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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 09:06 AM Original message |
Get Ready to Pay Even MORE for Food. USA TODAY: Wheat goes above $10 a bushel |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
1. The prices of many, many items... |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
2. The silver lining would be . . . |
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Donk Yore (632 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 09:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I think a lot of the obesity problem |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 09:25 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Obesity is a very complex condition |
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Donk Yore (632 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 09:27 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I understand that |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 09:36 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. No question price increases are a dark cloud |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 09:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. No, the silver lining would be *maybe* people would be humane enough not to call people names |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 09:40 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Point taken - very sorry |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. *Some* Americans may eat too much |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 02:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I disagree that portion size and type of food have nothing to do with it. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. My 160 pound friend eats 3000 calories a day at fast food pits |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Since when does being a vegetarian make people thin? |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I HOPE you beat the trend, but ... |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 02:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. "The portions and types of food have nothing to do with obesity" |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 02:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Not true- and the fantasy that thin people have that they're somehow less to blame for consumption |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 02:54 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Then you should change the Wikipedia entry on obesity |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Wikipedia has a lot of morons adding content ... they aren't experts |
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Pakhet (308 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. it's hard to buy meat and fresh veggies |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
7. Fresh fruit and vegetables have skyrocketed. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 01:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Lentils -- eat them and you don't have to flatter thing king, quoteth Diogenes |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. $10.12 for 3 tomatoes last week |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. That'll learn ya to buy 'maters at Whole Paycheck or Gelson's, lol! |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
8. The price of wheat is not going up, this is the value of the dollar going down |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
11. More people and less food produced... |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
17. I'm still in sticker shock from a grocery store visit yesterday. |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
26. thank god i don't buy it by the bushel! n/t |
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