That's it. With this final hotdog bun I have eaten the last carb I'll ever have until I can once again run an 8 minute mile, bench 350lbs, do 5 chin ups, and have body fat % below 20.
Mark my words.
Once I get back in shape you guys are so screwed.
@doxed64 I remember when I made the choice to walk on to a d1 football team in community college. Truth is I just wanted to get the body I knew Teresa wanted the man she would marry to have. I don't think I've ever done anything for honest reasons.
@doxed64 Already bought a veggie lasagna and a slumped anyhow. Never a good idea to make major life changing declarations when your brain chemistry is way out of balance. Besides, every Christian takes December off from their diet, too much yummy Christmas food.
Lord God, keep me from a answering the call of my blood and taking matters into my own hands. Every story from across this land fills me with rage and hatred and stirs within me the voice of my forefathers calling me to war. I know this is the deliberate deception of my enemy who, more than anything, wishes to use my righteousness anger as a cause to unleash tyranny and torment upon my people, yet I can not help but dream of giving him exactly what he desires. Steady my heart lord and keep my hands free from iron. Renew within me the mercy and grace you gave me when you delivered up your son for us all. Forgive me my hatred and guide me along the path of righteousness so I may love my enemy as you commanded.
Amen
Oh, that men would abandon themselves to God!... There are so few who understand what God would make of them if they permitted Him to do as He wills.
- St. Ignatius of Loyola
You have to understand. These people are NOT politicians as we understand the term. They do not represent the interests of their constituents. They're political constructs. Bad actors sloppily regurgitating scripted rhetoric at the behest of their oligarchical overlords. All to provide the illusion of participatory governance to the peasantry. They represent an international oligarchical order and they're desperate to hold on to power.
Humans don't become better. If institutions could change people schools in the inner city would produce lower levels of a crime, lower incidence of post institutional incarceration, higher levels of graduation, lower incidents of teen pregnancy, social dependence, and gradual increases in the overall standard of living for the community over time as their effects compounded. It's a matter of choosing the option with the best intentions verses the one with the best results. Wishful thinking and delusional hope for success in an field that has been studied and tried countless times doesn't serve anyone other than those in power who manipulate the failure of flawed dynamics to lobby for systemic bias and historical oppression narratives.