Germans crying in their beer

[FLYBOYJ]

Originally Posted by syscom3

And also a lot of babes. By the way, does the Riverside Mall count as "Inland Empire"?

YEP!

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Originally Posted by lesofprimus

Thanks brother.... Dont let sys get u man, he kinda enjoys seeing everyone get worked up over something as stupid as the fattish tendencies of the American public... I honestly believe he stokes the flames of dissension and then when it gets cookin, dumps a half gallon of gasoline on it...

Sinister SOB he is.... Maybe thats why I like him..

Yeah and one day if he is not carefull he is going to get himself burned in the fire...

[syscom3]

Originally Posted by FLYBOYJ

And that's BS - you know as well as I that crime IS NOT limited to bad neighbnorhoods around So Cal. There are ramdom shootings all the time in So Cal freeways and it's known that gangbangers will go into the more afluent neighboords in LA and OC to do whatever...

The only reason you pay 2600 a year on taxes is because of Prop 13 back in the late 1970s - the people revolted because the state was living off property taxes, Howard Jarvis put an end to that - as far as gas, your blends and airquality standards are no different here in Colorado, we have emissions testing and standards as well but it's the supply and demand of California, and especially So Cal that has your gas prices through the roof. Combine that with the over population and inflated property values and everyone wanting to drive Hummers and it's just chaos.

I live in a town about the size of Palmdale-Lancaster (which was the fastest growing communities in the country) the community I came from and with the exception of petty crime we have half the murders, assaults and gang problems. I once left my front door unlocked and garage opened for 3 days and everything was in one place when I returned. Chances are you do that, even in the more affluent neighbors of SO Cal, you'll get cleaned out..

So Cal is a pipe dream, people go there thinking to "make it big" and when they arrive they find they could barley make ends meet. You may live in a great neighboorhood in OC or the SFV, but drive down the block and jump on the freeway and you have a crowded, chaotic graffiti ridden mess until you're hundred miles out of the city. Bottom line the quality of life is horrible unless you're a millionaire and don't have to leave your gated community....

My neighborhood is 1957 vintage. Some of the oldtimers here that have lived in the area since the early 60's cannot think of one homicide here, except one, which was domestic violence, which has zero impact on the community at large.

My city only had one homicide last year (and a few forcible rapes). So far this year, were back up to one. Thats one homicide every year in a city of 130,000. Anywhere you go in the world, some area's are high crime, some low crime. OC is no different. Small clusters of violence prone neighborhoods in Santa Ana and Anaheim and the rest of the county is safe. Orange, Tustin, Brea, Yorba Linda, Costa mesa, irvince, blah, blah blah all have one thing in common. NO problems. Maybe you picked the places that have the problems, but millions of people didnt.

"and it's known that gangbangers will go into the more afluent neighboords in LA and OC to do whatever...". Most gangbangers dont go into the more affluent neighborhoods because they stick out like sore thumb and are watched and observed. The police in these communities dont have much to do so intervene while theyre driving around before they cause problems. Thats why plenty of cities in california are among the safest around.

Los Angeles is no different. Hermosa Beach has next to no crime, Same with Torrance.

[FLYBOYJ]

Originally Posted by syscom3

My neighborhood is 1957 vintage. Some of the oldtimers here that have lived in the area since the early 60's cannot think of one homicide here, except one, which was domestic violence, which has zero impact on the community at large.

I know you're in OC - drive 10 minutes and that serinety is gone...

Originally Posted by syscom3

My city only had one homicide last year (and a few forcible rapes). So far this year, were back up to one. Thats one homicide every year in a city of 130,000. Anywhere you go in the world, some area's are high crime, some low crime. OC is no different. Small clusters of violence prone neighborhoods in Santa Ana and Anaheim and the rest of the county is safe. Orange, Tustin, Brea, Yorba Linda, Costa mesa, irvince, blah, blah blah all have one thing in common. NO problems. Maybe you picked the places that have the problems, but millions of people didnt.

You think you have no problems, i was in Irvine 2 weeks ago, I could see the streets (close to the airport) where you could see the area is no good. 3 miles away go into parts of Costa Mesa and its flat out a dump. Now granted OC is better than most but you're basically surrounded - Santa Ann, Anaheim ect. Sure OC has some of the safest cities, but 10 minhutes and 5 miles down the road you're in a sh#thole...

Originally Posted by syscom3

"and it's known that gangbangers will go into the more afluent neighboords in LA and OC to do whatever...". Most gangbangers dont go into the more affluent neighborhoods because they stick out like sore thumb and are watched and observed. The police in these communities dont have much to do so intervene while theyre driving around before they cause problems. Thats why plenty of cities in california are among the safest around.

that's BS - I've seen it in parts of the SFV, Woodland Hills and as far south as Laguna Beach - the crime is there, it's not readily on the surface becuase of the imigae of the community.

Originally Posted by syscom3

Los Angeles is no different. Hermosa Beach has next to no crime, Same with Torrance.

No but 5 mins from Torrance is Gardenia, El Segundo and Hawthorne to name a few. As far as Hermosa, go there on the week end nights and there's always some sh*t going down and it's not from people partying on the strand.

[syscom3]

Tell me the street in Irvine that was so bad. I am personally going to go down there and take some pictures of it and post them here.

[FLYBOYJ]

Originally Posted by syscom3

Tell me the street in Irvine that was so bad. I am personally going to go down there and take some pictures of it and post them here.

Go east on MacArthur for a while, I was in a Mobile Station during the day and 2 car loads of gang bangers were just hanging there, homie was on the pay phone while his partner was tagging the back of it.

These guys weren't from there, it was obvious, but the point made, because of the proximity of cites from OC to LA no where is safe...

The last time I remember So Cal being half way decent was in the mid-late 70s. After that it went to sh*t...

[plan_D]

Don't mind him, Chris. He actually tried to deny the fact that 57% of California is over-weight.

[FLYBOYJ]

The United States of Obesity
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A new study conducted by a group called Trust for America’s Health (TFAH), which describes itself as a “non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to saving lives by protecting the health of every community and working to make disease prevention a national priority,” says that 24.5 percent of American adults can be classified as obese – which means having a body mass index higher than 30.

The 10 states with the highest obesity rates are Alabama (28.9 percent), West Virginia (27.6 percent), Louisiana (27 percent), Tennessee (27.2 percent), Texas (25.8 percent), Michigan (25.4 percent), Kentucky (25.8 percent), Indiana (25.5 percent), South Carolina (25.1 percent) and, ranking as the most obese state in the nation, Mississippi, with 29.5 percent of its population classified as obese. The study noted that the propensity for girth is more pronounced in the southern US.

"We have a crisis of poor nutrition and physical inactivity in the U.S. and it's time we dealt with it," said Shelley A. Hearne, executive director of the trust.


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The least obese states were reported to be Colorado, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont and Montana. (Hawaii was not ranked in the study.)
Only one state – Oregon – did not show an increase in obesity rates over the past year.

TFAH also said that its study showed that more than 52 percent of adults in each and every state of the union are either obese or overweight.

While the federal Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) does not rank the states the same way as TFAH, the CDC does report that two decades ago there was not a single state where more than a fifth of the population was obese – and now more than 40 states have reached and exceeded that obesity level.

The CDC also is questioning the TFAH study’s methodology, saying that the samples varied from state to state, and that many states use differing measurements in determining obesity rates.

The TFAH study also showed a mixed bag in how the various states are trying to educate their children in order to reverse this trend.

For example, only six states have set nutritional standards tougher than those established by the US department of Agriculture – three of them in the past year. Two of them, though – Kentucky and South Carolina – made the list of ten most obese states. So the evidence would suggest that legislators and citizens there are trying to do something about it.

However, more than 20 states in the past year have introduced legislation that would have addressed the school lunch/nutrition issue -- and none of those bills have been passed. Only four states – Arkansas, Illinois, Tennessee and West Virginia -- screen children to see if their body mass index exceeds acceptable levels. And only 23 of the 50 states have received funding from the CDC with which they can develop anti-obesity initiatives (though, to be fair, 39 states applied for funding…which ran out).

The problem is clear: the nation is fat and getting fatter…and short of a kind of national hysteria, there is no credible, concerted effort taking place on a national scale to deal with the problem.

We’re not talking about the wringing of hands and the gnashing of teeth, with people blaming companies and companies blaming parents. We’re talking about a consistent, logical, measured approach to nutrition education that emphasizes personal responsibility, moderation and exercise. We’re talking about a national dialogue and a countrywide educational effort that will raise people’s consciousness and create real cultural change.

Without such an approach, the statistics will just grow more alarming as the national waistline expands.

[FLYBOYJ]

Adult Obesity Ranking (Number 1 has most fat people)

1 Mississippi
2 Alabama
3 West Virginia
4 Louisiana
5 Tennessee
6 (tie) Michigan
6 (tie) Texas
6 (tie) Kentucky
9 Indiana
10 South Carolina
11 Arkansas
12 Georgia
13 Ohio
14 Oklahoma
15 Pennsylvania
16 (tie) North Carolina
16 (tie) Missouri
16 (tie) North Dakota
19 Alaska
20 (tie) Iowa
20 (tie) Nebraska
22 (tie) Kansas
22 (tie) Illinois
22 (tie) Virginia
25 Minnesota
26 South Dakota
27 Delaware
28 Wisconsin
29 (tie) Washington
29 (tie) Maryland
31 California
32 (tie) Maine
32 (tie) Nevada
34 New York
35 DC
36 Oregon
37 Idaho
38 Florida
39 New Mexico
40 (tie) New Jersey
40 (tie) Arizona
42 Wyoming
43 New Hampshire
44 Utah
45 (tie) Montana
45 (tie) Vermont
47 Connecticut
48 Rhode Island
49 Massachusetts
50 Colorado

[plan_D]

No, Joe! Those facts are wrong, all wrong. California isn't over-weight, syscom said so! You're not paying attention.

[lesofprimus]

And I can vouch for the obesity in Mississippi.... Fatties everywhere.... I have a bad habit that gets me in trouble with the wife:

Driving down the road and yelling "Slimfast" to all the large-and-prouds, which is a nickname I created for all the fat fu*ks who are fat as hell, yet wear clothing that a nubile 17 year old hottie would wear, including the notorious midriff blubber....

Makes me wonder if these tards have mirrors sometimes....

[lesofprimus]

Did I actually type midriff blubber??? Jesus thats dis gusting........

[syscom3]

They have the mirrors that distort the middles to make them look thin

[syscom3]

Originally Posted by FLYBOYJ

Go east on MacArthur for a while, I was in a Mobile Station during the day and 2 car loads of gang bangers were just hanging there, homie was on the pay phone while his partner was tagging the back of it.

These guys weren't from there, it was obvious, but the point made, because of the proximity of cites from OC to LA no where is safe...

The last time I remember So Cal being half way decent was in the mid-late 70s. After that it went to sh*t...

MacArthur and what? Macarthur is a long road.

[Tiger]

Can you define "Gang Bangers"? I always though it was people who shagged in groups.

Driving down the road and yelling "Slimfast" to all the large-and-prouds, which is a nickname I created for all the fat fu*ks who are fat as hell, yet wear clothing that a nubile 17 year old hottie would wear, including the notorious midriff blubber....

Those are people on the "Slimfast" diet les, but they think the more of it they drink the faster they loose weight! I guess they gave up buying mirrors when they cracked every time they walked past.