Food and Drink Aug 30, 2011 at 1:14 pm

Taking a Stand for Veggies

Alex Zielinski
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Now those bastard lefties want to take away our Twinkies?!?!?!?!
guspasho on August 30, 2011 at 1:16 PM Report this
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There are the people who base their existence on telling others how to live.

And those who don't.
D on August 30, 2011 at 1:21 PM Report this
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What Mount Hood fire?
Reymont on August 30, 2011 at 1:25 PM Report this
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM6xVQwIOYQ
ezra on August 30, 2011 at 1:29 PM Report this
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@2, I don't think they're telling anyone how to live. I think they're trying to end a subsidy for unhealthy foods (which should be a no-brainer).

While I agree with you that, should I decide to do so, I have the right to eat myself to death (channeling inner Ron Swanson here). However, as a tax payer, and assuming this article is factual, I'd prefer not to subsidize twinkies.
Fruit Cup on August 30, 2011 at 1:42 PM Report this
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@ezra: +1.
Graham on August 30, 2011 at 1:51 PM Report this
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Oh please.... get a life kids.
frankieb on August 30, 2011 at 2:12 PM Report this
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Always hilarious when people who purport to believe in some sort of "free market" cry foul at efforts to end public subsidies for corporations to artificially lower the prices of unsustainable products that make us unhealthy.
And then people criticize vegetarianism and healthy eating as somehow elitist because fresh produce is expensive for poor families relative to processed crap. Hmm, could there be a connection?
geyser on August 30, 2011 at 2:25 PM Report this
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This is a good thing. This country has like 300 million people, a large number of whom are fat, stupid idiots who will eat modified plastic if you shape it like food. Bummer about their fat, stupid kids, but this is just natural selection doing its thing. If you're dumb enough to eat that shit and feed it to your kids, I'm willing to pay a little bit of tax money to help get you off the planet quicker. That way I won't have to hear as many assholes saying "hipster."
on August 30, 2011 at 2:33 PM Report this
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@DieSalty, they don't get off the planet quicker, they develop diabetes and hypertension and then you have to spend even more money giving them lifelong health care so they can manage their chronic disorders while continuing to breed.
theterminizer on August 30, 2011 at 3:39 PM Report this
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@DieSalty - I'd totally be with you if the process was a lot quicker. But Theterminizer is right - those folks breed too fast.
Reymont on August 30, 2011 at 3:58 PM Report this
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"but this is just natural selection doing its thing"

There is nothing natural about that kind of selection.
guspasho on August 30, 2011 at 5:40 PM Report this
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Oops! I thought that was a sampling table and took some tasty gifts off it.

They should also get ride of the subsidies for bio-fuel since all this "corn sugar" is a byproduct.
Rosy on August 30, 2011 at 7:20 PM Report this
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Rosy - yes.
frankieb on August 30, 2011 at 7:27 PM Report this

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