The Revolution

I usually hate reality shows, especially when they revolve around sappy stories that make you feel like crying all for the sake of ratings. (Like Extreme Makeover: Home Edition) Alas there is a new reality show out there that really tries to bring to light a huge problem that our country faces: total stupidity. Growing up in a relatively normal middle class family in America, I thought unless you were mentally disabled or dead most American's would be able to know what a potato looked like in its most basic form of spud. But apparently I was wrong. The new reality show "Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution" is a real eye opener as to how stupid millions of American's are. The problem in this country isn't obesity, its shear stupidity. People are too dumb to realize what a healthy meal consists of. No wonder people look at me all dowie eyed and ask me "but. . .but. . .what do you eat?" when I say I don't eat meat, dairy, or eggs because apparently they don't know what a vegetable is. I understand that the show is supposed to take place in the "most obese city in the country" but in all seriousness when a 6 year old can't distinguish between broccoli and peas, we should be scared for our future. Here is only a clip from the fiasco that is trying to get children to name vegetables:

But how can we blame these poor children when the school they are attending categorizes french fries as a vegetable? I really do love this show and I hope that it achieves the goal of making American's realize how completely unhealthy our relationship to food has become. From the 6 year olds that can't recognize a potato, to the government officials that readily categorize a reconstituted deep fried potato a healthy vegetable dish for a school lunch program, we should recognize these of signs of our coming apocalypse. Don't let yourself or God forbid your children be infected by this stupidity. So arm yourselves (with the what I thought was common) knowledge that eating chicken nuggets everyday is not healthy. Or that fresh fruits, vegetables and grains are the key to any healthy diet. Because if we don't recognize this as a huge problem and try to change, we are truly deserving of the doomed future that will surely ensue.