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On 8/3/2013 12:12 PM, Tim wrote:
On Friday, August 2, 2013 9:11:51 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Fri, 02 Aug 2013 16:54:17 -0700, jps wrote:



Most of the problem with obesity has to do with income and the cost of

real food and the rampant availability of fast food in cities.



It's cheap to stuff your face with fast food crap. Going to a store

to buy fresh fruit, vegetables and meat is freakin' expensive.



The lower our income, the worse our diet. You can't even feed your

family crap on minimum wage, which is becoming the case for more and

more Americans. Average age of fast food workers at McDonalds is 29.



Welcome to the new America, where money is held by the rich and the

rest of the country can go **** themselves.



It is obvious you don't eat a lot of fast food.



For the price of McDonalds for 4 ($20), I can buy a whole chicken ($6)

a few potatoes ($2) and a package of fresh broccoli ($2) and still

have $10 left over.

I won't even try to explain how much rice and beans that will buy.



People go to fast food joints because they are lazy.

I was behind a gal in the groce3ry check-out and she had a cart load of chips, soda, candy,various other snacks, a gallon of milk and some sugar laced cereal, but nothing else substantial.

The bill was about 60+ bucks. She paid for it with a WIC card....

This shows that low-income doesn't 'force' people to eat unhealthy stuff....
..


Generally speaking, that's the sort of food lazy people, with too much
free time, consume.

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On Sat, 3 Aug 2013 09:12:30 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:

On Friday, August 2, 2013 9:11:51 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Fri, 02 Aug 2013 16:54:17 -0700, jps wrote:



Most of the problem with obesity has to do with income and the cost of

real food and the rampant availability of fast food in cities.



It's cheap to stuff your face with fast food crap. Going to a store

to buy fresh fruit, vegetables and meat is freakin' expensive.



The lower our income, the worse our diet. You can't even feed your

family crap on minimum wage, which is becoming the case for more and

more Americans. Average age of fast food workers at McDonalds is 29.



Welcome to the new America, where money is held by the rich and the

rest of the country can go **** themselves.



It is obvious you don't eat a lot of fast food.



For the price of McDonalds for 4 ($20), I can buy a whole chicken ($6)

a few potatoes ($2) and a package of fresh broccoli ($2) and still

have $10 left over.

I won't even try to explain how much rice and beans that will buy.



People go to fast food joints because they are lazy.

I was behind a gal in the groce3ry check-out and she had a cart load of chips, soda, candy,various other snacks, a gallon of milk and some sugar laced cereal, but nothing else substantial.

The bill was about 60+ bucks. She paid for it with a WIC card....

This shows that low-income doesn't 'force' people to eat unhealthy stuff....
.

I'm astonished at the **** I see in carts at the grocery store - and to see it paid for with food
stamps. Unreal.

John (Gun Nut) H.
--

Hope you're having a great day!

Ain't we great?
 

On Sat, 03 Aug 2013 12:43:43 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 3 Aug 2013 09:12:30 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Friday, August 2, 2013 9:11:51 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Fri, 02 Aug 2013 16:54:17 -0700, jps wrote:



Most of the problem with obesity has to do with income and the cost of

real food and the rampant availability of fast food in cities.



It's cheap to stuff your face with fast food crap. Going to a store

to buy fresh fruit, vegetables and meat is freakin' expensive.



The lower our income, the worse our diet. You can't even feed your

family crap on minimum wage, which is becoming the case for more and

more Americans. Average age of fast food workers at McDonalds is 29.



Welcome to the new America, where money is held by the rich and the

rest of the country can go **** themselves.



It is obvious you don't eat a lot of fast food.



For the price of McDonalds for 4 ($20), I can buy a whole chicken ($6)

a few potatoes ($2) and a package of fresh broccoli ($2) and still

have $10 left over.

I won't even try to explain how much rice and beans that will buy.



People go to fast food joints because they are lazy.

I was behind a gal in the groce3ry check-out and she had a cart load of chips, soda, candy,various other snacks, a gallon of milk and some sugar laced cereal, but nothing else substantial.

The bill was about 60+ bucks. She paid for it with a WIC card....

This shows that low-income doesn't 'force' people to eat unhealthy stuff....
.

My sister raised 5 kids without a whole lot of money.
They ate well
The difference was she understood you pay for convenience and usually
convenient food is not healthy food.

I think a big part of the problem is people do not understand basic
nutrition and what foods will fill those needs. I learned from my
sister if you don't have a lot of money, the grocery store is a better
resource than eating out and if you know what to buy, you can get a
lot of food for not that much money.

Unfortunately you still have to cook it. Mc Donalds will just push it
out the window.

Maybe a little more high school would help. Dropping out at age 15 isn't good.

John (Gun Nut) H.
--

Hope you're having a great day!

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In article , says...

On Fri, 02 Aug 2013 19:17:31 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 02 Aug 2013 17:20:34 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 8/2/13 5:08 PM, wrote:

I dunno. I remember when cigarettes were being aggressively marketed on
TV. I wasn't convinced I needed to smoke them. Same with booze. Or meals
from McDonalds. Or sugary soda pop.

Maybe being in the business jaded you to the ads but if they didn't
work, ad agencies would not be able to sell them and it would not be
12-14 minutes of every hour on TV.

It is also why ads cost a couple billion dollars an election cycle
these days. Somebody must believe ads work.


In Detroit, I wrote ads and news release stuff for a reference book
publisher, Motown Records, financial PR, and then in DC, I wrote ads for
Porsche of America, Florists Marketing Council, a couple of unions,
trade associations and ads and PR for Ringling Brothers. No cigs, booze,
crappyburgers or sodapop. Even handled a couple of local car dealers and
a department store. Most of the ads were aimed at building traffic,
e.g., getting customers to the dealer's showroom. After that, it was up
to the salesman or saleswoman. Had a lot of fun doing Mercedes and Fiat
radio commercials for a local dealer. Back then the car dealers were
individually or family owned, much better than dealing with "the suits."

Did you believe your ads were going to coax someone into buying your
product who might not have if they didn't see the ad?
That was the point.

Most of the problem with obesity has to do with income and the cost of
real food and the rampant availability of fast food in cities.

Most of the problem with obesity is due to lazy people. It takes effort to eat right but, it
is easy to just stop by McDonalds and get a couple of Big Macs.

It's cheap to stuff your face with fast food crap. Going to a store
to buy fresh fruit, vegetables and meat is freakin' expensive.

Take your family of four to McDonalds for three meals a day and record how much you spend ono
food. You will find out quickly that you are spending more money at the McDonalds than you
would by going to the grocery store.


The lower our income, the worse our diet. You can't even feed your
family crap on minimum wage, which is becoming the case for more and
more Americans. Average age of fast food workers at McDonalds is 29.

This has been true throughout the ages. It is not going to change by closing down McDonalds.

Welcome to the new America, where money is held by the rich and the
rest of the country can go **** themselves.

Shouldn't you be saying welcome back to the dark ages?

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In article , says...

On Sat, 3 Aug 2013 09:12:30 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Friday, August 2, 2013 9:11:51 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Fri, 02 Aug 2013 16:54:17 -0700, jps wrote:



Most of the problem with obesity has to do with income and the cost of

real food and the rampant availability of fast food in cities.



It's cheap to stuff your face with fast food crap. Going to a store

to buy fresh fruit, vegetables and meat is freakin' expensive.



The lower our income, the worse our diet. You can't even feed your

family crap on minimum wage, which is becoming the case for more and

more Americans. Average age of fast food workers at McDonalds is 29.



Welcome to the new America, where money is held by the rich and the

rest of the country can go **** themselves.



It is obvious you don't eat a lot of fast food.



For the price of McDonalds for 4 ($20), I can buy a whole chicken ($6)

a few potatoes ($2) and a package of fresh broccoli ($2) and still

have $10 left over.

I won't even try to explain how much rice and beans that will buy.



People go to fast food joints because they are lazy.

I was behind a gal in the groce3ry check-out and she had a cart load of chips, soda, candy,various other snacks, a gallon of milk and some sugar laced cereal, but nothing else substantial.

The bill was about 60+ bucks. She paid for it with a WIC card....

This shows that low-income doesn't 'force' people to eat unhealthy stuff....
.

My sister raised 5 kids without a whole lot of money.
They ate well
The difference was she understood you pay for convenience and usually
convenient food is not healthy food.

I think a big part of the problem is people do not understand basic
nutrition and what foods will fill those needs. I learned from my
sister if you don't have a lot of money, the grocery store is a better
resource than eating out and if you know what to buy, you can get a
lot of food for not that much money.

Unfortunately you still have to cook it. Mc Donalds will just push it
out the window.

They spend too much time on how to put on a condom and have safe sex rather than teaching the
kids about eating right.

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HussyfanOn Sat, 3 Aug 2013 13:49:48 -0400, BAR wrote:

In article , says...

On Sat, 3 Aug 2013 09:12:30 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Friday, August 2, 2013 9:11:51 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Fri, 02 Aug 2013 16:54:17 -0700, jps wrote:



Most of the problem with obesity has to do with income and the cost of

real food and the rampant availability of fast food in cities.



It's cheap to stuff your face with fast food crap. Going to a store

to buy fresh fruit, vegetables and meat is freakin' expensive.



The lower our income, the worse our diet. You can't even feed your

family crap on minimum wage, which is becoming the case for more and

more Americans. Average age of fast food workers at McDonalds is 29.



Welcome to the new America, where money is held by the rich and the

rest of the country can go **** themselves.



It is obvious you don't eat a lot of fast food.



For the price of McDonalds for 4 ($20), I can buy a whole chicken ($6)

a few potatoes ($2) and a package of fresh broccoli ($2) and still

have $10 left over.

I won't even try to explain how much rice and beans that will buy.



People go to fast food joints because they are lazy.

I was behind a gal in the groce3ry check-out and she had a cart load of chips, soda, candy,various other snacks, a gallon of milk and some sugar laced cereal, but nothing else substantial.

The bill was about 60+ bucks. She paid for it with a WIC card....

This shows that low-income doesn't 'force' people to eat unhealthy stuff....
.

My sister raised 5 kids without a whole lot of money.
They ate well
The difference was she understood you pay for convenience and usually
convenient food is not healthy food.

I think a big part of the problem is people do not understand basic
nutrition and what foods will fill those needs. I learned from my
sister if you don't have a lot of money, the grocery store is a better
resource than eating out and if you know what to buy, you can get a
lot of food for not that much money.

Unfortunately you still have to cook it. Mc Donalds will just push it
out the window.

They spend too much time on how to put on a condom and have safe sex rather than teaching the
kids about eating right.

In DC, about 80% of child births are to unwed mothers. The safe sex idea must not get much play. Or,
the kids are dropping out of school earlier than the instruction is presented.

John (Gun Nut) H.
--

Hope you're having a great day!

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wrote in message
...


Yeah, what ever happened to "Home Ec"? I guess it was too sexist ...
like "shop".

----------------------------

Home Ec was dropped in favor of sex education years ago.

The powers to be decided that knowing how to cook wasn't really
important but knowing how to .... well, you get my drift.

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All it shows is that the person in front of you in line is a bad shopper.

No, Harry. like i said, no one 'forced' her to buy all that junk food and pass up healthier alternatives, however, it probably is more convenient for her to do so while spending government money that she receives for living on the dole. After all. her (and probably her kids) health wouldn't be an issue either, seeing she (and probably her family) are eligible for *free* (to them) government health care as well.

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On 8/3/13 10:09 PM, Tim wrote:
All it shows is that the person in front of you in line is a bad shopper.

No, Harry. like i said, no one 'forced' her to buy all that junk food and pass up healthier alternatives, however, it probably is more convenient for her to do so while spending government money that she receives for living on the dole. After all. her (and probably her kids) health wouldn't be an issue either, seeing she (and probably her family) are eligible for *free* (to them) government health care as well.


She is a bad shopper.

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On Saturday, August 3, 2013 9:13:25 PM UTC-5, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 8/3/13 10:09 PM, Tim wrote:

All it shows is that the person in front of you in line is a bad shopper.



No, Harry. like i said, no one 'forced' her to buy all that junk food and pass up healthier alternatives, however, it probably is more convenient for her to do so while spending government money that she receives for living on the dole. After all. her (and probably her kids) health wouldn't be an issue either, seeing she (and probably her family) are eligible for *free* (to them) government health care as well.





She is a bad shopper.

OK, lets say you have the benefit of the doubt? and so who encourages the *bad shopping* habits? is it her 'bad' sweet tooth'? or maybe the 'bad' WIC card she uses to support her 'bad' shopping habits, because they 'll pay for junk as well as helthier foods- or maybe knowing that the government allows her to be a poor steward of the allotment she evidently is 'entitled' too?

I don't agree with the notion that being 'poor' or receiving gov't assistance forces people into an unhealthy lifestyle, especially when it comes down to nutrition.