If we get fat, it must be the fast food restaurants at fault. If we get lung cancer, it must be the cigarette manufacturers. If we get drunk and get into an accident, it is the bartenders fault and if we shoot someone then the gun maker is to blame. 

Is it really so hard to realize it is our own hand that holds the cheeseburger, the cigarette, the beer, or the gun? Do we really have so little self control that we are tossed to a fro by every ploy of those hideous capitalists? What is it about personal responsibility that frightens the average American so much? 

Face the facts – we are our own worst enemy. If we don’t exercise, eat to much, smoke to much or drink to much we cannot fault those who feed our cravings – it is our fault. Accountability is the right and responsibility which comes with age. Decisions rest with us alone. 

As Dr. Phil would say – “Drop the Twinkie!” 

And two those two ladies who are trying to sue McDonalds for “making them fat”: Get real, take some responsibility, and go for a walk!