Bush joins new war: battle of bulge

Christian Science Monitor ^ | Thursday, June 20, 2002 | By Francine Kiefer | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

[JohnHuang2]

Thursday, June 20, 2002

Quote of the Day by surely_you_jest

[Libertarianize the GOP]

Junk science about obesity
http://www.freerepublic.com/fo cus/news/702969/posts

[toenail]

Is there anything that Bubba II won't stick his nose into?

[Flyer]

'Fattest' cities:

1. Houston

We can't help it - it's all that good barbeque.

[seeker41]

All we do in the summer is stay indoors and stuff our faces. We only venture out for TEX-MEX in the evenings. It's the chips and slasa I tell ya!

[seeker41]

slasa=salsa

[america-rules]

Why do you have this link on you profile?

[Japedo]

Anyone want to place bets on what we can look forward to tomorrow?

Did anyone Wager this!?!?!

[toenail]

Why wouldn't I?

[DemoSmear]

I will attest to the ranking for Colorado Springs. I think everyone here either runs, bikes or mountain climbs- that is when we're not fighting fires.

[blackbart.223]

"One proposal: Add a 1-or-2 cent tax on soft drinks to finance a major nutrition and exercise education campaign."

And now we know what this is all about. I guess they are not squeezing as much as they wanted to from tobbaco users.

[toenail]

"I guess they are not squeezing as much as they wanted to from tobbaco users."

Have you seen HHS' Healthy People site? The paycheck molestors in D.C. are confused about who's the master in this master/slave relationship. They're there (in theory) to do our bidding; we're not here to do theirs. Powermongering jerks.

http://www.health.gov/healthypeople/Document/HTML/Volume2/27Tobacco.htm#_Toc489766225 27-21. Increase the average Federal and State tax on tobacco products.

[brat]

People have a RIGHT to be free George. If they want to eat fries, let 'em. And don't pull that ^%^& that was pulled on smokers! Enough is enough! What's next? Isn't it time you hit the health fanatics? Isn't it their turn to be over taxed?

[Tripleplay]

By taxing soft drinks, controlling vending machines in schools, and restricting snack and other food advertising to children, they want to reverse a trend that now has 61 percent of adults overweight ? with a healthcare cost to the nation of $117 billion a year.

How come I never read how much illegal aliens are costing the nation for healthcare benefits? Or how about people on welfare?

[meenie]

The fat police will start raiding McDonalds tomorrow. No more whoppers or fries. Toss the Pepsis and Cokes. Being lean and mean will be a requirement in the Fourth Reich. "See that slob over there in the corner booth. Grab him, he needs to go to lean indoctination camp for six months".(Tin foil hat removed) Whew!

[rambo316]

I don't know, man, Bushie is really disappointing me.

$500,000,000 to fight AIDS in Africa.

Giving houses to all non white citizens (Bush is playing a Marxist now.), not because they worked for it.

And the list goes on and on and on.....

[Rodney King]

Nope. No winner yet.

[MARTIAL MONK]

Am I the only one who finds the title of this despicable?

Nineteen thousand American boys died in the cold and the snow of the Ardennes barely over a half century ago. Nineteen thousand individual deaths, frozen and frightened, facing the monster or mechanized warfare, often with arms little advanced from the First World War. The Battle of the Bulge should be viewed with the same hushed reverence as Iwo Jima, Antietam, the Ia Drang Valley or Omaha Beach.

Are we so shallow a society that the name of this greatest test of the Second World War should become a cutesy moniker for the imagined travails of modern day slovens? Maybe Memorial Day is enough for some but for me, I will honor thse faceless legions still marching in the night. The Battle of the Bulge has only one meaning and it should not be defiled.

[lavaroise]

THe return of CCCP

WHAT!!!!! IF I ENJOY SNACKS AND MY KIDS BEHAVE IN THE CONSUMPTIONS THEREOF, WHY SHOULD THEY BE PUNISHED THAT WAY IN THE NAME OF WORSHIP OF THOSE WHO CAN'T CONTROL THEMSELVES????

[lavaroise]

By the way, US snacks and McDonalds are a godsent for those suffering from chronic hypoglycemia and hyperthyroidism.