FLOTUS: Obesity ‘Absolutely’ Greatest Threat To National Security
That sandwich you’re about to shove down your gulliver? It’s not just that it’s racist, it’s that it’s pacifist too; the number one cause of military rejections, according to our First Lady. But first, now is the time at Ed Driscoll.com when we juxtapose, Small Dead Animals-style:
“Poll: Democrats pull even with GOP on which party is better for counterterrorism.”
– Headline at Hot Air on the results of a recent Gallup poll.
“From my perspective, the number one greatest national security threat that we have is obesity,” Oz asked the first lady in an interview broadcast Wednesday. “Do you ever think about it that way?”
“Well absolutely,” Obama replied. “Shocking information, I do a lot of work with military families, and spend a lot of time on military bases and the the number one thing that prevents young people from the ages of 17 to 24 qualifying for the military is obesity.”
Does Michelle Obama’s comment — and yet another reminder of VDH’s recent observation that leftwing failures invariably push the left even further into fantasyland — cancel out the recent Gallup poll? If not, America is in grave trouble. Well, worse trouble than we’re currently in.
Incidentally, the video of Michelle O ran on Dr. Oz’s site with the headline, “First Lady Michelle Obama’s Health Crusade, Pt 1.” I thought the C-word was verboten during times of Middle East conflict. Or could it be that the left’s meltdown over the previous administration’s use of the word was — heaven forfend — mere opportunism?
(Incidentally, that cool frosty bottle of Pepsi you’re about to wash your racist PB&J down with? Sure, its logo looks a lot like Obama’s, but don’t let that bit of soft drink subterfuge deceive you — it’s more deadly than terrorism itself, according to our Vice President.)
Fat lips sink ships.
I make sure to have a Coke every day. And usually another soda too. And I’m 25 lbs. Underweight.
So….300,00 deaths a year to obesity related causes and a military that must adjust its rules to accomodate the out of shape and overweight recruits that frequently show up is no threat? As well, since when does pointing out that not every school child can realate to a PB&J sandwich equate to a racial accusation?
No, Michelle agreed that it was the greatest threat.
It is certainly less of a threat than being broke, and having to curtail training and use forty year old equipment. Not to mention actual threats of, you know, killing us. How about undermining our chances of winning any real, non-metaphorical wars we are fighting. Timetables for withdrawal, anyone?
Besides, when the military has to “adjust its rules to accomodate” diversity goals which have zero to do with military readyness, the left loves it.
But no one realy thinks Mrs Obama cares about military rediness. It is just an argument she is using, and questioning it is a sign or racism, but no one think her argument is serious.
Oh, that’s right. Obesity is right up there with the $16T debt, Islamic radicals, China and the incompetence of the Obama administration.
OK…I’m going to be a nasty non-gentleman.
Has anyone perused an rear-facing photograph of our lovely FLOTUS? I would estimate she’s about 20 pounds overweight, all in her butt.
Kettle calling pot black…”Do as I say, not what I do…”
Pass the peanut butter, mother dear…
My wife tells me whe are short for the rent this month and I cant buy a pack of beer. So I agree.. . Next thing I see she buys a make-up kit with a bunch of lipsticks. . . I Say: You said we were short, what are you doing?. . She says: I needed this so that i can look beautifull for YOU!!. . I said: WHAT DID YOU THINK THE BEER WAS FOR?????.
In other news, the administration has announced that acne is the main cause of the national debt.
OT because I know childhood obesity is a huge problem (if Michelle Obama says so) but The French published topless photos of Kate Middleton. There are reports that outraged Brits are storming the French embassy.
Obesity is a reason why a lot of potential recruits are rejected. So are medications prescribed to a lot of kids (especially boys) for depression, ADHD and the like.
Still, Michelle Obama can kiss off.