Don't smokers and the obese have to pay more for insurance already? If they don't, they should. It should be a pre-existing condition. I know that some obese people say they are healthier than some thin people, but I don't believe it. In both smokers and the obese, every organ in their body has to work harder, it eventually hurts their health.

Interestingly -- when I was a senior in high school (1961/62), there was a very liberal teacher who taught the college-prep English class who was spewing a lot of socialism/communism stuff. I wasn't in the "smart" college prep classes, so I didn't hear it, but one of the kids had a little (for that time period) recorder and he taped an entire class. There was a huge uproar but the teacher wasn't fired, however, she went someplace else the next year.

So we had to settle for a junior college education. And that's only two years.

Our family lore said that we were part Cherokee. So, most of us belieed it, but I have done some genealogy and have traced most of our ancestors back to Ireland and Germany. Half my family are red-haired. Perhaps we could have claimed to be Native American and gotten some perks in life. an IVY League college, but all we got wasAs it was, we were jut poor white people who needed a boost upward but we weren't on anybody's list for special treatment.

It wasn't a 1st grade level question, but at least a 4th or 5th way back when we were in school. It would have been more interesting if they had pitted liberals against conservatives. I especially loved Chris' Matthews' night on Jeopardy after he had shrilled that Sarah Palin should go on Jeopardy to show her stupidity. He got his just desserts. He is what I woud call a bully.

Elizabeth Warren should be fired and made to pay a fine for her lies to get a prestigious job at an Ivy league school. Also, the whole system of giving points for special status when the person getting preference for the special status is better off than the lowly peon who can't find proof any African or Native American blood but who is more needy. We need to stop special set-asides for preferential treatment in hiring and scholarships and points toward the elite school. Then we won't have the problem of lying to get ahead.

It's funny - our familoy has always thought they had some Cherokee blood somewhere. But, after doing genealogy tracing my ancestors back to Northern Europe, it doesn't appear to be so. But, if you go by family 'lore' it must be so. I guess we missed the boat of getting racial diversity points in getting a job. I also didn't know that I could cash in as someone with a disability with my diabetes. All of these diversity points are a rip-off. If a blond, blue-eyed Harvard professor can claim American Indian blood who caqn't really dig up any Native American blood, and diabetes can qualify one for disability, the whole program is skewed toward those with the most political clout. The average American could not get away with such lies.

Perfect comment!

There has always been an extreme thing going on with WalMart. The unions want to unionize Walmart. Walmart must be punished for not being a union shop. They will do anything to sue WM. Now it's the teachers union. My daughter has quite a liberal outlook, and she will spew endlessly about how WalMart does this or that, but she does most of her shopping there. She says she is compelled to because she can't afford to shop anywhere else. I feel like saying, "Duh." Anyway -- I guess none of those teachers have ever gone to Mexico or knows anyone who has done business in Mexico because if they did, they would know that bribery is a way of doing business in Mexico. There is corruption at all levels of government.

Another point towards mandatory birth control for teenage girls on welfare is that studies show that in the really long term, the children of teenage mothers will be the next generation's criminals. They will be among the next generation's drug dealers, rapists, thieves and murderers. They do learn from their family's lifestyle: they learn how to game the system f in order to get the most out of it. Even though they don't learn how to work or how to show up for a job interview etc.