We’d say the Bad Guys have won, but that would suggest there are Good Guys, which, frankly, would be a stretch. Let’s say instead that one group of Bad Guys have won out over a different group of Bad Guys.

It would be amusing, if the consequences were not so tragic, to ponder with schadenfreude that the vanquished Bad Guys not only don’t realize they’re Bad Guys – they don’t realized they’ve been vanquished, or by whom, or what the consequences will be. But the consequences are real, and bad, and will get worse. America is heading for dark days, and nothing can stop it.

201k will focus its energies on protecting itself and its family, and suggests you do the same. Of course, depending on which group you belong to, you’ve either done that already, or don’t recognize its necessity.

Thus the pointlessness of commentary.

He was a huge part of our childhood.

Bloom County Library.

Rest in peace, Lester – and thanks.

We don’t care about “Jon and Kate.”

At all.

Please stop.

Best,

201k

Obesity rates among adults rose in 23 states over the past year and didn’t decline anywhere, says a new report from the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has long said that nearly a third of Americans are obese. The Trust report uses somewhat more conservative CDC surveys for a closer state-by-state look. Among the findings:

_Mississippi had the highest rate of adult obesity, 32.5 percent, for the fifth year in a row.

_Three additional states now have adult obesity rates above 30 percent, including Alabama, 31.2 percent; West Virginia, 31.1 percent; and Tennessee, 30.2 percent.

_Colorado had the lowest rate of obese adults, at 18.9 percent, followed by Massachusetts, 21.2 percent; and Connecticut, 21.3 percent.

_Mississippi also had the highest rate of overweight and obese children, at 44.4 percent. It’s followed by Arkansas, 37.5 percent; and Georgia, 37.3 percent.

_Following Alabama, Michigan ranks No. 2 with the most obese 55- to 64-year-olds, 36 percent. Colorado has the lowest rate, 21.8 percent.

…and Freddie Kruger?

By RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press Writer

SAVANNAH, Ga. – Republicans can reach a broader base by recasting gay marriage as an issue that could dent pocketbooks as small businesses spend more on health care and other benefits, GOP Chairman Michael Steele said Saturday.

Steele said that was just an example of how the party can retool its message to appeal to young voters and minorities without sacrificing core conservative principles. Steele said he used the argument weeks ago while chatting on a flight with a college student who described herself as fiscally conservative but socially liberal on issues like gay marriage.

“Now all of a sudden I’ve got someone who wasn’t a spouse before, that I had no responsibility for, who is now getting claimed as a spouse that I now have financial responsibility for,” Steele told Republicans at the state convention in traditionally conservative Georgia. “So how do I pay for that? Who pays for that? You just cost me money.”

Um…isn’t this pretty much admitting to wanting to discriminate in providing economic benefits on the basis of sexual preference?

Seriously: what’s the difference between this, and saying, “We only provide our full benefits package to straight people”?

Worse, in Steele’s ideal world, what would stop businesses from hiring only straight people? It’s cheaper, right? If they only had to provide full benefits to straights, wouldn’t they naturally try to discern the sexual preference of potential employees?

Oh yes, they would.