So, I'm making calls for my Senate candidate, and just had a really interesting conversation -- I'm just glad it worked out, because she asked about the health care thing, and I started talking about abortion, and that was totally the right way to go. But man, it sure might not have been.
Jayne ,'The Message'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
People are eating less meat, both for health reasons and for economic reasons. So, to support the meat industry, there's a new proposal to give extra money to people who already get food stamps, with the condition that the extra money can only be spent on animal products. [link]
Well, that'll address some of the people who aren't eating it for economic reasons. The not vegetarians/vegans will surely appreciate the break from the All Carb diet a lot of them end up on.
Pretty much all the studies and programs addressing nutritional needs have shown that most low-income people get plenty of protein and need more fruits and vegetables. The studies done in the sixties and seventies showed protein deficiency, which was why all the programs giving dairy and peanut butter and meat were started, but most of the more recent studies have shown a reversal of that.
Do not watch Bones tonight while eating.
The meat industry will not benefit from this episode's start. No one would want to be eating meat while watching it.
Gah.
Getting poor people more access to a wider variety of food really doesn't seem like a problem to me. Not everbody considers meat, cheese, and eggs akin to cigarettes. A fresh produce supplement would likely be welcome to consumers and producers as well.
Yeah, that was pretty foul.
t random
Damn, Bones started off gross tonight.
t /random
Getting poor people more access to a wider variety of food really doesn't seem like a problem to me. Not everbody considers meat, cheese, and eggs akin to cigarettes.
Wider variety sounds good. But this isn't a wider variety, it's extra money that can only be spent on specific things. And the things that it can be spent on are also the things that are already heavily represented in WIC and school lunches and other programs like that.
I'm watching Bones in HD. That was not a scene that needed the HD.