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Advocates threaten lawsuits to curb food marketing
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| 2/20/06
| Anna Driver
Posted on 02/20/2006 7:35:52 AM PST by Gabz
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They will not stop with tobacco, as we've been saying for a long time.
All the usual suspects, CSPI, Daynard, and RWJF all show up once again.
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posted on
02/20/2006 7:35:54 AM PST
by
Gabz
To: Gabz; Just another Joe; CSM; lockjaw02; Publius6961; elkfersupper; nopardons; metesky; Mears; ...
All the usual suspects PING.........
Anyone wanting on or off my smoking/nanny statist do-gooders ping list let me know.
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posted on
02/20/2006 7:37:19 AM PST
by
Gabz
(Smoke gnatzies: small minds buzzing in you business........SWAT'EM)
To: Gabz
Kelloggs - enemy of America?
Wot me worry?
kind regards,
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posted on
02/20/2006 7:39:28 AM PST
by
vimto
(Life isn't a dry run)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
I don't remember if you are on my list, but thought you might be intereted in this........
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posted on
02/20/2006 7:40:34 AM PST
by
Gabz
(Smoke gnatzies: small minds buzzing in you business........SWAT'EM)
To: Gabz
CSPI has threatened to sue Kellogg and Viacom Inc. if they do not stop advertising food high in sugar and fat on the Nickelodeon children's television channel during certain hours.Are these little people the ones actually purchasing the cereal? Not hardly, it's their parents that are. Just because Timmy or Suzy see it on TV and want it doesn't mean they are going to get it. It's the parents' job to decide what food will or will not make it to their cupboards and refrigerator and that's the way it should be.
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posted on
02/20/2006 7:41:32 AM PST
by
ShadowDancer
(I think I may have the Asian Bird Fru. I mean Flu. (Damn, it's starting already))
To: Gabz
''Unfortunately, many food companies maximize their profits by pitching junk foods to kids,'' Richard Daynard, a law professor at Northeastern University in Boston, said via e-mail while abroad. And the kids run right out and buy like mindless lemmings right after payday.
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posted on
02/20/2006 7:41:52 AM PST
by
VeniVidiVici
(What? Me worry?)
To: Gabz
Children are fat today because they have video games,the internet,300 channels of TV,movies on DVD....
It's amazing what physical activity will do for a kid's waist line.
To: Gabz
Don't be fooled by this Leftist garbage. It's all about "lawyers" and money. Extortion. Nothing more.
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posted on
02/20/2006 7:44:04 AM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(We did not lose in Vietnam. We left.)
To: ShadowDancer
It's the parents' job to decide what food will or will not make it to their cupboards and refrigerator and that's the way it should be. Yes that is the way it should be, but these people believe they know better than parents how to do the job.
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posted on
02/20/2006 7:44:44 AM PST
by
Gabz
(Smoke gnatzies: small minds buzzing in you business........SWAT'EM)
To: Gabz
Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)
Geee sounds like this would belong in a communist country.
These #$*&@#($@ will not stop till everything they dont like is gone. This needs to STOP NOW!
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posted on
02/20/2006 7:44:49 AM PST
by
CMS
(Reporting from F.O.B. Speicher in Iraq. Id rather hunt with Cheney, than drive around Kennedy)
To: Gabz
Love the name of your pinglist! Please add me. :)
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posted on
02/20/2006 7:45:27 AM PST
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: Gabz
Big Sugar and Multinational Agri-Business is to blame for my muffin tops..........
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posted on
02/20/2006 7:45:29 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him...)
To: VeniVidiVici
That line is practically verbatim of what this busybody claimed about tobacco companies.
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posted on
02/20/2006 7:46:10 AM PST
by
Gabz
(Smoke gnatzies: small minds buzzing in you business........SWAT'EM)
To: Gabz
As we all keep saying, smoking and tobacco are just the entry way into the small select group of "we know better than you" crowd dictating what society may and may not do.
If you want your kids healthier, feed them better at home and get them active, physically.
To: Gay State Conservative
It's amazing what physical activity will do for a kid's waist line. Sometimes I wish my kid would do a little LESS physical activity :) She's only 7, but eats us out of house and because she is always on the go.....and she's skinny as a rail.
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posted on
02/20/2006 7:48:24 AM PST
by
Gabz
(Smoke gnatzies: small minds buzzing in you business........SWAT'EM)
To: Gabz
''Unfortunately, many food companies universities maximize their profits by pitching junk foods to kids, education to students'' Richard Daynard, a law professor at Northeastern University in Boston, said via e-mail while abroad. Sooo...when it the class action lawsuit against bastions of 'higher education' due to start?
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posted on
02/20/2006 7:50:49 AM PST
by
MamaTexan
(I am NOT a ~legal entity~, nor am I a *person* as created by law!)
To: Gabz
We've been warning fat people that they were next for years. But they didn't listen. Smokers, sit back and smile as the statists find their next cash cow in the obese.
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posted on
02/20/2006 7:52:14 AM PST
by
mysterio
To: Gabz
"Under threat of legal action, Aunt Jemima promised to change labels to make it clearer that blueberries in its waffles were imitation, made from ingredients such as maltic acid, soy protein concentrate and salt."
Awe, Man! When Aunt Jemima caves, you know all is lost. ;)
You know, they make it sound as if we force-feed our kids Twinkies, Wonder Bread, high-octane milk and refined sugar. Let the parents decide.
If someone is uneducated about nutrition to begin with, putting more data on a convenience food package is going to result in...what, exactly?
What are these people trying to accomplish? Couldn't they spend their time and money designing nutrition programs or something for low-income people? (Yes, I know...it's all about harrassing successful food companies in the guise of doing it "For The Children!")
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posted on
02/20/2006 7:52:27 AM PST
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: CMS
These #$*&@#($@ will not stop till everything they dont like is gone. This needs to STOP NOW! There's money in it, so they will not stop until changes are made about our litigious society. These people are actually a serious danger to our society.
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posted on
02/20/2006 7:53:34 AM PST
by
Gabz
(Smoke gnatzies: small minds buzzing in you business........SWAT'EM)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
Your on it...........I thought the idea would appeal to you!!!!
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posted on
02/20/2006 7:55:02 AM PST
by
Gabz
(Smoke gnatzies: small minds buzzing in you business........SWAT'EM)
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