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Obama Says May is Fitness Month, Indian Air Force Does Yoga, and NY is Fat

Following to keep in mind if you're looking for additional motivation to exercise in, say, May:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim May 2009, as National Physical Fitness and Sports Month. I call on the American people to take control of their health and wellness by making physical activity...an important part of their daily lives.

Call it Federal boilerplate, or use it to motivate yourself. Not to whine, however, if you happen to be a Republican, about wasteful, meddling government  programs. The Council was created in 1956 by Eisenhower (R), and has been duly renewed every year since. Ike and crew worried that "the nation was becoming soft."