Save us Mommy Government!

“Post your favorite examples of the peeps being saved by Mommy Government.

Schwarzenegger signs bill banning trans fats

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/07/25/financial/f131911D70.DTL&tsp=1


PS: McCain/Schwarzenegger would be a great ticket!
~Violin”

“silly democra....oops! wait..”

“republican my @ss”

“I wonder if when Democrats go away to camp if they get homesick because they miss government.

"Dear government. Hello from camp. Camp is fun. We sing songs and went in the river. I get scared at night and really miss your helping hand. I can't wait to get home so that you can take care of me. The bad part is the camp counselors are mean. They make me do stuff.

Signed,
your little dependent

P.S. - Please send more cheese.
P.P.S. - I love you."”

“Mon isn't listening , she's business righting our friendly banks.”

“P.P.P.S - Last night at dinner, Timmy got more green beans than I did because he bought the seeds, planted them, picked them and helped cook them. That's not fair because I wanted more beans too. Will you please make sure I get more beans from now on?

P.P.P.P.S. - Also last night at dinner, everyone had ice cream except for me because I'm lactose intolerant. I was sad. Will you please make sure no one can have ice cream anymore?”

“Chicago appears to be on the verge of an ordinance to make it illegal to cross the street while texting or talking on a cell phone.

Seeems to me that if you aren't paying attention when you cross the street, the problem is likely to take care of itself. Think that's called survival of the fittest (or thinning out the herd).”

“So, how many people have died from eating contaminated food this month?”

“According to the CDC, the average is well over 417 per month in the U.S. Why?

(estimates are low, according to them, due to gross underreporting)
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“Funny, nobody wanted any saving when the government bailed out fannie mae, and all of the other banks. I once heard a wise man say that those who want less government just don't have the balls or wherewithal to make thier government work for them. It seems pretty true to me.”

“LOL!!!

The balls to make it work for them? LOL!!! Are you kidding?”

“look - it's sarge, the a perfect exemplification of my latter post!”

“Amazing you actually believe that crap - that it takes balls to hand over your freedom to a government. It has to be the result of brainwashing, because even stupid people wouldn't go for that.

(take that as a compliment)
last edited: 7/29/08 2:43:32 PM”

“num num num num”

“Funny, nobody wanted any saving when the government bailed out fannie mae, and all of the other banks.

I was outraged when they bailed out Bear Sturns, Fannie Mae, the air lines, hell, CCX. It is not the business of the government to be interfering with business. Business and entreprenualship is fluid. When one business folds there are two more to flow in and fill the gap. Most of the country's woes that the government (and us) end up trying to fix is CAUSED by the government. They are the ones who demanded that banks be "fair" and loan to everyone even if they are a risk.”

“Fair lending laws had nothing to do with the subprime mess. They were all enacted decades ago.”

“Who even said anything about fair lending laws?”

“Ohmygosh someone save them they may not be here tomorrow!

Random facts about American "poor"...

# Forty-six percent of all poor households actually own their own homes. The average home owned by persons classified as poor by the Census Bureau is a three-bedroom house with one-and-a-half baths, a garage, and a porch or patio.

# Seventy-six percent of poor households have air conditioning. By contrast, 30 years ago, only 36 percent of the entire U.S. population enjoyed air conditioning.

# Only 6 percent of poor households are overcrowded. More than two-thirds have more than two rooms per person.


# The average poor American has more living space than the average individual living in Paris, London, Vienna, Athens, and other cities throughout Europe. (These comparisons are to the average citizens in foreign countries, not to those classified as poor.)

# Nearly three-quarters of poor households own a car; 30 percent own two or more cars.

# Ninety-seven percent of poor households have a color television; over half own two or more color televisions.

# Seventy-eight percent have a VCR or DVD player; 62 percent have cable or satellite TV reception.

# Seventy-three percent own microwave ovens, more than half have a stereo, and a third have an automatic dishwasher.

Clicky”

“I wish I was poor.”

“I once heard a wise man say that those who want less government just don't have the balls or wherewithal to make thier government work for them. It seems pretty true to me.
Buddha Bear
2:27:44 PM
7/29/08

I nominate this as the most bone-head statement of the year.”

“Woo-Hoo!! I'm poor!!!! Eat it, suckas!!”

““Who even said anything about fair lending laws?”
Nigal
8:21:00 PM


"Most of the country's woes that the government (and us) end up trying to fix is CAUSED by the government. They are the ones who demanded that banks be "fair" and loan to everyone even if they are a risk.”
Nigal
5:27:27 PM



If you meant something else, please clarify.”

“# Ninety-seven percent of poor households have a color television; over half own two or more color televisions.

Is there any other kind of television?

That is some out-dated propaganda.

Comedian Rush Limbaugh was sellin' that crap 15 years ago.”

“Is this up to date enough for you MarkO?

”

“The updated #'s make Nigal's look a bit conservative.

I guess that's what happens when, 15 years ago, we don't heed the warnings of comedian Rush Limbaugh.”

“They appear to be dutiful consumers of cheap goods, living the American dream.

Now how about those black and white TVs?

And how many Cadillacs?

Well, get on it!”

“I really can't imagine how anyone can still hold to the fiction that regulation is the root of all evil. Every round of deregulation in this country has been followed by escalating economic crisis.

The Libertarians have used our economy as a lab rat and the experiment has failed miserably. Let the realists run the show.”

“What do you know about economix, Violin?

You should listen to Limbaugh and get your brain washed like the rest of The Pod People.”

“economic "crisis" .... freedom .... economic "crisis" .... freedom ....

decisions .... decisions ....”

“Let the realists run the show.”
VioLiN


Bwahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!”

“Here you go kids---eat this. (follow-up.)


http://wbjb.org/home.php/2008/07/30/fast-food-ban/”

“nom nom nom nom nom
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“Let me suckle on your trans-fat free teets, mommy government.”

“Without enforcement regulation is even more dangerous than having none. The FDA and SEC are perfect examples of how reliance creates false security- which some call crime.The drug war is another great example of regulatory suckcess.
last edited: 7/30/08 7:34:21 AM”

“
Traceability of Produce

The reliability of FDA investigative practices has come under scrutiny by policy makers after recent outbreaks of Salmonella Saintpaul. Representatives from the FDA and CDC testify before the House Agriculture Subcmte. on their capabilities to perform full traces on fresh produce.



Food industry is bitten by its own lobbying success

Reforms it staved off could have helped in salmonella probe

By Larry Margasak | Associated Press
11:06 PM CDT, July 26, 2008

WASHINGTON — The food industry must drop any remaining opposition to electronic record-keeping and back an effective system for tracing contamination to its source, a lawmaker investigating food safety said Friday.

"It is my hope that the food industry will drop its opposition to these common-sense safeguards and move forward with implementation," said Rep. Bart Stupak, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's investigative subcommittee.

Stupak (D-Mich.) has been conducting an investigation since January 2007 into the Food and Drug Administration's ability to protect the nation's food and drug supply. He will lead a hearing this week on the current U.S. outbreak of salmonella—one of the worst in years.

”

“S.F. pushes legislation to promote good health

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/03/MNBG122T4F.DTL”

“And some people here (along with some people running for pres) still think that government is the answer.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, asked today what new regulatory actions Congress can take, said, bluntly, "No one knows what to do.

(So much blame to go around in this article that it's laughable.)


http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/09/senate-majority.html”

“It's funny to see the conservatives spinning around trying to blame everyone else for the mess they've created.

I really wish they'd grow a pair rather than all this bleating that it's not really their fault.”

“Odd statement considering it was the democrats who blocked Republican & McCain's attempts at cutting benefits to mae & mac years ago.”

“What planet are you from to expect anything different? Placing blame on someone else is what politicians do best, whether they're a conservative, liberal, or moderate.”

“You people still think the elected ones still have some kind of power-LOL.”

“Unc, I think out of everything you ever said here, that makes the most sense. (That's not saying a lot, so don't go getting a big head over it, lol.)”

“It's funny to see the conservatives spinning around trying to blame everyone else for the mess they've created.

I really wish they'd grow a pair rather than all this bleating that it's not really their fault

You do realize you did the exact same thing, right? To blame it on either side exclusively is a display of ignorance.”

“Shhhh.......Y2 doesn't like it when you say that. He'll somehow imagine you're saying and thinking all sorts of other things you've never said or thought.

(and I'm not talking about teenage midget sex, ya pervert)”

“Years ago I brought up the fact that as government controls more and more of what they give they can begin to control more and more of what WE do......I mentioned that as we allow government to dictate to one group what it can and cannot do we see the slow spread of a control that will one day become a nanny state.

Well Marky Mark, Tilt et al laughed at me.

Mayor Bloomberg Declares War On ... Salt
Hizzoner Calls On U.S. Manufacturers To Reduce Salt Content Until It Results In A 50 Percent Cut In 10 Years
Citizens Revolt, Claim NYC Is Turning Into Nanny State Reporting
Marcia Kramer NEW YORK (CBS) ―

Singer Jimmy Buffett will never find his "lost shaker of salt" in New York City or any other place in the country if Mayor Michael Bloomberg has his way. The mayor is waging a war on salt and he wants food manufacturers and restaurants to join his army … or else.

It's ironic that the war on salt began on the very day the city was spreading tons of it on the streets to fight a snow storm, but in Bloomberg's view there is good salt … and bad salt.

City officials said that people don't realize the salt content of the things they buy in the supermarket. For example, potato chips you would think are the saltiest thing in the store but they have only 180 milligrams per serving. Turkey meatballs, on the other hand, have 660 milligrams per serving. Marble cake has 300 per serving and chicken noodle soup has nearly 1,400 milligrams of salt per serving.

The city's plan is to get food manufacturers in the United States to agree to gradually start reducing salt content until it reaches a 50 percent cut in 10 years.

"Salt, when its high in the diet, increases the blood pressure and high blood pressure is a major factor for heart disease and stroke," said Dr. Sonia Angell of NYC's Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Program.

This is just Mayor Bloomberg's latest health initiative, following on the heels of a smoking ban, a ban on trans fats and forcing restaurants to post the calorie contents.

But many New Yorkers peppered the mayor with boos for his latest idea.

"I don't think they should do that," a woman in Manhattan named "Nora" told CBS 2 HD. "Because I like salt in my food."

"I don't think it's that big a deal to look on the label, check the packaging and make the decision for yourself rather than have Bloomberg or whoever mandate what it is people should or shouldn't eat," said Paul Hope of Upper West Side.

"Nanny state. We don't need any more nanny state people can take care of themselves. We don't need the government to take care of us," said Patrick Keenan of Hell's Kitchen.

The city says it doesn't want to eliminate salt in food, just go back to the levels found during the 1970s.

Thomas Frieden, the city's health commissioner, said he wants manufacturers and restaurants to join the war on salt voluntarily. If they don't, the city could pass legislation making it the law.

http://wcbstv.com/politics/bloomberg.war.on.2.920343.html

So eventually the warning will come true...we are seeing the genesis in NEYAAAWK CEETY.....”

“You need more sauerkraut in your diet.”

“people don't realize the salt content of the things they buy in the supermarket

Great, so instead of embarking on a public education campaign to educate the dummies who can't read the nutrition facts label, they're going to coddle them and protect their ignorance by forcing manufacturers/restaurants to cut salt content. Genius.

Why do we want to dumb society down so much?”

“Poor marky mark..the dementia has progressed to a point where all he remembers are the sauerkraut enemas of his childhood.”

“scooped ya on the mayor mike thread, lol.”

“From reading the article, it doesn't sound like this is going to fly.”