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rgbecker

(4,871 posts)
Mon Mar 9, 2015, 09:49 AM Mar 2015

The politics of Pepperoni, Paul Krugman.

Do you find yourself in the Diabetes belt?

It's all related, it turns out. Who Knew?

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/06/opinion/paul-krugman-pepperoni-turns-partisan.html?rref=collection%2Fcolumn%2Fpaul-krugman&contentCollection=opinion&action=click&module=NextInCollection&region=Footer&pgtype=article


"At one level, there is a clear correlation between lifestyles and partisan orientation: heavier states tend to vote Republican, and the G.O.P. lean is especially pronounced in what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention call the “diabetes belt” of counties, mostly in the South, that suffer most from that particular health problem. Not coincidentally, officials from that region have led the pushback against efforts to make school lunches healthier."

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The politics of Pepperoni, Paul Krugman. (Original Post) rgbecker Mar 2015 OP
"I don't eat no rabbit food!!!11" tridim Mar 2015 #1
Oh elias49 Mar 2015 #2
but I love thin sliced pepperoni on buttery clubhouse crackers. B Calm Mar 2015 #3
Interesting article. nt femmocrat Mar 2015 #4

tridim

(45,358 posts)
1. "I don't eat no rabbit food!!!11"
Mon Mar 9, 2015, 09:56 AM
Mar 2015

Says the republican idiot in my office who constantly eats Little Debbie HFCS bombs and drinks 64 ounces of Mountain Dew every day.

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