In case any of you are thinking that your government has forgotten about you, what with all the earthquakes, hurricanes, flooding, wars, and this whole national "debt" thing, I'm happy to report that the White House has NOT let their guard down even one iota, at least when it comes to your waistline! I say this only because despite all the other problems facing our country, "obesity" still seems to be the biggest concern for many of the White House staff, including Michelle Obama and most of the cast of "Sesame Street". I'll be the first to admit that my personal body doesn't quite have the sleek and slender design that it had in the seventies, but I'm getting tired of the government comparing MY version of a "healthy diet" to the diets of other people from around the world, such as China, Japan, Indonesia, and just about any other Asian country whose basic "staple" food is rice! While I'll agree that Asian folks are generally fit and trim, I won't agree that it's because they actually 'choose' their diets wisely. Face it. After a few thousand years of eating rice and seaweed for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, most Asians just sort of "pick" at their food anyway. I think the obesity problem goes way deeper than just choosing healthier eating habits. I think it's the governments fault, and specifically the Democrats! Why? Remember when Ronald Reagan was our President, and he was always getting "ticked off" at the Russians for one reason or another, and in almost every such circumstance he would place a "wheat embargo" on them, which meant that OUR wheat farmers couldn't sell wheat to the Russians until President Reagan said it was okay again. This forced Americans everywhere to either eat the wheat themselves or just pile it up into large mounds on their driveways. Nowadays, there is NO wheat embargo that I'm aware of, leaving our farmers free to sell their wheat to whoever they want to, and then using the money to buy beer and throw huge parties involving "junk-food". If memory serves me correctly, "Ron" used to like to make sure that everybody had something to do to keep themselves "busy" too, whereas most Democrats tend to take a more "laid-back" approach on life, and actually encourage hoards of people to just take a few years off for "free", as long as they keep voting "Democrat". Sure. I know what you're thinking! You're thinking that the Democrats sound like a really fun bunch to hang around with, what with all the holidays and lower work ethics, "free" lunches, healthcare, welfare programs, public unions, and Lady Gaga albums, but I'm telling you that THIS is what's making us all "fat" in the first place! I believe that once we elect a "conservative" Republican back into the office of President and go back to where nearly everybody is working for a living, we'd ALL be better off. I also think that we wouldn't necessarily have to put a wheat embargo on Russia anymore either, which should help a bunch, cause that would ensure that we had the money to buy some of the more "healthy", "non-wheat" based imported foods, such as bread, cinnamon rolls, and "Wheaties", while keeping our driveways freed up for vehicle traffic. Also, a good "Conservative Republican President" would eliminate the need for a health-care reform all together, on account of people just naturally "feel better" when a Republican is in charge. By way of proof, I can assure you that I felt much better when Ronald Reagan was our President then I do now, but that could be just me.
Have a great week Friends, and sorry for the lousy "blog" today. Couldn't really "get into it" today, what with my son Cuyler getting deployed again and the good wife and I heading out to West Virginia next weekend. In any case, God Bless! "See" you in two weeks!
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