And our tax money goes to these researchers?

A group of researchers in England have concluded that the fact that most people live in warm homes...contributes to obesity.

How stupid is this? How stupid is this? How stupid is this!

Douglas Adams made it plain decades ago. The first men ran around saying when can we eat (they'd eat anything.) The next stage of men said what can we eat. (They were ready to shift from hunting to agriculture. Then came modern man and "Where shall we dine."

What's the cause of overweight? Jeez, I'm pretty sure it's because those people who are overweight eat too much and/or exercise too little. There is no mystery there. The point is, whose bloody business is it if someone likes to eat so much that they gain more weight than is thought attractive. It's their life. (The only reason why the government cares of course is because of health care. Overweight people will have more health problems - supposedly - than people who are not overweight.)

Anyway, here's what RUsh had to say about it. OF course it's not "our" tax money, as in we Americans, it's the Brit's tax money (although who knows, the US may be sending money over to British universities to do research - just like we send people over to Africa to study how men clean their genitalia after sex, or don't, even thought they may get AIDS...)

Story #5: Indoor Heating May Contribute to Obesity

RUSH: This is from the AllHeadlineNews.com website: "Access to home indoor heating may be contributing to the obesity problem in the United States, the United Kingdom and other developed countries, according to a new study. The University College London researchers said in a statement that reduced exposure to cold may impact the body’s ability to maintain a healthy weight. They said indoor heating minimizes the need for energy expenditure to stay warm and reduces the body’s capacity to produce heat. As more people in the developed world have indoor heating, the population is..."

Wouldn't the time for this story be to about a hundred years ago? Indoor heating could also be making us heavier? Yeah, if it contributes to obesity, being heavier would seem to be right in line with that. "'Increased time spent indoors, widespread access to central heating and air conditioning, and increased expectations of thermal comfort all contribute to restricting the range of temperatures we experience in daily life and reduce the time our bodies spend under mild thermal stress -- meaning we burn less energy,' lead researcher Dr. Fiona Johnson said in a statement. A report on the study is published in the journal Obesity Reviews." (laughing) Okay, it has just been said to me that all of this makes sense. People move faster when it's cold. Okay. Fine.

But then, if it makes sense, what is our next step? If all of this makes sense -- if indoor heating contributes to obesity, and if obesity is the number one problem facing the country's kids... (interruption) The next step is not to call Michelle Obama, because if you do that, your heating will be taken away from you. We're going to get government-regulated thermostats. Look, they're talking about indoor heating. Not a little or a lot, they're just talking about the existence. If you take this theory out to the logical conclusion, you have to get rid of furnaces. (interruption) Well, kids in the street don't have the problem. They don't have any indoor heating. They're already saving the planet by freezing out there. (chuckling) These people are dead serious. (interruption) Well, furnace tax, that could have been a setup to a furnace tax. Who knows?