Quitting Fox News akin to avoiding HFCS
August 15, 2011FNC was much more captivating while they were building the team and there were occasional surprises… but, checking in now and again gives one the feeling of a long-avoided soap opera. Nothing has changed, except Obama has like $6.1 Trillion saved up for the 2012 campaign. Why should we subject ourselves to the agony? All that most of us have is our vote (and talking to others that we probably agree with), and that will be decided close to poll time. Avoiding the Fox News Channel, all in all, has been quite an experience! One can almost feel the weight of knowledge being lifted, letting the blissful ignorance wash over you like a rebirth of the young idealistic liberal who just doesn’t know any better. Oh we can still check multiple news sources every day and speculate about how each network will spin the various items. Each has developed their own flavor of reporting (propaganda) it seems, and with a little practice, one could theoretically mimic any of them. What we don’t miss by using multiple sources are lengthy personal attacks in which the attacker lowers him- or herself to play school games. The blogs are entertaining, if a little flaky, plus the global slants on a story can be enlightening. TV networks are increasingly annoying.
High fructose corn syrup, or HFCS, is the controversial sweetener/additive that “probably” contributes to a number of health problems. The evil stuff is in nearly everything it seems, when you look closely at labels. The FDA does not agree, because politics is more important than a bunch of health freaks who won’t conform. Therefore, stop ingesting this deadly substance immediately! Okay, maybe not so urgent, but stopping that stuff goes a long way toward any healthy DETOX procedure! Not speaking from any real knowledge here, such as a degree in nutrition, just personal experience after a lot of reading and then acting. The result has been a deeper, more diverse knowledge of foods and nutrition, discovery of some great natural alternatives to the FDA way, choosing only the favorites of course- such as raw almonds, for instance.
Now we can locate other areas in which to apply this detoxifying principle: Challenge the status quo, do our own research and avoid buying into any fear that anyone is selling. And we can hope for some decent leaders to appear, because right now it’s like all the good ones are avoiding politics- and who wouldn’t?
Disclaimer: This is not a medical advice forum, nor is it intended to pass for a political opinion column. Rather, it is a blog of sorts designed to detoxify the soul of toxins that exist due to bad politics. Therapy for the author, perhaps. Food politics can be quite toxic, as can the food as well, so it has been deemed appropriate for this post, and a possible new category! Further, The Watching of The Fox News may return as election time approaches, because they will undoubtedly carry stories that mainstream won’t be allowed to air.