Just how fat are we?

Townhall.com ^ | May 19, 2005 | Larry Elder (archive)

[.cnI redruM]

>>>>Linda: People have no restraint. They need to be restrained.

This woman should be the first one they lasso with a lariat and string up in public.

[snowsislander]

So is the CDC going to recognize the new number? Of course not. CDC director Julie Gerberding (who co-wrote last year's 400,000-deaths-per-year report) says the organization won't use the new number because of uncertain methodology, and called for more research. Does the CDC intend to scale back its fight against the "epidemic" of obesity, given the much smaller, new number? Gerberding says no, because, "There's absolutely no question that obesity is a major public health concern of this country."

Yes, to the MSM and apparently to the CDC, it's the seriousness of the charge that matters, not how true or false it might be.

I might add that it appears to me to also be a function of how convenient the charge is for the group making it.

[.cnI redruM]

>>>>Julie Gerberding (who co-wrote last year's 400,000-deaths-per-year report) says the organization won't use the new number because of uncertain methodology, and called for more research.

They always need more research. It's the canned answer they give anytime they get called on their BS!

[TheForceOfOne]

In March 2004, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said 400,000 Americans die each year due to obesity-related problems.

I almost choked on my triple cheeseburger reading that, who so I sue? lol

[mlmr]

We have the same problem with our local Public Health czar here in Maine...and I emphasize CZAR.

Dora Mills.

The Public Health sector has many suckers who want power.

[Gabz]

Whatever the correct figure, expect the government's attack on "the obese" to continue. Like cigarette smokers, overeaters now serve as a pinata from which they can extract taxes.

Slam dunk statement.

And they absolutely will not stop using the overinflated numbers, just like instead of using correct numbers they keep inflating the already overinflated number of "smoking related" deaths.

It would not surprise me if the obese numbers were determined in the same manner as CDC uses for smoking - no real people just numbers popped into a computer program called SAMMEC.

[G.Mason]

Where does one begin to address a complete and utter moron such as Linda Bimbo?

If breathing wasn't controlled automatically when one was unconcious, this moron would suffocate when she fell asleep.

[.cnI redruM]

It's enough to make you lose a pickle!

Sue everyone! Throw enough baby food all over the wall, and eventually some of it will stick.

[LIConFem]

I'm not fat!!

I'm just big-boned...

[12B]

Well, despite Linda's doofiness, Americans are way too fat. And yes, people who engage in healthier lifestyles have to foot the bill to a certain extent.

I've never understood why so many conservatives feel the need to defend fat fatties.

[spectre]

Snicker, snicker...LOL!

[.cnI redruM]

"smoking related" deaths. -- That's the problem right there. Once the semantic sleight of hand "smoking related" got inserted, we stopped accurately measuring the number of people who died directly from smoking. The race to hype the risk and then tax was underway.

[arasina]

Mama Linda. One of Hillary's adoring Nanny State fans, I presume.

[.cnI redruM]

>>>>We are way too fat.

Maybe so, but will taxing somebody really solve it. No. As soon as this tax becomes an important revenue source, our 'leadership' will find ways to make us even lardier. Once there is a positive correlation between the size of the Coors gut and the size of the revenue pile, fatness will be made almost mandatory.

[WV Mountain Mama]

Looking around here, there are a tremendous number of overweight people. But, this is totally ridiculus. More taxes and laws have never helped anyone except the fat politicians and the ever expanding government. This woman is a nutcase.

[.cnI redruM]

No doubt. A soccer mom who never got made to run gassers up and down the pitch a day in her life.

[Hardastarboard]

No, no. They have to cook healthy food.

Hey, Linda. I have a new fashion for you to try. The blouse is brown, with an arm band on the left arm. The arm band has this really chic "broken cross" insignia on it. It's the latest thing, and all the Democrats are wearing them. I think it will fit your style very well.

[Gabz]

Just wait until they add the other catch-phrase "premature death" to the "obesity" numbers.

An interesting side note on this whole "obesity epidemic" situation is that if you look at the names of those involved, especially those pushing for increased taxes you will find a striking similarity in the list of names going after smokers.

There is no such thing as coincidence when it comes to tax and spenders...........