Wow, our news is so stuffed with material to laugh and weep over, I never know what to write about. But this latest way to spend $1.5 million was a gas.
It's a study to find out why people are fat? Really? Could it be because they eat crap, or eat too much crap? Or sit around in front of their oversized TVs watching crap? The sexual orientation of obesity really doesn't interest me either---because it's IRRELEVANT. That's right. Spending this kind of cash on such a ridiculously frivolous study makes me want to throw up everything I've ever eaten. Let's see. Have we learned everything we need to know to find a cure for Alzheimer’s, Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia, Cystic Fibrosis, Diabetes, or Multiple sclerosis? Or have we exhausted all research toward ending poverty, illiteracy, every form of violent/criminal and terrorist activity, pollution, homelessness, government waste, abuse of power (sorry, if this sounds redundant) and dysfunctional human behavior? We don't have enough money to fund these studies either, even though we desperately need answers. Do we need a study to determine whether 16 oz sodas or quarter pound burgers result in higher water and sewage costs? Surely, in the vast landscape of problems unsolved, there is a study more urgently in need of this money.
