Today is National Donut Day.
Ordinarily, this would be just another cute calendar event. But nowadays we’re bombarded by government proposals on obesity and so-called nutritional reform. The most recent manifestation of this is Michelle Obama’s White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity, which last month released a massive report with recommendations ranging from prenatal care programs to increased support for breastfeeding to soda taxes to community planning.
Like countless other government reports, it prominently portrays obesity as a crisis; only inside the report do you find the admission that childhood obesity rates have shown “no significant increase in recent years.” (Page 4)
So how should the conscientious citizen respond to this on National Donut Day? I say, by eating two donuts—one for himself, and one as an act of civil disobedience.
Bon appétit.
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Yeah! And let's all buy SUVs, crank the AC, and stop recycling too! That'll learn 'em!
Done and done! And they were both Double Chocolate. Come lock me up Michelle, you ungrateful little wretch.
No Jack – let's let the gov't tell us what we can and can't eat because God knows I can't make those decisions for myself.
Like the friend at lunch who decided that the state should outlaw plastic water bottles and could see no reason why they should not. When I suggested the single word, "Freedom?," he responded that things like banning plastic were the reason governments were invented in the first place.
Uh, No. I cannot explain it better than some guys I know, so let me borrow from them: Why do governments exist? To ensure personal liberty, not to limit it. You see, I hold these truths to be self-evident (meaning if you can't already see why, there is no use trying to convince you), that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights. That among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
And it is to guarantee these rights that governments are instituted among men, gaining their just powers from the consent of the governed.
BTW, that last part is my favorite. Don't tread on me.
"And let’s all buy SUVs, crank the AC, and stop recycling too!"
Nah. I save that bit of civil disobedience for Earth Day. (Actually, I refrain from recycling *every* day because it's a waste of time.)
We could, rather tell the people who work for the Government what they can and can not eat.
No more Kobe beef for the Obamanation!
What about fritters? Does one of them count as two donuts, or should I get two?
To celebrate National Donut Day both Krispy Creme and Dunkin Donuts are giving away a free donut to every customer…. so head on over and excercise your FREE will before midnight.
Dana H.:
For me, Donut Day and Earth Day are every day
If ever you get a chance to poke progressives in the eye, take it.
That is all.
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