Subj : Re: Obesity threatens nation's security To : All From : armyvet@bigfoot.com Date : Thu Jan 31 2019 19:19:40 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september ..org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx04.eternal-septemb er.org!mx04.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.glorb.com!n ews-in-01.newsfeed.easynews.com!easynews!core-easynews-01!easynews.com!en-nntp- 15.dc1.easynews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lady Veteran Newsgroups: soc.support.fat-acceptance,soc.singles,dfw.general Subject: Re: Obesity threatens nation's security Message-ID: References: <2f0968578i759hhmd0nlh6dl6qlr20lia8@4ax.com> User-Agent: ForteAgent/7.00.32.1200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 87 X-Complaints-To: abuse@easynews.com Organization: Forte Inc. http://www.forteinc.com/apn/ X-Complaints-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly. Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 10:25:49 -0500 X-Received-Bytes: 3548 Xref: news.eternal-september.org soc.support.fat-acceptance:6181 soc.singles:160 dfw.general:411 On Thu, 27 Sep 2012 09:43:16 -0700, Charles Charles wrote: > > >WASHINGTON -- A group of senior retired military leaders say one in >four of all potential recruits is turned away because they're >overweight, presenting a threat to national security. They shouldn't. Basic training will take the wait off. That is the military's problem. You have to look pretty in uniform before they think you have potential. > And they're >pushing for federal rules restricting what can be sold in school >vending machines to reverse what they view as an alarming trend. And students are bring food from home because they don't want to eat like rabbits. > >The group of retired admirals, generals and other senior military >leaders, called Mission Readiness, will hold a press conference here >on Sept. 25 to release a new report called "Still Too Fat To Fight," >which follows up on a study warning of the problem two years ago. They are only too fat to fight because they say so. A young fat person has plenty of stamina, even if they don't know it. Think how good they will feel when they go through basic and slim down... Some people don't know a gift when they see. If the nannies think there is an obesity epidemic, they can fix it that way. LV -- "I rode a tank and held a general's rank When the blitzkrieg raged and the bodies stank." ---Sympathy for the Devil-The Rolling Stones -------------------------------------------- "Only a male compensating for his impotence would accuse a strong woman of being a lesbian." ---Unknown ---------------------------------------------- "It's a sign of your own worth sometimes if you are hated by the right people." ---Miles Franklin ---------------------------------------------- See the latest idiot featured on my blog! My Blog http://ladyveteranslog.blogspot.com --------------------------------------------- "Do you have enemies? Good. That means that you have stood up for something,sometime in your life." ---Winston Churchill ---------------------------------------------- Remember that today's oak tree is yesterday's nut that stood it's ground. ---Unknown ---------------------------------------------- "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life." ---Steve Jobs ---------------------------------------------- Ten years ago the USA had Steve Jobs, Bob Hope and Johnny Cash .... Now they have no Jobs, no Hope and no Cash. ---Unknown ---------------------------------------------- "No Gentleman will insult me and no one not a gentleman can insult me." ---Frederick Douglas * Origin: Prison Board BBS Mesquite Tx //telnet.RDFIG.NET www. (1:124/5013) .