 sutra46
Female, 40-49, Asia
 2008 Posts
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011 9:57:11 PM
This is what the occupy movement is partly about. Corporations paying lobbyist to affect regulations and polluting our lives.
Profit over everything else.
Bastards. Still getting away with it! |
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 DingDingDong
Male, 30-39, Western US
1420 Posts
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Sunday, November 20, 2011 10:15:10 AM
Where in the constitution does it give Congress the ability to regulate school lunches??? This is not what they are in office for. |
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 epiphany101
Female, 30-39, Australia
480 Posts
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Sunday, November 20, 2011 5:27:12 AM
O_o That's like saying OJ is a fruit because it's got oranges in it. If the lobbyists weren't so far up the USDA's backside, maybe they'd actually give a damn about appropriate childhood nutrition & realise this kind of crap only escalates adult onset diabetes, heart disease, & other obesity-related illness. And helps set up poor life long nutritional habits in the population. Oh...that's right...short term monetary gain is the be all & end all. My bad. |
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 Dick_Head
Male, 30-39, Europe
69 Posts
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Sunday, November 20, 2011 2:08:54 AM
The stupidity of america really is legendary. |
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 I-IS-BORED
Male, 18-29, Canada
2432 Posts
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Saturday, November 19, 2011 10:39:33 PM
@KryptCeeper
The legislation passed is about a portion of pizza that isn't topped with veggies being considered to contain a serving of vegetables because of the tiny amount of sauce it has regardless of WHAT that sauce really contains AND the fact that it's such a tiny amount of *possibly* tomato. |
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KryptCeeper
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
9 Posts
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Saturday, November 19, 2011 10:07:56 PM
probably been said a dozen times or two but this article is not about if pizza is a vegetable. its about if the pizza SAUCE is considered a vegetable. so no pizza is no more a vegetable then apple pie is a fruit. which its not btw. |
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 number43
Female, 70 & Over, Asia
758 Posts
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Saturday, November 19, 2011 9:50:22 PM
Misleading title is misleading. There was no mention of bacon in the article. A lack of bacon = a lack of interest. |
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 carlsagan
Male, 18-29, Western US
120 Posts
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Saturday, November 19, 2011 9:05:00 PM
In the words of Eric Cartman: "I'm not fat, I'm big boned!" |
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 Suicism
Male, 18-29, Western US
3534 Posts
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Saturday, November 19, 2011 3:39:46 PM
Let's do one solid for the kids and let them enjoy their school lunch pizzas before they grow up to find the government taking everything else away from them as well. |
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Cargen1022
Male, 18-29, Western US
33 Posts
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Saturday, November 19, 2011 12:19:46 PM
There is a large difference between "pizza is a vegetable", and "pizza has a serving of vegetables". There is a problem here with this situation...and it has nothing to do with pizza itself, it has everything to do with what the definition of "serving" means in the English language. In fact, that's why the food pyramid was redesigned in the first place. As opposed to guesstimate amounts of grains, meat, fruits, and veggies; we now have specific amounts that help accomplish a balanced diet. So in the question of, "does pizza have a serving of vegetables", we must ask ourselves, does 2 tablespoons = one serving? Honestly not in my opinion. You'd need about 20 servings of that to make your mark for vegetables for the day. It is a bit of a stretch to be honest. However pizza isn't all that harmful for you if cooked properly. Heck a thin crust pizza with vegetables and chicken would make for a balanced meal. |
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 jinxiejae
Female, 30-39, Western US
2473 Posts
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Saturday, November 19, 2011 12:14:50 PM
i love pizza, and i admit to having my fair share of junk, but pizza sauce is made from vegetables not in itself a vegetable. heck tomatoes technically aren't vegetables either. they're berries, a fruit. this just proves that congress, our leaders are a bunch of morons! |
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 Gerry1of1
Male, 50-59, Western US
25642 Posts
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Saturday, November 19, 2011 11:34:19 AM
You can grow other fresh fruits at home besides Pizza
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Gerry1of1
Male, 50-59, Western US
25642 Posts
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Saturday, November 19, 2011 11:20:54 AM
@ jtrebowski, I'll give you a 3rd option...I'm right. When I was a kid no one worried about french fries full of trans fats, and potato chips were cooked in lard. My generation is thinner than the one they have now. Obviously, the government cannot regulate weight. It's about parenting and teaching kids not to eat at McDonalds every day.
If that's your definition of "trolling" then yes, I'm a troll. But there is nothing that says a troll can't be right.
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 Thetas
Male, 18-29, Western US
1536 Posts
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Saturday, November 19, 2011 11:11:55 AM
" ...and thanks to food companies’ lobbying efforts — to the tune of $5.6 million — a couple tablespoons of tomato sauce are still safe and sound as vegetables."
Go drating figure, business controlling everything, including our health.
Who would have known??? |
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 jtrebowski
Male, 40-49, Southern US
3057 Posts
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Saturday, November 19, 2011 10:11:38 AM
"Your tax dollars at work doing nothing.
Have you notice that, with gov'ment legislation/regulation, the healthier food gets that fatter children get.
I say feed the bastards on a steady diet of bacon, gummie bears, and lard. They'll slim down in no time."
Gerry, I can't tell if you're trolling, or just plain stupid. |
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 NNoamfer
Male, 13-17, Asia
994 Posts
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Saturday, November 19, 2011 9:29:36 AM
Btw, way to show that nobody here actually read the article (except the person below me). If you don't even read the article, don't drating criticize the issue they report on. |
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NNoamfer
Male, 13-17, Asia
994 Posts
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Saturday, November 19, 2011 9:27:33 AM
Misleading post is misleading. They say that the TOMATO SAUCE is a fruit, not the pizza. drat TPM, they can't report or poo. |
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 QH_girl
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
89 Posts
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Saturday, November 19, 2011 9:12:04 AM
It doesn't at all say that pizza is a vegetable....it says the SAUCE is, and even points out that it's kind of bad logic to use that to justify pizza as healthy. The sauce itself, if it's just a nice simple pure tomato sauce, is in fact healthy and counts as a serving of veggies.
Therefore, I think is a boring post. |
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DubleU
Male, 18-29, Canada
166 Posts
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Saturday, November 19, 2011 9:04:19 AM
So this is the same country that is trying to ban ALL media on the internet??
Who drating knew?? |
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 Cajun247
Male, 18-29, Southern US
9438 Posts
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Saturday, November 19, 2011 8:42:58 AM
You think they would count poutine as a vegetable? It has potatoes!
Potatoes really aren't the best vegetable, full of HDCs. |
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Gerry1of1
Male, 50-59, Western US
25642 Posts
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Saturday, November 19, 2011 8:20:04 AM
I ordered a packet of Pizza Seeds so I can have really fresh, home-grown pizza.
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 Mweebles
Female, 18-29, Southern US
1662 Posts
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Saturday, November 19, 2011 8:15:17 AM
Also, whipped cream is lingerie and celery is a meat. |
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 SunnyNphilly
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
645 Posts
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Saturday, November 19, 2011 8:08:08 AM
more like- This is why our country is falling on its face. |
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 Draculya
Male, 30-39, Asia
6328 Posts
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Saturday, November 19, 2011 8:07:34 AM
And a capybara is a fish. |
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 SlothOfDoom
Male, 30-39, Canada
2041 Posts
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Saturday, November 19, 2011 7:49:52 AM
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