The Federal government wants to discourage our daughters from doing handstands without a helmet and our sons from skateboarding without kneedpads.
My state, the great state of South Carolina, does not require that motorcyclists wear helmets.
I’m just saying, it’s a pretty great state.
Meanwhile, from Postal Mag:
With the Just Move! stamp issuance the U.S. Postal Service hoped to raise awareness about the importance of physical activity in achieving a healthy lifestyle. However, according to Linns Stamp News, the USPS will be destroying the entire press run after receiving concerns from the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition over alleged “unsafe” acts depicted on three of the stamps (cannonball dive, skateboarding without kneepads and a headstand without a helmet). (There’s also a batter without a batting helmet, a girl balancing on a slippery rock, and a soccer player without kneepads or shin pads.)
The entire run is being destroyed. Don’t know how much that cost, but it’s more than a penny.
What is the motivation behind something like a national council for fitness? It’s to get our fat kids of the couch and exercising so that they can live happy productive lives of service to the State. Just…when we succeed and the kids do actually go outside to play, let’s make it as much as possible like still being indoors. Video game style. You know, with do-overs and no repercussions for bad decisions. Just keep your fitness up.
I encourage you to not allow your kids to exercise until they’re teenagers. Let them play. Play, kids, play. And when you’re playing MurderBall, try to peg ’em on the head, it’s way more fun that way.<>
Astounding! And this is the people that conquered a continent and built the worlds biggest economy? Not.
As of a few days ago I have concluded that this culture is mentally ill. We are way beyond being a little confused, or a little too much of something good. We are just plain sick. Pray for wellness.