…largely blames mothers for child’s obesity. cue shock and surprise Link to the AP article Some particular gems (note throughout these that the child omgbesity is referred to, without challenge, as “the problem”): Mrs. Obama has said she wants to help solve the problem in a generation so babies born today will come of age [...]
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First Lady Releases Child Obesity Recommendations
Posted by bigliberty on May 11, 2010
http://biglibertyblog.com/2010/05/11/first-lady-releases-child-obesity-recommendations/
Predictions: American Health Care and Fat People
Now that the ‘reform’ of Healthcare, i.e., delivering 1/6th of the American economy into the hands of government, has passed the House and been signed by the President, I want to make a prediction or two. These predictions are nothing new for this blog, and if you’re interested in my more general thoughts of the [...]
Posted by bigliberty on March 24, 2010
http://biglibertyblog.com/2010/03/24/prediction-american-health-care-and-fat-people/
Case-building: Making Fatties the Deviants
In every good moral panic one needs a deviant group on which to blame the ills of the current moral (financial, political) crisis. Since moral panics seek to fix some broken part of society, it makes sense that a group of people is singled out to symbolize the ills associated with the crisis. Since the [...]
Posted by bigliberty on November 27, 2009
http://biglibertyblog.com/2009/11/27/case-building-making-fatties-the-deviants/
When Other People Pay For It, They Can Claim the Right to Control It
I’ve said this several times before, but it bears repeating: when other people can make a reasonable argument that they are paying for the choices you make about your body (even if those choices are only perceived choices), then they can claim the right to have a say in your choices. Take the furor over [...]
Posted by bigliberty on November 19, 2009
http://biglibertyblog.com/2009/11/19/when-other-people-pay-for-it-they-can-claim-the-right-to-control-it/
Government Healthcare is Bad for Fat People
Why? Read the links on this page. While employers can currently establish plans that incentivize weight loss, it’s not illegal and/or will not cause your taxes to go up to decide not to participate in such programs. Additionally, there is some measure of direct voting by employees — complaining about the plan, leaving the business [...]
Posted by bigliberty on November 4, 2009
http://biglibertyblog.com/2009/11/04/government-healthcare-is-bad-for-fat-people/
Quick Hit: Mika Brzezinski Thinks Americans too Fat, Answer – Higher Taxes
Here’s a quick hit (h/t NewsBusters.org): Food Fight: MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski Advocates Tax on Meat, Soft Drinks, and People Who Consume Them SCARBOROUGH: Now when we say ‘sugar,’ do you mean coke, cocaine, or is that code for sugar with Paterson, or is it actual sugar? BRZEZINSKI: [ignoring Joe, continuing to read] “In view of [...]
Posted by bigliberty on October 26, 2009
http://biglibertyblog.com/2009/10/26/quick-hit-mika-brzezinski-thinks-americans-too-fat-answer-higher-taxes/
Rush Limbaugh Spreads ‘Fat is Genetic’ Message
On Rush Limbaugh’s radio show today, he quoted at length from the Newsweek article that obesity is genetic, as heritable as height. Millions of people listen to this show every day. I know many of my readers here don’t agree with Rush’s politics, but spreading the message that fat has been shown to be as [...]
Posted by bigliberty on September 11, 2009
http://biglibertyblog.com/2009/09/11/rush-limbaugh-spreads-fat-is-genetic-message/
These are not the droids you’re looking for
more about “Zeke Emanuel“, posted with vodpod Click here if you can’t watch it. “In the next decade every country will face very hard choices about how to allocate scarce medical resources. There is no consensus about what substantive principles should be used to establish priorities for allocations,” he wrote in the New England Journal [...]
Posted by anniemcphee on September 1, 2009
http://biglibertyblog.com/2009/09/01/these-are-not-the-droids/
Washington Journal – Highlighting “costs” of obese existence
My husband and I like to watch C-SPAN’s Washington Journal on weekend mornings (yep, we’re nerds). The moderator this Sunday morning decided to highlight a Pittsburgh paper’s front page story on the so-called extra costs of obesity: Obesity’s costs emerge as major concern Of course, we all know that the obeses are merely being scapegoated [...]
Posted by bigliberty on August 2, 2009
http://biglibertyblog.com/2009/08/02/washington-journal-highlighting-costs-of-obese-existence/
Face Transplant
Why are we so willing to kneecap it and halt the progress of the most advanced societies on earth …?
Posted by anniemcphee on May 7, 2009
http://biglibertyblog.com/2009/05/07/face-transplant/
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