Richard Simmons â?? Congressman?

[stinkyattic]

...they already do have a stake in food standards, as they should. We have institutions like the FDA for a reason (hate the fuckers, but a necessary evil). Food standards can be set up for large-scale, commercial food chains. Initiatives such as trans-fat bans, mandatory nutritional facts, and public education all come in to play.

Okay, fine. Educate the public that trans fat is bad for you. That's what the FDA is for. And to keep newly-developed additives from hitting the market before it is determined whether they are harmful.
But once it's approved, and unless they are actually going to yank it from the market (which won't happen because a class action suit against the FDA with every Amercian as a plaintiff on the subject of, say, exposure to trans fats, would be devastating), I don't want to hear whether I am allowed to eat it. Fuck, remember Olestra? Instant taco shits. I never touched the stuff myself and am shocked it got approved as an additive- how did THAT one slip by, lol?
But back to the original point, there's a big difference between saying that xxxx chemical is unsafe and therefore not legal to sell, and mandating that Americans only are allowed to eat fast food xxxx times per month, and never feed it to their fucking kids.
Spend that money on the school science departments, where it matters, because an educated population is a healthy population... we can take care of our damn selves, if we're given the correct tools. Spend a day reading the grow section of any major cannabis forum and you'll see why kids are unhealthy- half of them know jack squat about biology and physiology, and can't be bothered to learn.

stinkyattic Reviewed by stinkyattic on 07-25-2008. Richard Simmons â?? Congressman? I'm thinking the reason he is holding out the possibility of running for office but being coy about the specifics is that he has already been tapped as McCain's VP. He's going to add some "zazz" to McCain's campaign and liven up the ticket! They'll call the campaign "Runnin' with the Oldies!" ----- Richard Simmons â?? Congressman? Posted: 09:35 AM ET From CNN Radio Correspondent Lisa Desjardins WASHINGTON (CNN) â?? Fitness star and effervescence extreme Richard Simmons is on Rating: 5

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Okay, fine. Educate the public that trans fat is bad for you. That's what the FDA is for. And to keep newly-developed additives from hitting the market before it is determined whether they are harmful.
But once it's approved, and unless they are actually going to yank it from the market (which won't happen because a class action suit against the FDA with every Amercian as a plaintiff on the subject of, say, exposure to trans fats, would be devastating), I don't want to hear whether I am allowed to eat it. Fuck, remember Olestra? Instant taco shits. I never touched the stuff myself and am shocked it got approved as an additive- how did THAT one slip by, lol?
But back to the original point, there's a big difference between saying that xxxx chemical is unsafe and therefore not legal to sell, and mandating that Americans only are allowed to eat fast food xxxx times per month, and never feed it to their fucking kids.
Spend that money on the school science departments, where it matters, because an educated population is a healthy population... we can take care of our damn selves, if we're given the correct tools. Spend a day reading the grow section of any major cannabis forum and you'll see why kids are unhealthy- half of them know jack squat about biology and physiology, and can't be bothered to learn.

In that case we're on the same page; I'm 100% against government mandating what we can or cannot do with, or put in, our own bodies. I'll bet you've noticed as much as I have the frighteningly fast-growing trend where government, and the voters, are thinking more and more that the state should tell us how to raise our kids. Homeschooling made illegal in California, mandatory anti-depressants for pregnant women in some states... Even here in Canada we see some of the same; the school in my old town actually said they wouldn't let my younger, autistic brother continue getting an education unless we put him on Ritalin. There was an incident in Florida a few years back where 3 second-grade kids were suspended for having "gun fights" with their fingers. The principle in that case said "the other children were frightened" - riiiiight, I remember all-too-well my days of hiding under my desk in terror as kids pointed fingers and said "pow! pow!"


*sigh* society's going to hell in a hand-basket, and folk are looking to big-brother to make it all right.