Pentagon: 75% of US Youth Too Fat, Dumb, Sickly or Drugged Out to Serve
Posted November 5th, 2009 by Michael Nystrom
More than a third of American youth of military age are unfit for service, mainly because they are too fat or sickly, the Army Times reports, quoting the latest Pentagon figures.
Most of the rest are too dumb or have used too many drugs to qualify, the study shows.
The report says 35% of the 31 million Americans aged 17 to 24 are unqualified because of physical and medical issues.
"The major component of this is obesity," Curt Gilroy, the Pentagon's director of accessions, tells the Times. "We have an obesity crisis in the country. There's no question about it."
He also said young people, by and large, can't do push-ups.
"And they can't do pull-ups," Gilroy says. " And they can't run."
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Obesity in children
has tripled in school age children and double in preschool children. I mean, preschool children, folks. We are talking really fat kids before they enter kindergarten. Easy marks for making us all serfs. Just give us a burger and a remote control and we are set.
Healthnut4freedom
"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths." Proverbs 3:5,6
Eat
for Peace? :-)
"Doing nothing is almost always an option and is very often the best option." Daniel Hannan
topic should say 35% not 75%
I think if the military is going to turn someone away for using drugs, they should turn them away for using alcohol as well.
the hypocracy in our government is amazing.
“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” Plato
Solution?
Foreign military on US soil (is it called paramilitary or mercenaries???).
So, are they bragging or complaining?
That is how they wanted us, right?
It's just like Wall E
Anyone ever see that movie?
Forward to about 3:30. I can't believe Disney made this.
Or "Idiocracy"
It is weird to watch people sit and laugh at this stuff... like one of those eternity mirrors.
idiocracy is a look into our
idiocracy is a look into our future..
average children vrs IQ is a very intresting (scary) number set.
(FYI, I only have one.....)
“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” Plato
I can believe Disney made it, I can't believe people took kids
Who considers "post-apocalypse" appropriate fodder for children's films?
An excuse to get foreign troops on American soil?
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Maybe raising a generation of fat lazy slobs wasn't such a hot
plan after all. Ha. I'm really starting to see the merits of eugenics. Did you ever see the Yuri Bezmenov interview with G Edward Griffin? He said this would happen. He also said we can turn it around. It will only take 20-25 years before it's irreversible. Oh crap, that was in 1987. Well, here we are.
My 150 lb 8 year-old cousin is a perfect example. She will grow into a useless slob with good self-esteem--because that's all that really matters, right? You should feel good about being obese. McDonalds sure doesn't mind. At least the little fat, lazy, out of shape slobs feel good about themselves.
Mike... DNP, look into it,
Mike... DNP, look into it, and don't belive the HYPE, if you care about these relatives that is...
“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” Plato
I bet my fat lazy cousins
are fatter and lazier than your fat lazy cousins! And I bet they have more "baby daddy's" than yours do too..
LMAO Mike...you said it all for me...now time to go sit at Grandmas and listen to the fat lazy cousins talk on their cellphones to their multiple baby daddies while waiting for the food to be served up by the older folks. All the while their 4 kids apiece by 4 different sperm donors will be jumping around and acting like complete hoodlums. Of course they are all ADHD so the fat lazy welfare cousins can get a check...makes me sick. Well unless you crack a funny and then I laugh my ass off. Glad I'm not the only one with these cousins.