Eating Crow

By Tommy Acosta

Sedona, AZ –Never have I been so happy to be so wrong. I was so sure that Big Pharma and Big Food would derail the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the Health and Human Services secretary.

I would have bet my bippy that there would be enough Republican lawmakers under the influence of the pharmaceutical and food industries to prevent him from assuming that cabinet post.

I guess the lawmakers were more afraid of Trump’s wrath than causing Big Pharma and company, unneeded stress.

From the get-go, I’ve been in total agreement with Kennedy, even when he was a Democrat, that the food we eat is the reason we have so much illness and obesity in our country, and is the driving force behind our need to take every prescription drug imaginable to stay alive.

It’s the damaging qualities of the unhealthy diets Americans have, especially our youth, who have been dumbed down to the point where we have the slowest students on the planet, that Kennedy has tried to expose.

The question is, what could he do to reverse the trajectory of an unhealthy America hooked on drugs, sugar, chemically laden foods and indolence.

Hopefully, his lone voice will not be the only one in the wilderness, and he will get the support of congress, from both sides of the aisle, to allow him to make the changes he needs, to accomplish his mission of making America healthy again, although I can’t think of when it ever was.

Almost every other developed country in the world has banned additives and chemicals known to cause cancer and other deadly illnesses.

Yet, here in America, considered the most enlightened developed country on the planet, chemicals in our food are allowed to proliferate, and everyone turns their heads.

Perhaps Kennedy will be able to spearhead legislative efforts to better serve the best interests, health-wise, of our country. I remain dubious though, considering what he is up against. Yet, I am hopeful at the same time.

As the head of HHS, Kennedy will oversee the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

He has vowed to eliminate harmful and useless vaccines, food additives that cause harm,  but the question arises how well he will do going toe-to-toe with Big Pharma and a food industry that relies on chemicals to make their food products last longer on the shelves and be more appealing to sight and taste.

Good luck Bobby, although much to my surprise and chagrin, not to mention public shame and humiliation, you were confirmed, even though I said you stood as much of a chance of being confirmed as a “snowflake in hell,” during the summer.

My apologies…

Again, I can only point to the fear lawmakers have of disobeying the president, especially now as he grows more powerful every day, as to why congress double-crossed Big Pharma and Big Food.

I wish Kennedy success in making America Healthy again. But I fear Big Pharma and Big Food are not done with him yet.