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This blog will be used in the spring of 2008 by 80+ students at Drexel University to investigate the effects of Iraq on culture and the reverse. Our goal will be to better understand why the US is in Iraq, and to question whether literature can help us on this journey.

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Sunday, April 20, 2008

Terrorists and Obesity

After 9-11, the feeling of eliminating terrorism spread everywhere. To stop terrorism, we must go after the terrorists. To stop terrorists, we may have to go to war. It seems as though everyone nowadays has an anti-war attitude and wants to quickly pull out of the Middle East. They want to pull out of the war, and still dont want terrorists (even though our goal has not been reached in the Middle East).

Just like the terrorist problem, America has an obesity problem. We sometimes tend to have a lazy and inactive lifestyle. America loves its food, but hates the fat. The only way to get rid of the fat is to eat healthy and exercise. Thats right...no more McDonalds, Burger King, KFC, Taco Bell, pizza at the Handschumacher Dining Center...you get the point. We want to have a sexy body, but most people dont want to do the work to get it.

People want the results without doing the work. In order to eliminate terrorism, we must get rid of it at its root, even if it means war. In order to eliminate fat and health problems, we must live a healthy lifestyle, even if it means giving up some things we love. The attitude of giving up is widespread in America. We give up on the war on terror and we give up on our health.

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