It is funny to read comments from black ladies who go overboard defending their right to have unhealthy lifestyle. I live and work close to areas where there are large black populations. Beiing white and a foreigner the obesity problem in these communities is shockingly visible. However it appears that being surrounded by fat people have made themselves get used to it and defend it.

Since black communities are proportionally poor and likely use health care subsidized by my tax dollars I have a valid beef with it. US spends the most money out of industrialized countries on healthcare and still it is a mess. These people use up more than their fair share of this resource. We should set some kind of sliding BMI scale . Excercise, stop smoking and you keep the bennies, else pay for your habbits.

Emily / reality,

Your points about the war are true but as a foreigner I did not vote in the president, but my US taxes pay for it anyway. People who engage in high risk sports do get charged more for life insurance.

As for your car insurance problems - either start walking and solve the weight issue or move to a state where there are no idiot drivers. Alaska is very good :)

Dear Anonymous -

Yes my tax bracket is at the high end and I don't object to it. It is only fair to pay in the pool. However I want that pool of money to be used wisely. My ass is not that skinny and my metabolism has slowed down a lot. However I see my body as a valuable investment and make attempt to eat healthy and excercise a lot. I don't see this being taught in black community just like there seems to be lack of emphasis on education. As for blaming the immigrants for all ills in society - go work the fields in their place and you will have the skinny ass pronto.

Israel's gamble is that by splitting palestinian areas it can retain the status quo in West Bank. Keep running Fatahstan as a huge prison, show Hamastan's suffering as a scary example, feed scrap favors to Fatah leaders and continue appropriation of land for settlement "facts-on-ground". I would not be surprised if Hamas was outlawed in Fatahstan to ensure one party elections. The only miscalculation might happen if palestinians realize that Fatah will never deliver them state and without Hamas as a vent start turning to Al Qaida types for solace. Israel might be here playing in Bin Laden's hand.