A new hope?

The new surgeon general was finally sworn in yesterday, congratulations to Dr. Regina Benjamin. Dr. Benjamin is the third black American to hold this office, and from what I have read about her, she will do her best. What I am waiting to see is whether or not she scales back the obesity witch hunt, seeing how she's a little chunk herself.

With every new appointee, I have the hope that they will actually do the right thing, instead of what's politically correct at the time. We'll see how she does. Dr. B, we are expecting good things from you, like HAES training for medical professionals and others, abolishment of the BMI (so stupid I can't even talk about it) and help with placement of actual food selling establishments in areas where getting actual food, not plastic food-like substances can't be done, because there are NO stores anywhere near. Areas like these would also benefit from urban agriculture, a subject near and dear to me, teaching the people in such areas to grow their own food. We should not have to rely on shipments of staple food items from other continents!

Good luck Dr. Benjamin, the country will be watching!