I return to the subject of gun control in America, that I previously wrote about here http://bit.ly/ZKx2Rq
The Obama administration is pushing for tighter controls on guns and bullying people to support this, sickeningly using the poor dead children of Newtown as a bargaining chip. Who could oppose such legislation? Who could oppose laws that would mean young ones are not put in such danger again?
Thankfully, a very significant number of Americans are resisting the moral blackmail that Obama and his control freak colleagues are using.
It occurred to me though, that the real killer of children in America isn't the gun but obesity. We hear some words from Obama but no real action. How many children have died, during Obama's time in office from gunfire and how many from obesity related illnesses? How many have, in his time, acquired the diseases that will mar and shorten their adult lives? Surely, if Obama really cared about America's children, he would be out doing something, every single day.
I wonder though if the reason he isn't, is political?
Has he perhaps calculated that the only way to tackle this obesity problem is to take on the largest constituency in America - that is - Parents!
Because, at the end of the day, it is the abdication of responsibility by America's parents, that is a far bigger killer than that Lanza boy in Newtown.
So Mr President, don't go after the NRA and law-abiding citizens. Don't bother pushing a Medicare or Obamacare package, down the throats of America. Instead, do the right thing and as aggressively, push America's parents to take responsibility for their children's health and lifestyle. Don't bother about same-sex marriage, focus on an agenda that puts the health of America's children at its heart. Since the Democrats are so keen on taxes, tax sugar, tax fat! Put a large federal sales tax on soda drinks and candy bars and fast food and high sugar cereals etc. It won't balance your budget but it will likely save more lives than your and Joe Biden's gun legislation.
The Obama administration is pushing for tighter controls on guns and bullying people to support this, sickeningly using the poor dead children of Newtown as a bargaining chip. Who could oppose such legislation? Who could oppose laws that would mean young ones are not put in such danger again?
Thankfully, a very significant number of Americans are resisting the moral blackmail that Obama and his control freak colleagues are using.
It occurred to me though, that the real killer of children in America isn't the gun but obesity. We hear some words from Obama but no real action. How many children have died, during Obama's time in office from gunfire and how many from obesity related illnesses? How many have, in his time, acquired the diseases that will mar and shorten their adult lives? Surely, if Obama really cared about America's children, he would be out doing something, every single day.
I wonder though if the reason he isn't, is political?
Has he perhaps calculated that the only way to tackle this obesity problem is to take on the largest constituency in America - that is - Parents!
Because, at the end of the day, it is the abdication of responsibility by America's parents, that is a far bigger killer than that Lanza boy in Newtown.
So Mr President, don't go after the NRA and law-abiding citizens. Don't bother pushing a Medicare or Obamacare package, down the throats of America. Instead, do the right thing and as aggressively, push America's parents to take responsibility for their children's health and lifestyle. Don't bother about same-sex marriage, focus on an agenda that puts the health of America's children at its heart. Since the Democrats are so keen on taxes, tax sugar, tax fat! Put a large federal sales tax on soda drinks and candy bars and fast food and high sugar cereals etc. It won't balance your budget but it will likely save more lives than your and Joe Biden's gun legislation.
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