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Should Government Regulate Our Eating Habits?
http://www.foxnews.com ^ | By You Decide

Posted on 01/12/2010 11:26:50 AM PST by Lucky9teen

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is defending his latest so-called “nanny” initiative — a controversial crackdown on salt — by comparing the simple seasoning to killer asbestos in the classroom. "Salt and asbestos, clearly both are bad for you," Bloomberg said. "Modern medicine thinks you shouldn't be smoking if you want to live longer. Modern medicine thinks you shouldn't be eating salt, or sodium."

Do you think the government should be telling you how much salt you should eat?

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Food
KEYWORDS: food; government; nannystate; poll; regulate
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To: Little Pig

Lessee, God made us with a way to eliminate sodium from our bodies via an endocrine regulatory system, God made sodium one of the basic necessities for proper functioning of the human body, God made sodium toxic (at certain levels) to bacteria thus it can be useful in preserving foods ... where again did Bloomy, et al get their deity credentials?


41 posted on 01/12/2010 5:57:19 PM PST by MHGinTN (Obots, believing they cannot be deceived, it is impossible to convince them when they are deceived.)
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To: Lucky9teen
Should Government Regulate Our Eating Habits?

NO!

42 posted on 01/12/2010 6:04:42 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Don't eat your dog; eat obnoxious, liberal humans to save the planet!)
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To: Eric Blair 2084
Should Government Regulate Our Eating Habits?

NO!

43 posted on 01/12/2010 6:05:05 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Don't eat your dog; eat obnoxious, liberal humans to save the planet!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
We can scream like little children, but remember what our parents said when we were kids....my house, my rules. That's what libs want. Perpetual idealistic childhood.

Except in this case, we pay mommy and daddy (gubmint) allowance (taxes) in exchange for being told what to do.

44 posted on 01/12/2010 6:34:49 PM PST by Eric Blair 2084 (Beware of the Socialist Government-Academia Grant Junkie-Rich "non-profit"-Liberal Media Complex)
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To: Lucky9teen

If they want to run my life for me, they can start by sending someone over here to cook all my meals and clean my house! /sarc


45 posted on 01/12/2010 6:40:59 PM PST by pray4liberty (Luke 21:17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.)
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To: TigersEye
Well, I voted ‘no’ but the poll itself is kind of silly. The politicians have clearly shown us that they don’t care what we think.

We just need to make our point more forcefully.

46 posted on 01/12/2010 6:41:27 PM PST by Still Thinking (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: goseminoles

Oh hello

We have a well

Salt is what we limit or not to do

Screw what the govt has to say

Dumb a$$ govt — they have no RIGHT AT ALL IN THIS


47 posted on 01/12/2010 6:44:25 PM PST by Shyla
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To: goseminoles

Oh hello

We have a well

Salt is what we limit or not to do

Screw what the govt has to say

Dumb a$$ govt — they have no RIGHT AT ALL IN THIS


48 posted on 01/12/2010 6:45:39 PM PST by Shyla
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To: goseminoles

Oh hello

We have a well

Salt is what we limit or not to do

Screw what the govt has to say

Dumb a$$ govt — they have no RIGHT AT ALL IN THIS


49 posted on 01/12/2010 6:45:39 PM PST by Shyla
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To: goseminoles

Oh hello

We have a well

Salt is what we limit or not to do

Screw what the govt has to say

Dumb a$$ govt — they have no RIGHT AT ALL IN THIS


50 posted on 01/12/2010 6:45:42 PM PST by Shyla
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To: goseminoles

Oh hello

We have a well

Salt is what we limit or not to do

Screw what the govt has to say

Dumb a$$ govt — they have no RIGHT AT ALL IN THIS


51 posted on 01/12/2010 6:45:47 PM PST by Shyla
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To: Still Thinking

I know. And that’s all I have to say about that. ;^)


52 posted on 01/12/2010 6:52:01 PM PST by TigersEye (Tar & feathers! Pitchforks and torches! ... Get some while supplies last.)
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To: goseminoles
But in this case........

Do us all a favor and don't help government enslave us.

If you think that salt, bread, tobacco or pork and beans is unhealthy, don't ingest it.

Don't give enforcement to the guns of government.

53 posted on 01/12/2010 7:25:04 PM PST by elkfersupper (Member of the Original Defiant Class)
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To: goseminoles
...something needs to be done.

Make your own bread. It ain't nuclear fusion.

54 posted on 01/12/2010 7:32:32 PM PST by Stentor
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To: theymakemesick; goseminoles
If you get 30% of your daily sodium from bread, you are eating WAY too much bread, since a 1 pound loaf of bread has less than 1/3 TEASPOON of salt. I know folks who put more than that on a SINGLE tomato, and they're still just fine at 80+

Man, I detest LIARS, and exaggeration is nothing less than lying through hysteria

55 posted on 01/12/2010 9:12:20 PM PST by Don W (I only keep certain folks' numbers in my 'phone so I know NOT to answer when they call)
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To: Eric Blair 2084

Thanks for the ping!


56 posted on 01/12/2010 10:23:39 PM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: Just another Joe; Gabz

It’s not like we haven’t been warning FR folks about this very issue.....


57 posted on 01/13/2010 5:48:46 AM PST by CSM (The only reason a conservative should reach across the aisle is to slap a little sense into a lib!)
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To: Wurlitzer

“Asbestos also has SAVE thousands of lives in preventing fires until we developed a better product.”

I agree and I have wondered to myself if an “asbestos abatement” project played a role in the collapse of the twin towers. I would wager that the asbestos was removed from them and I wonder if the removal of that fire protection was a reason that the towers could not withstand the heat from the fire.....

Oh, wait, we all know fire doesn’t melt metal!


58 posted on 01/13/2010 6:22:03 AM PST by CSM (The only reason a conservative should reach across the aisle is to slap a little sense into a lib!)
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To: Lucky9teen

Bloomberg is a breathtakingly arrogant, self-important, gun-grabbing thug. Gee...aren’t we LUCKY he’s a “republican!” Imagine how bad it would be if he were a dem!!


59 posted on 01/13/2010 7:21:33 AM PST by Oldpuppymax (AGENDA OF THE LEFT EXPOSED)
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To: CSM
It’s not like we haven’t been warning FR folks about this very issue.....

For a long time too.

60 posted on 01/13/2010 3:13:45 PM PST by Just another Joe (Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
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