Warning to the Left: Back Away From McDonald's

Michelle Obama feels that fast food restaurants should make apples or carrots the "default" side order in fast food combo meals; fries should be by special request only. I'm sure she feels that getting a little salt on those fries should also require "special request".  She also believes we should provide public funding to expand the availability of fresh fruits and vegetables in lower income neighborhoods and, this is my favorite, offer them in liquor stores. Because everyone loves some asparagus with their vodka. This leftist crap is really starting to piss me off. Have you seen the new commercial with the dead guy clutching half of a cheeseburger? Are you kidding me? It was supposedly sponsored by some group of doctors, which makes you wonder how tough it could really be to graduate from medical school. I think McDonald's should sue their ass off and they better hope I'm not on the jury. This insanity has to stop. If these morons want to go through life eating grass and bird seed, I couldn't care less. But the first lady needs to quit wasting our money on stupidity missions and attacking private business. But this didn't start with the Obamas. Since at least 2006, the State of Texas has had a program called "Texplate" that, among other things, helps restaurants determine healthy portion sizes for consumers. Their website also contains these brilliant words: "Multi-component interventions aimed at changing employees' dietary habits, physical activity level, and attitude about food are most effective in worksite settings."Excuse me, as soon as I get ready for a "food intervention", I'll let you know; but don't hold your breath. The state does their best to hide how much money is spent on this propaganda, but I did find this in their website: "DSHS is planning to request nearly $3 million from the Texas Legislature to implement the Strategic Plan for the Prevention of Obesity in Texas." http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/mch/pdf/FINAL_FY10BlockGrant_Post%20to%20Website.pdf 
The way our government throws around billions and trillions these days, $ 3 million might not seem like much, but do we really need to spend one dime of taxpayer money to make sure people don't get to large a portion of chicken fried steak? McDonald's has, naturally become the whipping boy who gets singled out. After all, they're the biggest and they make a lot of money, which must make them evil. But, I'm certainly against murder so let's look at the facts:

• The number of deaths directly linked to McDonald's:  0
• Number of deaths indirectly linked to McDonald's:     0
• Number of deaths linked directly or indirectly to eating any form of fast food at any establishment, anywhere, at any time:  0
• Number of verifiable confirmed cases of heart disease, diabetes, cancer, the flu, or herpes that can be directly or indirectly linked to any of the aforementioned behavior:  0

Wow, with such overwhelming evidence, we should immediately eradicate the planet of all fast food. Actually, there are a few undisputed facts we can state about McDonald's:

• Since their founding, they have created hundreds of millions if paying jobs around the world and currently employ between 1.5 and 2 million people.
• They are by far the largest buyer of beef and potatoes in the U.S. 
• They are the second largest buyer of chicken (behind KFC) and one of the leading buyers of paper, plastic, and cleaning products in the U.S.
• With over 31,000 locations worldwide, they are consistently one of the leading contributors to the real estate, construction, manufacturing, and building products industries in the world.
• In 1974, they founded The Ronald McDonald House charity to help provide accommodations for the families of hospitalized children. It currently provides over 7,200 rooms to families each night and a savings of over $ 257 million and is completely funded by private corporations and individuals.

For decades McDonald's has provided American families with reasonably priced food, steadily created jobs and spurred economic growth, and given back to the communities it serves. Leave 'em alone! Okay, what about the soaring obesity rates and rampant heart disease? Well, I'm having a hard time figuring this out. Everyone keeps telling us how fat and unhealthy we are and they have all sorts of studies and statistics to back it up. This "porking out" of America is blamed on fast food. Here are couple of more inconvenient facts:

• According to the U.S. Center for Health Statistics, in 1950, when fast food was almost non-existent, the average life expectancy of Americans was 66 years. Today, it's 77. 
• All of these cheeseburgers and obesity are said to be leading to increased cases of heart disease. But in 1950, 510 of every 100,000 deaths was attributed to heart disease. In 2005, with a McDonald's on every corner, the number was 289 (a 176% decrease).

Does anyone really believe we're getting less healthy? Were there 24 hour fitness centers and jogging tracks scattered throughout America in the 50's, 60's, and 70's? Were there fitness gurus on TV and workout rooms in every hotel? Wake up people! The latest "sky is falling" rallying cry is that one third of children are obese. Obese My ASS! Where are they getting these numbers? The next time you drive by a school or drop off your kid, take a look at the general population. They're in better shape than we ever dreamed of when we were kids. Are there some fat ones? Hell yes, we had fat ones too. There are a whole lot more that look like super models and professional athletes. The teachers look a lot better than in my day also, but I digress. Despite all the video games, internet, and other technology that is allegedly ruining our youth, today's kids are a lot more active than we were. Soccer, baseball, football, softball, swimming, hockey, basketball, tumbling, lacrosse, gymnastics, cheer leading; what did I leave out? Not just little six week seasons either; year round. I'm embarrassed to tell you what my youth sports bill is. So, why would they raise such a fuss if it weren't real? That's easy, as Rush Limbaugh has been saying for twenty years, "liberals lie". This doesn't have a damn thing to do with health or obesity; it's about control. Have you noticed that McDonald's is always packed? We like it and we'll eat there as often as we want; and we don't want freaking apples with our Big Mac or our whiskey! I posted on this subject a while back and some Koolaid drinking nimrod had a comment along the lines of "God forbid they try to keep you healthy" I don't remember his name but, if you're thinking of going there again, I've got two words for you and they 'aint "Happy Birthday". I don't need any help, get out of my business! The propaganda has been building for a while. I read a report from the CDC from about 2001 that stated "We don't produce enough fruit and vegetables for every American to have his recommended portion." I haven't noticed the produce bins at the grocery store being empty; in fact, they have to throw tons out because it goes bad. They put billions into grants to locate supermarkets in "under served areas". Here's the deal; if the market demanded apples at McDonald's, more produce at Walmart, or more Walmarts in your neighborhood; then we'd have all of that stuff. Those people know how to read the market, that's how they make all those obscene profits. But, it's not about what we want; it's about what they think we need. They should be careful with that line of thinking because, what they really need is an ass whipping. They use the childhood obesity thing because it's sympathetic, who doesn't want to save kids? If the First Lady and her husband really want to save some kids, they might stop public funding for abortion, a lot more kids have died from that than cheeseburgers. An old video circulating on the internet last week showed Whitehouse regulatory czar Cass Sunstein saying that "we all have a little Homer Simpson in us". In other words, we're kinda stupid and we need to be taken care of by the government. Well, we must have a few Homer Simpsons or these parasites wouldn't be in the Whitehouse. But most Americans have a little John Wayne in them and we don't take kindly to bureaucrats that have never even held a regular job telling us what to eat and how to live our lives. We've taken a lot of crap over the years, but if you people don't back away from the burgers, it's gonna get ugly.

Why Does Our President Whine Like A Five Year Old?

Remember Tom Hank's line in "A League of Their Own"? "There's no crying in baseball." Well it's a damn good thing Barack Obama doesn't play baseball. Toddlers being denied toys and candy at Walmart don't whine and stomp their feet as much as this guy does. He says Republicans talk about him like he's a dog. Maybe that's because he's constantly whimpering like a new puppy that got left in the garage all night. Could someone please tell this guy that he's President of the most powerful nation on earth and, occasionally it would be nice if he conducted himself like an adult with at least a shred of dignity. I've seen teenage assistant managers at Burger King that have more leadership qualities than him. The blaming Bush thing has gotten to the point of being comical. How is it that Bush was completely responsible for every single thing that happened in America and the world during his eight year presidency, but Obama bears absolutely no responsibility for anything that's occurred in his two years on the job? But, it goes beyond just Bush; he regularly cries about how the Republicans in congress are preventing all of the wonderful things he's trying to do. Hello, Mr. President? You have majorities in both houses; if the leftist, socialist, nutbags in your own party are fighting you, maybe your ideas and policies just really suck.If the Republicans are the "party of no"; the the Democrats in congress must be the party of "even we think that's stupid". We realize the country was screwed up when you took office; I hate to be unsympathetic but, that sucks for you. If you had no clue how to fix things, you shouldn't have applied for the job. It appears that you think being President is kind of a hard job; no kidding jackass, if it was easy, we'd just put up a help wanted sign like McDonald's. But, since you have the job for another two years, could you at least try to act like a President instead of a third grade wuss who just got punked out of his lunch money? Maybe you could pick up a biography on Ronald Reagan for some pointers. By the way, it looks like you may lose your congressional majorities in November; you're not going to hold your breath until you turn blue are you?

Are You Mad Yet?

There is a movement taking place in America. Millions of people that have never been politically active or vocal have started speaking out, writing their congressmen, and attending town halls or tea parties. I thinks it's tremendous but, it's not enough. Far too many, including a lot that I know personally, are still sitting on the sidelines. We have to find a way to wake these people up. It's not as if there aren't plenty of reasons to be pissed. Here are just a few. Point them out to anyone you know who's still oblivious.

• Communists/Socialists Infiltrating Public Schools-A story in theblaze.com details how a woman named Dolores Huerta is currently working in an ad campaign with the U.S. Department of Labor that seeks to help illegal aliens insure that they are receiving fair wages from their U.S. employers. The key word here being "illegal". What's more, Huerta, who is an honorary chair of the Democratic Socialists of America, has spoken at several public schools, praising Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and advocating a socialist economy for America. That's not really what I'm sending my kids to learn about in school. To make it even worse, her appearances were arranged by Democratic congressman Raul M. Grijalva of Arizona.
• U.S. State Department Spending Taxpayer Money To Support Muslim Outreach-This story in Human Events explains how the State Department has spent at least $ 26, 000 dollars sponsoring a Muslim outreach trip for the imam behind the ground zero mosque including the purchase of 3,000 copies of his book to be distributed in the middle east. But the Ten Commandments can't be displayed on public property.
• Immigration Audits of Businesses Up, Alien Arrests and Deportations Down-This story on Fox shows that under the Obama administration, ICE audits of businesses suspected of employing illegals is up slightly from the last year under Bush, worker arrests are down more than eighty percent.
• Obama Details U.S. Human Rights Violations to U.N.-For the first time in History the U.S. submitted a periodic review to the U.N. human right commissioner that among other things details how much the Obama administration has done to protect the rights of convicted criminals, homosexuals, and illegal aliens. The report also blasts the State of Arizona for it's new immigration law. This report was submitted to the same U.N that includes members such as China, Iran, and Somalia.
• Feds Continue Ban on Shallow water Drilling-As if the people of Louisiana and the Gulf Coast hadn't been through enough, the federal government, despite officially lifting the ban on shallow water drilling in May, has essentially continued it by delaying permits. A story in the Washington Post says that, since the ban was lifted in May, only 3 permits have been issued compared to 3-5 per: week before. Obama's war working people continues.
• Rampant Voter Fraud-Evidence of massive voter registration fraud by left leaning organizations is surfacing as it did in 2008 with ACORN. This story in Houston is just one example.

There is a level of corruption and anti-Americanism in our government that is unprecedented. The leftwing media is not going to report it, so it's up to us to get the word out on a grass roots level. Check out theblaze.com , Human Events, The Cato Institute, or follow us on American Awakening for news and information you won't get from the mainstream. Less than one month left to register to vote in the November elections. If you know anyone who's not registered, use this website to help them. Wake Up America!