Posted on 04/13/2011 7:50:52 AM PDT by nerdwithagun
Celebrity chef and do-gooder Jamie Oliver ran into a lot of resistance last night when he took his “Food Revolution” to Los Angeles for the second season premiere.
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Even worse, the guy was lecturing a burger and shake place about his menue. It is a freaking burger and shake place, people don't go there for health food and Jamie's little "improvements" could drive away customers.
Bull...Object... MONEY!!!
Part of me really likes this show. Basically, you have government bureaucracies (schools) telling you what is healthy (which is usually crap) and bullying anyone who complains. You have Oliver, who basically represents the private sector, coming in and showing how it can be done cheaper and better. Instead of learning, the LA school district in this comes off as almost mafia like punks and nannies - a perfect example of liberal government run amok.
Now, yes, he is going over the top when he goes after private businesses. He doesn’t see that people have a choice not to go to these places- unlike schools where kids and parents don’t have a choice.
There also was a great bump to home schoolers in this show. He had a lot of kids bring what they have for lunch, usually all crap, and the two kids who had good meals they said “we homeschool” and Oliver said something like “homeschool, well of course you have better food”.
He’s probably a good guy, but, in general, I’m getting a little fed up with all the lecturing on food.
I’m getting a little fed up with all the lecturing on food.
I’m with you, except I am fed up with all the lecturing and laws in place in case you don’t adhere to the lectures. It is so typical of the liberal/communist profile and it is grating on my last nerve!
You see, according to Cocteau’s plan, I’m the enemy, ‘cause I like to think; I like to read. I’m into freedom of speech and freedom of choice. I’m the kind of guy who likes to sit in a greasy spoon and wonder, “Gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the jumbo rack of barbecued ribs with the side order of gravy fries?” I WANT high cholesterol. I wanna eat bacon and butter and BUCKETS of cheese, okay? I want to smoke a Cuban cigar the size of Cincinnati in the non-smoking section. I want to run through the streets naked with green Jell-o all over my body reading Playboy magazine. Why? Because I suddenly might feel the need to, okay, pal? I’ve SEEN the future. Do you know what it is? It’s a 47-year-old virgin sitting around in his beige pajamas, drinking a banana-broccoli shake, singing “I’m an Oscar Meyer Wiener”.
But can you really lecture people on food if every restaurant is Taco Bell?
(Please pass the salt)
Great movie.
Its amazing how prophetic Demolition man really was.
YES! Denis Leary’s rant in Demolition Man.
I agree with your assessment.
Now show the number of school busses necessary to hold all the school children. What, a million to one?
You should see him from a prior season when he showed the kids what exactly the chicken nuggets they are fed every day in their school lunch are made up of.... that was just the tip of the iceberg so to speak.
I have mixed feelings about him. His intent is good but its not ever going to work with our liberal education system.
We are such an obese country and its not going to change due to Jamie. The problem is much bigger then school lunches however him drawing attention to that is a good start.
I guess the cooking show I caught of his today must have been old. He cooked a meal that was full of salt and drowning in olive oil. It was such that I noticed it and took a mental note. He may be a chef, but that doesn’t mean he’s had an education in nutrition.
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