Uncle Sam Wants YOU to Eat Healthy
So this doesn't make any sense to me. On the face of it, it seems like a good idea. Trans fat is bad for you, therefore, we won't let restaurants serve it to you anymore. But when I came across this, I couldn't help but baulk: "'Often people don't make wise food choices even when given the option. So we have to make choices for them. It's a positive move,' [Hansil Basin, manager of Sbarro pizza] said."
Oh, so now I'm not capable of making my own dietary decisions? Personally, I think this is stupid. Should people eat tons of trans fat so they get fat and acquire heart disease? No. But is it the government's responsibility to make that decision for us? I don't think so.
To me, this sounds like the beginning of a slippery slope ending with vacuum-sealed meals delivered to and arranged for us by our local government. After all, if the government call tell us not to eat trans fat, well then they might tell us to stop eating so much sugar and fat too. After all, it's bad for you!
It's just stupid. What shocks me is how willing people are to give up their freedoms. Rather than make their own educated choices of what to eat, they would prefer the government tell them what they can't eat. Argh.
On an unrelated note, it's amazing how far a blue sky will take you. Colorado has received a few good snows already this winter, but by and large, the blue skies immediately following them have melted a lot of it off and made the roads much clearer. Contrast this with Spokane, who's had similar snowfall but overcast skies. First off, the town's way colder, but the snow isn't going anywhere either. It's sort of annoying, although it some cases, pretty. Half-melted snow isn't as cool as the winter wonderland Danielle and I found behind Greenwood Memorial Terrace on Sunday.
This is the last real week of school, and I have three major paper/projects to finish by Thursday (one on Wednesday). As Danielle's last blog says, "the week from hell." Hers will be worse than mine, for sure, but I'll still complain!
I watched Domestic Disturbance last night, with John Travolta and Vince Vaughn. It's strange watching Vaughn as a serious villain, for one. The movie itself was "meh." I had a few problems with it. Like, for a couple who supposedly tried to "make it work" for "months and months" with lots of "counseling" Travolta and his ex-wife seem to get along pretty well - they're both very nice people. I really could not find any excuse in the movie for them to be divorced. Not to mention - how did the mom not notice how poor of a father her fiance would be to her son? It seems like she'd notice something awry.
The movie kept me watching, but so much of it made so little sense. Oh well. Next up is the old BBC TV show, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I've already watched the first episode, which was pretty similar to the first bit of the recent movie. Still, it's British humor, which I find hilarious. I'm sure I'll enjoy the next 5 episodes.
Oh, so now I'm not capable of making my own dietary decisions? Personally, I think this is stupid. Should people eat tons of trans fat so they get fat and acquire heart disease? No. But is it the government's responsibility to make that decision for us? I don't think so.
To me, this sounds like the beginning of a slippery slope ending with vacuum-sealed meals delivered to and arranged for us by our local government. After all, if the government call tell us not to eat trans fat, well then they might tell us to stop eating so much sugar and fat too. After all, it's bad for you!
It's just stupid. What shocks me is how willing people are to give up their freedoms. Rather than make their own educated choices of what to eat, they would prefer the government tell them what they can't eat. Argh.
On an unrelated note, it's amazing how far a blue sky will take you. Colorado has received a few good snows already this winter, but by and large, the blue skies immediately following them have melted a lot of it off and made the roads much clearer. Contrast this with Spokane, who's had similar snowfall but overcast skies. First off, the town's way colder, but the snow isn't going anywhere either. It's sort of annoying, although it some cases, pretty. Half-melted snow isn't as cool as the winter wonderland Danielle and I found behind Greenwood Memorial Terrace on Sunday.
This is the last real week of school, and I have three major paper/projects to finish by Thursday (one on Wednesday). As Danielle's last blog says, "the week from hell." Hers will be worse than mine, for sure, but I'll still complain!
I watched Domestic Disturbance last night, with John Travolta and Vince Vaughn. It's strange watching Vaughn as a serious villain, for one. The movie itself was "meh." I had a few problems with it. Like, for a couple who supposedly tried to "make it work" for "months and months" with lots of "counseling" Travolta and his ex-wife seem to get along pretty well - they're both very nice people. I really could not find any excuse in the movie for them to be divorced. Not to mention - how did the mom not notice how poor of a father her fiance would be to her son? It seems like she'd notice something awry.
The movie kept me watching, but so much of it made so little sense. Oh well. Next up is the old BBC TV show, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I've already watched the first episode, which was pretty similar to the first bit of the recent movie. Still, it's British humor, which I find hilarious. I'm sure I'll enjoy the next 5 episodes.
posted by Mike at 12:26 PM
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