Steve Gillard's blog talks about how fragile the hurricane victims' lives were before Katrina. Half had no health insurance, and forty percent had chronic conditions such as high blood pressure and diabetes. This shows a great problem America has, and needs to deal with. It's the health of our citizens. We need to do more than just say "go to the gym, fatass". We need to try to understand people's lives and see what is keeping them from good health. If you're exhausted from working two jobs to keep a roof over your head, it's ridiculous to tell you that you need to stop eating on the run between jobs and your kids, and fix a healthy meal. (You may complain about a McDonald's hamburger, but one good thing about it is that it keeps you full in a way that some apples and grapes won't) If you feel that your neighborhood is dangerous, you are not going to run around the block for no reason. (and no, telling the gangsters that DRUGS R BAD!!!! or calling us all stupid n*ggers will not make them stop being gangsters).

Basically, we need to get a clue down on the ground.