[faithincowboys]

So more protectionism?

I too mourn the loss of our manufacturing base, but I don't think it's going to come back. We are going through a transition in this country. We are also a different people. More sedentary, heavy and less likely to want to do factory work. Have you seen MTV lately?

[ARCADIA]

So more protectionism?

I believe our nation, our people, our form of government, and our form of economy; are worth some degree of protection. Would you really disagree with that?

On your other point, who knows. Perhaps we are getting fatter, perhaps it is just our predatory trial lawyers making noise to prep their perspective juries for their next batch of lawsuits. The only thing I know for sure is that I am getting older. Perhaps we will have a nice nationalwide weigh-in one day and remove all doubt. But, one could speculate that in the days when our families operated on a single income, they tended to eat more of their meals at home, and that this was probablly healthier in any number of ways.