[Diana in Wisconsin]

John Banzhaf. Be afraid. Be VERY afraid of this man. He's the Smoke Gnatzie that sued the tobacco companies.

[swarthyguy]

No alcohol in bars.

No food in restaurants.

Helmets for pedestrians.

Land of the FREE, Home of the BRAVE.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Ping! This ought to p*ss you off.

Think the Smoke Gnatzies around here will finally get a CLUE that this is all about CONTROL of the proletariat and has NOTHING to do with cigarettes or food?

[L98Fiero]

"Food is like a drug," said Anne Kelly, neuroscientist.

Evidently, so are lawsuits.

[patton]

well, there you go.

[kinoxi]

I might be addicted to breathing as well as eating... I must really need help.

[The Blitherer]

Yes, I'm addicted to food. It's a bad habit I'm trying to kick. We should idolize those super-models who don't seem to suffer from this addiction.

Geesh.

Don't even try to TOUCH my transfat.

[livius]

These people are flakes but they know how to make money on it. A young female relative recently went off to a six-week, $50,000 program to cure her "food addiction." She's barely even overweight. Gimme a break.

[OpusatFR]

Hooked on food?

Why not just call it gluttony?

It's one of the seven deadly sins...not PC at all...

[Snoopers-868th]

If food get the addiction status marker, will that make fatties qualify for health treatment at a fat farm. Where or where will the smokers get their treatment or do they simply continue to be addicts unworthy of treatment and undeserving of the money collected from big tobacco.

[Gabz]

"This could be the smoking gun, we could say fat is the next tobacco. Alright how about the legal argument?" said John Banzhaf, law professor.

NANNY STATE PING...

Banzhalfassed will not stop ......... however, after the last time I saw him on TV, I would suggest he stop eating. The man is obese.

[demsux]

I've got to go to the store to pick up some prime steaks, cold beer and smokes...we're staying home tonight, where I can enjoy a fatty meal, nicotine AND alchohol.

I feel sorry for the restaurants that have been forced to go "non-smoking"...we used to eat/drink out ALOT.

Upside, is that I've perfected the grilled rib eye.

[RobRoy]

I have an actual physical addiction to food. It isn't just psichological. My body has developed an actual need for it. If I go off it too long I get the DT's. I am confident that eventually it would kill me.

[MEGoody]

"If we can change the six major fast food companies so they are providing clear and conspicuous disclosure on their menus of fat and calories and they're providing appropriate health warnings, we will have a dramatic impact on the overall problem of obesity and it will happen immediately," said Banzhaf.

Change what? That information is already readily available, and people still flock to those places because it's quick and tasty.

These morons need to get a life.

[tacticalogic]

Ann Kelly is a neuroscientist at the University of Wisconsin who has been looking into the brain processes of addiction. Not only to narcotics, but to certain kinds of food.

Welcome to the unintended consequences of the drug war.

[RobRoy]

With alcohol, a bartender is required by law to stop serving you if you are "too drunk".

I can just see the person step up to the counter at McDonalds: "Sorry ma'am. You're too fat. By law we can get you a salad or a cup of coffee. But no dressing, cream or sugar."

[Screamname]

Anything that makes you feel better than your present state is addictive. The brain will not believe it the first time. If it is consistent after three or four times then you can call it an addiction, it all depends on the swiftness and degree of change. It could be by music, although I can`t see how due to the current music holocaust. It could be by sight, by touch, by smell, you name it. Anything that changes attitude is addictive. This is why kids are addicted to candy and toys, why liberals are addicted to evil and terror. It brings them to a place that is more fun. The thing to remember though is addiction is like sex. 90% of the fun is in the foreplay. An alcoholic can drink and drink but the happier alcoholic will be the one who goes straight for months and looks forward to that booze on a certain date. It`s all a matter of control. For example, a liberal may want to embolden Al-Qaeda for the unpteenth time, and when he does, the reward is not as great. But if the liberal waits for months without doing anything and then does it, the reward is greater. This is why liberals constantly spew, because they have no self control.

[ColdSteelTalon]

I have a greate love for food. Because it has kept me alive for so long. ;)

[Mr J]

"And the brain scans of the morphine addicted rats when they think they're about to get a fix, LOOK very much like those of the rats conditioned to fatty sweets. when they're about to be FED."

I'm sure these rat brains also LOOK very much like those of trial lawyers who are about to FEAST on ill-gotten gains from another business-killing lawsuit.

IMO!

[jerry639]

Several years ago a friend and I stopped off at a restaurant for a hamburger and fries after work. Being it was late at night, there were only a few there. An older couple and 4 or 5 teenagers.

Right after we received our orders two of the teenagers got into a quarrel and started to fight. My friend said "we had better leave. The police will arrive soon." I told him "Good, because they should be here in time to see a real fight if those teens make it over to my table and interfere with my meal."

Moral of story: Go ahead and interfere with my meal. Make My Day!

That goes for Mr. John Banzhaf and any other fool.

[proxy_user]

"When the steak begins to cook
Then I really dont care anymore
About all the doctors in this town
And everybody putting everybody down
And all of the politicians makin' crazy sounds
All the cheese doodles piled up in mounds, yeah