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[unixronin]

Poor nutrition and lack of exercise mean that for the first time in over a century, life expectancy of the new generation in Western nations has decreased.  Meanwhile, the US is fighting (and some say sabotaging) the WHO's strategy against obesity.

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[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Preach it, brother.

I'm equally pissed about the plutocracy that's really running this country in the blind pursuit of money and influence at any cost to anyone else.

"Such-and-such agency is trying to do X to reduce the number of people who die of Y, but that might cut into our profits. Let's see what we can do to monkeywrench the fuckers."

And in this context, it's probably topical to mention that the Bush administration is currently proposing a new presidential council to give U.S. companies a greater voice in government decisions (http://www.comcast.net/News/DOMESTIC//XML/1152_Cabinet/58cf5fd8-e6da-4cae-ac7a-9d0f14ed2ba0.html). Exactly what kind of decisions they'll have a greater voice in is unclear from the rather rambling article, but I suspect it'll end up being one more step towards "Government of the people, by the mega-corporations, for the mega-rich."

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Or perhaps, on further consideration, s/running this country/running this country into the ground/ ....