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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 03:30 PM Original message |
Heritage Foundation on Hunger...Poor people aren't hungry; they're fat. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. In the same way Jerry Falwell was fat. |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. K&R n/t |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. Those Heritage folks sure are ignorant |
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frankenforpres (763 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. you can |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 04:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. Watch out when you make generalizations |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 05:02 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. You're both correct. Some people are overweight but undernourished. |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 11:43 PM Response to Reply #30 |
43. So diplomatic and so spot-on correct. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 12:29 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. There's something wrong with HFCS - it really does appear to be poison. |
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JBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 07:31 PM Response to Reply #24 |
40. In Canada there is a link between income level and obesity |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
4. *sigh* Let's not even look at what foods they eat, either. |
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frankenforpres (763 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 03:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. agree, depends on what they mean by poor |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 04:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
28. Did they define it in the paper? |
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lvx35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 03:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. That's exactly what it is, thanks. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 04:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. You've nailed it--eating well is a luxury. |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 12:05 AM Response to Reply #4 |
45. You got it. Starch is cheapest, then sugar, then fat ... THEN protein. |
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fed-up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'm 5'4" and 112 pounds-I am most definitly NOT FAT....nt |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 11:01 AM Response to Reply #5 |
47. Yeah, at 5'1 size 5, people can't believe I weigh 128. |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
6. Sort of sad. Can't be to thin or to empty headed. |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
7. That new freakin' phrase they made up, "Food insecurity" (HUNGER) makes my blood boil. NEVER use |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 07:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
38. I'm with you. And screw welfare deform, and screw the so-called "Liberals" |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
9. Down is up, and up is down |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
10. These people just get more creepy every day. |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 04:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. 'Es pinin for the fiords! |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
12. Very clever how the Pubs frame their shit,,, blame the victims..do they have FAT TENTS too? |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
14. Try living on fast food (it's not nutritious, but it's cheap) |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 04:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. You know, fast food used to be cheap.. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 05:08 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. Yeah those boxes of the orange stuff. Little to no nutrition, but |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 11:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
44. I live on empty carbs |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 04:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. I think if you can live on fast food, you're not poor. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 05:01 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. It's an issue of availability. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 05:34 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Thank you |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 05:45 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Nope. Just been through hard times, seen more. |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
15. They're not hungry. Why, compared to the people in Ethiopia, |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
17. pimping my own thread... |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
18. One can be overweight AND malnourished. |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 07:06 PM Response to Reply #18 |
37. You hit it on the head. Rickets are here again. |
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ryanus (511 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
19. same thing happened to peasants in europe |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 04:30 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Exactly! Thank you. |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
21. Fat workers must be eating at their McD manufacturing jobs. n/t |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
25. It's called nutrition (or lack there of), stupid. |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
26. Maybe the poor ought to feed the rich on Thanksgiving and Xmas? |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
32. These idiots make me want to puke. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
33. So now we see that Glenn Beck has something in common |
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Dark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
34. prolonged, involuntary lack of food, results in discomfort, illness, weakness, or pain |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 07:22 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Not. Thanks for playing. According to the USDA in 2006 ... |
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JBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
41. OK, check out Ed Feulner, President of the Heritage Foundation |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
42. heritage people aren't |
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