Saturday, August 27, 2011

Overweight is how the Radical Right like's 'em

The Washington Post recently ran an article citing a study published in the British Medical journal the Lancet stating "half of U.S. adults will be obese by 2030." The study was part of a larger academic view exploring the trend of International obesity, Europe and North America being two cases.  The finding only supports the initiative delivered by the First Lady Michelle Obama on behalf of President Obama; the creation of a Federal Task force on obesity. 

The Obama Administration boldly took the initiative in fighting a debilitating social and medical  paroxysm.  The Presidential Memorandum establishing the Obesity Task Force  was signed on February 09, 2010.  The report describes a dismal reality of the United States Public Health

"Nearly one third of children in America are overweight or obese -- a rate that has tripled in adolescents and more than doubled in younger children since 1980.  One third of all individuals born in the year 2000 or later will eventually suffer from diabetes over the course of their lifetime, while too many others will face chronic obesity-related health problems such as heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer, and asthma. "

Of course the Radical Right, those Conservative GOP and Tea Party Fundamentalists who despise our President, ridicule what they see as an invasion of their liberty.  These pessimistic expositors, promote their corporate patrons propaganda.  The "junk food" cartels in the fast food, soda, desserts industries are terrified that an American public conscious of its dietary habits could develop, leading to a society actively pursuing a healthy lifestyle.  In fact Phillip Morris (Tobacco) founded the Center for Consumer Freedom which runs the conservative website and .pdf The Obesity Myth.  The site champions a theory that the Obesity Epidemic, is in fact a myth.  Industries like gambling, beef, beer, tobacco feel the same impending doom towards a physically fit President who cares deeply for his nations' welfare.

There is a tragic fate to the rhetoric of liberty when uttered in defense of the Radical Rights conservative principles.  The C.C.F and politicians who support, even champion its cause, claim a government infringing on American individual liberties. The irony is that these same conservative GOP and Tea Party Fundamentalist's stand for anti- individual liberty ideologies such as Islamaphobia, anti- homosexual marriage, anti- immigration, anti- civil rights, anti- poverty and middle class.

No comments:

Post a Comment