Jed Dilligan
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Wed Dec-28-05 12:31 AM
Response to Reply #18 |
| 19. Check out "Fast Food Nation," book by Eric Schlosser |
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You will be lining up to pay double and triple for free-range meat...
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| -It's the cheap food, stupid. |
Jed Dilligan |
Dec-27-05 11:16 PM |
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Poor in spirit |
MichiganVote |
Dec-27-05 11:19 PM |
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I think you are right to a degree on this--I have been saying for some |
niyad |
Dec-27-05 11:21 PM |
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Is it really that many? |
Jed Dilligan |
Dec-27-05 11:26 PM |
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that was the latest figure I read. I understood what you were saying, |
niyad |
Dec-28-05 12:43 AM |
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Perhaps, but my fiance and I both use Atkins to lose small |
Clark2008 |
Dec-28-05 11:03 AM |
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That's a crazy leap of logic. |
AntiCoup2K4 |
Dec-29-05 01:31 AM |
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If they keep |
Kiouni |
Dec-27-05 11:28 PM |
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Welcome to DU Kiouni |
Jed Dilligan |
Dec-27-05 11:29 PM |
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yeah |
Kiouni |
Dec-27-05 11:30 PM |
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Strangely enough |
Jed Dilligan |
Dec-27-05 11:44 PM |
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we just got a whole foods market here |
Kiouni |
Dec-28-05 12:25 AM |
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Check out "Fast Food Nation," book by Eric Schlosser |
Jed Dilligan |
Dec-28-05 12:31 AM |
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Ever read The Jungle; |
greiner3 |
Dec-28-05 01:14 PM |
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Short answer: one buys from a factory, the other buys from a farm |
Gormy Cuss |
Dec-28-05 10:09 AM |
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self delete |
AntiCoup2K4 |
Dec-29-05 01:41 AM |
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I'll bet the sodium content was even worse |
AntiCoup2K4 |
Dec-29-05 01:44 AM |
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Is that you Bill? Forget it and I agree 100%. "Let your food be |
Maraya1969 |
Dec-27-05 11:29 PM |
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Yep, since when should we be happy to eat food by Monsanto? |
EC |
Dec-27-05 11:54 PM |
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I think you're spot on. |
bezdomny |
Dec-27-05 11:55 PM |
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Yes on all four counts |
Jed Dilligan |
Dec-27-05 11:59 PM |
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While we're talking subsidies, they should subsidize non-alcoholic beer |
petgoat |
Dec-28-05 12:24 AM |
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A thought - a bit off-topic, but not really: |
Clark2008 |
Dec-28-05 11:15 AM |
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People don't necessarily know how to cook with veggies, though |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Dec-28-05 02:21 PM |
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Nor do a lot of them have the facilities to cook |
ccbombs |
Dec-28-05 04:36 PM |
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When I lived in New Haven, Connecticut, there was a clear difference |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Dec-28-05 02:18 PM |
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Yes! |
ccbombs |
Dec-28-05 04:39 PM |
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Hey - I just heard that your beer tastes bad cause it is made with corn |
applegrove |
Dec-28-05 12:01 AM |
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"Buttwiper" has corn and rice. |
Jed Dilligan |
Dec-28-05 12:04 AM |
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Okay - I read "Corn" in US beer and couldn't take in any more information. |
applegrove |
Dec-28-05 12:06 AM |
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I LOVE corn based beer. |
ieoeja |
Dec-28-05 01:51 PM |
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Whose beer you callin' bad |
depakid |
Dec-28-05 09:59 AM |
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Yumm. Lucky Lab Organic Golden! |
Viva_La_Revolution |
Dec-28-05 10:41 AM |
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Yes - the big corporations watered down their beer so bad that |
applegrove |
Dec-28-05 02:03 PM |
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Canadian Beer is made with essentially the same ingredients |
toddaa |
Dec-29-05 04:09 PM |
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In the 80's |
burrowowl |
Dec-28-05 12:03 AM |
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And guess who the biggest landowners are in the central valley of CA... |
Jed Dilligan |
Dec-28-05 12:06 AM |
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Very interesting, if true. nt |
lostnfound |
Dec-28-05 01:32 AM |
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Are your calories standardized? One kilocalorie (little c) of heat energy |
NoFederales |
Dec-29-05 07:13 PM |
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Can't believe this thread isn't getting votes. |
leftstreet |
Dec-28-05 12:44 AM |
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you're wrong on one point |
PaulaFarrell |
Dec-28-05 01:17 AM |
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Some childhood conditioning is required |
Jed Dilligan |
Dec-28-05 02:06 AM |
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I was disagreeing with the OP's statement |
PaulaFarrell |
Dec-28-05 04:19 AM |
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British produce can also be junk. |
TheBaldyMan |
Dec-28-05 05:42 AM |
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I don't mean to insult anyone but I agree that British food |
spooky3 |
Dec-28-05 10:59 AM |
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I know it can be but speaking as a transplanted American |
PaulaFarrell |
Dec-28-05 11:21 AM |
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It's that there is only room for two parties in the system, |
Goldeneye |
Dec-28-05 08:56 AM |
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There's only room for two parties because less than half |
Jed Dilligan |
Dec-28-05 12:10 PM |
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I think we have a two party system |
Goldeneye |
Dec-28-05 12:49 PM |
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I guess my argument is that America's poor, |
Jed Dilligan |
Dec-28-05 12:53 PM |
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I guess I understand what you're saying, |
Goldeneye |
Dec-28-05 01:26 PM |
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I Think You Are Right About the Fast Food |
we can do it |
Dec-28-05 09:55 AM |
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You've pegged it there. I've often wondered where the hell that came from |
glitch |
Dec-28-05 11:01 AM |
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You're On To Something, Too |
we can do it |
Dec-28-05 01:07 PM |
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I feel helpless in this current crisis |
Evergreen Emerald |
Dec-28-05 10:08 AM |
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I believe that simply being aware is the beginning of the solution. |
glitch |
Dec-28-05 11:07 AM |
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I think the food is definately a factor, |
rman |
Dec-28-05 10:22 AM |
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Fear of Rocking the Boat |
YOY |
Dec-28-05 10:28 AM |
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Is your issue with the TYPE of food or the AMOUNT of food? |
orangepeel68 |
Dec-28-05 11:08 AM |
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How about |
Jed Dilligan |
Dec-28-05 12:06 PM |
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Before the Wall came down, the Poles had the world's top calorie intake |
leveymg |
Dec-28-05 11:47 AM |
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Communism fell first in Poland |
Freddie Stubbs |
Dec-28-05 01:49 PM |
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Corn syrup can be bad, but so can other ingredients... |
Bruce McAuley |
Dec-28-05 11:52 AM |
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A conspiracy theory? |
greiner3 |
Dec-28-05 01:09 PM |
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Ban food or make it harder to get |
The Straight Story |
Dec-28-05 01:48 PM |
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Hmmm |
JeffR |
Dec-28-05 01:49 PM |
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That's half of the equation. |
blindpig |
Dec-28-05 02:07 PM |
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And TV is getting dumber by the minute |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Dec-28-05 02:25 PM |
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Yet so many can't afford cable |
Jed Dilligan |
Dec-28-05 04:25 PM |
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I think TV is particularly insidious. |
blindpig |
Dec-28-05 05:03 PM |
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True that it's very misleading, but |
Jed Dilligan |
Dec-28-05 05:12 PM |
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Do you know what ties it all together? |
sandyd921 |
Dec-28-05 02:53 PM |
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Right. |
Jed Dilligan |
Dec-28-05 04:27 PM |
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Ceausescu was in power 21 years. Food was scarce and expensive |
robbedvoter |
Dec-28-05 04:43 PM |
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So are you saying |
Jed Dilligan |
Dec-28-05 04:46 PM |
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Ceausescu was the only name on the ballot. Virtually the same here. |
robbedvoter |
Dec-28-05 05:40 PM |
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If there was a real mass movement of poor people, |
Jed Dilligan |
Dec-28-05 05:43 PM |
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Actually, both Gandhi and MLK got plenty of headlines & airtime |
robbedvoter |
Dec-28-05 05:55 PM |
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Do you think people are really "better off" |
Jed Dilligan |
Dec-28-05 06:05 PM |
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I have a hard time blaming it on the food. Seen worse in my life. |
robbedvoter |
Dec-28-05 07:42 PM |
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Believe me, I've experienced it. |
Jed Dilligan |
Dec-28-05 07:49 PM |
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Scrape together for fast food? That's a joke. |
robbedvoter |
Dec-29-05 12:15 AM |
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Uh, when you're homeless and don't have a kitchen |
Jed Dilligan |
Dec-29-05 12:20 AM |
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Always an anlternative to fast food. |
robbedvoter |
Dec-29-05 12:32 AM |
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You should explore the inner city a little |
Jed Dilligan |
Dec-29-05 01:07 AM |
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Dear Jed - I live in the inner city. Fast food ain't cheap, driving |
robbedvoter |
Dec-29-05 08:10 AM |
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Where? |
Jed Dilligan |
Dec-29-05 09:28 AM |
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I don't blame the poor - nor do I patronize them like you do. |
robbedvoter |
Dec-29-05 09:34 AM |
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NYC doesn't fucking count. We're sick of hearing from you. |
Jed Dilligan |
Dec-29-05 09:44 AM |
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This trust fund baby is referring you to the 4 Yorkshiremen sketch |
robbedvoter |
Dec-29-05 09:55 AM |
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My God, you are so the stereotype of the arrogant New Yorker! |
Jed Dilligan |
Dec-29-05 09:59 AM |
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You poor car owners you! Must be tough.... |
robbedvoter |
Dec-29-05 10:10 AM |
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I don't own a fucking car |
Jed Dilligan |
Dec-29-05 10:14 AM |
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don't pay attention to RobbedVoter. (s)he likes to get into |
catmother |
Dec-29-05 04:37 PM |
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I agree |
Nutmegger |
Dec-28-05 05:15 PM |
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That and the mercury in our systems |
LiberalEsto |
Dec-28-05 05:53 PM |
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Stranger things have happened |
Jed Dilligan |
Dec-28-05 07:53 PM |
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Yes, the American diet sucks. |
davsand |
Dec-28-05 08:26 PM |
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i agree. good nutrition should be taught by the government and |
catmother |
Dec-29-05 04:50 PM |
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Some schools get kickbacks from soda/juice vendors, snack bars, cafeteria |
NoFederales |
Dec-29-05 07:30 PM |
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isn't that sad? poisoning our children. one school, i don't |
catmother |
Dec-29-05 08:07 PM |
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Sadder yet are the schools that allow breaks during class and between |
NoFederales |
Dec-29-05 08:18 PM |
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the parents don't take the initiative because their uninformed or |
catmother |
Dec-29-05 08:36 PM |
#102 |
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