Patch_W_Adams's St Louis Blog

I do not fight for the rights of others, except for my family. Sorry, I care less and less about others and only worry about myself and family. I will be completely retired soon and my tree house in the woods is already furnished and cable ready.

I am over weight but it's not because I sit on my rear all day and eat bon bons. I take several medications that do include weight gain. I walk a lot and eat healthy and stay active all the time. Heavy people aren't always heavy because they're lazy.

Patch, I have always been physically fit. I run everyday for the past 40 years. I have played football, boxed, and practice a form of Kung Fu. I am 6'5" and 250 pounds. And quit smoking 15 years ago.
I also have Diabetes, cholestrol problems and high blood pressure. It is genetics with me. So, will the insurance companies and the government want to steralize me and my kids?
Can't happen? Seems to me a little known dude by the name of Adolph did this.

Patch I am large and proud LOL. I like myself the way I am. I have been at both ends of the scale.Too skinny and to heavy. Overall I prefer my size now. My hubby, kids, family and friends love me as I am, so what do I care what others think?

Yeh, it was started by an earlier group of people, who believed in 'eugentics' for a superior dvelopment of mankind, lost popularity with Hitler, but one of its organizer was Margaret Sanger who brought us Planned Parenthood. Part of her reasoning for this organization was to suppress the over population of the 'poor', uneducated, and basically BLACK people in this country. She seduced women into following her with a cry of freedom over their bodies, with no quarter given to the defenseless bodies she sought to destroy.

I'm 6'6" tall and weigh 255 but that's down from 280 when the doctor said I was considered medically obese ... which at 255 I'm still apparently 25 lbs overweight. I used to always say that I joined the Army so I'd get paid to stay in shape... told that joke for so long it's become a fact of life.

Anywho... I was going to say go patch go for this great blog but it got fat on me and all of the sudden I had a flash of John Candy and how he never got enough credit. And on my current best friend who is really starting to worry me with his eating habits. He's my roomate here in Los Angeles and I have to admit sometimes I think about moving cause it's hard watching someone get obese. Unfortunately fighting for him means getting the silent treatment if I refuse to stop pick up a "whole mess o chocolate and snacks" which was seemingly harmless a mere 8 months ago.

Anyway I will fight for Patch to be Patch cause it's like Candy said to Martin "That's not two pillows!"

The problem that overweight people find that there are too many statistics out there to get them. Many companies will not hire overweight people because of the health proplems and sicks days that statistically they rack up. On airplanes, unfortunately we are considered "Freight" in the eyes of the airline companies. The seats are only 18 to 20 inches wide. If you need more than what they provide then you should buy a first class ticket where the seats are wider or buy another seat so that you and others will not be compramised. I weight 200 pounds myself. My best friend of 20 years weighs nearly 400 pounds so I have experienced these situations first hand. If you are overwieght, then it is your responsability to take care of the situation, not others. If you need a stronger chair or more room, then you need to acquire it by asking for it or making sure you get what you need by other means. It is really sad to say this but we live in reality and our outward appearance is something we can't ignore. I am not disrespectful in any means to my large friend. I just think we all need to think about reality on this issue. If you physically do not fit on that roller coaster ride, airplane seat or patio furniture then own up to and stop pretending that you will. No one will make fun of you if you own up toit, but 9 times out of 10 they will if you don't.

No you can't.. The insperation to this blog was the Japan Article I posted. No one said it was wrong to tell companies that if they Hired fat people ...the Government would Fine them...that was Japan..not here.. But if somethig like that was done for not hiring Woemn, or an Ethnic Group or a Religion...people would be tripping over themselves to Yell their Outrage...but Fat people...not so much...it seems ok to think about such things..then I was making the point that if you want to live a certain way and it's legal, under the Constitution you can.. If oyu want to be fat skinny, healthy or unhealhty..or what ever...

I am sorry Patch. I know your point was the fact that the Government in Japan was doing this to it's citizens. It will never happen here. If you were Japanese, you might not feel that it is wrong. I know that they have alot different up-bringing. They are taught that it is okay to work like a slave and drop dead from the stress at the age of 50. Not here. They are also taught that only having 1 child per married couple is their duty to control population. Not here. They also were the same country that did the Kamikaze Flights durring Pearl Harbor. It would be hard to find a trained pilot here to do that. Not saying you couldn't, but it would be hard. Bottom line, it will never happen here. We love the TV and Food too much. Almost 50% of us would be on that list!

"Do you fight for the rights of others?" Wasn't that the question?
This is not about any of you! I do not care how much you weight or how often you work out!!
What the hell is the matter with you?
Have we become this narcissistic? Really? I am SHOCKED!
Are you not spoiled rotten? Yes you are!
This entire blog is full of self gratification and self aggrandisement.
I sincerely hope those of you who believe you have the right to make judgemental statements, suffer. Yep, suffer. You are self absorbed and lacking in empathy. When it hits you that life is more than what you desire, I wish you pain.
Grow up.