A report in today's Seattle Times says: "Urban sprawl adds pounds, pollution"
Residents of King County's less-walkable neighborhoods — can you say sprawl? — are more likely to be overweight, a recently completed study concludes.Naturally, the liberal nannies are using this sort of "science" to try to force more of us out of our cars, into denser neighborhoods and to justify infinite public funds for trails:Another related study has found, perhaps not surprisingly, that people who live and work in those neighborhoods generate more auto-related air pollution, another potential threat to health.
Karen Wolf, a senior policy analyst in [Ron] Sims' office, said that as a result of the studies, the county already has amended the policies that guide its planning to make health a priority.Yeah, all that urban dwelling and trail building has apparently helped Ron Sims maintain his slender figure.
And let's not forget about all those other svelte urban anti-car nanny-staters, like Greg Nickels, Larry Gossett, Larry Philips, Jim McDermott and Paul Berendt Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at January 25, 2006 10:54 AM | Email This
As far as these guys and their physiques, that's low blow. Just not becoming of anyone who wants to be taken seriously.
Posted by: westello on January 25, 2006 11:45 AMMake them look like those Republicans Dino Rossi, Mary Lane, Bill Finkbeiner, and Rob McKenna!!!
Posted by: A Watchdog on January 25, 2006 12:10 PMIn this case, I'd wonder just what the specific changes Wolf talks about actually were, and if asked, how long it would take for someone in that office to produce them?
Posted by: Diogenes on January 25, 2006 12:13 PMWhen we give up liberty, we gain the nanny state.
We government pays for more and more health care.
Government has more and moresay in our health choices.
If you want government health care, government will tell you when and where to eat, when and where to walk.
This is a fight for our liberty.
Nothing less,
and certainly much more.
Soon Government will decide demographically that I am overwieght, drive too much therefore they will force me too live in dense urban centers, take public transit, and eat salad with tofu.
Before that happens...
TOO ARMS!!!
But seriously, it's hard to lose weight when you are KC executive and ride around in a chauffeur-driven car!
And did you realize that President Bush is far more fit than any of these leftwing pols you named? Way to go, W! President Bush's exercise habits are a model for others, truly! He is reportedly in fine, fit condition.
Posted by: Misty on January 25, 2006 12:23 PMThey want us to be like Amsterdam....where all the elite like them live in Villa's in the Country and have a Flat in the City. And they don't want anyone else to live in the country except like-minded elitists! They want all the worker-bees and non-Progressive Elite to live in a frigging rat-maze called the City. They are trying to sell it that you will somehow become more healthy! Healthy my A$$!!! Live in Seattle with huge sun-blocker buildings everywhere. And wretched air???
Of course no one is against being healthier. Do you really think these KLOWNS care if Stefan is healthier????
I love living in rural areas. I get plenty of exercise and love it. And I happily pay to do so. Most people are fat for other reasons like THEY EAT TO F*CKING MUCH!!!
Don't be fooled by Ron Sims "good intentions". If Ron Sims wanted to be a community health role-model, he would lose 60 pounds! I don't think the picture is a low blow at all. There are plenty of weighs to stay trim & healthy....urban & rural. This is BS.
Frankly, I think Sims is actually sucking his gut in for this photo. They guy has a seriously bad case of Dicky-Do Disease....you know, where his belly sticks out further than his.........!
It also looks like Sims belt is stressed to the max. Is that belt Cowhide Ron??? What did you do Ron, kill a cow to make a belt and then eat it?!!
The only thing funnier is if our pathetic Michael Moore Wannabe, Joel Cornholey, were to right an editorial about the importance of exercise and good health. Posted by: Mr. Cynical on January 25, 2006 12:48 PM
I don't run, I draw and .... oh they took my gun...
RUN!!!!!!!
Take a hike.
Posted by: Amused by liberals on January 25, 2006 01:00 PMHere's a basic tenant of leadership most libs are ignorant of:
Set the example. Live the example.
When one porker points a finger at another and say, "Hey, you need to lose some weight,", the correct answer is "Look in the mirror".
Most conservatives laugh at liberals not just because their ideas are, well, laughable, but also for the "do as I say, not as I do" attitude that goes with it.
-steve, biker/runner/weightlifter
Posted by: Steve_dog on January 25, 2006 01:03 PMEveryone already knows to lose weight you eat less calories and get more exercise, but we don't follow the plan. That's why folks who attend these weekly meetings are successful in losing the weight and keeping it off.
www.weightwatchers.com
www.nutrisystem.com
PS The word at Sky Walker Ranch in Marin County is that Ron, Greg, Larry, Larry, Jim and Paul are going appears as Jabba the Hut's intellectually challenged offspring in Star Wars VII
Posted by: Chris on January 25, 2006 01:11 PMMcDermott looks more and more like Teddy "The Swimmer" Kennedy every day.
And Teddy sound more like Mcdinwit.
Could it be they both came here on the same spaceship? Perhaps the devine plan is for both of these KLOWNS to "morph" into one big fat dumb guy??
But back to the point here....
FatA$$es SHOULD NOT LECTURE AND LEGISLATE FOR BETTER HEALTH AND WEIGHT LOSS!!
The next thing you know, all these KLOWNS will be shilling for Subway like that Jason dude.
Or pose with Kirstie Alley.
It is more dangerous when these KLOWNS start their Social Engineering pretending that health is the issue.....when it's really about CONTROL./
Ron rides in a limousine and expects the rest of us to abandon our cars and use Sound Transit, even though it would take us twice as long to get to our destination and ten times the cost to the economy as a whole.
Posted by: Jeff B. on January 25, 2006 02:21 PMExcellent point about Sims Limo.
It would be a hoot watching Sims trying to get his Fat A$$ into one of those Recumbent (sp??) BiCycles and pedal it to work every day, wouldn't it? Ron would probably have to wear full body-armor to make it to work without bleeding to death from all the spills & tumbles he would most certainly take trying to ride one of those things. Can you see Ron on the Cover of the Bicyclist's Monthly? Creme-filled donut in one hand and 5,000 calorie latte in the other. Look Ma, no hands!!! Posted by: Mr. Cynical on January 25, 2006 02:27 PM
I always thought Paul was a closet fancy-boy!
Paul must feel quite liberated today. Posted by: Mr. Cynical on January 25, 2006 02:47 PM
my skin is still undulating in horror..........
try to warn us [after all...isn't that what you do in a nanny state?] before you put up the pics, of just how hor-ee-bull they will actually be. LOL. Posted by: christmasghost on January 25, 2006 03:12 PM
The intellectual quality of both your posts and the comments continues to deteriorate. I can certainly see why your readership has fallen.
It's getting hard to take you seriously when you lower yourself to this kind of material.
Posted by: Unkl Witz on January 25, 2006 04:49 PMand all this coming from a guy that calls himself uncle witz???
now...that IS funny. Posted by: christmasghost on January 25, 2006 05:07 PM
There's finally a post where I can use my supply of "Yo Democrat is so fat" jokes that I've picked up through the years.
"Yo Democrat is so fat, the ground shakes when he runs for office"
"Yo Democrat is so fat, he thinks he's the center of the political universe"
"Yo Democrat is so fat, she wore her red Che Guevera shirt and all the kids yelled 'Hey Kool-Aid'"
"Yo Democrat is so fat, that when she sits around the State house, she sits AROUND the house"
"Yo Democrat is so fat, that when he walked past the TV, I missed three episodes of '24'"
"Yo Democrat is so fat, that NASCAR wants to build a taxpayer's funded racetrack on her butt"
"Yo Democrat is so fat, endangered Puget Sound orcas swim by to watch him"
"Yo Democrat is so fat, three boxes of military ballots got lost under her armpit"
I'm sure everyone has their own. I'll be saving my "Yo Democrat is so hairy" jokes for 2008 presidential election...
Those be mighty good!
I hope my friends who are RIGHT realize that having a sense of humor is essential in the battle with the LEFTIST PINHEADED KLOWNS. People like Unkl Witz are oh so serious and oh so self-righteous.....they have permanent frown lines.
The real humorous part is that LEFTISTS like LeftFoot actually believe in the stuff they spew and actually believe there is something wrong with anyone who doesn't take them seriously!!!
These KLOWNS are joke fodder. No one actually takes them seriously...do they???? Posted by: Mr. Cynical on January 25, 2006 05:16 PM
"Yo Democrat is so fat, three boxes of military ballots got lost under her armpit"......
it's seattle remember? they got lost in the H-A-I-R under that fat armpit. heh heh heh Posted by: christmasghost on January 25, 2006 08:12 PM
As for the article...just more BS...but that's what we get for "news" these days. I believe our new Union goverment says that is what we must have.
Posted by: Dengle on January 25, 2006 08:55 PMThe size of our yards these days has been reduced to nothing to play in for kids. Growing up, my back yard was big enough to play whiffle ball in and not chase it over the fence every time. And for that matter, we didn't have a fence. Four lots joined together with mutual respect! Imagine that! Anyways, we could play in our own yard, and if we wanted to play real ball, went to the school yard where our parents knew where we were until dark. Todays kids don't have room to play in their own yards as the size has been reduced to barely enough room to put a bonzai tree in. If a kid needs to go to the park, they have to be under a watchful eye as that park is a magnet for parolees with trench-coats. The aid-and-abeting culprit for obesity these days though is Nintendo/Xbox/Sony. Since kids have nowhere to go and run like they used to, it's to the front of the TV to sit for hours on end and develop those fingers!
So perhaps if Redley's lawyers (Redley owns several McD's around here) were to counter-sue when the time comes, and lump city planners and video game makers into the fold, it would make one powerful statement would it not? (I had to mis-spell abeting as it wouldn't let me post such a naughty word as "be%%ing") Posted by: PC on January 26, 2006 08:33 AM