Bee gives new meaning to the term, Food Pyramid. This one was inspired by the trend in America toward a predominantly obese society. (includes yours truly). My weight gain began in earnest in the 1970 - 1980 span when we became obsessed with fat consumption, and red meat consumption. By the way, that was the launch pad decade for the obesity crisis we are experiencing. Later, in the nineties, I watched as a co-worker, and good friend, began shedding pounds. It seemed like he did so right before my eyes. Inquiry revealed that he was on the Atkins lifestyle. I asked him what that entailed. He explained about the low "simple" carb approach. He explained that he could eat vegatables, particularly green ones, as much as he wanted to. He also explained that protein (meat, poultry, some dairy) were also part of the mix. Oh, no. Suicide. I immediately began to harrangue him about what he was doing. Loss of weight be damned, I didn't want to see my friend kill himself. He recommended that I read the book; that's the Dr. Atkins book. No need really. Like most folks in our society, I was much more content to emphatically preach what had been fed to me for over thirty years. (via teachers, the media, the medical practicioners, and many other well meaning sources.) Why should I read something, when small, appetizer size sound bites have served me so well for lo this long? Hmmmm. Except they didn't serve me well. I was gaining weight; had the requisite heart attack, at 42!!, felt sluggish, and had blood metrics (triglycerides, cholesterol, etc. that were off the charts). Then, a few years later, I decided to read this nonsense that Dr. Atkins was spewing. Oops. It made sense. The science of it is clearly explained. It wasn't new science. Just "conveniently" ignored science. Let's give it a try. No small amount of trepidation here, I assure you. Having had first hand proof of what heart attacks feel like, and having subsequently gone through a quintuple bypass, I was not eager for a repeat performance. The result. Weight went down. Well, I guess we knew that might happen. I had observed it myself. What I did not observe in my previous experience, was my friend's blood metrics. Mine improved dramatically. Triglycerides plumeted. Cholesterol fell to acceptable limits. My energy increased. I felt better. Case closed. Then I started thinking about observations in nature. Who are the carnivores, and who are the herbavores. Which ones look fit, run fast, and are alert. Which ones are obese, and sluggish. Hence, this Kartune. (I'll bet you never knew how much went into one Kartune. :))
How nice that we send our troops around the world to spread democracy, and protect the rights of citizens of other countries, many of whom despise the United States. In the process of creating environments wherein citizens of those countries can cast a ballot, at the cost of many lives of our citizen warriors, we neglect to create an environment wherein our own military personnel are guaranteed that their vote will count in their own country. In the best of circumstances, they are relegated to a bench warmer position in the event that an election is too close to call. This is a disgrace and a scar on the soul of every person who has held or holds public office in this country, and wil remain so until they fix it.
Since Senator Specter had thirty years in congress, and was in each of the two main political parties (for personal convenience) at different times, I thought he deserved to have two KartunZ dedicated to him.
This is the result of our intelligence community missing the signs of the Nigerian Terrorist, aka, the underwear bomber, which allowed him to board a plane and fly to Detroit. Once above Detroit, in order to maximize the damage his mission would cause, he attempted to detonate an explosive pack that was hidden in his underwear. Fortunately, a Dutch passenger saw the attempt, and intervened, and also the bomb failed to explode, and resulted only in the terrorist buring himself. He was subsequently arrested, and charged, and as of this writing is in a federal prison. The Obama administration is choosing to process this terrorist as a criminal rather than as a prisoner of war.
This was during the Copenhagen Conference wherein the topic of Global Warming, or Climate Change, was being discussed by the world's limosine liberals. Okay, "limosine" liberals probably isn't completely accurate: some are in fact, private jet liberals.
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