Re: America--what you get with fascism

From: Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD (nospam6_at_heartmdphd.com)
Date: 03/28/05


Date: 28 Mar 2005 04:47:54 -0800

john wrote:

<snip>
> n.. Twelve million American families--more than 10 percent of all
U.S.
> households--"continue to struggle, and not always successfully, to
feed
> themselves." Families that "had members who actually went hungry at
some
> point last year" numbered 3.9 million (NYT, Nov. 22, 2004).

Some of us recognize that it is Ok to be hungry and that the irrational
fear of hunger is the driving force behind the obesity epidemic in the
U.S.

Note: Hunger is not to be confused with starvation, where dying folks
have actually long since stopped being hungry.

<snip>

> The USA is "No. 1" in nothing but weaponry, consumer spending, debt,
and
> delusion.

That is not what I discern. You left out innovation in science and
technology (adding this back keeps this on-topic for sci.med :-)

At His service,

Andrew

--
Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
Board-Certified Cardiologist
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