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As I said the other day<\/a>, \u2019tis obesity that now threatens the universe, and a growing\u00a0army of number crunchers and think tanks are concluding that we must end this freedom to eat and drink as we choose<\/a>.\u00a0 Naturally, sex is ignored, as are the myriad ills that the sexual revolution has visited upon our civilization.\u00a0 Sex, drugs, bathroom humor \u2013 all are free and open in our enlightened age.\u00a0 It\u2019s just everything else that we need to have controlled, regulated, censored, or banned.\u00a0 Smart thinking America.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"