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America’s self-anointed food police have a new punching bag in their obesity crusade: fruit juice. We’re not making this up. The Los Angeles Times reported yesterday that a growing number of dietary do-gooders are now pointing their fingers at juice as a culprit for fattening waistlines:The inconvenient truth, many experts say, is that 100% fruit juice poses the same obesity-related health risks as Coke, Pepsi and other widely vilified beverages. … [I]t's time juice lost its wholesome image, these experts say."It's pretty much the same as sugar water," said Dr. Charles Billington, an appetite researcher at the University of Minnesota....

WHEN it comes to food fights, John Belushi's character in "Animal House" has nothing on Rick Berman. A prominent Washington lobbyist, Mr. Berman runs the Center for Consumer Freedom, a nonprofit advocacy group that is financed by the food and restaurant industries. Two months ago, after a report in a leading medical journal cast doubt on several assumptions about obesity, he pounced. His group ran $600,000 worth of full-page ads in a half-dozen newspapers, gloating that the study showed that obesity was not an "epidemic" but rather a lot of hype. "Americans have been force-fed a steady diet of obesity...

I have been a supporter of the Center for Consumer Freedom since I first saw their ads in DC METRO trains. I was agog to see posters that so brazenly opposed the status quo on topics that the P.C. police routinely defend. Understandably, the open-minded, tolerant, diversity champions of the far left often expressed their frustration with the ads by ripping them to shreds. But the ads kept popping back up, taking jabs at groups like PETA, frivolous lawyers and panic pushers. It seems that every time a new study is released about a food or chemical that may or...

Washington, DC - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) targets children as young as six years old for indoctrination with violent and graphic propaganda, according to a new report from the Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF). The $24 million animal rights group targets kids at every age level, sidestepping parents and school authorities to lure young and impressionable children into radical activism. Some of these same children mature into hard-core animal rights criminals. This new report walks readers through PETA's coordinated effort, which includes the use of graphic comic books, age-specific websites, grotesque toys, schoolyard demonstrations, and e-mail...

Consumer Group Protests Ingrid Newkirk's Washington Book-Signing, Blames PETA for Bankrolling "Unkind" Arsonists WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Dressed as eco-terrorists, carrying a comically large gasoline can and matches, and holding a banner depicting an arson fire under the words "PETA's Kind Choice," representatives from the Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) will gather to protest the Washington book- signing appearance of Ingrid Newkirk. Newkirk, the president and co-founder of the radical group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, is promoting a new animal-rights book misleadingly titled "Making Kind Choices." Date: Monday, January 24 Time: 6:00 pm Place: Borders Bookstore...

Hyperbolic HypocrisyAugust 24, 2004 The critics of consumer choice and enemies of a wide variety of menu options have never been known for their consistency. From flip-flops about obesity lawsuits to schizophrenic support of domestic terrorism, the food cops, animal rights nuts, and other radical activists have practically got the market cornered on hypocrisy. Here are a few of our favorite examples. Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) Director of Nutrition Policy Margo Wootan on personal responsibility: "We have got to move beyond personal responsibility. "--2003 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting Versus: "Of course, it is ultimately...

Marci Hansen, "youth marketing manager" at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), recently complained to the Lowell Sun in Massachusetts that when it comes to her group's efforts to mold children into anti-meat militants, "Parents are tough." They're especially tough when, as Hansen concedes, parents see PETA's animal-rights creed as "a stage, or a way to rebel." And when your job is to go behind parents' backs to reach their kids, that job is tougher still. In our latest advertisement -- running in the back-to-school section of the latest Newsweek -- we ask parents: "What is PETA teaching...

In response to the FDA's consideration of cigarette-style warning labels on "foods deemed unhealthy by government scientists," this week's special obesity-hype issue of TIME magazine prominently features a full-page "Common Sense Obesity Warning" from the Center for Consumer Freedom. A consortium of obesity hysterics and food cops descended on Williamsburg, Virginia this week at the "TIME/ABC News Summit on Obesity." As the event ground to a merciful halt today, TIME science editor Philip Elmer-Dewitt let the magazine's agenda be known: "We're going to keep [food] companies' feet to the fire, and this is not the last you're going to hear...

Take a Bite Out of PETA! Posted January 19, 2004 Despite its deceptively warm-and-fuzzy public image, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has donated over $150,000 to criminal activists -- including those jailed for arson, burglary, and even attempted murder. In 2001, PETA donated $1,500 to the North American Earth Liberation Front, a criminal organization that the FBI classifies as "domestic terrorists." And since 2000, rank-and-file PETA activists have been arrested over 80 times for breaking various laws during PETA protests. Charges included felony obstruction of government property, criminal mischief, assaulting a cabinet official, felony vandalism, performing obscene...

Outstanding! I saw some anti-PETA commercials on Fox News last night--hit the nail right on the head! This group (consumerfreedom.com) is circulating a petition to the IRS to revoke PETA's tax-exempt status! We all MUST go sign a petition...it only takes a couple seconds. The petition is at: http://www.consumerfreedom.com/petaPetition.cfm If anyone saw the ad last night, you know how great it was. Kudos to Fox for running it--you never see ads like that.

For Release: July 9, 2003 FTC Supports Legislation to Amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act The Federal Trade Commission recommends changes to the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to enhance consumer protection and combat identity theft. In presenting its views before the House Committee on Financial Services today, Timothy J. Muris, Chairman of the FTC, said that the Commission recommends modifying the FCRA to protect consumers better, while maintaining the existing national framework for credit reporting. “We believe these proposals would ensure the continuing viability of the FCRA’s uniform national framework that has been a cornerstone of our consumer credit-driven...

Ad Text: "Bullies Used To Steal Your Lunch Money. Now They Scare You Out Of Eating." "Food cops at the Center For Science in the Public Interest are seeking government control of everything you eat. For a review of their phony food scares, junk "science," and demands for new taxes, visit www.CSPIscam.com"

First tobacco. Then alcohol. Now food... the Loony Left wants to ban all things tasty. But you can stop the Ninny Nannies by supporting ConsumerFreedom.com. Sign their petition, fund their commercials, or just enjoy their animated cartoons and parodies (and email them to friends). Whichever way, check out ConsumerFreedom.com.