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To Love Us Is To Loathe Us

17 Wednesday Feb 2010

Posted by Smaktakula in Constitutional Issues, Culture, General Foolishness, Political Correctness

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America-bashing, American self-loathing, arrogant Americans, Fox news, help wanted, Illinois

A help-wanted advertisement in Illinois suggests that “Arrogant Americans” might not be right for the job.  If any people other than Americans had been called out, this might be a big deal.

Has our tolerance for self-loathing metastasized so completely that someone posting this ad could even think this acceptable?

If you’re able to read, read it here, Yankee Imperialist: EXCLUSIVE: Help Wanted — ‘Arrogant Americans’ Need Not Apply – Local News | News Articles | National News | US News – FOXNews.com.

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A Nation Of Size

17 Wednesday Feb 2010

Posted by Smaktakula in Culture, Food, General Foolishness, Health, National Events

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childhood obesity, Cop Out, Kevin Smith, Michelle Obama, nanny state, obesity, person of size, Zack and Miri Make a Porno

By Smaktakula

Two seemingly disparate news stories from last week are really two sides of the same coin.  These events appear different from one another in a number of respects.  One is national news, the other tabloid gossip.  One is provocative, and–as are all things political in the new era–controversial.  The other just a little sad.  Yet they both speak to how much recent attention the media has given to food and health issues, and in particular, to the “obesity epidemic.”      

A Hutt of Size

First was the announcement of Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” campaign, a war on childhood obesity.  The much-discussed initiative has well-intentioned aims, but it is difficult to see it as anything other than as an another indication that government is in the parenting business for good.  That the nation as a whole is becoming increasingly unhealthy is something upon which most Americans will agree.  Still, it is a testament to how seriously the problem is perceived by Americans, that a growing portion of the electorate apparently believes that the government knows best what’s in the interest of the children.  Haven’t we already been told that it takes a village?      

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