Re: Chuck Norris is Smacking Around the Dim Dems, Again...

On Jan 1, 11:58 am, Patriot Games <Patr...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=30094

Oprah's Weight and Obama's Food-o-rama
by Chuck Norris
12/30/2008

According to a new USA Today/Gallup Poll, Obama is the man Americans
admire most. And that fixation has focused recently upon his fitness,
which some say even contributed to his victory in the election.

Those who doubt Obama's pro-organic positions are referred to an array
of nutritional news stories, blogs, photos and video streams of him
eating, golfing, playing basketball, working out at the gym, etc. This
past week, one of the largest Internet searches was sneaking a peak of
the hearty and shirtless president-elect on the beach at his $9
million Hawaiian holiday getaway. There's even a Website committed to
every possible link between food, drinks and Obama,
Obamafoodorama.blogspot.com, including Barack's favorite trail mix and
his beer of choice, the "audacity of hops."

While many admire Obama's physique and others commend his athletic
ability, critics are busy lambasting some of his present actions as
not what he pitched on the campaign trail. They say proof is in his
personal consumption practices, which include periodic binges of fast
and fatty foods and nicotine fixes. Further political evidence is
found in his choice for agriculture secretary, former Iowa Gov. Tom
Vilsack, whom many frown upon for his support for big agribusiness,
genetically modified crops and ethanol subsidies.

To be honest, I'm not sure if Obama is fit enough to be America's next
nutritional guru, but I would remind him (especially as a relatively
young president) that his health disciplines can help shape our
country's youth like few others in the past, especially in a processed
and fast food nation, in which there are more food additives than
grains of sand at the beach, not to mention that obesity now affects
one-third of all youth.

In other words, President Obama--STOP SMOKING!


Here's something else of which I am quite certain: that we should not
be a tenth as fixated upon Obama's nutritional plan (or even Oprah's
fluctuating weight) as we should be on our own.

Common sense--and from a Republican too. That's a huge surprise.


Whether Obama sneaks a
few puffs or Oprah splurges on bagels and cream cheese, we should be
more self-reflective than judgmental and examine our own eating and
exercise habits,

Gee does that mean that Chuckles here is saying that PG should stop
calling people FAT PIGS? Is Chuckles saying that PG should be more
reflective than judgemental? Too bad PG has a reading comprehension
problem.


and not just those our culture admires. In an age
where organic foods are making mainstream news, gaining an upper hand
on dinner tables and restaurant menus, we all need to fight to be fit
and provide better models of well-being, instead of waiting for
another "government bailout" in the form of universal health care to
rescue us from our declining health.

Universal health care and fitness are tools, not ends themselves. Too
bad Chuckles doesn't understand that.



I truly believe that the remedy to our health care crisis begins with
Americans,

More common sense from a Republican. WOW!

not governmental intervention and more bureaucracy that
mandates socialized medicine.

No one is talking about socialized medicine except Republicans.


Our Founders agreed.

CIte?

They never could
have imagined a government micromanaging civilian diets by creating a
Food and Drug Administration or U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Um, that's not what the USDA dn the FDA do. If Chuckles believes
that, or if Republicans believe that, then they have worse troubles
than we've been lead to believe.


Thomas
Jefferson once quipped, "Was the government to prescribe to us our
medicine and diet, our bodies would be in such keeping as our souls
are now." Our Founders' health care system was a very simple one: take
care of your health.

And the average life expectancy of Americans back then was what--45?


We don't need to pay hundreds of billions of dollars through new taxes
to provide universal medical coverage.

We wouldn't. We would simply be paying what we're paying now just to
someone different. Instead of the healthcare middlemen, the Govt
would be the middleman. But Republicans don't believe that taxpayers
already subsidize indigent health care.


If anything, I believe the
government needs to discover more ways to motivate personal
responsibility and disease prevention,

Common sense from a Republican. Who'd a thunk it?


encourage the states' role as
stages for new market-based ideas,

RE: More HMOs and red tape. More denial of coverage. Too bad
Chuckles can't use his common sense here.


support county and community health
collaborations,

Oops. Govt and private partnerships? "That's Socialism!"

and challenge the private sector to seek creative ways
to bring down medical costs.

Where's their incentive? Higher costs mean higher profits for the
"non-profit" companies.


Most of all, if we took better care of ourselves, we could reduce our
personal and national medical costs, and live longer and happier at
the same time.

No *** Sherlock.

That is also exactly why I've endorsed the Total Gym
for over 30 years and devoted an entire chapter in my new book "Black
Belt Patriotism" to "Be fit for the fight," which contains for the
first time my personal diet and workout plan as well as 50 years of
fitness knowledge that can help you overcome the obstacles to being a
better you in 2009.

And a shameless plug for ANOTHER weight-loss system. No common sense
needed there.



A short time back, a friend sent me one of those Chuck Norris Facts
that circulate the Internet. It read, "Chuck Norris can eat just one
Lay's potato chip." Whoever wrote that fact has not seen me when I am
watching a football game at home. I can tear the bag open during the
first quarter and ask myself by halftime, "What's this empty bag doing
in my hand (while licking the salt from my fingertips)?" I won't even
tell you how quick a bowl of ice cream can disappear in the second
half!

My kind of guy. But not Lay's. Herr's Red Hots.



I'm a believer in new beginnings. That is why I'm an advocate of New
Year's resolutions. Now, before tuning me out about fresh starts, hear
me out. The potential to fail is always present. But so is the
potential to succeed and soar to the next level. And studies show that
our successes actually happen more often than we think.

A University of Washington survey conducted a number of years ago
showed that 63 percent of the people questioned were still keeping
their No. 1 resolution after two months. That's great and hope-filled
news.

Whether you want to exercise more, lose weight, stop smoking, cut down
on alcohol, make a new spiritual commitment or make new friends, don't
ever quit striving to better yourself each and every year.

Or, as Benjamin Franklin put it, "Be always at war with your vices, at
peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better
man." If you do, I believe you too will find the power and discipline
to eat just one Lay's potato chip! Of course, except during football
games!

Too bad PG won't accept your call for looking at oursleves first and
others later. Too bad PG won't follow BF's advice and be at war with
his vices. But what can one expect from a nutter.


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