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[Budget]GOP house members' proposed cuts

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by B-Bob, Feb 10, 2011.

  1. tallanvor

    tallanvor Member

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    A quick google search of FDA banned foods comes up with:
    Some Top 20 banned food list

    FDA bans some vitamin found in chicken

    FDA moves to ban alcoholic caffeinated drinks


    This whole paragraph is full of assumptions. Who knows how many people FDA policies kill each year? It would be a very hard thing to calculate. As hard as calculating how many people would die if the FDA didn't exist.

    I think the number is quite low, but am not sure. Please tell me how many?
     
  2. Sooner423

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    If you want to live in a country with no public protection of its citizens move to ****ing Somalia.
     
  3. GladiatoRowdy

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    Taxes are the price we pay to live in a civilized society.
     
  4. rhadamanthus

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    It's annoying when these sorts of posts turn out to be so prescient.
     
  5. rimrocker

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    I just looked at your first link.

    There are no banned foods, just banned food ADDITIVES.

    From your link:

    Seems like they are doing a good job of protecting the general welfare and you are doing a bad job of making your case.
     
  6. rimrocker

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    OK, I looked at your second link.

    It's a patent case:
     
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  7. FranchiseBlade

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    rimrocker is on a roll and setting the record straight.
     
  8. rocketsjudoka

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    What about all those claims that people are getting rich off of expounding global warming? ;)
     
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    There! Are you happy now?
     
  10. tallanvor

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    It's good to be specific. :rolleyes:

    The person I replied to wanted to be shown examples of ban foods. So I showed him. The case I made was that it goes against the constitution. You haven't dis-proven this by misinterpreting the "general welfare" clause. Like I told Major, if you interpret the clause that way then the government can do anything and thus there would be no point for the rest of the constitution. The federal government could make everyone exercise every morning and say it's for the "general welfare", by your understanding.
     
  11. SamFisher

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    No cause all I can see here is red X, i guess my office be blockin'.

    Sadness.
     
  12. DonnyMost

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    tallanvor just got his ass handed to him with his own weapon he brought to the fight, how embarassing.
     
  13. B-Bob

    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"
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    Never bring a knife where you're holding the wrong end to a gun fight... :confused:
     
  14. rimrocker

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    You showed nothing. Look...

    Can we still eat fruit? Yes. Can we still eat Borax-covered fruit? Yes. You are free to coat your fruit in Borax and eat it if you wish (I hope you have health insurance if you do), however, producers are not free to market Borax-covered fruit. The fact that Borax-covered fruit is no longer available at my grocery store does not mean I can't buy fruit when and where I wish.
     
  15. tallanvor

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    It means you can't buy borax covered food. You can't ban something as broad as fruit cause then you would have to define fruit. Since defining fruit would be very difficult, they do it by banning specific chemicals. This is the method governments use to ban food. For example the article linked above about caffeinated alcoholic beverages (you know the one you ignored), they do it by banning a specific chemical (no caffeine with alcohol).
     
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    You mean I can't have a Crown and Coke tonight?
     
  19. tallanvor

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    The article is from November and mentions the FDA's desire to do so, so you are safe since it hasn't gone through yet. I was proving the point that the FDA is in the business of banning foods (I am amazed I have to explain this to so many people on this board). Such as their attempts to ban any product containing caffeine and alcohol.
     
  20. SirCharlesFan

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    So, if the ban goes through, I won't be able to purchase a Crown and Coke?
     

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