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First smokes, now Cokes
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| 2/3/6
| Walter Olson
Posted on 02/03/2006 7:03:12 AM PST by ZGuy
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posted on
02/03/2006 7:03:12 AM PST
by
ZGuy
To: ZGuy
You can't drink soda in public places. Public places, of course, includes private property that is publicly accessible.
Now the soda drinkers can line up on the sidewalks with the smokers and all have yellow teeth together.
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posted on
02/03/2006 7:04:52 AM PST
by
SittinYonder
(That's how I saw it, and see it still.)
To: ZGuy; Owl_Eagle; Sam's Army; Lazamataz; Darksheare; pissant; Dashing Dasher; najida; JimWforBush; ..
I suppose the parents have no responsibility at all for buying soda or allowing kids to drink soda.
RIDICULOUS LITIGATION, PING!!!
To: ZGuy
Fatty food is also on the list of targets to attack for big money to help "the children." People laughed 10+ years ago when Rush Limbaugh and others said that the Nioctine Nazis and their partners would next go after food. As usual, he was right.
Look for a "Twinkie Tax" to be proposed with the funds to be used for "Childhood obesity programs". And as with the tobacco settlement money, less than 5% will actually go for its stated purpose.
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posted on
02/03/2006 7:09:31 AM PST
by
Phantom Lord
(Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
To: SittinYonder
Dr. Pepper can stand in as the new Joe Camel. I am hooked on Dublin Dr. Pepper (made with real Imperial Cane Sugar). It tastes way better than the corn syrup chemical tasting Dr. Pepper.
They better stay away from my DP.
To: Phantom Lord
If kids went out and ran and played like they did before video games, it would also help.
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
The problem is, too many lawyers.
To: ZGuy
If a company is really successfully it must be doing some thing unethical. Liberal Lawyers can tear down the country while getting rich. What a racket.
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posted on
02/03/2006 7:11:30 AM PST
by
oyez
To: SittinYonder
It would be nice if fast food restaurants allowed a salad and a 100% juice or milk with their "meals" instead of fries and a cola. It would also be nice if real yogurts, juice, fresh fruit, and health bars (instead of the sugared junk that is often provided in their name) were in snack machines.
Beyond that, people, including children, should be allowed to choose. They're old enough to buy their own snacks, they should be old enough to choose foods themselves. But it really isn't fair when the only "choices" cause diabetes, obesity and heart disease.
And, these diseases are big business for the pharmaceutical industry. We all pay in the long run.
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posted on
02/03/2006 7:12:29 AM PST
by
grania
("Won't get fooled again")
To: Eric in the Ozarks
I know, I work for a large corporate law firm. We represent companies from frivolous litigation a lot.
<P.Everyone is trying to get $$$$$ for nothing. No one wants to work for anything anymore.
To: ZGuy
Smoke Gnatzies jumped on the bandwagon to condemn and demonize smokers and wouldn't listen it was really about smoking, but about control by the "we're smarter than you" crowd. I doubt they will pay much attention to this either. Not until it's something they wish to continue doing will they wake up and by then, there will be no one left to stand with them.
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
$2.50 per can (sin)use tax. It's for the children.
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posted on
02/03/2006 7:15:11 AM PST
by
Realism
(Some believe that the facts-of-life are open to debate.....)
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
If kids went out and ran and played like they did before video games, it would also help.No truer words have been spoken.
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posted on
02/03/2006 7:15:26 AM PST
by
Lowcountry
(RIP: Peterdanbrokaw)
To: SheLion; Gabz; CSM
yooooohoooooo, over here.
PUFF!
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posted on
02/03/2006 7:15:42 AM PST
by
Just another Joe
(Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
To: grania
They're old enough to buy their own snacks, they should be old enough to choose foods themselves. But it really isn't fair when the only "choices" cause diabetes, obesity and heart disease. Heres a novel idea. Bring your own damn snacks from home and don't buy them from a vending machine.
Though that would involve some actual self reliance, responsibility, and initiative. So we can't expect that.
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posted on
02/03/2006 7:16:00 AM PST
by
Phantom Lord
(Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
To: ZGuy
"If someone is saying that a 64-ounce soda at 7-Eleven contributed to obesity, that person should have his day in court."Well, that's one reason I stopped going to 7-Eleven. The guy who worked there was always grabbing me, throwing me to the ground, sitting on me, and pouring those 64-ounce pops down my throat.
The litigation culminated in the 1998 settlement in which cigarette makers agreed to alter marketing practices, pay oodles to state governments (financed by hiking cigarette prices) and not incidentally fork over upward of $10 billion to the lawyers who had organized the suits.
Just a coincidence, I'm sure. I mean, even though these lawyers are motivated solely by the public interest and concern for our health, they still have to earn a living, right?
To: SheLion
However, he never threw a dollar over a river, never chopped down that infamous cherry tree, etc. And, in fact, he did have his human failings, such as being a slave holder (morally debatable even in his day), etc. More of the same.
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posted on
02/03/2006 7:17:51 AM PST
by
Pan_Yans Wife
("Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny. "--Aeschylus)
To: grania
I actually sent that suggestion to McDonalds when my daughter was young. She loved salad so I sent a suggestion that they offer the chicken nuggets or burger with a small salad instead of the fries..... It's only been 15 years so I'm thinking I might hear back from them soon...
To: ZGuy
Here's a novel idea- how about holding the consumers responsible for their own mis-use of a product.
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posted on
02/03/2006 7:21:36 AM PST
by
MissEdie
To: ZGuy
isn't one of the texas governor hopefuls advocating a "sugar tax"?
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posted on
02/03/2006 7:23:49 AM PST
by
absolootezer0
("My God, why have you forsaken us.. no wait, its the liberals that have forsaken you... my bad")
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