Re: govt could be coming for your kids

2011-07-14 Thread Robert Munn
On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 7:44 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > Partly to blame are the the difficulties adopting in our country.  It is a > shame that it is easier and cheaper to adopt a child from China or Africa > than it is in your own country. We have lost our collective minds ~~~

Re: govt could be coming for your kids

2011-07-14 Thread Jerry Barnes
"One of the documentaries I am working on is about children who die in foster care. Horror stories in almost every state. Some days after I edit the footage, I cry from the sheer inhumanity of some of these so called foster parents - who starve, burn, beat and neglect the children placed in thei

Re: govt could be coming for your kids

2011-07-14 Thread Justin Scott
> or that kids are obese because of the crap foods they eat, and they > eat those crap foods because that is what food corporations tell them > to eat and tell their parents to buy for their kids with endless > advertising on television. thirty years ago this problem did not > exist, it was create

Re: govt could be coming for your kids

2011-07-14 Thread Sam
Found it, it's called Asian Flush: http://www.wisegeek.com/do-people-of-asian-descent-have-difficulty-metabolizing-alcohol.htm Applies to saki too. . On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 6:22 PM, Scott Stewart wrote: > > Ding. > And saki can be potent stuff... > On Jul 14, 2011 6:09 PM, "Maureen" wrot

Re: govt could be coming for your kids

2011-07-14 Thread Maureen
Flushing is usually caused by a burst of insulin being released into the system when the alcohol hits the blood stream. On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > I don't think there is an increased allergy to alcohol amongst Asians. > Perhaps you're thinking of the skin flushing?

Re: govt could be coming for your kids

2011-07-14 Thread Judah McAuley
I don't think there is an increased allergy to alcohol amongst Asians. Perhaps you're thinking of the skin flushing? That is due to a deficiency in an enzyme but as far as I'm aware, I don't think it is indicative of any other real issues with alcohol, it just happens to flush their skin. On Thu,

Re: govt could be coming for your kids

2011-07-14 Thread Scott Stewart
Ding. And saki can be potent stuff... On Jul 14, 2011 6:09 PM, "Maureen" wrote: > > Probably an allergy to grain alcohol, as they seem to tolerate rice > based products with no problems. Lots of people can't handle grains > and hops. > > On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 2:58 PM, Robert Munn wrote: >>

Re: govt could be coming for your kids

2011-07-14 Thread Maureen
Probably an allergy to grain alcohol, as they seem to tolerate rice based products with no problems. Lots of people can't handle grains and hops. On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 2:58 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > > I don't know, that's a great question for a proper scientist to > investigate. If you think a

Re: govt could be coming for your kids

2011-07-14 Thread Robert Munn
I don't know, that's a great question for a proper scientist to investigate. If you think about the path of human migration out of Africa into the Middle East, then India, north into Central Asia and west into East Asia, and from Central Asia to Europe across the bitter cold forests of Siberia and

Re: govt could be coming for your kids

2011-07-14 Thread Robert Munn
sick. society. our civilization is collapsing before our eyes. On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Maureen wrote: > > One of the documentaries I am working on is about children who die in > foster care.  Horror stories in almost every state.  Some days after I > edit the footage, I cry from the sh

Re: govt could be coming for your kids

2011-07-14 Thread Maureen
One of the documentaries I am working on is about children who die in foster care. Horror stories in almost every state. Some days after I edit the footage, I cry from the sheer inhumanity of some of these so called foster parents - who starve, burn, beat and neglect the children placed in their

Re: govt could be coming for your kids

2011-07-14 Thread Sam
I read way back that something like 40 - 50% of Asians are allergic to alcohol. Is that because their ancestors didn't build up a tolerance or is that why they didn't? . On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 5:15 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > > Wow, can't make this stuff up: > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health

Re: govt could be coming for your kids

2011-07-14 Thread Casey Dougall
On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 5:25 PM, Sam wrote: > I bought a yogurt the other day that said no added sugar. It tasted > like shit so I read the label and it was loaded with artificial > sweetener. :\ > > I eat junk food or anything thrown at me, and I weigh about 165lb. Sitting here working on my co

Re: govt could be coming for your kids

2011-07-14 Thread Sam
I bought a yogurt the other day that said no added sugar. It tasted like shit so I read the label and it was loaded with artificial sweetener. :\ . On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 5:06 PM, Casey Dougall wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 3:44 PM, G Money wrote: > >> Deliberate attempts to engineer to

Re: govt could be coming for your kids

2011-07-14 Thread Judah McAuley
On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 2:03 PM, G Money wrote: > We are getting way off track here. > > Attempt to refocus: > - Article said SF is going to ban happy meals > - You say good, they've been lying and cheating and drugging us to make us > fat > - I say that seems more the fault of the parents > - No

Re: govt could be coming for your kids

2011-07-14 Thread Robert Munn
Wow, can't make this stuff up: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8638241/Westerners-programmed-to-eat-junk-food.html I always knew there was a reason I liked beer and nachos. Makes perfect sense, doesn't it? I have always assumed that something like this was the case, and I assume tha

Re: govt could be coming for your kids

2011-07-14 Thread Casey Dougall
On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 3:44 PM, G Money wrote: > Deliberate attempts to engineer toxic substances into the product? This is > news to me. What are you talking about here? > It's miss conceptions all over the place. As an example, diet soda is seriously bad for you. Aspartame, (half of which

Re: govt could be coming for your kids

2011-07-14 Thread G Money
On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 3:56 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > > They put toxins in the plants via genetic engineering. Helps the > plants fight disease and predators. What they don't tell you is that > the toxins affect you, too. They might claim that whatever the toxin > is doesn't affect humans. That

Re: govt could be coming for your kids

2011-07-14 Thread Robert Munn
On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 12:44 PM, G Money wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > >> >> When there is specific evidence of lying, hiding the truth, deliberate >> attempts to engineer toxic substances into the product...yeah, that's >> culpability. > > > Deliberate atte

Re: govt could be coming for your kids

2011-07-14 Thread G Money
On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > When there is specific evidence of lying, hiding the truth, deliberate > attempts to engineer toxic substances into the product...yeah, that's > culpability. Deliberate attempts to engineer toxic substances into the product? This is new

Re: govt could be coming for your kids

2011-07-14 Thread Judah McAuley
On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 11:55 AM, G Money wrote: > So? > > There are millions of people/companies etc. out there who are creating and > pushing things that are bad for you, me and our children. Micky D's shows > you the fat and calorie content of all their food. Everything's out in the > open for

Re: govt could be coming for your kids

2011-07-14 Thread G Money
On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > We could go for billboards and a campaign of shame instead... > > http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-20059263-10391704.html > > Mehif the kid and his parents don't mind the shame, go for it. It's better than telling fattie he

Re: govt could be coming for your kids

2011-07-14 Thread G Money
On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 1:49 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > Gotta half disagree with you there, G. I do agree that there is a > pussification of the American parent but it is without a doubt also > the fault of food corporations and their lapdogs at the FDA and Ag > departement. They've conspired

Re: govt could be coming for your kids

2011-07-14 Thread Cameron Childress
We could go for billboards and a campaign of shame instead... http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-20059263-10391704.html -Cameron ... ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anth

Re: govt could be coming for your kids

2011-07-14 Thread Jerry Barnes
"or that kids are obese because of the crap foods they eat, and they eat those crap foods because that is what food corporations tell them to eat and tell their parents to buy for their kids with endless advertising on television. thirty years ago this problem did not exist, it was created by the

Re: govt could be coming for your kids

2011-07-14 Thread Judah McAuley
mes into play is one incident 10 years ago in New >> Mexico. >> >> I agree that the guy at Harvard is a jerk and he's wrong. It has >> little or nothing to do with "govt could be coming for your kids" >> though. >> >> Judah >> >> O

Re: govt could be coming for your kids

2011-07-14 Thread Judah McAuley
On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 11:38 AM, G Money wrote: > > This is NOT the fault of food corporations or any of that crap...this is a > result of the pussification of the American parent. Gotta half disagree with you there, G. I do agree that there is a pussification of the American parent but it is w

Re: govt could be coming for your kids

2011-07-14 Thread G Money
ico. > > I agree that the guy at Harvard is a jerk and he's wrong. It has > little or nothing to do with "govt could be coming for your kids" > though. > > Judah > > On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Robert Munn wrote: > > > > > http://abcnews

Re: govt could be coming for your kids

2011-07-14 Thread Jerry Barnes
"This is NOT the fault of food corporations or any of that crap...this is a result of the pussification of the American parent." Don't worry. Various governments are stepping in to protect parents from themselves. San Francisco bans Happy Meals: http://articles.latimes.com/2010/nov/02/business/

Re: govt could be coming for your kids

2011-07-14 Thread Judah McAuley
f them disagree with the jerk at Harvard. The only place "government" comes into play is one incident 10 years ago in New Mexico. I agree that the guy at Harvard is a jerk and he's wrong. It has little or nothing to do with "govt could be coming for your kids" though.

Re: govt could be coming for your kids

2011-07-14 Thread G Money
On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > > or that kids are obese because of the crap foods they eat, and they > eat those crap foods because that is what food corporations tell them > to eat and tell their parents to buy for their kids with endless > advertising on television. thir

Re: govt could be coming for your kids

2011-07-14 Thread Robert Munn
or that kids are obese because of the crap foods they eat, and they eat those crap foods because that is what food corporations tell them to eat and tell their parents to buy for their kids with endless advertising on television. thirty years ago this problem did not exist, it was created by the f

Re: govt could be coming for your kids

2011-07-14 Thread Cameron Childress
On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 2:19 PM, Scott Stewart wrote: > I guess the "expert" forgot about the genetic component that is > present in some obesity cases This country needs some genetic diversity STAT! -Cameron ... ~| Order t

Re: govt could be coming for your kids

2011-07-14 Thread Scott Stewart
I guess the "expert" forgot about the genetic component that is present in some obesity cases On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 2:00 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > > http://abcnews.go.com/Health/childhood-obesity-call-parents-lose-custody/story?id=14068280 > > What a turd this guy is. Anyone who knows anything

govt could be coming for your kids

2011-07-14 Thread Robert Munn
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/childhood-obesity-call-parents-lose-custody/story?id=14068280 What a turd this guy is. Anyone who knows anything about foster care knows that taking children from their parents should be the absolute last resort, not a remedy for weight gain. Bureaucrats at CPS in Hou