world's biggest problem.

I think the wacky-demic lefties, and their fellow travelers the U~~seless~~ N~~itwits~~ and the NGOs (otherwise known as the Toyota Taliban), are the world's biggest problem.

I think we need a conference to address that pressing issue. Think I could get a grant?

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2006-09-03 15:44|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2006-09-03 15:44|| Front Page Top

#6 Yawn. First it was the fault of "affluent western nations" that everyone else was starving to death. We fed them, and now it's our fault that they're fat little porkers. WTF do they want. No need for gratitude, but some consistency would be nice.

Posted by ST 2006-09-03 15:46|| 2006-09-03 15:46|| Front Page Top

#7 Well, Doritos are awfully cheap...

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2006-09-03 16:32|| 2006-09-03 16:32|| Front Page Top

#8 They're getting fatter which means they're getting richer.

Posted by anonymous2u 2006-09-03 19:33|| 2006-09-03 19:33|| Front Page Top

#9 No probrem here, Yankee dogs...

Posted by Kim Jong Il 2006-09-03 22:42|| 2006-09-03 22:42|| Front Page Top

#10 yeah - I can just see the "Farmin B Hard franchises of Bob Mugabe's Weight Loss Center"

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-09-03 22:56|| 2006-09-03 22:56|| Front Page Top

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