Subj : Re: Obesity threatens nation's security To : All From : vern@vetersns.com Date : Thu Jan 31 2019 19:19:43 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september ..org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx05.eternal-septemb er.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Vern Newsgroups: soc.support.fat-acceptance,soc.singles,dfw.general Subject: Re: Obesity threatens nation's security Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:09:12 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 48 Message-ID: <744fr81dt401phhjfnkpai9lcj5nbirkug@4ax.com> References: <2f0968578i759hhmd0nlh6dl6qlr20lia8@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="89e0678c75f150cc066ab7dab08238a8"; logging-data="857"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX195+/XiH7bzHkrtMnt7dwuu" X-No-Archive: yes X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.646 Cancel-Lock: sha1:JXZP+iwAdd3FjA3yU6OGvjCtg6s= Xref: news.eternal-september.org soc.support.fat-acceptance:6651 soc.singles:216 dfw.general:441 On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 10:25:49 -0500, Lady Veteran wrote: >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 Lady Veteran's (Bobbi Sanchez) outlook on the dire matter of obesity among the military. Obviously, she believes that a force composed of troops so bloated with fat that they would be unable to walk even one mile would be a satisfactory fighting force. Vern --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.1 * Origin: Prison Board BBS Mesquite Tx //telnet.RDFIG.NET www. (1:124/5013) .