Motivated to post again

The world has gone absolutely insane, and I've been busy.

Any way, I just read this by David Frum:

[O]besity is contagious — and the battle against obesity has to begin by fighting the contagion.... Perhaps what is needed above all is a crusading leader, somebody who will make obesity a cause like drunk driving and anti-smoking.

And as it happens, we have the very guy: Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, a former Arkansas governor who lost —and kept off—100 pounds. Huckabee has moved from nowhere in the polls to the probable Republican vice-presidential nominee on the strength of his wit and charm. Now he needs a cause. Why not this?

Perhaps "why not this" because it's not the Miss America pagaent? Tossing it out there. Does the President not have anything better to do than fret over chunky grade schoolers? Sadly, I skimmed the article, and he is serious about recommending that Huckabee make this his platform.

Sigh.

Serves me right; just the other day, I was wishing President Bush would focus on school uniforms and midnight basketball like a good lame duck instead of messing with Israel's future in a desperate attempt at terrorist detente. Be careful what you wish for....