JUST WHEN I THINK IT CAN’T GET ANY WORSE

The first and foremost responsibility of the United States is to keep this country and its people safe. This doesn’t appear to be the first priority of the current president. I really believe that this president is carrying out the wishes of certain powerful people on the planet and will be doing his best to “take this country down” and make us as much like France and other socialist nations. He doesn’t care about the American people or making this, as of now, great country, greater. He wants to destroy the United States of America, as we know it. I truly, truly believe this.

The president of Mexico is invited to the White House and the first couple throws a state dinner in his honor. Then the Mexican president is allowed to criticize and find faults with the United States of America, particularly the Arizona’s new immigration law. The current president fully agrees with the Mexican president and is apologetic with respect to the state of Arizona. I won’t get into the fact that no one in the current administration has even read the law. Can this be happening?

According to the news, the border area of Arizona is a very dangerous place to be. American citizens, yes, American citizens fear for their lives. On TV, the governor of Arizona was pleading with the administration to do their jobs and secure the Mexican border. Is this president going to do anything to protect those Americans in danger? Of course not! He’s ready to let everyone in that wants to come in, giving them everything they need as long as they vote democrat.

As I’ve previously indicated, we are sandwiched between disasters here in central Alabama; the oil spill in the gulf and the Nashville flood. The good people of Nashville continue to clean up and put their lives back together. I’ve heard nothing about looting; although I’m sure there’s been a little of it. No one appears to be screaming for their government help; instead they are helping themselves and each other. Furthermore, it appears the folks on the northern gulf coast are preparing as best as they can for the oil. Of course, the current president doesn’t care about any of these things. After all, most people in Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and the Florida panhandle didn’t vote for him.

NOW THEY WANT TO TAKE THE NAMES OF OVERWEIGHT CHILDREN

On Fox and Friends a week or so ago, it was reported that in Michelle Obama’s crusade to eliminate childhood obesity, a plan was underway to test all children in the United States for an excessive fat to muscle ratio (not sure if I got this exactly right). In other words, the government wants to determine if your child is too fat according to their standards. And if they think your child is, the child will be reported to the state, which in turn, will report you child to the feds. This is really going too far, and I think that even the staunchest supporters of the current president will step up and say no to this totalitarian measure.

So, your child gets tested and his or her “fat ratio” exceeds government standards and the child gets report to the state and then to the feds. Then, what? You have, let’s say, six months to get your child on a diet/exercise program to lose the weight. Anyone that’s ever had to loose weight and struggled with it knows that you have to want to loose the weight. In other words, you have to have the right mindset. So, if your child is not really into this, all the exercise you do with him or her at home and all the healthy meals you prepare may not do any good. If you child is school age, he or she may cheat when away from the house. Getting weight off of a child is difficult. It’s usually when a child gets to high school and wants to be attractive to the opposite sex that he or she will make an effort to get the extra weight off.

Why is the child overweight in the first place? It could be a number of reasons. Being overweight may run in the family or it may be the home environment. The parents may be overweight and live their life around the kitchen table. When I was very young, I picked at my food and tended be sick at my stomach a lot. Mama and Daddy were not pleased by my eating habits and I could sense their dissatisfaction when I didn’t want to eat. So, in an effort to please them and other family members, I started eating a lot. I can remember not really wanting to eat a lot, but did it anyway thinking it would please them. I then gained too much weight and that didn’t please anyone either. So, my environment led to my weight gain as child. When I got to high school and became interested in clothes and boys, and sure enough, I when on a diet, exercised, and took the weight off. Keeping my weight down has been a battle that has been both won and lost.

So much for drama! What do the feds plan to do about your overweight child? Let’s say they give parents six months to get the weight off, but it doesn’t happen. When they return to re-test your child and the ratio is not within their standards, could they possibly order your child to attend a weight-loss camp? Would they keep your child at the camp until he or she looses the required weight? Let’s say that after the first testing that your child loses the weight and is now acceptable with respect to government standards. Is you child branded until he or she becomes an adult. Will your child continue to be tested at regular intervals? Will all children, over weight or not, be tested at regular intervals. Under certain circumstances, could you child possibly be taken away from you because you can’t keep the weight off? Children are taken away from their homes and put in weight loss camps that also serve as government schools where the children are indoctrinated to the ways of the government. Not only will they learn to eat properly and exercise; they will be taught tolerance to all groups except southern white conservative Christians. They will also be taught to minimize their carbon footprints. If the child is white, he or she will be made to feel guilty. Because you were born white, you must undergo additional suffering to compensate for your whiteness.

Since this is such a great program, let’s extend it to everyone, not just children. Isn’t all obesity a problem? Anyone that the government considers overweight will be given some time to get the weight off, meeting standards for body size set by the government. Those who fail will be rounded up and placed in camps where they will be put on diet and exercise programs. While eating healthy and exercising, these individuals can also receive indoctrination to the ways of the government. Capitalism is evil and must be done away with. For Christians, isn’t it God that made you fat? The government is now making you thin? You will be shown film after film of polar bears drowning as the polar ice caps melt because in addition to being overweight you drove an SUV. Baby polar bears are separated from their mothers and die. Oh the horrible things that you caused by enjoying your food and driving an SUV.

But now we’ve transformed you. Now, you spit your food out if it tastes good, you spend time repenting because you were born white, and you strive to be a good comrade for the United Socialist States of America, minimizing your carbon footprint and happily working hard for the government, giving over any compensation paid to you, so that the government can give to you what it determines you should have.

Suppose I don’t meet the government standards for being fit and trim and get carted off to a “fat camp”. I’m all of the above and driving a Chevy Volt, I’m still a Chevy girl from a Chevy family. My wardrobe consists of two skirts, two pairs of pants, and four tops that I can mix and match. I’m also really excited that the government has given me a voucher so that I can buy a fourth pair of shoes. I was awarded a fourth pair of shoes because I have maintained government standard weight for a year. My hair’s salt and pepper and what color I have left is dull. But that’s okay because for many years, I spent money on my hair. Oh how shallow! I’m so thankful that the government is letting me keep my hair, instead of shaving my head. As long as I continue to cry myself to sleep because I’m white, I’m hoping they will let me keep it.

The manicures and pedicures that I used to get have become illegal acts. Our government run stores do not sell nail polish, although I’ve heard there is black market for it. But how could anyone have a desire to polish their nails or even worse, pay someone to do it. Before I evolved, I had well over twenty-five pairs of shoes, mountains of clothes, bottles containing many types of cologne, and lots of jewelry. I spent a good bit of money maintaining my thick mane of dark curly hair. I also got regular manicures and pedicures. I loved wearing different colors or eye shadow and lipstick. But not anymore! How could I possibly have spent money on such things, even though I worked very hard for the money? Now I’m thin, have salt & pepper hair that is getting more and more gray as the weeks and months go by. I have clothes to hide my nakedness and protect me from the elements, and healthy food to eat. None of this would have happened had it not been for the government of the United Socialist States of America and its current leader (I still can’t say his name), and the very lovely and svelte first lady.

Okay, okay, I guess I’ve gone a little too far or have I? Adolph Hitler’s desire was to create a master race of white people with blonde hair and blue eyes. Is it Michelle Obama’s desire to create a master race where all people are fit and thin; with fat folks as the cause of all of the world’s problems?

WHAT ABOUT NASHVILLE

Being from the Birmingham, Alabama area, I’ve spent some time in Nashville, but not as much time as I’ve spent in places like Atlanta, New Orleans, and the northern gulf coast. I like Nashville; hey what’s not to like? It’s home to America’s music, country music, that originated in the USA, not off in Europe somewhere.

This past weekend I traveled to Nashville to attend the Jimmy Buffett concert, that took place on May 1 in the Bridgestone Arena in the heart of downtown Nashville. From the weather reports on the Internet, I knew that it was going to be raining, with some thunder and wind; and that was perfectly okay since the concert would be indoors.

After arriving in the Music City late Friday afternoon, we walked to dinner at one of Nashville’s classic restaurants, and then walked to the Broadway area where many clubs are located. It was a beautiful evening with a nice breeze blowing. While the weather Friday night was a perfect, my friends and I knew what was coming and we hoped it would be just some rain, which is not going to hurt anybody.

It was between 1:00 and 2:00 am when I returned to the hotel and went to bed. When I awoke about seven or eight hours later, it was raining and raining hard with some thunder and lightning moving through the area. Through the weather channel, I determined that we were under a tornado watch, which really doesn’t scare me much because I grew up with it. Early afternoon, our group ended up at the Big River Grill on Broadway, close to the Cumberland River. Our table was on the covered patio, built so that rain could not get in. So, we watch the downpours come and go, with the occasional tornado siren in the mix.

About 2-1/2 hours before the concert, we gathered in the hotel room of a couple that was in our group. Martha and John were hosting a pre-concert party. Because their hotel was next door to the Bridgestone arena, all we had to do was walk next door. Cool! The concert was great and I had straight-on view of a certain Coral Reefer band member on whom I have a “celebrity” crush. About the only thing that gets better than that is a big Alabama victory.

After the concert, when we were making our way back to John and Martha’s hotel room, a policeman that was directing traffic indicated that we had all better get indoors soon because the bottom was getting ready to fall out. Well, at exactly the time I walked through the door into the hotel, the bottom did fall out, and did it ever? The wind was blowing like a “you know what” and the rain was going horizontal. I though that we just might be in a tornado, but it was heavy wind and rain. Thank goodness every one in our group arrived at the hotel safe and sound. After a post-concert party, those of us staying in other hotels made our way back. The bad storm was over and there was moderate rain in the area.

The next morning, we checked out of the hotel shortly before noon and made it back to Birmingham just fine, traveling through some hard rains. Before we left, we knew there was major flooding in the area and I was glad to see Nashville in my rearview mirror. Little did I know that the rain would continue and the waters would continue to rise and devastate the great city of Nashville, Tennessee and surrounding areas. We’ve all seen the pictures and we all know the story.

“And ya know what?” The current president hasn’t even mentioned the devastation in Nashville and other areas of Tennessee and Kentucky. This is unfathomable. The current president certainly has time to comment on the immigration law passed in Arizona without bothering to get his facts straight. The state of Tennessee didn’t vote for the current president and I it’s my opinion that this could have been a factor in him ignoring the city of Nashville and it’s people. As I mentioned earlier, Nashville is home to America’s music, country music, composed for and about the working man and woman in the United States of America. Furthermore, a lot of the country music singers, songwriters, and musicians are conservative, along with the rest of the citizens of the state of Tennessee. So, are the people who have been affected by this tragedy not worth the current president’s time? Could be.

One thing I’m sure of, the good people of Nashville and the other affected areas in Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky, etc. are drying out and rebuilding their lives without the moral support of the current president. I have yet to see anyone yelling, “where’s our government help.” In fact, most probably would prefer that he stay the “you know what” away.

I cried when the Alabama gulf coast was devastated by Hurricane Ivan, and I cried when I saw New Orleans flood in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. And once again I’m crying at what is happening in Nashville. My neighbors three hours north of me are in peril. Also, my neighbors on the northern gulf coast are awaiting their fate as the oil creeps nearer to other places that we all love. Yes, I’m sandwiched in between disasters.

Bottom line, the current president, along with others that lead this nation, do not care about any of us here in the southern United States. We’re just drivel to them, as we hang on to our guns and our bibles. Again, the people of Nashville and the other areas affected by the May 1 weekend storms will rebuild their lives, and the people of the northern gulf coast will do the same with or without the support of the current president and other leaders.

Alright, I just have to throw this in. If something akin to the Nashville flood had happened in someplace such as Berkley or Palo Alto when George Bush was president and he chose not to comment, we all know what would have happened.

The above reflects my personal opinion only and represents pure speculation on my part, gleaned from my observations of the behavior and attitudes of certain leaders of this nation. As of this writing, there is no evidence that my speculations are fact.