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SERVICEMAN

Even a cursory reading of the release of bush' "complete" military pay records makes me wonder what they are thinking. Are they so insulated and bubbled that they don't get how incriminating all this is? NYTimes this morning:

The issue is not whether Mr. Bush, like many sons of the elite in his generation, sought refuge in the Guard to avoid combat in Vietnam. The public knew about that during the 2000 campaign. Whether Mr. Bush actually performed his Guard service to the full is a different matter. It bears on presidential character because the president has continually rejected claims that there was anything amiss about his Guard performance during the Alabama period. Mr. Bush himself also made the issue of military service fair game by posturing as a swashbuckling pilot when welcoming a carrier home from Iraq. Now, the president needs to make a fuller explanation of how he spent his last two years in the Guard.

All they have done is raise new questions. This is the 'cover-up' cycle. There are more. Good. Get done to you what you have done to others.

FATMAN

And now, (gasp) Dr. Atkins is not only rumored to be obese but shown to be from the medical records wrongly sent to some Doc who wants to prove the man a fraud; someone who could not or would not practice what he preached. What Killed Dr. Atkins?

I wouldn't much care; another diet fadscam gone bust; another guy who doesn't walk the talk. But, I have friends who have gone on this thing and believe in it. You cannot deny the short term effectiveness, but long term, it is a disaster. Even in the short term, it does not help solve but aggravates the real problem: overindulgence and ignorance about good nutrition.

The immediate weight loss, combined with the gratification of fat and protein are a strong induction to deny the reality. The beauty of the Atkin's formula is that it does not stretch credibility on either end. An ice cream diet would give lots of gratification and you would lose weight; but it stretches wishful thinking too far. The pounds would drop with bread and water; but there is no gratification.

You cannot save people from themselves. I have been a prime example from time to time; so why do I think that my nagging could help others? Maybe a fat old cadaver might rock the boat and help people come to and think for themselves.

FATSERVICE

(Later in the day) So get this: both of today's stories have been put together in Andy Borowitz' column. Do you think he was reading this blog?? Link to the right for 2/11/04 archive.

SADDAM PLANNED TO DESTROY U.S. WITH ATKINS DIET
Plotted ‘Axis of Obesity,’ Says Bush

Saddam Hussein planned to destroy America by luring every man, woman and child onto the Atkins Diet, President Bush revealed today. U.S. forces searching Saddam’s hideout in Tikrit uncovered the evildoer’s plans to destroy the U.S. with the fat-laden diet, the President said. “We now have conclusive proof that Saddam Hussein and his agents intended to turn us into a nation of artery-clogged, cellulite-jiggling fatsos,” Mr. Bush said. “His evil knows no bounds.”