Giving Up the American Dream

I overheard a story yesterday referring to the "American Dream". We all have our own personal opinions about what that might mean but I wonder what it would look like if we considered ALL of the major decisions we make in life as to whether they ADD TO or TAKE AWAY FROM Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.

Will Work for Fuel

In the spirit of--you just can't make this stuff up--research reports that the lower the price of gasoline the more obese the citizens.  It also mentioned that you should know it is not as simple as saying we have 7 billion mouths to feed but the flesh of 7 billion people of varying sizes instead. 

If the world average was the same as the USA it would be the equivalent of adding another billiion people on the planet.