Yes, I am the guy who called out the reporterette from the Daily Beast during the media panel during the 603 Alliance Grassroots Summit for not reporting the stories that really matter – just tell us the truth, unvarnished and without bias. Not the gotcha questions or the constant ambushes of politicians. It’s a bit different, though, when politicians throws themselves at the media (reformatted,emphasis mine):
He sent them.
In one, he stood sunburned on the beach, his belly protruding over his khaki shorts and his arm around his sarong-wrapped wife, Gail. In another, he stared down at ripped, tanned abs, dressed in nothing but American flag-printed swim trunks and sneakers. “Olivia … Thanks for emailing me about your interest in Advocare,” the message began.
Founded in 1993 by Charles E. Ragus, an insurance salesman who had worked for Herbalife, a nutrition company which may or may not be a Ponzi scheme, AdvoCare is a “wellness” brand that “Builds Champions ®” and is “backed by the latest science,” according to its website. Ragus died in 2001, at 58. His obituary doesn’t cite a cause.
I’ve seen the TV ads – young people working really hard at working out. Have to wonder if it is the workout making those toned bods or this special pill. Hey, I’d love it if all I had to do is take a pill – while I’ve kept off the 50lbs I lost for 6 months now, I certainly don’t look like them. And given the priorities I rejiggered during my recent blogging sabbatical, I don’t see working out like that in my cards anytime soon either.
But really – can I look like Scott simply with (yet another) pill or two a day? Scott’s science boggles my mind.