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Thought people might enjoy a little Food Pyramid Bashing. :)
1 posted on 04/23/2005 6:35:32 PM PDT by traviskicks
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To: traviskicks

You will all be better off giving up potatoes, bread, pasta and rice.


2 posted on 04/23/2005 6:37:51 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: traviskicks

They can fool around with the Food Pyramid all they want, but don't let anyone change the pecking order in the Food Chain!


3 posted on 04/23/2005 6:38:42 PM PDT by xJones
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Since when was it the responsibility of government to worry about how fat you or I are?

Since they took control of worrying about how thin we were. Food stamps, government "free" lunches, breakfasts... the feds start fattening us up even while we're unviable tissue masses with programs for the pregnant. Then they run PSAs about all the "hunger" in America. According to the government you suffer from "hunger" if you miss one meal a month. We need to "needs test" the "free" food programs by measuring height and weight of the recipients. Permit real medical loopholes. Let the food police set the standards and the libs run the oversight. Publish their results locally so the libs have incentives to achieve good results . Leave the ability to opt out of the program and associated food police oversight, by just opting not to take the free food - the low liberal diet. You'll probably save enough federal dollars in food give aways to pay for something better for the truly needy weight challenged than a pyramid scheme.

Admittedly this isn't going straight to the libertarian ideal, but it is a step in the right direction and one that is politically possible.

4 posted on 04/23/2005 7:11:16 PM PDT by JohnBovenmyer (I)
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