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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 07:49 AM Original message |
'Cheeseburger Bill' Clears 1st Minn. House Panel |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. Why should this industry get special protection? |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 08:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Because, ultimately, it's the consumers choice to eat there. |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 08:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I think the focus should be on the product, not the "choice" of the consumer of that product. |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 08:28 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. There's nothing involuntary about deciding what to put in your body. |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 09:16 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I agree with you. I cook and bake partially for my health and partially for economical reasons. |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 09:34 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Ever try to get a healthy meal while on the road? |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 09:59 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Subway can be pretty healthy, as far as fast food is concerned. |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 10:09 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Try a supermarket |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 01:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. They don't have drive thru windows |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 10:13 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Well, aren't you virtuous? |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. So you would favor the banning of tobbaco products and alcohol? |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 09:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Hi. No, not ban but allow plaintiffs to litigate for ill effects from the products. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 10:56 AM Response to Reply #3 |
16. You are joking, right? Because your argument is completely ludicrous. Here, have some foie gras. |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
5. I thought the headline was a Big Dog reference.. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
6. of course they are. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
10. call it the bullshit bill. protecting a food company from lawsuits???/ bullshit |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Firearms companies have similar protections |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 10:55 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Don't most people already know that eating crappy food makes you fat? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 11:01 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. If there is product deficiency, mis-labeling, corruption, yes, there needs be legal redress. But |
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