Take my kids, if you please.

Just when you think that people must be getting smarter, even if it's because everyone now is exposed to so much knowledge, an unbelievably stupid idea becomes an issue that everyone is seduced into taking seriously. "Do you think that overweight children should be taken away from their parents and put into foster homes?" Really? And what kind of foster parent should those children be placed with? Not anyone who looks like those overweight judges who make the child-seizing decisions, and how many slender judges are there? No foster parents who look anything like those tubby, out-of-condition police officers who may be called on to take the children from their homes. Social workers and teachers who serve as models for the displaced kids are known to have their own weight problems. I venture to say that most of the U.S. Presidents have been on the heavy side, much royalty has had a weight problem, and how many Popes could have stood to drop a few pounds. I've heard that many foster parents agree to the mission because they need the money stipend to supplement their incomes. Do you know how overweight poor people are? If you have any doubts, just hie yourself down to your local Social Services office and take a look around. So someone must bell the cat and eliminate all the folks who are too fat to raise kids. Not an easy task.