Obesity is the theme

As i was doing research i learned a new thing about my topic. according to the article i read it turns out that obesity and overweight problems started when our ancestors started to use agriculture and farming instead of hunting. When humans first walked the earth there was a scarcity of food and people worked hard to get that food. everything that tasted good they would try to eat. but even as they were getting this food they were running or working increadible hard to get it, and the game they ate were much lower in fat then today. but the problem of obeseity started when agriculture was invented, even though they had more food the food did not have as many benefits as wild food and had more fat, as a result of this our early ancestors had calcium deficiencies, artery clogging problems, and other health related problems. but even though they had agriculture they were still working and doing physical labor. even though they had these obesity related problems obesity really kicked into higher gear when vehicles were invented and completely removed physical exercise from our lifestyle.

Junior Theme

So i started my junior theme and quite frankly i am pleased. my why question is Why are americans becomming increasingly obese? and my book is called "In Defense of Food" by Michael Pollan, who i hope to have my interview with. during the 1980's food were being taken off the shelves and being replaced by cholesterol, fiber, and saturated fats, and this can lead to different health diseases and obesesity. before "foods" were being replaced the obesity rate in america was much lower then it is today. today people are eating more bad foods and not execising, they are eating by themselves or shoved in front of a television. when people eat they should eat to the point where they are not hungry and not to the point where they are completely full. also just because you eat healthy food doesnt mean you are not going to be obese, people are increasingly eating more and more quantities of healthy foods at each sitting, and in reality this does nothing. the growth of fastfood restaurants causes people to take in almost two-thirds of their daily calorie intake in just one meal. during 1998, 97 million adults (55% of the adult population) were obese. to add to this there were around 300,00 deaths annually due to obesity.

Drugs

I just switched topics from drugs to food and obesity and since i am not writing about drugs in my paper i would like to say what i wanted to say now. My topic was why are some drugs illegal while others are legalized? I thought that it was a little arbitrary that marijuana was illegal when alcohol which also is a drug is legal. It doesnt make sense that people can drink and get extremely intoxicated and put their health and others at risk, and people can not smoke marijuana and just sit in someones house. Now i have never done drugs and i would like to make that clear, but i feel that marijuana should be legalized. First it would cut back on alot of crime and gang violence and in turn might make alot of places safer. second underground selling of marijuana makes billions of dollars that is just going to more getting and selling more drugs. i believe that the government could legalize the drug and tax it as alcohol is, and this might help make the economy better. also roughly 50% of the nation has tried marijuana and if that many people have tried it and bought it then why not legalize it? i believe that the drug would then be very useful for people that have chronic pain and would reduce the pain they have. the people would not have to worry about possessing it and using it also.

Horrible

As i was driving home today i recieved a text message that stunned me. Just a couple blocks from my house a man killed his wife, son, and then killed himself. i never thought anything like this would happen so close to where i live and i feel so sad for the family and relatives of these people. i dont understand how a father could do that to the rest of his family. the mom and son had the house as a safe haven and i would believe they never felt in danger at their house, and yet the father took that away from them. i thought that my neighborhood and area around where i live nothing would ever happen like this. i send out my prayers and sympathy for the relatives and friends of this family.

Clint Eastwood

Who, in this day and age, is like a cowboy according to mythology? one name came to mind and that was clint eastwood. he is tough, does not look like he has any emotion on his face and he is always the "cowboy type" in his movies.I always thought growing up that cowboys were the indian killing, unemotional, tough guys. i believe that is what alot of people thought too. during class on friday we read an article about what cowboys really were like. it said that they were sensitive, did not kill indians, and just drove cattle. the first actual cowboys were also mexican and african american unlike the white cowboy that is portrayed today. but how did these cattle driving cowboys get changed to what they are viewed as today?

Welcome Mr.President

I only got to watch a little bit of the ingauguration but what i saw was very powerfull. to see an african american president walk out after white president really shows the change that is happening to the country before Obama even takes the office. As usual Obama's speech was well written and well spoken, i especially liked the part where he said "we have to get up and dust ourselves off". this is true, after Bush we really do have to rebound, forget the past and move forward. The inauguration was nearly perfect except for the exception of the oath mess up where "execute" and "faithfully" were mixed up. although it was a day for hope, celebration, and change when Bush came out he was boooed and people were singing "na na na na hey hey hey goodbye" i feel like this should not have happened because the day was for Obama and Biden not to criticize Bush. i also only watched a little bit of the inaugural balls but i thought it was funny when Obama was dancing at the first party and there was a circle of secret service people around him dancing as well.

Inauguration Celebration

Over the weekend i watched the Presidential Inauguration concert, and it was amazing. there were so many awesome famous people that gave speeches and sang patriotic songs. and also there were so many people that were in front of the Lincoln Memorial. it amazes me that for the actual inauguration there wiil be even more people there. the whole concert just made me feel good. and it seemed the same for the audience who started channting "Obama" over and over again. it was very powerful to see that many people doing a chant for one person. there were a couple of things that i laughed about during the concert. during some of the performances Obama was standing up clapping and dancing, he seemed very loose and comfortable, it was very funny to me. also another thing i thought was funny was when beyonce came on stage one of Obama's daughters started taking pictures of her(this was after she seemed very bored the whole time before). it was as if the girl would never see beyonce again even though her dad is the president. if she wanted she could hang out with beyonce let alone just take pictures of her. but over all i thought the concert was a very compelling experience to watch and i am very excited to watch the actual inauguration that is coming up.