Now, there are some out there that think you can pray for or against anything. Just Google Pray Away the Gay and you get a list of articles (mostly about Michele Bachmann and a few with Sarah Palin). Then there is Rick Perry's attempt this past weekend to "Pray Away America's National Decline". But, is it possible to pray away fat people? Well, maybe it is -- pray away the fat in people.
A pastor in Mississippi "is now urging fellow African-American congregations nationwide to make the health of their members a priority." (FoxNews.com) This after he banned fried chicken from the fellowship hall at the church. What?? No fried chicken in a Southern church? Wow.
Now it takes more than just long-winded sermons on the sin of gluttony. And sometimes people listen more to their pastor then they do their doctor. "A pastor can tell someone what to do, and they'll take it as a scientific fact," says director of the Office of Preventative Health, Victor Sutton. (Seems like an odd title for a department -- preventing health??)
But it is scary. Just think of all the Right-Wing presidential hopefuls who like to preach politics.
Can somebody pass the chicken??
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Friday, April 1, 2011
Just pay the fat fee...
And no, that is not a typo. It is not a "FLAT" fee that Arizonians will have to pay, but a "FAT" fee.
The wonderful Republican Gov. Jan Brewer has decided that she wants no fat people in Arizona. She is proposing a $50 charge for the obese. Now, only Medicaid patients would have to pay this "big-bottom dollar" and only if they fail to follow a plan for slimming down. She also wants fees for smokers and those with a chronic disease. (Time.com)
Jan thinks that this fat fee will fill in about $500 million in the budget. Don't know if she has done the math, however. 2009 CDC stats show that 1.7 million people are obese in Arizona, but not all of them are on Medicaid. So it might not hit that 500 mil total.
So in order to provide businesses with phased-in tax cuts and breaks, let's just tax the fat people.
The wonderful Republican Gov. Jan Brewer has decided that she wants no fat people in Arizona. She is proposing a $50 charge for the obese. Now, only Medicaid patients would have to pay this "big-bottom dollar" and only if they fail to follow a plan for slimming down. She also wants fees for smokers and those with a chronic disease. (Time.com)
Jan thinks that this fat fee will fill in about $500 million in the budget. Don't know if she has done the math, however. 2009 CDC stats show that 1.7 million people are obese in Arizona, but not all of them are on Medicaid. So it might not hit that 500 mil total.
So in order to provide businesses with phased-in tax cuts and breaks, let's just tax the fat people.
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