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billyoc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-16-09 09:02 PM
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4. Yeah, free would be too "divisive". We need a bipartisan solution.
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  -Obesity a crushing weight on U.S. health care Liberal_in_LA  Aug-16-09 08:57 PM   #0 
  - Say hello to your health care reform.  billyoc   Aug-16-09 08:58 PM   #1 
  - 50% off for the first 3 months  rurallib   Aug-16-09 09:00 PM   #3 
     - Yeah, free would be too "divisive". We need a bipartisan solution.  billyoc   Aug-16-09 09:02 PM   #4 
        - They could be free, but I doubt there would be many takers.  Thothmes   Aug-16-09 09:06 PM   #6 
           - maybe some homeless looking for a place to clean up.  rurallib   Aug-16-09 09:09 PM   #7 
  - So is this what people mean when they talk about -  donco6   Aug-16-09 09:00 PM   #2 
  - My sister didn't drink soda. Or eat many sweets.  aquart   Aug-16-09 09:02 PM   #5 
  - Oh, please, it's nothing compared to nicotine and alcohol  Warpy   Aug-16-09 09:12 PM   #8 
  - 'poor neighborhoods in the inner city' aren't the only places with fat people. Some now  Liberal_in_LA   Aug-16-09 09:16 PM   #11 
  - No shit, Sherlock  Warpy   Aug-16-09 09:25 PM   #12 
  - agreed.  Liberal_in_LA   Aug-16-09 09:28 PM   #14 
  - Rural areas  joecool65   Aug-16-09 11:49 PM   #22 
  - There Are Plenty of Grossly Obese People In Ohio Suburbs,  we can do it   Aug-17-09 07:17 AM   #27 
  - I'm sorry, but what are you trying to say? Nicotine helps keep off the weight --  smalll   Aug-16-09 10:06 PM   #18 
     - Both nicotine and alcohol are far more damaging than obesity  Warpy   Aug-16-09 10:16 PM   #21 
  - Prevention isn't only cure, education and sensible instruction for long periods helps,  Serial Mom   Aug-16-09 09:13 PM   #9 
  - I don't think 20 pounds overweight seriously qualifies as obesity  northernlights   Aug-16-09 09:33 PM   #15 
  - Recommend  TexasObserver   Aug-16-09 09:16 PM   #10 
  - America is fat. Apparently that's another issue that is being ignored by the media.  steelmania75   Aug-16-09 09:27 PM   #13 
  - Obesity is all but impossible to treat. Mmmm...no it isn't.  flvegan   Aug-16-09 09:36 PM   #16 
  - And these industries should pay for public health care:  TexasObserver   Aug-17-09 12:07 AM   #25 
  - Every restaurant should post nutrition information ON THEIR MENU.  alarimer   Aug-17-09 07:22 AM   #28 
  - I watched a couple of NFL games this weekend  pscot   Aug-16-09 09:54 PM   #17 
  - IBTL. Hey, they're out of Junior Mints here!  wtmusic   Aug-16-09 10:08 PM   #19 
  - All we're likely to get from the political class on this is lectures.  burning rain   Aug-16-09 10:12 PM   #20 
  - Wow  Stephanie   Aug-16-09 11:53 PM   #23 
  - He says "cheap food has all but eliminated hunger among the poor", but  salguine   Aug-17-09 12:04 AM   #24 
     - "I have been in the position of being skint"  Quantess   Aug-17-09 12:12 AM   #26 
 

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