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Double Cheapburger
Hardly knee-jerk and hardly uneducated. I have thought about these issues quite a lot. I support your position in theory, I am trying to understand how you intend to put it into practice. If you don't intend to do anything about McDonalds or Vons, what is your goal, MsG?— May 3, 2010 12:56 a.m.
Double Cheapburger
Then your goal is to put all fast food places and major grocery chains out of business. How do you propose to do that?— May 2, 2010 7:52 p.m.
Trip to the Final Frontier with Willie!!
Smokin'!!!!!!!!!!!!— May 2, 2010 6:25 p.m.
Double Cheapburger
Agree with you on principal, MsG, though I have some thoughts to add. For instance, the bulk of food in restaurants and food stores come from the same or similar sources. Even if McDonalds wanted to make the switch over to a different type of beef, for example, I doubt if it could find a supplier to provide that much product. And of course the prices would soar. BTW, I think it may be a bit of a myth that the poor patronize McD's more than other income brackets, at least most of the families I know prepare most of their meals at home. And most eat healthy food, they just eat too much of it. Where children are concerned, there is way too much snack food available, from corner stores, from pushcarts, from street and park vendors. There may be a few places where you can be certain of buying farm fresh, organically produced vegetables and grass-fed meat and range-free eggs. Those places tend not to be located in poor communities, and the prices are generally pretty high, so it would be hard to work into a low income food budget. I wonder also if it helps to think of McDonalds as evil. After all, they prepare the food, We The People of our own free will go inside and eat it. No one puts a gun to our heads. Are we evil? I think perhaps we are enjoying the fruits of our success. Remember it wasn't so long ago in history that procuring food wasn't a sure thing. Science has strived to improve food production and distribution, to make it perfectly bland and edible and clean and easy and cheap to consume. I think it's good to take a look at how food is produced. There's a lot of factors that need to be considered while changes are made. No question changes should be made. I think McDonalds knows this, and are working on making changes.— May 2, 2010 6:22 p.m.
I Want William Shatner
Ooops, sorry, wrong thread. Got it mixed up with the Willie thread. :)— May 2, 2010 3:34 p.m.
I Want William Shatner
Holy cow!!! This thread has been severely edited, if I am not mistaken. :(— May 2, 2010 2:28 p.m.
Tundra # 16
Quiiiiiilllllllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!— May 2, 2010 1:37 p.m.
Trip to the Final Frontier with Willie!!
That explains so much, MsG. ;)— May 2, 2010 10:50 a.m.
The First Saturday In May
I won't open your links, AG, will take your word there have been abuses. That's unfortunately typical of most sports, animal and human. Among humans, most of it is self-inflicted, though it is hard to know how much of the decision is reasoning and how much is competitive nature talking. I once read a study where elite athletes were asked if they could take a drug that would guarantee a gold medal yet take ten years off their life would they take it and virtually all of the respondents said yes. The fundamental question stands: Should all sports be banned? Should sports involving animals be banned? BTW, there's a book, Seabiscuit, by Laura Hillenbrand, that broadly covers the subject of horseracing, if anyone is interested. Was a good movie, too.— May 2, 2010 9:51 a.m.
The First Saturday In May
Hadn't watched a race since Barbaro broke down at Pimlico. Gosh, the Derbys look like they've all been mudders since then.— May 1, 2010 11:15 p.m.