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House bans fast-food lawsuits

Mar 10, 2004 8:06AM PST

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Ordinarily. . .
Mar 10, 2004 8:30AM PST

I'd tell Big Brother to stay out. But I have to agree on this one. Also the fact that stupid people shouldn't breed. Push the food back or get fat. Pure and simple, and stupidity counts.

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Re:Ordinarily. . .
Mar 10, 2004 1:51PM PST

Glad you think it's simple.

I'll agree the lawsuits are frivilous and need to be curtailed. And that food manufacturers don't bear responsibility.

Overweight is largely the individual's responsiblity, but I'll tell ya it ain't as easy as

"Also the fact that stupid people shouldn't breed. Push the food back or get fat. Pure and simple, and stupidity counts."

I know DaveK says that homophobia is the last legal discrimination, but I'll vote for the fat people, and we may be the majority soon if not already, so maybe politicians should try to 'woo' us.

RogerNC

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I agree, being overweight is not caused by stupidity.
Mar 11, 2004 12:44AM PST

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I have two female friends that just keep getting bigger no matter how hard they try to lose weight. In fact the more they diet the more they gain. It seems to be true that dieting makes you fat.

And to think when I got married I weighted 108 pounds and I hated the way I looked! I managed to gain 60 pounds over the years in spite of my lousy cooking, Happy

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What makes you think they would lose in this crazy world?
Mar 10, 2004 8:39AM PST

I think Clay that it was about time the law stamped down on these get rich quick merchants - Not a waste of time at all I.M.O.

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Why doesn't Congress quit subsidizing stuff that makes us fat like
Mar 10, 2004 9:24AM PST

corn that makes that high fructose corn syrup that's in everything. Ever looked on the list of ingredients lately?

Just looked at the list of ingredients on Coffeemate and it says that it has 0 sugar but the first ingredient is corn syrup solids. How is that possible? I do know that my blood sugar spikes when I use it.

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Re: Why doesn't Congress quit subsidizing stuff that makes us fat like
Mar 10, 2004 9:31AM PST

Hi, Diana.

They still subsidize tobacco, don't they? And that's still worse than Coke syrup!

-- Dave K, Speakeasy Moderator
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Governent Ag subsidy totals...
Mar 10, 2004 1:45PM PST
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Like I said
Mar 10, 2004 11:33PM PST

Corn is at the top of the list. Did you notice it gets twice as much as the next one on the list - wheat? When I was taking swine production, I learned that 50% of all corn was fed to pigs. Wonder if that's still true or if it's fed to the human pigs in the form of high fructose corn syrup?

Why don't we subsidize green beans or strawberries or fruit trees or something that's good for us? How come apples get subsidies and not other trees?

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They should be spending more time on important stuff.
Mar 10, 2004 11:08PM PST

Like the hearings on steroids in Baseball. That's where I want my congress investing all their time and efforts. That pollution and poverty crap will take care of itself.

Sheeze! ! !

Dan

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Re:House bans fast-food lawsuits
Mar 11, 2004 12:49AM PST

I think they should ban all frivilous lawsuites and free up the courts time and the taxpayers money.

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I don't know about how Congress should spend it's time .....
Mar 11, 2004 6:44PM PST

I've always been interested in inter-relationships - i.e. individual metabolic rate, absorption of vitamins and minerals, mycotoxins etc (good or bad), and the body's natural compensatory reactions to any dietary inputs.

For anyone who can afford to spend the next six weeks on one web-site, try this one, which gives a massive amount of information on all aspects (including additives and processing info) and includes a number of "de-bunking" articles.

It is entirely up to you as the reader, of course, to decide which ones you take notice of. The site is:

http://center-for-mankind-foundation.com/research.html

Regards
Mo

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I would rather see ...
Mar 11, 2004 11:18PM PST

... them spend their time on more general tort reform, but it's a start.

Now why John McCain thinks steroid use in MLB is worthy of the Senate's time is beyond me!

Evie Happy