> cHat wrote: > He's taking several points that are both very valid and tying them together: >
Well, my point was the irony of a fat guy, who's also an avid liberal basher, blaming obesity on liberals. But let's talk about the points you bring up: (1.) As I understand it, food stamps can be used to buy food - any food. (2.) More importantly, even if they only buy potato chips Limbaugh claims to push a conservative philosophy, a major tenant of which is personal responsibility. He should be blaming the people, therefore, not the government. To a real conservative (and he's only a fake one) it's the people's fault, not the government's. The reason for this is simple: obesity is caused by more calories in than calories out. Even if all of your calories are from food stamp potato chips, that doesn't mean you have to be obese; that's a choice. We can talk about macro-nutrients, nutrient timing, etc but if someone doesn't know and/or care about that then even if the liberal government provides any and all foods, they'll still get fat and be unhealthy. For example, fish contains Omega-3 fatty acids which humans should get in at least a 4:1 proportion with Omega-6, but very few do or even know this. And, of course, fish also contains mercury. (BTW, I recommend FlameOut to get this important nutrient) So it's about choices. That is, personal responsibility. If anything, Limbaugh should be criticizing education, but for a conservative he should be criticizing people. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:214591 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
