| Apr 19, 2006 @ 9:40 AM |
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Lovely1368
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http://www.slate.com/id/2139941/nav/tap1/?GT1=8019
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| Apr 19, 2006 @ 7:39 PM |
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waterfire
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At the moment I am not sure it would be a good idea but do agree something needs to be done. I hate to see people forced into better eating habits by the government but maybe it will take that or some program that educates parents on the affects of unhealthy food choices.
thanks for the link.
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| Apr 19, 2006 @ 8:03 PM |
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Heaveninawildflower
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Thanks Lovely...I have no problem with labelling, but please, no more laws!!
By now, anyone who reads at all has gotten totally bombarded with the latest and greatest wisdom on what constitutes a healthy diet. The answer's probably gonna be like most things...it depends. I think we each have to figure out what works for us and go from there. I
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| Apr 20, 2006 @ 1:35 AM |
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stormy73
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You ever tried smoking a french fry?!?!?!   
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| Apr 20, 2006 @ 2:24 AM |
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JesterDrawers
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Yep!!!!! They're dern near IMPOSSIBLE to light!!!!! 
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| Apr 20, 2006 @ 12:58 PM |
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Lovely1368
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"You ever tried smoking a french fry?!?!?! "
Almost fell out of my chair. Saw an incredibly drunken friend mistake one for a smoke and try to light it. We were all laughing so hard that none of us could breathe well enough to even tell her it was a fry.
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| Apr 21, 2006 @ 12:04 AM |
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JesterDrawers
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I buy my fried in packs of twenty...how 'bout you? If I'm REAL hungry, I may even order an entire carton!
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| May 2, 2006 @ 3:32 PM |
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Greystone1
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Should we regulate French fries like cigarettes?
No... We should regulate cigarettes like french fries.
Bad enough we have the TobaccoNazis... Now they want to be the FrenchFryNazis.
 Dictators everywhere.
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| May 4, 2006 @ 11:35 AM |
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Always_Striving
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Yes, so I can have more entertainment watching people try to bum a fry off other people walking out of the doors of a McDonalds. Even better yet, to watch them fight a crow or a Seagull over a dropped French fry. If someone droped a half eaten French fry do you think it's worthy of picking it up and eating it? I've seen smokers pick up ciggarette butts that other people have dropped (even stepped on to extinguish) and spark them up again. 
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| Jun 23, 2006 @ 9:24 PM |
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Spirit76
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At the moment I am not sure it would be a good idea but do agree something needs to be done. I hate to see people forced into better eating habits by the government but maybe it will take that or some program that educates parents on the affects of unhealthy food choices.
It is a tough choice. Do you impose portion size restrictions on food? It does seem a bit over the top for Big Brother to start telling you how much you can eat. The real answer is to open up legal avenues to let people force food and restaurant businesses to improve the food and make it healthy rather than put lots of chemical-ridden filler into everything we eat.
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| Jun 24, 2006 @ 2:12 PM |
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LipGlossQueen9
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No. If people want to go to McDonald's regularly and eat too much, whose problem is it? Theirs. The government has so many more important things to worry about than if people are consciously choosing to ruin their bodies.
Plus, wouldn't it be kind of....communism (at least the way I understand it) if the government stepped in and told McDonalds, Burger King etc what they could and couldn't do? They're private businesses.
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| Jun 24, 2006 @ 2:17 PM |
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Greystone1
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The smartest thing H. Ross Perot ever said:
"When you pass a law, you give up part of your freedom."
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| Jun 28, 2006 @ 12:23 AM |
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redhairNfreckles
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If people want to go to McDonald's regularly and eat too much, whose problem is it?
I don't know but right now it's 12:30AM and I'm frantically looking in the yellow pages for a 24 hour McDonalds....
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| Jul 11, 2006 @ 4:01 PM |
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spicygamble
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*rolls eyes...
Yeah, sure, while we're at it...
let's regulate sex, too. Mandatory 3X's a week min/4X's a weeks maximum?
Then we can move on to selecting positions, rate, toys... hell, let's toss in # of partners, too while we're at it. *geesh...
How pathetic have things become?
*making retard face now...
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| Jul 11, 2006 @ 6:07 PM |
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uab_5
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While obsesity hurts America's economy in general,
No ones gotten fat from second hand eating!
Get into my belly!
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| Jul 21, 2006 @ 8:05 PM |
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jamminjerry
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glossy, i think the term is fascism, communism is when everybody chips in and buys the supersize and shares it. LOL
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| Nov 16, 2006 @ 2:58 AM |
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steveemac
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While obsesity hurts America's economy in general,
No ones gotten fat from second hand eating!
Thank you, my friend; that says it all!
As far as regulating french fries or other fatty foods; no, it's not the foods themselves, it's over-consumption of them that causes a problem...if you regulate FF portion sizes, what's to stop someone from just eating a can of Crisco? Seriously, the body can process out fatty foods when eaten in moderation; while smoking causes damage to the airways with every inhalation-moderation is not "safe."
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| Dec 11, 2006 @ 5:32 PM |
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Always_Striving
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New York City Law
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| Jan 7, 2007 @ 7:05 AM |
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pixie2hug
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Striving, Whats amazing to me is on that NYC law you gave the link for , they banned trans fats yet, , Alcohol and Cigs, are still legal, how is this even possible, makes me wonder, where am I living? 
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| Jan 18, 2007 @ 6:40 PM |
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shellsmack1
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Did you see where their possibly going to ban smoking in vehicles? I mean...COME ON ALREADY. People have freedom of choice in America, let them make some discretions.
This smoking ban is a freagin' joke, it's invasion of privacy.
Shall we ban public .....why not. Why should the rest of us have to suffer.
Shall we ban public  ....why not. Extreme overweight people are a hazard to driving vehicles and America the Beautiful. I mean we're already known as the fat country.
Cell phones should be banned nationwide. Everywhere you look people have those darn things "stuck" to the sides of their heads. And when they drive with them...wtf, where's the safety there?
It's all nuts!! 
Bars should be banned! 
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