U.S.Affluence Produces Overpaid Executives And Obesity

Last year George Soros took home $2.9 billion. He was only one of many . Many say that sum is excessive. I agree. Last year there were app. 200 million overweight/obese people in America. Many say that sum is excessive. I agree.

Is there a basic reason in U.S. culture that produces both phenomena? Yes there is. It's America's grossly affluent society. In the case of of excessive compensation, the piles of money are available if an executive gives up pursuing or enjoying most every thing else in life. In the case of obese people, an unhealthy lack of physical exercise and over eating the wrong kind of foods while spending time watching TV or playing video games is available because of the relatively small demand put upon people to earn a living. I.E. you can be as lazy as you want if you are willing to give up most every thing else in life.

Our government prints too much money. Money is no substitute for personal effort.

Dick Cheney: Time To Go

"Fat Man" Dick Cheney and "Little Boy" George W. Bush aptly fit the named-discription of those 2 atomic bombs that were dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima. But that's not a nice implied prospect.

Since "impeachment is off the table" according to our impotent Reid/Pelosi congressional leaders, one can only hope that nature lends a hand. The more likely candidate is The Dick. He at 5' 10" and 260 pounds is obese by a comfortable 86 pounds overweight. His 4 heart attacks, bypass surgeries and hardened arteries build the odds of some event in the future. Hopefully it will happen while he is in office so the " Fat Man " threat is defused. Go to hell Dick.

That would still leave the " Little Boy " Bush in power. But maybe Bush would fold-up without Cheney? It would be nice to see anyway.