August 14, 2009
Four For Friday
Q1 - Coup d'etat: If you could overthrow any sitting government anywhere in the world, which one would you replace and why?
Q2 - Location: What's most important to you when choosing where to live: Proximity to family, good paying jobs, affordable homes and apartments, top-notch schools, low crime, fun things to do, access to the arts, something else?
Q3 - Storage: What if anything is stored under your bed?
Q4 - Taxes: As Americans have continued to eat more and exercise less, health and fitness experts have focused their efforts on inspiring healthful change one individual at a time. Unfortunately, this approach has not improved the nation's obesity crisis, nor has it increased adherence to healthful eating habits and regular physical activity programs. With steps ranging from a trans fat ban in California restaurants to mandatory nutrition labeling in New York, regulators are changing federal and state policies to improve the health of the nation. Do you think its okay to impose higher taxes on calorie-dense and nutrient-poor foods, which some experts say might lower consumption of unhealthy foods and generate revenue to subsidize programs that promote better choices?
Posted by Mikal at August 14, 2009 2:05 PM
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Q1 - Coup d'etat: Hmm... that depends on whether or not I'm allowed to place myself as supreme dictator to replace the overthrown government. That being the case, I'd overthrow the American government and make a top-floor suite at the Bellagio in Las Vegas my headquarters.
Q2 - Location: Oh wow! Tough call. Well, there can be no ninja cats (those evil little critters!) I'd have to say it's a combination of many things, but I guess the single most important item from your list would be good paying jobs... but only if I qualify for one of them and they don't have any problems with my anti-ninja-cattiness.
Q3 - Storage: Guns, Girl Scout cookies, ummm, and yarn I think? Maybe a trumpet too. Perhaps a shoebox or two with dead ninja cats, which I use as bait to catch ninja dogs.
Q4 - Taxes: I would really hate to see our right to choose what we eat either taken away or be made to cost more... until I become supreme dictator that is.
Q1 - I think that I would like to see North Korean leadership overthrown. I spoke to an expert on North Korea a few years ago and it was his opinion that Kim Jung Il would happily "discard" 90% of his population and 100% of ours.
Q2 - Being close to our son and granddaughters is why we moved to Florida (If they had gone to Minnesota it might have been different).
Q3 - Living in a small condo, every inch of storage space is used. We have the gift wrapping paper under our bed.
Q4 - I am not wild about governmental social engineering. That said, I am not opposed to taxes being levied to pay the costs of that activity; gas and license taxes to pay for roads, property taxes for police, fire, and schools, etc. Fat food, cigarette, and liquor taxes to pay for the consequences of those products is acceptable to me. I get pissed when taxes are levied for unrelated activities.
1. I honestly don't know. My first instinct would be to say North Korea but there's so many other deserving countries... Myanmar, Singapore and China to name a few, but look at what happened in Russia with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Sometimes the consequences are worse than what they replace.
2. That it feels like home.
3. Right now? My dog Bailey.
4. Sin taxes are already applied to alcohol and tobacco. It stands to reason that it should be applied to gluttony also. I don't think that it'll lead to people living more healthy though. They'll just transfer their addictions to other activities.
Q1 I not as 'political' as I used to be, defaulting to a 'the government does as it pleases' point-of-view, but I would certainly overthrow the Iranian and North Korea governments since (I believe) they pose the greatest threat to the US and the world at large.
Q2 If I was to move now, I would look for recreational hiking, camping, skiing, biking, running and geocaching in the western states, especially Colorado.
Q3 Recently, Nikki cleaned out underneath the our bed so it's now all prestine and tidy. But before, I believe there were shoes, empty boxes, trash, belts, underwear and assorted who-knows-what.
Q4 I am in favor of a 'ticket tax' imposed on people who attend football games at the Lucas Oil Stadium, instead of the food and beverage tax imposed on everyone, even those who don't benefit from that over priced empty horse stable. Since I'm in favor of a ticket tax, I should be consistent and favor an obesity tax. While I don't believe that behavior can be legislated, a tax imposed on calorie-dense and nutrient-poor foods might give people a second thought at what they are eating, much like a ticket tax might give people a second thought at the dollars they are wasting on sports entertainment. Hopefully, the revenue from an obesity tax will be faithfully administered (doubtful) and help the population, like giving free bariatric surgery to people who believe they are overweight (like me).
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