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i hear there's a new book out. it's titled english comphrehension for dummies - it might explain to you the part of "y'all" that you don't seem to understand. but thanks for the entertainment this am - the paper was lacking!

Good point, Clue.

They now make ER stretchers capable of carrying up to 800 lbs. They also make specialty ambulances for the morbidly obese.

I recall many a morbidly obese patient dragged into my ER on a regular stretcher. The medics would put a large tarp on the stretcher, then the patient and basically use the wheels to drag the patient along. They didn't dare raise the stretcher.

neocon: have you ever noticed how easy it is to make a nonsmoker go crazy?

Maybe so, we already have a burger king.

Just like when they tell me my scotch is bad for me in excess. Well DUH? That scary crowd, or their ancestors, actually got an amendment passed last century to take it all away. That worked well.

The Baconator's no good for me?

Yeah, listing the nutritional content on their food has been really effective at keeping people away from Mcdonalds. That explains why the sales of McDonald's cheeseburgers and french fries have gone down the toilet. In fact, by the end of next year, McDonald's will be out of business. Maybe that 16 gallon rubbermaid tote of happy meal toys in my basement will be worth big money as collector's items?

I believe you may be correct - this does read like a condensed version of an ENG 112 paper and it is the end of the semester.

While I agree that everyone should know by now that eating fast food regularly is not part of a healthy diet, you must remember that young adults have to learn some lessons on their own. Perhaps the writer, and members of any class she may have made a presentation to, will realize that their mother's preaching was on target.

“And everyone knows that fast food isn't good for you.” firerescuechick, I don’t agree with this. For the regular customers of fast food joints, especially those customers who live in low income areas, I don’t think that it is a stretch to say that they do not think that the FDA would allow fast food restaurants to sell items that have a negative effect on their health. It hasn’t been until recently, where there has been a tie in between high fructose corn syrup, obesity and type 1 diabetes in young children. Think about all of the things that contain high fructose corn syrup. In a lot of these neighborhoods, I am thinking about Randleman Road as an example, fast food restaurants and convenience stores definitely outnumber those places that offer healthy alternatives. But, if it wasn’t for the fast food joints, a lot of these neighborhoods would be barren when it comes to restaurants. You won’t find Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s or Panera Bread in these communities. And even if you did, the people would not be able to pay premium prices for healthy items. I can’t remember the comedian’s name, but, he said that America is the only country in which you see fat, poor people. In other countries, poor people aren’t’ fat.

Look at how many people, smokers and non-smokers, who have died from cigarettes over the years. There are a lot of people who did not associate cigarettes with the laundry list of carcinogens that they contain. They trusted that the government would not allow such a destructive product to be sold. Look at how long it took the government to include any sort or warning on the pack. Think about all of the birth control devices for women that were approved by the FDA, only to be taken off the market after more research was done. The Today sponge is one that immediately comes to mind, and I am thinking about the one that resembled matches and the device was placed under the skin. The FDA didn’t do its homework and women were affected by the rush to bring these things to market.