I was flipping through a dieting pamphlet over 1the weekend where it edcuated me on the fact that there are apparently two different kinds of “carbs.” The first type – dubbed “paleocarbs” – are the carbohydrates we got when we were merely “hunters and gatherers.” They have always existed and supposedly there is a certain purity about them, or something, so our systems could break them down easier. The other kind, the “neocarb,” are the carbs that were “invented” when farming came about around 10,000 years ago. And now they are the enemy. According to people like Mr. Atkins and the like, they are what turn us into blobs and stop us from shedding those unsightly pounds.
After that stimulating piece of reading, I moved onto American newspapers… which is just as invigorating. There I notice that we have a new buzzword popping up every three words in campaign coverage. Last week it was “lipstick,” this week it appears to be “neocon” (derived from “neoconservative”). From what I gather, the conservatives of the past, the paleocons if you will, were the guys who believe believe in lowering taxes by reducing the size/influence of the federal government and by cutting back on unnecessary spending, in theory anyway. The “neocons,” who started milling about somewhere in the Great Depression, have evolved into the guys who like to give tax-cuts to the people who don’t really need them and create “preventative wars.” 2 These guys are the carbs that eventually lead to heart attacks.
Hm, and here I was thinking that a carb is just a carb.
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Great post. I will read your posts frequently. Added you to the RSS reader.
Mmm, shorter blog posts are so much easier to read! :p
Also, do you know what is annoying?! How everybody is taking that stupid ‘lipstick’ comment out of context. Even Obama supporters. It might be better if they listened to more than a sound-bite next time.