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New Food Rules: A Guide to Your Government-Regulated Diet
- Posted on September 22, 2010 at 7:09pm by
Meredith Jessup
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As Glenn mentioned on his Fox show this evening, new government regulatory crackdowns on certain foods and beverages across the country are forcibly shaping new dietary habits for many Americans. To make things easier, we thought we’d consolidate and break down a number of the bureaucratic overreaches for you.
How is government working to limit your scrumptious individual liberties? Let us count some of the ways…
- As we’ve reported, officials in Boston, Mass., are contemplating a ban on “sugary” beverages from the vending machines of all city municipal buildings in an attempt to whittle down public employees’ waistlines.
- Likewise, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom used his executive order power to ban sodas and other sugary beverages from public building vending machines, replacing them with diet drinks and soy milk products.
- In a separate executive order, the San Francisco Mayor also single-handedly banned the use of city funds to purchase bottled water. “[Bottled water manufacturers] are making huge amounts of money selling God’s natural resources. Sorry, we’re not going to be part of it,” he said.
- In New York, a Brooklyn Democrat introduced a bill in the state legislature earlier this year to ban the use of salt in restaurant cooking.
- The New York Times dubbed the state of California a “national trendsetter in all matters edible” when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill in July to ban trans fats from the state’s 88,000 restaurants. “Under the new law, trans fats, long linked to health problems, must be excised from restaurant products beginning in 2010, and from all retail baked goods by 2011.” Other places that have banned trans fats include New York City, Philadelphia, Stamford, Conn., and Montgomery County, Md. — a suburb of Washington, D.C.
- In perhaps one of the most outrageous cases of regulations restricting small business, health officials in Oregon shut down 7-year-old Julie Murphy’s roadside lemonade stand in August for failing to secure a $120 “temporary restaurant” license.
- Kids may also be also be getting the shaft in San Francisco where officials are launching a campaign to ban “Happy Meals” or any other meals that come with a toy. The so-called “Healthy Meals Incentive” would ban toys if the food contains too much fat, sugar or salt. It wouldn’t be the first time meal-time toys would be nixed in California; earlier this year, Santa Clara County approved an ordinance “to break the link between unhealthy food and prizes.”
- New York City has banned school bake sale as part of a new wellness policy that also limits options in vending machines and student-run stores. Proceeds from the ventures generally used to help help finance school-related activities like pep rallies and proms.
- Under state laws in Texas, a single piece of candy landed a 10-year-old Brazos Elementary School student in detention for a week in May.
- In May, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent this letter to General Mills, warning that the company’s claims about Cheerios helping to lower cholesterol represent “serious violations” of federal law.
- And in the news today, the state of Florida may become the first in the country to ban chocolate milk from public school cafeterias. The Florida Board of Education voted Tuesday to remove all sugary drinks in schools, including soda and flavored milk. The board is considering allowing only three types of drinks for younger children—water, unsweetened juice and plain, low-fat milk. High school students would be allowed diet sodas and other low-calorie drinks.
Are government regulations limiting your right to tasty foods and drinks? Send me your stories by emailing mjessup@theblaze.com!
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Comments (272)
FireAndIce
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 8:27pmDiet soda causes weight gain. Aspartame is poison, and one of the top three side effects is weight gain.
RKade
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 8:25pm[sarcasm]
I am OUTRAGED the girl clearly broke the law!
The girl clearly was caught “candy” handed with dangerous contraband!!
Think of the other children!
A WEEK a detention for such a horrendous offense.
It is a capital offence HANG HER!
User her as the example, make her the Poster Child Who Broke the Rules!
[/sarcasm]
This insanity must stop. Let parents BE THE PARENTS!
Report Post »IndianaUSA
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 8:45pmThe scary part of this story is that the principal stated that if they didn’t enforce the state rule that they could lose Federal funding. Many of these stupid rules come down from the Feds behind the scenes when they threaten to stop funding states.
Report Post »grnhrn
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 8:23pmI’ve said for years rather live short happy life than long and bitter, when I die I will then get skinny real fast. Also sure is funny when you look at our examples eating and drinking and smoking and snorting everything they are banning for us how many jobs are theese policys going to cost. Btfo jacka$$
Report Post »tobywil2
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 8:22pmI am 77 years old, haven’t seen a doctor since 1984 & take no drugs, & don’t remember the last time I took an asprin. Work out with weights 3 times a week, 3 sets of 9 exercises-12 reps per set, bench press 310 pounds ( 3 sets of 12) and these idiots want to tell be how I should live. Don’t make me laugh. I certainly don’t eat apples instead of butter on my toast. I eat eggs fried in butter every morning.
Report Post »http://commonsense21c.com/
Fed up in Mn
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 12:48pmWay to go, tobywil2. The government can keep their noses outta my food, life, and my business!
Report Post »robert1407
Posted on September 24, 2010 at 8:57pmGreat. I am 81 and still stay active too. except I hate exercise. I eat eggs, bacon, ham and what have you. I teaching Cooking at the local Capped (Cancer Awareness center) I am a Personal and Private Chef and cook for local groups. I still can do 12 to 14 hour days with no problem. I do not take any of the killer drugs that the FDA wants everyone to take to make the Pharmaceutical, the FDA and your Congress richer. I love teaching my students of all ages how to make good meal simple and fast. One thing that really made me mad this week was the bureaucrat in Georgia suing a farmer for growing too many vegetables. That really show how stupid government officials are. And they want to tell me or you how to eat or what to cook. We need to have smaller government with some common senses. Chef Robert here in the Land Of Enchantment.
Report Post »Tracking
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 8:21pmThis all comes down to one thing. Government Health Care Takeover. Single payer system coming. If the government is going to pay, control and subsidize your heathcare, then they can have a legal say in your health, meaning what you eat, how often you exercise and every aspect of your life. Pres. Obama has said he is all for the single payer system. How to get that? Take over health care, run the insurance companies out of business ( premiums we can’t afford to pay) and you will BEG for the government health care and think the single payer system is a godsend. What choice will you have when there are no other options?
Report Post »This country is a mess. Now I am being hounded by my insurance company daily and they told me that if I refused to “join” their new mandated healthwise program, I will be dropped. New Health Care takeover orders. How’s that for you? So, what choice does that leave me? We are not being “nudged,“ we are being ”shoved“ and ”Hearded” like cattle into exactly what they planned all along. Oh, they also told me I have to be enrolled, it will be checked to see if I am complying, what my BMI is, my weight and cholesterol and my blood lab work and all medicines prescribed will be monitored to see if it meets new government guidelines and mandates. I am FURIOUS!!! They will have “reports” sent to them, who ever the hell THEM is. Take a guess. My rates are sky high, I am healthy and that was the plan all along..then I have no choice except what they have “chosen” for me. I should be grateful. Thankful. Yeah…thanks all to hell and we will be waving when you drop into that hole. We American taxpayers have a “plan” for you and your cronies too, Obama. Get ready to meet him and take your Aunt with you on the way out..
IndianaUSA
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 8:50pmWell stated. They will be able to control every aspect of your life when they have complete control of your health care. You will be govt. property.
Report Post »pattywac5
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 9:49pmIt’s funny you mentioned the “healthwise program” b/c I got a taste of this gem last month. This summer, while on vacation, I needed an emergency appendectomy. The “vampires” at the hospital had a heck of a time starting an IV b/c I have small veins. They’re allowed 2 jabs, but if they use them up they call in another tech and she gets 2 jabs, and so on. A few days later I was released and traveled home; a couple days later I noticed a swelling on my inner elbow, which was one of the spots the tech tried a number of times to insert the IV. I called my local dr. who said it was a blood clot caused by failed IV attempts and to put heat on it for a few days and it would disolve. I followed his directions and it did disappear.
2 weeks later I receive a letter from our insurance company informing me to see the doctor immediately b/c they suspect I have peripheral artery disease based on various tests results and doctor visits. Since I have been very healthy and had none of the symptoms listed on this letter I called them to ask how they reached this conclusion. They put me thru to a nurse and I explained my surgery and the clot. She said to throw the letter out, that the computer only recognized the word blood clot and didn’t know the circumstances.
My point is I only called our local doctor (no office visit) regarding the clot in my arm, but he must have put it in my records. The insurance company has a 3rd party going over the records, supposedly to spot potential health problems. Big brother is watching!
Report Post »Spokavriel
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 8:16pmYou think this is bad these Salt restrictions have Heintz changing the formula of their Ketchup. As a result that also changes the flavor. Family recipes some of which I’m told were created from having to make ends meet under Carter will after all these years not be able to taste right with the reformulated blend. Because its not the same flavor nor ingredients. All to respond to Government demands that they reduce the sodium by a minimum arbitrary percentage. In something that the Recipe was perfected on Generations ago.
Report Post »IndianaUSA
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 8:43pmI switched to Hunts after the 2004 election. I didn’t want to support John and Teresa
Report Post »John_in_NH
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 8:16pmTalk about creeping incrementalism! Someone opened the gates of hell!
Report Post »taurus42265
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 8:13pmI thought I lived in the United States of AMERICA, land of the FREE home of the BRAVE. Where did all our bravery go, we have to stop the madness!!!!! What will it take a revolution!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »Dubblearon
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 8:08pmI just have to say that this is absolutely ridiculous. I am a chef, I graduated from Scottsdale Culinary Institute, Le Cordon Bleu, the number one thing that I learned in culinary school was the proper use of salt. Salt enhances the flavor of food, you take salt out of restaurants and you take flavor out of food. Some of the best restaurants in the world are in NY, they wouldn’t be there anymore if this passes.
Report Post »RojBlake
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 8:17pmIsn’t salt one of the fundamentals of life? I’m not a chef, but I thought that salt is a requirement, in moderation.
Report Post »free2bme1961
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 9:13pmDUBBLEARON; you are so right! Salt makes food taste delicious. However, I truely believe that putting you and others out of business, is only a fraction of their sinister plan…they are promoting sugar-free drinks containing “aspartane” which I have read, may not aid in lengthening one’s life span….so much…: ( I tend to agree that pre-packaged foods, as one posting here stated, could be the way to implement this plan. I say this because people who do home-made cooking, would be able to create such yumminess, like my sister’s whoopie pies ; )…other than pre-packaged foods, the only way to monitor what goes on inside one’s kitchen…lol…would be for the gov’t to be able to watch us inside our homes, without our knowledge…I am starting to wonder if it is really “humans” that are making these rules for how we should live? I seriously doubt that these guidelines will be implemented for the elite…except, maybe on the surface, for show!
Report Post »PITMASTER
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 10:16pmYou are 110% correct. I own a BBQ joint. What do you think NO salt would do to a good dry rub? Then, no sugar? We‘re screwed if we don’t wake up.
Report Post »Cheryl Pass
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 11:01pmThat is the point….take away all the flavor out of life PLUS make CO2, another basic of our carbon based planet, illegal. Food, medical care, light bulbs, smart meters, it is the plan. Of course the pols and elitists will never have to abide by the same rules they are stuffing down our throats. Good luck there, chef. Maybe you can get a job at the White House or the UN…..I’m sure salt will be on the menu in those places.
Report Post »RojBlake
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 5:30amDidn’t Ghandi “march to the sea” in defiance of the British “salt tax”.
Given the current analysis of Obama & his anti-colonialism stance, isn’t this pretty ironic?
Report Post »slp
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 8:26amIt’s not only about taste, but also chemistry. Try baking bread without table salt.
Report Post »RojBlake
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 7:59pmI forsee the day when, if unchecked, you will no longer buy ingredients at grocery stores; only government approved pre-packaged meals.
For those who don’t see this as a problem, what happens when they come after something that you do care about?
Government interference like this isn’t because they “care about” you, it’s because they fear you.
Report Post »Zcat
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 7:56pmI really can’t stand these people!
Report Post »littlebin518
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 10:10pmStart spreading the word to your friends & family & VOTE!!
Report Post »I visit a little grocery store close to home owned by a family. I started a couple of weeks ago talking to the adult children working there about voting. I asked them if they knew about Glenn Beck and they didn’t. I told them to watch him (not read about him) for at least a week so they can see what is really happening to our country. I have since talked to a couple of them and they thanked me for opening up their eyes. That’s how each of us can help save our beloved country.
PITMASTER
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 7:55pmIndulge me for a few minutes. Considering the restrictions our Government thinks they should impose to care for the Homer Simpson in all of us, ponder my thinking like a progressive.
Report Post »Perhaps in the Healthcare Bill or Stimulus Bill, let’s assume all Americans will have to have a “Health & Nutrition” card issued to us by HHS. Your doctor will be required by law to submit your medical information to HHS and your card will carry this data. Your data says your sugar levels are high and your doctor wants you to control sugar intake, same with fat. You go to the grocery store and before your items are scanned, you must give the cashier your “Health & Nutrition” card. When the Mrs. Smith‘s Deep Dish Cherry Pie is scanned a beeping noise is heard and the store is advised they can’t sell that item. Same with Butter, no. Pork Chops, no. Frozen French Fries, no. Strange? Impossible? Think like a Progressive and no it’s well within their mandate. Yikes!
Tracking
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 8:23pmThis is exactly what may happen.
Report Post »marre
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 3:53amI have said the same thing….don’t be surprised to see folks standing outside the grocery store shoving a $20 at you and asking you to buy them a bag a cookies!
Report Post »Kayemeister
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 11:50amOh My! This all is getting to be unbelievable!! This is probably why we haven’t seen anything on the health care bill. Just remember…. 11/02/2010…. VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! We STILL have that right.. for now.
Report Post »jewel
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 7:56pmIf that ever comes true there will be a WAR lead by the people on Food Stamps!!!!! I’m a cashier and i see what is bought;soda, chips, cookies, candy,pizza everything that is bad for your health. Very little fresh meat,veggies, or fruit.
Report Post »Dorie
Posted on September 24, 2010 at 12:16pmThat does seem to be the direction they have us heading.
Report Post »1776
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 7:52pmObama, the gift that just keeps on giving….
Report Post »Skwerl E. Muckenfutch
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 11:03am…like herpes.
Report Post »trigg
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 7:48pmQuestion: What needs to be regulated?
Report Post »Answer: All Liberals!
slp
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 8:17amWhat needs to be regulated is government, regardless of ideology. Let the liberals be liberal, and let me be myself. As long as “it neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.”
Report Post »ablaze
Posted on September 24, 2010 at 8:56pmYES. True so True !!!!!!!! Nothing more needs to be said…
Report Post »ablaze
Posted on September 24, 2010 at 9:03pmYes I agree with TRIGG.
Report Post »Question: What needs to be regulated?
Answer: All Liberals!
Ruler4You
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 7:42pmGovernment knows best, right? After all, we are just here for government’s survival, right? Isn’t that what surfs are for?
Report Post »Buck Bagaw
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 12:08amMaybe you mean serfs???
Report Post »cajunbubba
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 7:42pmthis is a trial post, previous one didn’t work…………..
Report Post »olivejar
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 7:41pmHow come there is no mention of the man in Georgia who was not allowed to give away vegetables that he grew in his own garden?
Report Post »DeadFred
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 10:03pmWell, if I was that man….I would find out if that was truly a law….who passed it….and sic my attorney on the problem. I know attorney’s are expensive, but this type of incident should not stand.
Report Post »REVEL
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 11:25pmThe government knows we can’t afford lawyers to fight them. I’ll bet they sit back and sinisterly laugh at us. We are a joke. Remember to vote!
Report Post »spendthrift
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 7:41pmJust the progressives getting started, let’s end it on 11/2/10. Our creator gave us a brain to make our own decisions.
Report Post »tankchaser
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 7:37pmI thought I lived in America, but I guess its now the NANNY STATE. I really do know most of what is good for me, and also what is bad, I choose to eat what I like, and if it kills me at least I die happy. LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!!! I am not asking anything from anyone. When I do eventually need help with something, believe me I will ask the people I trust, and not the government. Also if it makes any difference, pull the plug if you have to start paying the bill till then, let me live my life my way.
Report Post »starman70
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 8:28amDICTATORSHIP HERE WE COME!!!!!!
Welcome to the land run by the loonies from California ( I don’t mean naturally grown fruits and nuts either). Some of these have been transplanted to Boston, New York and other cities near you.
Aren’t you glad that there is some Waxman/Pelosi trained radical dictating what you can and can’t eat.
Report Post »Chalupa
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 7:36pm1984 here we come. Shortly there will be no free will. only predestination. Creativity will be gone. This is like a bad movie or the Truman Show.
Report Post »dressseller
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 8:56amI’m with you. Some days I get up and it feels like we are living inside a surreal movie set somewhere. How can all of this be happening in America? ….Because we didn’t watch ..because we were not good guardians of our freedoms. IF we can save the republic and restore it to its former and better self.. I sure hope we don’t all go back to sleep. This cycle repeats itself if we don’t keep our guard up and teach our children to do the same.
Report Post »farmmom
Posted on September 24, 2010 at 12:51amAdd your comments
Report Post »farmmom
Posted on September 24, 2010 at 1:09amIt is so true, and we must teach our children the truth. Even as my 8th graders school has embraced the policies for low cal lunches and pushing everyone to be just alike. They do not know what it means to stand up for their beliefs for fear of being Politically incorrect. Her civics homework asked if we should change our policies on immigration. She said no because she did not want to offend anyone even when I tired to explain the risks that our country is facing at this time. This movement has started quietly changing the way our children think eventually they will tell the next generation what they can eat, read, drive, how much TV or Computer time is appropriate and cut of the power to them. The young people of our country do not understand how bad the past was and what can happen in our future. They have not been taught the history. By the way incandescent light bulbs in our small town store went up to $8.00 a box this week. Can’t have what you cannot afford to purchase!
Report Post »Midwest Belle
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 7:33pmAfter all the flip-flops “science” has done in the name of proper nutrition and health, I‘m not so sure anybody knows what’s good (or bad) for anyone. What needs to be regulated is all the artificial crap that is supposed to be safe for us.
Report Post »rocktruth
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 7:27pmI can understand banning trans fats. But closing down a little girls lemon aid stand is unbelievable.
Report Post »MESO71
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 8:01pmNo‘ I can’t condone banning even trans-fats. Educate the public, and find better solutions that make even better products (not really all that hard to do). And let Free-Market take over
Report Post »LadyLibertea
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 8:35pmI happen to live in hippie-progressive heaven (otherwise known at Portlandia, or the People’s Republic of Portland) and it was absolutely rediculous! Sam Adams (the mayor of Portland) is a liberals wet dream…and does anything and everything to ruin our choices and freedoms. That poor little girl and her mom were made an example of. Fortunately, most portlanders stood on the side of the little girl–she just wanted to earn enough money to go to Disneyland this summer.
Report Post »rocktruth
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 9:50pmWE need to hold the free market accountable just like we hold the government accountable.
I agree that the free market has been slowly removing TRANS-FATS from grocery stores and a few restaurants which is good. But I stopped using TRANS-FATS over 7 years ago. Why does it take so long for certain companies to remove them from our food?
How long should we allow restaurants to sell poison in our foods without us knowing about it?
How do we find out when something is bad in our food?
Will every company remove something bad on their on freewill?
I don’t like the fact that California was so desperate for money that Arnold gave a short deadline on the ban. This will allow the government to impose fines on hurting companies who can not make the switch fast enough. Many bakeries and doughnut makers may be fined and even go out of business. This may cost people their jobs. It‘s really messed up isn’t it?
Read science news:
Stronger proof that trans-fats are bad for you:
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/4901/title/Stronger_Proof_That_%3Cem%3ETrans%3Cem%3E_Fats_Are_Bad
Site: http://www.bantransfats.com/ – The site that brought us here today.
Report Post »BlueStrat
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 2:47amAll these socialists can get lost. I’m starting an underground “Eat/Smoke-Easy” private club that changes location every few days with new location details only sent to trusted members by encrypted emails sent through I2P & TOR.
People can come in and smoke cigars or cigarettes while eating gravy/cheese fries deep-fried in the heaviest, highest-transfat-content fryer grease I can find (or make), and they can wash it all down with beer/liquor. I’ll offer 2-lb triple bacon/gravy/cheese burgers with MULTIPLE toys, including candy cigarettes served by a guy in a Joe Camel suit! I’ll offer discounts to smokers using one of those voice-box thingies, and free cigs for those with a tracheotomy!
Heck, I might even make it an indoor gun range as well with pictures of baby seals as targets (real baby seals are expensive and hard to get…and messy after 20-30 9mm rounds!).
flamedone1968
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 4:57amMy sister says “At least my body knows what to do with the real butter but this other stuff make me sick.” Come to think of it it makes me feel sick too. It’s about like eating butter flavored vasoline. YUCK!
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 7:27pmi’ll stick to scotch, cigarettes, steaks and bacon for my diet. i’m fit as a fiddle and will kick the butt of any food nazi regulatory fascist zsar who tries to stop me from enjoying my “non-healthy” habits. we all die one day. might as well spend your time up until then with some enjoyment.—-this stuff is SO disturbing.
Report Post »dfree11552002
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 9:39pmi agree, the only thing is, if there is nowhere to get your cigs or soda, what do you do then, thats when i would want to kick some progressive ass
Report Post »TOES
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 10:45pmForget Gold! Start stockpiling soda in your basement! Don’t mess with my Cherry Coke!
Report Post »slp
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 8:07amTOES: Don’t forget to stockpile incandescent light bulbs and detergents with phosphate while you are at it.
Report Post »JD Carp
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 12:23pmI’m with you! I don’t want to be the guy in the hospital dieing of nothing. I’ll keep the cigars, scotch, antipasto, cold cuts, sausages and steaks. Here in the south (yes an Italian in the south) if it sits still long enough, we will bread it and deep fry it, yummy! Have you ever had a deep fried Twinky or deep fried cheese cake? Heaven and a heart attack on a plate.
Report Post »Dorie
Posted on September 24, 2010 at 12:20pmSave tobacco seeds and learn to distill.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 7:26pmJust say no to Socialism. You we let them begin to regulate it sets precedence and difficult to stop the progression, like a virus.
Report Post »Libertarian
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 11:20amThrough case law the revisionists have used the commerce clause as a tool to defecate on the liberties of individuals. Probably the most important clause regarding individual liberty, as labor which is tied to commerce is our most important liberty.
God bless our conservative SCOTUS, pray for them, may they serve the American people throughout the Obama administration. It is the only branch of government, that oversees the supreme law of the land (constitution) that we still have a majority in.
Report Post »megansmom
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 7:20pmI would say unbelievable but hey ;;;
Have you looked at your eggs lately? I bought some yesterday and each one was stamped with an expiration date. This is all getting so insane.
The government tells me I can’t smoke, what to eat and how to spend my money for my own good. i don’t want to be nudged .
I thought that’s why God gave me a brain to make my own decisions
Marylou7
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 7:52pmYou are sooooo right. I like using my own brain and have some of these progressives looked in the mirror lately. They are not exactly stealth.
Report Post »Sheepdog911
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 8:13pmOK, so Solant Green it is. Everything else will kill you. Hey, Life Causes Death, get over it !
Report Post »Nature777
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 8:14pmUs poor non-government folk obviously aren’t smart enough to make decisions like this on our own. We NEED the government to tell us what to do, what to eat, what to drink, when to breath. Haven’t you heard anything the Democrats have tried to do since their formation? Those brilliant scholars need to hold us by the hand through our every day lives so that we don’t do anything wrong. Hell, we should just go ahead and appoint Nancy Pelosi Emperor of Earth. She knows what’s best for all of us!
smithfix
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 9:29pmI raise my own. Look into “Urban Chickens”. No stamps and a lot of fun.
Report Post »Huckabee Gingrich 12
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 9:42pmAside from the lemonade stand and Jolly Rancher incidents, these are much ado about nothing.
@MEAGANSMOM
Seriously? The government told you you can’t smoke? Is smoking is illegal where you live?
They’re telling you what to eat and how to spend your money? Where do you live? I live in the United States of America, and here we can smoke if we want to, eat what we want to, and spend our money however we like. Maybe you should try to immigrate here if you want to smoke, but, I can tell you from experience that it’s a huge waste of money and it will make you very sick, but, hey, here in the U.S.A. you can smoke if you want to. Luckily, the government has placed many regulations on where
people are permitted to smoke, thereby limiting the amount of people’s nasty cigarette smoke I am forced to breathe, and for that I am grateful.
Beckofile
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 10:55pmHuck Rich
You got the regulations for smoking to go thru and I will be working to cancel some of your rights tomorrow. They caught us in the circle of stealing each others rights.
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Posted on September 22, 2010 at 10:58pmCan I sue the government for forcing me to eat things with soy.. I’m allergic.. Also my throat tightens when I drink diet drinks.. I have tried ALL the artificial sugars and it’s the same thing.. cause I want to drink them but can’t ..
gili
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 11:22pmthis has been going on in the EU countries for over a decade and it just gets worse. They actually had to have a summit of all the countries to decide what bananas and strawberries look like, how big they are and the color. and the people just shrug and live with it!
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Posted on September 22, 2010 at 11:27pm@BECKOFILE
Try writing a coherant paragraph with correct spelling and grammer.
I honestly don‘t understand what you’re trying to say.
Huckabee Gingrich 12
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 11:40pm*coherent
smugsmiley
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 12:18am@Huck
Also, “grammar” *winks*
But I’m with you here. What the government decides to sell in their own buildings is theirs to decide. If I just can‘t wait to have a soft drink at the DMV I’ll just bring my own. They’re not FORCED to sell soft drinks in municipal buildings, they’re not FORCED to sell anything. And them not doing it doesn’t infringe on my rights at the least.
The banning of salt is also not really a banning of salt. They ban the use of salt in the kitchen, but if you want some there’ll be salt shakers at every table so you CAN put salt on your food, but you don’t HAVE to. Except for the lemonade stand and the detention for a piece of candy, all those things are total non-issues.
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Posted on September 23, 2010 at 12:28am@SMUGSMILEY
Report Post »It’s quite embarrassing *blush* to make two spelling errors in a sentence which rubukes one for spelling errors. His post had fewer than mine. Thanks for pointing out “grammar”…but what about gramper?
BusManDan
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 12:31amMMMMMMMMM Doughnuts AND Chocolate Milk….at Disney World……Take that Charlie Crist.
VJ
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 1:48amI say we all help the school go “GREEN” and send them a bag of apple jolly ranchers!
Report Post »TruthLover
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 2:02amI make my own decisions too. I’ve turned into a raging hippie when it comes to the food my family eats. But dang it – the day I CAN’T go to the Hostess store and pig out on a box of Suzi-Q’s I am going to go postal. It’s one thing to choose to eat/drink right – but to have no other choice is like jail. They better not ever take away our chocolate or these loonies will learn the full meaning of the phrase “he** hath no fury like a woman scorned!”
maintenance guy
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 2:07amDoes anyone remember the commercial a few years back where a man wearing a trench coat enters a grocery store and starts filling the pockets with various items? It looks at first like he is robbing the place blind. Then as he attempts to leave, the security guard stops him because he forgot his receipt. The man in the coat never stopped to check out. How did the store know what groceries he had or who to charge for them? I think that commercial was a glimpse into the future and its close than we think.
Report Post »IslandMama
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 2:28amThere are many reports on the Internet that aspartame, when heated to more than 85 degrees (which it surely is when diet sodas are shipped all over the country in hot metal trucks and containers) turns to formadehyde. So are you telling me that formaldehyde is better for our children than sugar? I don’t think so. And another thing … I have lived in California. If you hold a glass of tap water up to the light, you can literally see things floating in it. Let the bottled water companies make their money. Put it in the vending machines. Bottled water is a way better choice for my kids to drink than aspartame filled diet sodas, high fructose corn syrup filled juices, and tape water with UFOs in it. I am the parent. Let ME decide.
Report Post »flamedone1968
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 4:44amI’m going to punch em back for the nudge with my vote. If that doesn‘t work I’ll be sorely tempted to punch em for real.
Report Post »Folks all I can say is with all this going on have a 1 year supply of food ready. They got something cooking with the food… Between this, the garden in Georgia, and the water they took away from the farms in northern California I think they got something roten in store, and that’s just the stuff I know about.
toomuchgovernment
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 5:10amBut the mantra of the dems nationwide has ALWAYS BEEN: We know whats best for you better than you do as you are not smart enough. People who vote democratic refuse to see how democrats take their freedoms away from them and dems end up ‘hurting’ the people who vote for them.
Report Post »Absolute amazing to me! I just can’t freakin wait till November 2. I wish the “R‘s’ could get organized and get their ducks in a row. They have an opportunity to take the Senate but would rather fight within.
Beverly Barnum
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 8:35amThe egg expiration date is inexplicable since I used to buy cold storage eggs that were who knows how old and then keep them in my fridge for months more. No one in my family knew eggs expired and we were all fine.
Report Post »craterglass
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 8:43am@SmugSmiley: Now, you may consider this quibbling, but in a culinary sense banning the use of salt in the kitchen would be a serious problem. Chefs (unlike politicians) understand that *when* salt is applied matters even more than how much is applied. When seasoned properly during cooking, less salt is needed to achieve the desired level of seasoning than if used strictly at the table. Try cooking pasta or potatoes in unsalted water, and you’ll see what I mean. If you ban salt in the kitchen, say goodbye to spaghetti and meatballs at your favorite Italian joint.
Report Post »mike.s
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 12:22pmGod has no authority in obamas admin.
Report Post »mike.s
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 12:35pmAs I’ve. Been reading threw these posts , I noticed a few folks commenting on “grammer” and spelling. There are people like myself that are “dislexic” or should I say just not good spellers. To all you spelling police, get over it. If you can’t understand what someone is trying to say, move on. There are thousands of other posts I’m sure you can understand !
Report Post »monroeslb
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 1:07pmIs this a nudge for food from our government, telling us what we can eat and cannot. We start with food and tell us what kind of cars we have to drive around in. What kind of house to live in or have Levittown come back so we all have the same size houses to live in? What time we have to be off the streets at night. This sure sounds like the start of communism and Marxism to me. Say didn’t Hitler start this way? Indoctrination of our kids. Socialized medicine sounds like a dictator ministration to me. Third World country.
Hope God will save our great country the United States of American.
Thumpper1946
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 4:03pmAs with smoking, the next step will be the government’s ban on the sale of candy in general and for legislation banning “Trick or Treating” on Halloween as contributing to “poor nutrition” in a minor. If all of this takes effect, this country is going to be overrun with chocolate Easter bunnies!
Report Post »michaelj525c
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 6:27pmIf people don’t like what a restaurant sells,then they can choose to go somewhere they like but don’t tell me what I can and cannot eat,drink or smoke. It may take civil war to take our country back.
Report Post »Ccbn213
Posted on September 24, 2010 at 2:50pmIf it’s a choice between using my brain or theirs…I choose mine! Those people have proven that they’re all insane!
Report Post »Charlied
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 11:32pmElected officials and bureaucrats believe “we the people” are too stupid to make proper decisions for ourselves thus they must make them for us. For our own good and the good of the children they must regulate what we eat, drink, imbibe and if we don‘t they’ll take away our health care.
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