If we’re ever going to put a halt to the ballooning and unsustainable growth of the federal government, we need someone who’s willing to throw their weight around, both literally and figuratively. The time for lightweight, reach-across-the-aisle, wussie boys, a.k.a., Lindsey Graham, et al, is over. The time for fat guys who like to rumble is officially here.
My favorite fat guy who fits the bill is New Jersey governor Chris Christie. He has the two traits I most admire in a politician: Fat slobbery and big bullying. When tolerant lefties like Ed Schulz, who are busy elevating the political dialogue, can do no better than call someone names (“He’s a cold-hearted fat slob,” for instance), we’ve found a winner.
I run into self-proclaimed “liberals” who spout this meme about Christie in its various forms: “He’s a big, fat bully,” or, “He’s a mean, fat guy,” or “He’s a big jerk,” and so on. Then, when asked to defend their defamation they basically repeat themselves but put the words in a different order. But facts and critical thinking have never been the strong suit of the progressive mindset. It’s all about “feelings” and “fairness” and other ludicrous, unattainable and irrational notions. When in doubt, call someone ugly names or ask people to pray for their death. Then, turn right around and wail and cry about incivility and the lack of “tolerance” in the public discourse.
That’s exactly what the left has attempted to do to Christie. When the governor defends his policies with straight talk, they turn him into a hideous monster brow beating old ladies and saintly teachers who are all about the children (and their pensions, free health care, time off and tenure).
What they fail to mention is that he’s simply being honest. It’s terribly frustrating when people say they want politicians to be forthright and transparent, but when they actually are they’re portrayed as mean spirited bullies (cue violins and tears). No wonder there are so few politicians we can trust. What honest person would want to put up with that nonsense?
Fortunately, Chris Christie has and does put up with it, and he dishes it right back. However, when Christie dishes, he simply states the facts. The crap he has to put up with, on the other hand, truly is mean-spirited and distasteful. Check out this video where Christie discusses the tone of the political discourse in New Jersey and decide for yourself who’s really the bully and who’s really on the side of the people…
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBaVvLmoE38
San Antonio has declared war on fat, according to a recent article in the San Antonio Express-News. Aided by $15.6 million in federal stimulus dollars to combat obesity in this restaurant-heavy city that has also been tagged as one of the fattest cities in America, San Antonio is spending our tax dollars with wisdom.
Remember Doritos! Remember Dr. Pepper! Remember the Alamo!
First up is the elimination of sugary and fatty confections and beverages in the city’s 250 beverage vending machines and 75 snack dispensers. Instead, San Antonio residents will get to choose from a delicious smorgasbord of waters and diet drinks. Yummy! But that’s not all! Bags of chips will have to be less than 1.5 ounces.
Fortunately for city employees, the article notes, they won’t be banned from consuming fatty foods and drinks at work. But one wonders how far off that ban is, and when government will begin regulating a citizen’s intake of fatty foods and drinks. It’s a Utopian future of organic whole grain rice cakes harvested locally by illegal immigrants, washed down with government-approved water.
“I asked the staff to remove the high-calorie soda drinks from our vending machines,” [City Manager Sheryl] Sculley said. “I’m a fitness person, and I care about our employees, and I want them to be healthy. And I think this is a very small gesture.”
I have a small gesture in mind as well. It involves the strategic deployment of the middle digit of my hand in the general direction of City Manager Sheryl Sculley and the other nanny ninny busybodies who want to confiscate my sugar, fat and calories. You can have my Doritos and Dr. Pepper when you pry them from my cold, dead hands.
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