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2008-04-19 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Smoking ban, fitness tests for healthier nanny nation

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Posted by Anonymoose 2008-04-19 13:36|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 "All the artificial foods would become very expensive and the healthy foods would be cheaper."

No, all the healthy foods would become more expensive as their use became mandatory...unless of course, the Government was going to fix that problem by being the one distributing the food. Please see 'Cuba' for how well THAT works.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2008-04-19 16:47|| 2008-04-19 16:47|| Front Page Top

#2 How much would it cost you for them to leave you the fuck alone?

Posted by tu3031 2008-04-19 17:01|| 2008-04-19 17:01|| Front Page Top

#3 And then, in 2100, they would probably be bitching because too many people are living much longer lives and are a burden on the health system.

Posted by Rambler in California">Rambler in California 2008-04-19 17:11|| 2008-04-19 17:11|| Front Page Top

#4 That's where the "how death can be a 'positive experience' when patients reach hospital emergency departments" comes in .

Posted by Pappy 2008-04-19 17:46|| 2008-04-19 17:46|| Front Page Top

#5 Sounds like some "health experts" need a heaping helping of double-aught buckshot where their brains are - where most people sit down. Nanny-statism is communism in disguise, and needs to face the same type of "acceptance" - non-, never.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2008-04-19 22:58|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2008-04-19 22:58|| Front Page Top

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