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24 Facts That Prove That America Is A Nation Of Slobs
endoftheamericandream ^ | 5/8/2012 | Michael Snyder

Posted on 06/07/2015 4:49:24 PM PDT by Signalman

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1 posted on 06/07/2015 4:49:24 PM PDT by Signalman
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To: Signalman

I like hamburger and don’t have a television. What does that mean?


2 posted on 06/07/2015 4:54:09 PM PDT by Rodentking (There is no God but Yahweh and Moses is his prophet - http://www.airpower.blogspot.com/)
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To: Signalman

Yup. But this nation still out produces the rest of the planet by a wide margin. And our military (actual war fighters, not the leadership) is far superior to anything else the world has ever seen.

So there is still some slim hope...


3 posted on 06/07/2015 4:54:40 PM PDT by piytar (Good will be called evil and Evil will be called good.)
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To: Rodentking

Love your tag line. And agree.


4 posted on 06/07/2015 4:55:52 PM PDT by piytar (Good will be called evil and Evil will be called good.)
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And our military (actual war fighters, not the leadership) is far superior to anything else the world has ever seen.

Have to agree with you on that. Although pound for pound, the IDF is very, very good.
5 posted on 06/07/2015 4:57:10 PM PDT by Signalman
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I believe it is still true that Americans give more to charities than any other population on earth


6 posted on 06/07/2015 4:59:47 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: Signalman
So what do you think about this article?

I think the author sounds like a self-satisfied elitist fussbudget.

7 posted on 06/07/2015 5:02:37 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Everybody wants to be a cat.)
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wow....

heading out to the gym right now.

then coming home to make a kale and quinona salad.


8 posted on 06/07/2015 5:03:01 PM PDT by beebuster2000
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“Am I being too harsh on the American people?”

NO! You’re right. Americans are a bunch of slobs. Everyday I see things that wouldn’t have been thought of 20 or 30 years ago. Satan has us in a hugh bear hug.

Lord quickly come.


9 posted on 06/07/2015 5:03:02 PM PDT by upchuck (The current Federal Government is what the Founding Fathers tried to prevent. WAKE UP!! Amendment V)
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To: Signalman

Demographics underlie a lot of this.


10 posted on 06/07/2015 5:03:13 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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“#5 The average American family purchases 200 pounds of meat per family member each year.”

How on earth does that prove anyone is a slob?

“#6 Large numbers of cows that are killed for hamburger meat in America stand ankle-deep in their own manure all day long.”

Again, how does that prove we are slobs?


11 posted on 06/07/2015 5:04:01 PM PDT by vladimir998
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Well, I think he’s right. Summer is slob season, IMO.

But he left one very important factor off that list: flip-flops.


12 posted on 06/07/2015 5:05:46 PM PDT by CatherineofAragon (("This is a Laztatorship. You don't like it, get a day's rations and get out of this office."))
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Actually number 9 is wrong. Mexicans consume more soda than Americans do.


13 posted on 06/07/2015 5:07:05 PM PDT by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat.)
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To: vladimir998

What do drinking soda, home mortgages, divorce, or plastic surgery have to do with anyone’s being “slobs”?

This sounds like something Gwyneth Paltrow would write.


14 posted on 06/07/2015 5:08:16 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Everybody wants to be a cat.)
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Interesting. USA and Mexico are the two fattest nations.

Commonality?

Corn, zea mays, is a major part of the diet, as corn tortillas in Mexico and high fructose corn syrup in the USA.

If a farmer wants to fatten his livestock, what is the feed of choice, hmmmm?

15 posted on 06/07/2015 5:09:22 PM PDT by null and void (I wish we lived in less interesting times, but at least we have front-row seats.)
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Other things being equal, wheat-flour tortillas have more calories and fat than corn.


16 posted on 06/07/2015 5:12:26 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Everybody wants to be a cat.)
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But he left one very important factor off that list: flip-flops.”

Went to several stores today trying to purchase a decent pair of summer sandals - couldn’t find any, regardless of the price I was willing to pay. I will wear flip flops before I buy any of those ugly women’s shoes.


17 posted on 06/07/2015 5:14:14 PM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: Tax-chick
Yes, agreed, but there seems to be something about corn that encourages weight gain.

Even in the 30's a zaftig (or larger) gal was often described as "corn fed".

Now we're all "corn fed"...

18 posted on 06/07/2015 5:16:28 PM PDT by null and void (I wish we lived in less interesting times, but at least we have front-row seats.)
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To: Signalman

This guy has no friends and no fun.


19 posted on 06/07/2015 5:16:46 PM PDT by txrefugee
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I have been around cattle all my life and I have never seen cows ankle deep in poop. Pure BS. The cattle men in our neck of the woods take great care of their livestock, spending a lot of money on vets and medicine on their cows.


20 posted on 06/07/2015 5:17:36 PM PDT by Do the math (Doug)
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