Side-by-side obesity and hunger is a theme coming from Mrs. Obama, and they are both prevalent in Madison and Delaware counties, not to mention the rest of Indiana. There are too many kids overweight, yet too many are going hungry. Have you noticed the percent of students receiving free lunches at our schools, as reported in the 2009 Annual School Performance and food bank reports?
We have too many children whose main staple is macaroni and cheese — or worse. It may taste good, and it may be all parents can afford. Their diet is not varied; they become overweight and, at the same time, are nutritionally starved. The biggest dilemma facing most humans today is our masses of fat. We can’t resist food — we didn’t evolve for food being as cheap as it is today; we evolved for food being scarce.
Our only hope may be science to save us from our human nature. Judging from the fat and obese people I see in churches, God and religion are not going to save us from our fat. We need food without fat. We need a “pill”; that’s like sex without having babies. Americans are free to eat themselves to death. Forcibly preventing people from victimizing themselves does not automatically make them good, righteous or virtuous. Government is not good at reshaping individual consciences.
When we donate food to food banks, donate healthy food — even better, give money so healthy food can be purchased. Our churches should do much more.
Bill J. Paschal
Muncie
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Letter: Our children should have healthy food
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Letter: Union attitude must prevail for recovery
Any recovery for the middle class, in the recovery of our economy, will be led by the recovery of the union attitude in America. Nothing else.
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Letter: Lutz not representing the working class
I feel bad that Rep. Lutz (R) is sad, because Democrats at the Statehouse are representing the working class people of Indiana. While he is representing big business.
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Viewpoint:: Washington must wake up to missile threat
Three years after President Obama opened an outstretched hand to Iran and attempted to reset relations with Russia, the former has restarted its drive to build nuclear weapons including recent missile testing and saber rattling while the latter has dropped its diplomatic relations to Cold War temperatures.
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Letter: Consumer-driven economy will pay off debt
To save America some money — by acclimation of course — let’s not have a presidential election in 2012. We already have a good president who will do his best to kill all Republican bills (DOA) and, consequently, create more good-paying jobs in the $30 per hour range.
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Letter: Gingrich cashes in on political amnesia
Rasmussen says that Romney has flattened nationally. Why?
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As a taxpayer I want to know that my taxes are being spent wisely. Hiring Greg Winkler at a salary of $126,000 is not wise spending.
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Letter: Bill of Rights being nullified by new law
President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act on New Year’s Eve. I doubt many Americans noticed its implications because they do not yet comprehend the big picture. This law, coupled with the Patriot Act, is paving the way for America’s direction toward tyranny.
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Letter: $14 trillion debt started by previous president
I’m a proud atheist who’s lucky enough to know the difference between fact and fantasy.
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Letter: Economy putting people in the gutters
We are now getting the results of putting people in the gutters. We need to take a second look at our government and its policies. It’s not working.
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