Take for instance the recent health news. Surgeon General David Satcher stated in 2001 that obesity had reached epidemic proportions — nearly 60 percent of adults, as well as nearly 13 percent of children, are overweight or obese. Obesity is also the leading cause of heart failure, cancer, diabetes and a host of other maladies. And the war on fat is nothing if not high profile — even celebrities like Al Roker, who generate entire marketing strategies on their ampleness, fight celebrated battles to kick the tire. It is clearly healthier to be l

eaner than larger.At least we know that Americans aren’t going hungry. How does Americans react to this epidemic? They file class action lawsuits on the fast food industries and manufacturers of junkfood. We have become victims of some malicious scheme to wipe out Americans with fat. In one instance, a suit was filed against schools that sell such products as soft drinks and chips. While we demand the right to think for ourselves, and the right to privacy, and freedom to live socially free from control, we are basically proving ourselves to be people who are too stupid to feed themselves or our children. If people are so stupid, should they be allowed to vote or go to work in the morning?" The implication these lawsuits are making is on the ability of Americans to choose what they eat. Moreover, two-thirds of all foods consumed in America are consumed in people's homes. So, are we proposing that we sue America's moms? Most people laugh at the idea; I say, “It could only happen in America!” Such is the suit filed by the women who spilled hot coffee, subsequently receiving injury. She filed a suit against McDonalds and won. When a similar suit was filed in Britain, the judge said to use common sense.

The power of the American tale is the same today as it was then, and perhaps it will always be: its ability to reach unerringly into the American soul and strike a deep chord that resonates with a mythi

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