Obesity in America

•Free Poetry Contests
   by Gary R. Hess Free Poetry contests are a very common happening as of late. They are popping up all over the web, most with slogans like “Win $20,000” or “You can be the next winner.”Now don’t get it wrong… some of these are quite great and can be useful to someone who just wants to have their name in a book, but the idea and how they go about this is a complete scheme.The ways the winners are chosen have nothing to do with the “best poem.” It is a complete scam.Sites like Poetry.com offer...

•The Greatest President Ever
   by Gary R. HessFranklin Delano Roosevelt is arguably the best president in American History. His views on the world were one not matched by others and his ideologies of races and freedom are only left to be improved by even recent standards.His views of America were not to divide but to bring together the American people during the Great Depression and the Second World War.FDR himself believes we are going in the wrong direction, even 60 years after his death his words live on in eminence...

•Democrats Where to now
?   by Gary R. HessThe presidential election just passed and as everyone knows by now George W. will be spending another 4 years in White House as Commander of Chief of the world. Err America. Not only that, the Republicans gained seats in both the House and Senate.I have been thinking about this ever since the election ended, but where exactly does the Democratic Party go now? The Republicans went through a major change starting in 1964 to Present day making great strides, but what are the...

•Save America Vote for Anyone but Bush
   by Gary R. HessGeorge W. Bush has been in office for a little more than 3 ½ years. His resume is that of the poorest of all time and yet he is on the verge of being re-elected.Bush has done so many wrong doings it is hard to find a place to start. He has taken over a country who clearly did nothing wrong, ignored another country which now is leading back to their Soviet ways, ignored yet another countries nuclear weapons ability, disregarded the needs of our veterans and retired peoples,...

•Atkins Diet Saptkins Diet
   by Gary R. HessIt is said that as many as 40% of all Americans are struggling with obesity. To combat this, many diet and weight-loss programs have been popping up across the country. The most known diet which has come to the forefront is the Atkins Diet.The Atkins Diet is very simple, eat low carbohydrates. Many people believe this means don’t worry about the amount of calories or fat you eat, however that is a huge misconception.The dieters who use this program believe that calories and...

•John Kerry Won the Election Or so Says Harvard University
   by Gary R. HessThe elections in America have become a joke.For those of you who don't know, your vote may not actually count especially if you are from a county which is made up of minorities.The average percentage of vote not counted during each election year is 3% ranging from 1% in some states to 4% in others.A study in the year 2002 by Harvard University shows that of the top 100 Counties which held the highest ‘spoilage’ 67 of those counties were made up more than 12% African American...