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The Indians are outraged that President Bush and Secretary Rice blamed rising food prices on developing nations such as India and China. In fact, my Indians are suggesting that Americans go on a diet because they say that Americans consume the most of food of any nation in the world. They may be on to something. It wouldn't hurt us to cut back some of our outrageous consumption. I read that the average American consumes 3700 calories per day. That's a lot of calories, especially when viewed from behind. I'm hoping that all this angst over the rising price of everything will help us all to think more, buy less and buy smarter. In the short term it might be painful, but overall it seems that cutting back will be good for everyone. How many of use are driving around alone in a car of truck that will comfortably seat three to five adults? That makes no sense and the rising price of gas is driving that point home. Pun intended. We buy food based on convenience, not quality or economy. We buy almost everything for that little extra feature, and not for utility. If I can't download movies to my cellphone will my life suck? Probably not. There are always alternatives to the choices we make about spending our hard-earned cash. We may not like the alternatives, but they are there. Harder times will help us figure that out. Things in this blog represented to be fact, may or may not actually be true. The writer is frequently wrong, sometimes just full of it, but always judgmental and cranky