Tom Toles of the Washington Post posted an editorial called Oversize Question. In this article, Toles argues that America's childhood obesity problem has an underlying issue and that it needs to be found. Not only that, he refers to a graph that shows how childhood obesity has been on the rise in multiple countries.
The graph linked to in the article shows the BMI increases over time in different countries. BMI is a measurement of weight relative to height. It doesn't consider variables such as muscle mass or water weight which can lead to a skewed measurement.
I wholeheartedly agree that obesity is on the rise. In America for sure, however for other countries I can only rely on data. Just today, I saw a McDonald's commercial where happy meals now come with a Cutie instead of fries. Good on them for catching on, but it doesn't change the fact that the kids are eating processed crap with a piece of fruit. The change needs to be made, however with our country's reliance on quick and easy, it's an uphill battle.
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Friday, February 13, 2015
What makes the green grass grow?
Yesterday (12 Feb, 2015), CNN.com posted an article that outlines our President's request of congress to formally authorize military force against ISIS. It summarizes Obama's hopes to get formal authorization from congress to approve a "systemic and sustained campaign of airstrikes," along with humanitarian aid and training for indigenous personnel. However, he makes it clear that, once again, ground troops will not be deployed, saying they're "not necessary for us to defeat ISIL."
The request limits the time that the President (Obama and the next) has the authority to wage a conflict against ISIS to three years and with no sustained ground operations.
As to be expected the Democrats and Republicans have differing views. Republicans want less restrictions placed on the President, while Democrats think the proposal is fine as it is.
In my opinion, airstrikes will only get us so far in the "war on ISIS." As someone who has trained foreign ground forces, I can say that it's one of those things that sounds good on paper, but isn't so feasible in reality. Also, until we have robots fighting for us, "ground troops" will always be required to win a war.
I encourage you to read the article and form your own opinions on the issue.
Source
The request limits the time that the President (Obama and the next) has the authority to wage a conflict against ISIS to three years and with no sustained ground operations.
As to be expected the Democrats and Republicans have differing views. Republicans want less restrictions placed on the President, while Democrats think the proposal is fine as it is.
In my opinion, airstrikes will only get us so far in the "war on ISIS." As someone who has trained foreign ground forces, I can say that it's one of those things that sounds good on paper, but isn't so feasible in reality. Also, until we have robots fighting for us, "ground troops" will always be required to win a war.
I encourage you to read the article and form your own opinions on the issue.
Source
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