Posted on 07/21/2009 9:46:38 AM PDT by conservativeDC
Have you seen the infomercials for Lipozene? If you haven’t (and thank god you haven’t) Lipozene is a pill that is supposed to cut weight. The hook is that taking this pill will let you cut body fat “without changing your lifestyle.” How remarkable! No personal sacrifices required. No dieting, no exercise. This pill is perfectly targeted at those Wal-Mart shoppers who are so fat that they immediately sink into a motorized scooter upon entering the store. With Lipozene you don’t even have to suffer the indignity of ordering a diet coke with your Big Mac.
So you ask, “AJ, why are you talking about an infomercial pill?” Because Lipozene is a metaphor, and a symptom of, what ails our country. With Lipozene you can expect results without doing any of the corresponding work. We as a country harbor these same expectations.
The idea of sacrificing anything as a country is so mid-20th century and more than a little distasteful. Remember Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson writing about sacrificing at the altar of freedom and refreshing the tree of liberty with the blood of patriots? Seems a bit disgusting now. I mean blood? Icky. And altars…let’s not even get started on religion, it’s not PC to worship anything anymore, even freedom.
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Those things are limited to Wal-Mart shoppers. I was in a grocery store standing next to an old lady who said, "What's wrong with this thing? I could walk faster than this!"
I bit my lip and walked away.
Sheesh!
Pills that make you lose weight or make anatomical parts bigger are the biggest hoaxes ever perpetrated on television. I am NOT speaking from experience, but common sense. If a pill has such a profound impact on a person’s physiology as to cause weight loss or growth of a certain part of the anatomy, the side effects are also likely to be as equally profound. When the idiots they use this stuff start going blind or forming malignant tumors, they’ll be shocked and surprised, and joining class action lawsuits. I have no sympathy.
My favorite part of the ad is when they say, “Research has shown that fat forms due to lack of exercise, diet, and stress. Now we have the solution!”
What? Exercise, eat a healthy diet, and reduce stress in your life?
No! A pill!
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