I fear this marks the end of KFC's "double-down":
Posted on 05/09/2012 2:21:57 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Or it was society’s fault and nobody can address this shortcoming of society but government.
My dear Lord! How blatant can Barack GET with this Marxism?
"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary."
“The STATE is Mother, The STATE is Father, The STATE is the provider of ALL.”
(Does anyone have the full quote for this?)
It is time to really start expunging socialists.
My sister works in a supermarket deli. Last week (first of the month you know,) a woman she knew to be an EBT, um, client, came in and ordered 20 lbs. of thin-sliced ham.
When my sister handed it to her, the woman told her to do it over because she thought the ham wasn't fresh. My sister resisted and the woman told her she'd have her job.
Sis, without thinking, asked the woman why she didn't even have a job. She got called into the office but the manager was laughing so hard he just cautioned her and let her go back to work.
This is my bleeding-heart-liberal sister who, at the age of 51, divorced and all the kids out the door is working her first job. I can't say she's turning conservative, but this was a good sign.
So, can we expect EBT cards to be restricted from buying soda and donuts? Yea, I didn’t think so.
To be honest, I’ve got mixed feelings on this. In an ideal world the overweight, smokers, addicts, etc. would be left to their devices to bear the responsibilities of their bad health habits. But, since Medicaid and medicare aren’t going anywhere - and we’re footing the bill - they should be held accountable. They also drive up the insurance rates.
” It is time to really start expunging socialists. “
I’ll see your ‘expunging’ and raise it to ‘defenestrating’...
;)
I wonder if NBC consulted with Al Roker before they made this statement????
The only “must” the government has is to p*ss off out of it, and stop sticking its obnoxious collectivist nose into the private business of citizens.
Thanks to busybody commissars and congresscreeps, the United States is coming more and more to resemble Russia after 1918.
All through Grade and High School in the Fifties and Sixties, we always had a 1 hour gym class every day. At Prep School, in the Fal,l one had a choice; football or soccer, In the Winter, one had a bigger choice; basketball, swimming, or gymnastics. In the Spring; track or baseball. I remember one fat girl in Grad School, and at Prep, one guy who really wasn’t fat, just very stocky!
Now, when I go out, I see tons 8^), of really fat kids with their Moms. It’s quite shocking how so many parents can be so stoopid!
Do I advocate govt control? Hell no!
Good grief. Completely blind to the slippery slope there. There is nothing the psychotic liberal mind doesn't think a nanny-state 'government' can't 'fix'. All at the expense of personal freedom and independence.
Congratulations!
Lots of people (FReepers, even) on this thread who are apparently sufficiently ‘without sin’ to be casting stones....
(John 8:7, for those of you who don’t understand the reference...)
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(for those who prefer a more secular citation..)
‘Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master.’ - George Washington
I fear this marks the end of KFC's "double-down":
What about the crisis of the family, divorce epidemic, why not actually give tax credits to those who stay married and reward them each year they do so. That would take care of many issues, including obesity.
Mind you, this is the same gubbmint that took a turkey on whole wheat sandwich from a four year old and give her chicken nuggets.
I'll cook what I like, when I like, how I like, with as much salt and fat as I damn well please.
I sometimes fry potatoes in duck fat.
Anyone that says different can sod off.
/johnny
Sounds ducky to me. You’re lighter than a lot of teens today. You might dry up and blow away but you’ll never perish of overweight.
Don't let them take it (sob)...PLEASE!!!!
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