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LV426
02-28-2007, 02:04 PM
"Girl Scouts have an economic, medical and moral imperative to dump junk food as their $700 million fundraising source….Girl Scout Cookies are high-calorie, high-sugar, high in saturated fat and nearly devoid of nutrition. Using young girls as a front to push millions of cookies onto an already bloated population further exacerbates an alarming [obesity] crisis, no matter how cute the uniforms are."

These words come from MeMe Roth. Of course I had no idea who MeMe Roth is until I was scanning news articles and saw this passage. You see MeMe is against Obesity. She's the president and Founder of the National Action Against Obesity and in fact she seems fanatical about it. So much so that she has this Wedding Gown Challenge thing where she tries to assemble women to Central Park and have them wear the gowns that they were married in.

“Women commit fraud on their wedding days -- they weigh-in for the walk down the aisle with no expectation of maintaining that weight year after year."

Well MeMe, how charming. But you know of all the junk foods she could have targeted she chose Girlscouts. That's pretty low in my opinion. I mean these are kids raising money for a decent reason. Why not attack the junk food kings like Hostess or McDonalds, or hell even Little Debbie contributes to the fat asses of america. Of course I suppose she could make even more of a statement, I bet there is a little calf somewhere that needs to be persecuted because eventually he will grow up to be the big bad hamburger and make people fat.

I've always wanted to put a hit out on the Girlscouts for the sheer pleasure of it but you know the cookies stayed my hand because hell who can resist a carmel coconuty chocolate Samoa. Besides Miss MeMe, not everything is about fat in the cookie line, there are "Thin Mints".

Canis Lupus
02-28-2007, 02:06 PM
I think she is right, just look what I found on the web:
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w53/_-Aranel-_/Difference.jpg

RQ
02-28-2007, 02:11 PM
But what about our renewable source of energy?!

Canis Lupus
02-28-2007, 02:20 PM
You mean the assfat powered boats?

Lore_of_the_Ages
02-28-2007, 02:26 PM
Prince Charles: Ban McDonald's (http://uk.news.yahoo.com/28022007/397/prince-charles-ban-mcdonald-s-0.html)

Prince Charles has appeared to criticise fast food chain McDonald's during a visit to the Gulf.

The prince was at the launch of a public health awareness campaign aimed at fighting diabetes in the United Arab Emirates when he seemed to suggest to a nutritionist that "banning McDonald's was the key".

I actually like the way this man is thinking for once. McDonald's, as well as other fast food chains, have done a lot of damage.

LV426
02-28-2007, 02:51 PM
But you can't just start banning foods because they are bad for you. I mean honestly, people know the foods are bad, if they eat them then that is their own fault. Besides it sets awful precedents that can be used later to ban all foods that are bad. So then we all end up eating tofu and I am NOT eating tofu.

DarkWolf
02-28-2007, 02:58 PM
Prince Charles: Ban McDonald's (http://uk.news.yahoo.com/28022007/397/prince-charles-ban-mcdonald-s-0.html)



I actually like the way this man is thinking for once. McDonald's, as well as other fast food chains, have done a lot of damage.
Wrong.

Fast Food places haven't done us any damage - we are not obligated to go there and eat. Going to a fast food place once a week is fine for you if the rest of the week the meals are proper. I know health fanatics here in town who have basically perfect bodies - and they eat fast food twice a week.

People do the damage to themselves. Fast Food places don't. It's not their duty to regulate our diets - our diets are our own choices.

Banning fast food places isn't a solution. It's called passing the buck.