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Pr. George's leader wants to curb county's fast-food eaterie
The Washington Post ^
| January 26, 2010
| Ovetta Wiggins
Posted on 01/26/2010 10:14:19 AM PST by Cheap_Hessian
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If it's clear that we all "want healthy options" then why do they need to block unhealthy options?
To: Cheap_Hessian
Prince George’s County is a crime ridden area in economic decline. Now they want to get rid of the few businesses that are left.
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posted on
01/26/2010 10:17:42 AM PST
by
detective
To: Cheap_Hessian
If I owned one of those franchises, I would have every reason in the world to back this legislation... it would forever limit my competition.
Proceed to buy up your competitors one by one, and pretty soon you're a burger oligarch. :D
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posted on
01/26/2010 10:18:51 AM PST
by
Oberon
(Big Brutha Be Watchin'.)
To: Cheap_Hessian
More nanny state BS when are these people going to stop electing them?
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posted on
01/26/2010 10:20:07 AM PST
by
ontap
To: Cheap_Hessian
“For community activist Arthur Turner....”
#####
“Community activist = talentless sh!t disturber.
Not to mention race and class warfarist, AKA as a destructive, useless commie.
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posted on
01/26/2010 10:20:33 AM PST
by
EyeGuy
To: Cheap_Hessian
"In some areas, if someone wants a healthy choice, there are no options. We want healthy options in our community." Healthy option: Don't eat there......................
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posted on
01/26/2010 10:21:47 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Education makes people easy to lead, difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.)
To: detective
No, you see you got it wrong. The problem is not the local economy or the hostile business environment... the real problem is access to french fries!
"Turner, who said he thinks the access to french fries has contributed to his weight struggle."
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posted on
01/26/2010 10:23:24 AM PST
by
Cheap_Hessian
(I am the Grim FReeper.)
To: Cheap_Hessian
(Perhaps I should make this my new tagline...)
“He who will not rule himself will be ruled by another.”
These petty tyrants would get nowhere with their liberty-grabs were it not for people who (A) would like to be healthy, but (B) refuse to restrain their appetites. Such people are ripe to be ruled over.
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posted on
01/26/2010 10:24:36 AM PST
by
LearsFool
("Thou shouldst not have been old, till thou hadst been wise.")
To: Cheap_Hessian
The people of PG county have a RIGHT to affordable, nutritious buffets.
With those little ice cream cone thingies
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posted on
01/26/2010 10:29:05 AM PST
by
TankerKC
(John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt should have used LifeLock®.)
To: Red Badger
I love my Chinese takeout joint! Peanut oil, no MSG. Squid and veggies in black bean sauce? Yeah!
To: Red Badger
"Healthy option: Don't eat there"
However, for your option to work it would require personal responsibility and sound decision making. We can't risk that.
"you don't want to put citizens at risk to make poor decisions," he said.
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posted on
01/26/2010 10:29:32 AM PST
by
Cheap_Hessian
(I am the Grim FReeper.)
To: Cheap_Hessian
Mr. Harrington, btw, has several chins. He does not look as though he afraid of food.
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posted on
01/26/2010 10:29:40 AM PST
by
RexBeach
("Those are my principles...if you don't like them, I have others." Groucho Marx)
To: Cheap_Hessian
“the real problem is access to french fries!”
It's those diabolical french fries that are committing all those crimes and destroying their economy. Wouldn't you know the French were behind this.
Their next program will be an all out effort to stop the hamburglar.
To: Cheap_Hessian
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posted on
01/26/2010 10:30:27 AM PST
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Live jubtabulously!)
To: Cheap_Hessian
“Turner, who said he thinks the access to french fries has contributed to his weight struggle.”
I was once addicted to french fries and super big gulps.
I gained a load of weight.
I lived RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET from a Burger King and right next to a McDonalds.
Rather then blame the businesses for my weight gain, I QUIT EATING THERE, began eating healthy and hit the gym.
This was ten years ago.
This Turner guy is an excellent example of the differences between the left and right.
Conservatives take control of their lives while the left will forever blame everyone else for their failures.
To: Cheap_Hessian
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posted on
01/26/2010 10:35:14 AM PST
by
swain_forkbeard
(Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
Chinese diet very healthy...........................
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posted on
01/26/2010 10:36:48 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Education makes people easy to lead, difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.)
To: Cheap_Hessian
If people let government decide what foods they eat
and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon
be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who
live under tyranny.
Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
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posted on
01/26/2010 10:39:12 AM PST
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
((B.?) Hussein (Obama?Soetoro?Dunham?) Change America Will Die From.)
To: RexBeach
I am going to label you “not a team player”. He just wants to solve his chin problem through shared sacrifice.
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posted on
01/26/2010 10:41:09 AM PST
by
Cheap_Hessian
(I am the Grim FReeper.)
To: Cheap_Hessian
"We want healthy options in our community."
Then start up your own chain of tofu and watercress restaurants and leave the rest of us the hell alone!!!
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posted on
01/26/2010 10:43:56 AM PST
by
reagan_fanatic
(Pants on the ground pants on the ground lookin like a fool wit yo pants on the ground)
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