Some observations on recent news:
• How about our first lady, Michele Obama, and her enhanced food labeling? Hey, Michele, I eat what tastes good to me. Tell your husband to not tax my Doritos. Like most people, the first thing I do not do when I grab something from a store shelf is put on my reading glasses and read the nutrition label. But in the future, I won't have to do that, thanks to your bigger and bolder print label requirement. Will my Doritos cost me? But the liberals will feel good and think that you have accomplished something important.
• Have you seen the TV commercial for the breakfast cereal Shredded Wheat that says a woman's sex drive increases at age 80? Now we old folks will be depleting the store shelves so when we're 80, we can have the libido of 18-year-olds. Yeah, right. Can we sue Post, which makes Shredded Wheat, if its claim does not bear fruit?
• Or how about the TV commercial for “low T,” low testosterone in men? The testosterone-enhancing product says it will restore T levels, but it's followed by a commercial from a law firm stating that if you have taken any of the testosterone products, you may experience blood clots, a heart attack or possibly even death.
• Or how about our tough stance concerning Russia's move on Ukraine? Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and President Obama have given the Russians and us nothing but empty tough talk. Who do you think would stand down first? Not the bare-chested Putin.
George Wesolosky
Leechburg
