People People! We Got to Get Over, Before We Go Under
Things that sound good.
Don't drink Diet Pepsi. Smokers should pay more for health care. Don't buy SUV's. Eat organic. Knowing the name of the farmer who grew your vegetables will make them taste better. I don't listen to her cause she lipsyncs and doesn't write her own music. Buy nothing day. Capitalism is destyoing the world.
Hmmm...
Diet Pepsi. Has aspartame. That's bad, right??....is he really gonna defend aspartame? Well, I read a story recently that because diet pepsi is so hideously evil, a teacher crusaded for all of the aspertame related drinks pulled from the vending machine at a high school. The kids ended up drinking the non-aspertame drinks that had huge caloric content and the kids started to become obese. Haha.
"Two approved sugar substitutes, saccharin and aspartame, have been the subject of ongoing controversy that, in the case of saccharin, dates back more than 20 years.
Aspartame has come under fire in recent years from individuals who have used the Internet in an attempt to link the sweetener to brain tumors and other serious disorders. But FDA stands behind its original approval of aspartame, and subsequent evaluations have shown that the product is safe. A tiny segment of the population is sensitive to one of the sweetener's byproducts and should restrict intake. However, the agency continually monitors safety information on food ingredients such as aspartame and may take action to protect public health if it receives credible scientific evidence indicating a safety problem.
Other organizations give aspartame and the other approved sugar substitutes a thumbs up. For example, the American Heart Association endorses their use by diabetics and those on weight-loss diets. The American Diabetes Association calls sugar substitutes "free foods" because they make food taste sweet, but they have essentially no calories and do not raise blood sugar levels."
That's the FDA yo.
So either be fat or go against what the good doctors of the FDA and every other drug administration around the world say. I myself stay away from the pop altogether. Just thought it was another cause and effect thing that people get WAY too emotional about. F#cking drink diet pepsi people, it's fine.
Smokers should pay more for health care. Agreed. So should people who eat fatty foods. Heart disease is the number 2 killer. So my idea is a "fat tax" that goes on all fatty foods or if people eat meals higher than 1000 calories per sitting....that is IF we charge smokers more.
Don't drive SUV's. Oh my god, he isn't really is he??? Yup. What has more of a tax on the environment, a hummer or a toyota prius? If you said Prius you're right!!!! At this point anyways. Maybe in the future, we'll be able to manufacture hybrids and recycle them the same way we do with other cars (the hummer) that has less of a toll on the environment. I think we should all be on the bus, personally.
Eat organic. What's wrong with organic, Rob? It tastes better; I don't want any Franken-foods....what? Like corn? (one of the first franken-foods actually and a damn tasty one at that!!!). I don't want pesticides in my food Rob. What, even totally natural ones that are perfectly safe for you and because you don't want them it creates more wasted food and an ever increasing parasite problem for farmers so that it can be "certified organic"? Why did we invent pesticides in the first place, people? Now farmers throw away much of the yield because of infestation and charge my ass $5 for some bananas because of your elitist ass. Nice.
I saw this one on my starbucks cup (yes, my starbucks cup):
"I guarantee your fruits and vegetables will taste better when you know the farmer's name that grew them"
His name is Sandeep Bains. His family grows strawberries in a field off of 40th ave in Surrey. That did nothing for me and my strawberries. I'll take the Pepsi challenge with Sandeep's versus someone I don't know and I'm sure I wouldn't be able to tell.
She lipsyncs. Yeah that sucks, but the fact is that most bands have prerecorded tracks in concert. In fact, let's just say ALL OF THEM DO. Well, most anyway. Chances are you've seen your favorite band and they had pre roll tracks, but you probably didn't know. Most bands don't even play their own stuff in the studio. Hell, not even the Beatles did.
Buy nothing day. Let's say you get a cheque on the day before buy nothing day. You put it in the bank. Then you bought nothing the next day. Or did you? Well the fact is, I used your cheque when I took my loan out for my new car that day. The only true way buy nothing day could actually work is to have earn nothing day, but something tells me that wouldn't go over as well.
Capitalism is destroying the world. Hmm. Capitalism is not the problem people. The problem is the market. We are learning how to deal. Capitalism is the only system that truly provides checks and balances and reflects a true democracy. The problem (Enron, etc.) happens when the market is exploited and without regulation. Capitalism is young and we're learning how to set precedents as the problems arise. More regulation is key not less. The free hand is not the answer. Even Joel Bakan, author of the Corporation, admits that the problem doesn't lie in the system, but in the lack of regulation.
Think about this. A man moves to Canada from India. The rednecks scream "He's gonna take a job away from a Canadian!!!" Capitalism doesn't allow that. He himself is a consumer, so he's actually is creating jobs for others (the people who cloth him, feed him, educate him)....only capitalism has this balance. Why has this become such a bad word as of late. It's like saying freedom is a bad word. I suppose freedom can also be bad without regulation.
People I am a pinko, left wing, hippie but I try not to get caught up in emotional leftist rhetoric that's so easy to buy into. I do believe in the social safety net and paying my taxes and all of that awesome leftist stuff, but come on!!! Why do you think we are losing to people like Bush and Harper? We're so f#cking busy worrying about what level of f#cking organicness our vegetables are that THEY HAVE TAKEN OUR COUNTRY FROM US!!!!!!
The good people of Montreal are in my thoughts today. My heart goes out to all of you.
Don't drink Diet Pepsi. Smokers should pay more for health care. Don't buy SUV's. Eat organic. Knowing the name of the farmer who grew your vegetables will make them taste better. I don't listen to her cause she lipsyncs and doesn't write her own music. Buy nothing day. Capitalism is destyoing the world.
Hmmm...
Diet Pepsi. Has aspartame. That's bad, right??....is he really gonna defend aspartame? Well, I read a story recently that because diet pepsi is so hideously evil, a teacher crusaded for all of the aspertame related drinks pulled from the vending machine at a high school. The kids ended up drinking the non-aspertame drinks that had huge caloric content and the kids started to become obese. Haha.
"Two approved sugar substitutes, saccharin and aspartame, have been the subject of ongoing controversy that, in the case of saccharin, dates back more than 20 years.
Aspartame has come under fire in recent years from individuals who have used the Internet in an attempt to link the sweetener to brain tumors and other serious disorders. But FDA stands behind its original approval of aspartame, and subsequent evaluations have shown that the product is safe. A tiny segment of the population is sensitive to one of the sweetener's byproducts and should restrict intake. However, the agency continually monitors safety information on food ingredients such as aspartame and may take action to protect public health if it receives credible scientific evidence indicating a safety problem.
Other organizations give aspartame and the other approved sugar substitutes a thumbs up. For example, the American Heart Association endorses their use by diabetics and those on weight-loss diets. The American Diabetes Association calls sugar substitutes "free foods" because they make food taste sweet, but they have essentially no calories and do not raise blood sugar levels."
That's the FDA yo.
So either be fat or go against what the good doctors of the FDA and every other drug administration around the world say. I myself stay away from the pop altogether. Just thought it was another cause and effect thing that people get WAY too emotional about. F#cking drink diet pepsi people, it's fine.
Smokers should pay more for health care. Agreed. So should people who eat fatty foods. Heart disease is the number 2 killer. So my idea is a "fat tax" that goes on all fatty foods or if people eat meals higher than 1000 calories per sitting....that is IF we charge smokers more.
Don't drive SUV's. Oh my god, he isn't really is he??? Yup. What has more of a tax on the environment, a hummer or a toyota prius? If you said Prius you're right!!!! At this point anyways. Maybe in the future, we'll be able to manufacture hybrids and recycle them the same way we do with other cars (the hummer) that has less of a toll on the environment. I think we should all be on the bus, personally.
Eat organic. What's wrong with organic, Rob? It tastes better; I don't want any Franken-foods....what? Like corn? (one of the first franken-foods actually and a damn tasty one at that!!!). I don't want pesticides in my food Rob. What, even totally natural ones that are perfectly safe for you and because you don't want them it creates more wasted food and an ever increasing parasite problem for farmers so that it can be "certified organic"? Why did we invent pesticides in the first place, people? Now farmers throw away much of the yield because of infestation and charge my ass $5 for some bananas because of your elitist ass. Nice.
I saw this one on my starbucks cup (yes, my starbucks cup):
"I guarantee your fruits and vegetables will taste better when you know the farmer's name that grew them"
His name is Sandeep Bains. His family grows strawberries in a field off of 40th ave in Surrey. That did nothing for me and my strawberries. I'll take the Pepsi challenge with Sandeep's versus someone I don't know and I'm sure I wouldn't be able to tell.
She lipsyncs. Yeah that sucks, but the fact is that most bands have prerecorded tracks in concert. In fact, let's just say ALL OF THEM DO. Well, most anyway. Chances are you've seen your favorite band and they had pre roll tracks, but you probably didn't know. Most bands don't even play their own stuff in the studio. Hell, not even the Beatles did.
Buy nothing day. Let's say you get a cheque on the day before buy nothing day. You put it in the bank. Then you bought nothing the next day. Or did you? Well the fact is, I used your cheque when I took my loan out for my new car that day. The only true way buy nothing day could actually work is to have earn nothing day, but something tells me that wouldn't go over as well.
Capitalism is destroying the world. Hmm. Capitalism is not the problem people. The problem is the market. We are learning how to deal. Capitalism is the only system that truly provides checks and balances and reflects a true democracy. The problem (Enron, etc.) happens when the market is exploited and without regulation. Capitalism is young and we're learning how to set precedents as the problems arise. More regulation is key not less. The free hand is not the answer. Even Joel Bakan, author of the Corporation, admits that the problem doesn't lie in the system, but in the lack of regulation.
Think about this. A man moves to Canada from India. The rednecks scream "He's gonna take a job away from a Canadian!!!" Capitalism doesn't allow that. He himself is a consumer, so he's actually is creating jobs for others (the people who cloth him, feed him, educate him)....only capitalism has this balance. Why has this become such a bad word as of late. It's like saying freedom is a bad word. I suppose freedom can also be bad without regulation.
People I am a pinko, left wing, hippie but I try not to get caught up in emotional leftist rhetoric that's so easy to buy into. I do believe in the social safety net and paying my taxes and all of that awesome leftist stuff, but come on!!! Why do you think we are losing to people like Bush and Harper? We're so f#cking busy worrying about what level of f#cking organicness our vegetables are that THEY HAVE TAKEN OUR COUNTRY FROM US!!!!!!
The good people of Montreal are in my thoughts today. My heart goes out to all of you.
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