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iris27
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Thu Apr-15-10 08:18 PM Original message |
How TV Superchef Jamie Oliver's 'Food Revolution' Flunked Out |
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Bonobo
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Thu Apr-15-10 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. Why place the focus on Jamie Oliver? |
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flvegan
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Thu Apr-15-10 09:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Agree with everything you've stated. |
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Speck Tater
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Thu Apr-15-10 09:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. I do not believe for a second anything that calls into question what I would rather believe. |
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Bonobo
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Thu Apr-15-10 09:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. That sword cuts both ways. |
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Speck Tater
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Thu Apr-15-10 10:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I only believe what is fun to believe. Facts are too damn boring. nt |
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Bonobo
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Thu Apr-15-10 10:35 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I guess you have proven your point. |
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grantcart
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:19 AM Response to Reply #18 |
41. I think he was being sarcastic |
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JI7
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Thu Apr-15-10 09:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. i don't understand why the salads are only offered as an option |
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DireStrike
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Sat Apr-17-10 05:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
86. Good way to waste a lot of salad. -nt- |
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JI7
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Sat Apr-17-10 07:11 PM Response to Reply #86 |
93. what do they do with the salad that nobody eats ? |
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WolverineDG
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Sat Apr-17-10 08:33 PM Response to Reply #93 |
101. put it back in the fridge & serve it the next day |
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Scout
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Sat Apr-17-10 04:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
75. what hate? where? n/t |
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Toucano
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Thu Apr-15-10 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. The poor little buggers are unhappy because they've been conditioned |
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graywarrior
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Thu Apr-15-10 08:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Read this about rats and their addiction to junk food |
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Bonobo
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Thu Apr-15-10 08:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. The kids did exactly the same as the rats. Watch the cli[p I just posted and you'll see. nt |
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Overseas
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Fri Apr-16-10 12:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
44. Really amazing, yet I expected there would be elements in junky food |
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Synicus Maximus
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Sat Apr-17-10 05:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
83. So do I understand that you think we should shock kids when they |
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Bonobo
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Thu Apr-15-10 08:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Did you see them go for the "chicken nugget" that Jamie made out of scraps and bones? |
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gkhouston
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Thu Apr-15-10 11:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. Yum. Ten tons of greasy, grimy gopher guts... n/t |
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OnyxCollie
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Fri Apr-16-10 12:13 AM Response to Reply #2 |
32. As I once tried to comfort a dog |
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Toucano
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Fri Apr-16-10 12:31 PM Response to Reply #32 |
45. Congratulations on the weight loss |
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Arkansas Granny
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Sat Apr-17-10 06:58 AM Response to Reply #2 |
50. Sadly, this conditioning often starts at home. For whatever reason, |
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Stinky The Clown
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Thu Apr-15-10 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yeah ..... that damned commie bastid, Oliver. He's French right? |
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Arugula Latte
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Sat Apr-17-10 02:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
68. Damn Yuro-pein! |
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jmowreader
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Thu Apr-15-10 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
8. Some of his menu selections fall into the "what's the point?" category |
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Bonobo
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Thu Apr-15-10 09:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Yeah, but if the school stuff is frozen processed crap... |
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WolverineDG
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Thu Apr-15-10 10:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. The school's food is simply reheated processed crap nt |
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jmowreader
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Fri Apr-16-10 09:36 AM Response to Reply #22 |
38. One of his menu selections was "beefaroni" |
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WolverineDG
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:36 AM Response to Reply #38 |
42. But they have all that equipment that they aren't using |
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jmowreader
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Sat Apr-17-10 12:37 PM Response to Reply #42 |
60. I checked the food pyramid |
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WolverineDG
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Sat Apr-17-10 05:10 PM Response to Reply #60 |
77. Which only shows you haven't been to England lately |
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jmowreader
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Sat Apr-17-10 08:25 PM Response to Reply #77 |
99. I'm in the |
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WolverineDG
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Sat Apr-17-10 08:31 PM Response to Reply #99 |
100. Sure, let them eat crap, then wonder why they're fat |
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Mimosa
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Sat Apr-17-10 11:00 AM Response to Reply #38 |
56. Oliver's not a great chef |
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Puglover
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Sat Apr-17-10 02:21 PM Response to Reply #56 |
71. "Oliver"s not a great chef." |
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Mimosa
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Sat Apr-17-10 07:17 PM Response to Reply #71 |
94. I do know what makes a real chef. |
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WolverineDG
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Sat Apr-17-10 05:12 PM Response to Reply #56 |
79. "didn't know what he was doing" |
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Sat Apr-17-10 12:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
63. Deleted message |
jmowreader
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Sat Apr-17-10 04:57 PM Response to Reply #63 |
76. Let's play with our mashed potatoes, shall we? |
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grasswire
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Sat Apr-17-10 05:12 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. FRY fresh carrots and sugar snap peas? |
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jmowreader
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Sat Apr-17-10 06:32 PM Response to Reply #78 |
90. Yes, fry fresh carrots and peas |
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WolverineDG
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Sat Apr-17-10 05:14 PM Response to Reply #76 |
80. The bagged crap sets to the consistency of concrete if you don't keep stirring it |
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jmowreader
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Sat Apr-17-10 07:49 PM Response to Reply #80 |
96. I watched that episode, thank you very much |
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WolverineDG
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Sat Apr-17-10 08:25 PM Response to Reply #96 |
98. The standards make no sense |
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jmowreader
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Sun Apr-18-10 08:19 PM Response to Reply #98 |
104. I'm going by what the nutrition head said re. the vegetable quantity |
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darkstar3
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Thu Apr-15-10 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
10. Has anyone commenting so far |
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rucky
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Thu Apr-15-10 09:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. ... |
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darkstar3
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Thu Apr-15-10 09:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. That's EXACTLY what I'm talking about. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup
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Thu Apr-15-10 11:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. It's not terribly honest. |
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Ikonoklast
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:10 AM Response to Reply #26 |
40. I just saw that there's actually meat in a Big Mac. |
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Hannah Bell
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Thu Apr-15-10 11:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
29. which is why a lot of veg & fruit these days are outsourced from latin america |
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GoCubsGo
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Sat Apr-17-10 09:42 AM Response to Reply #29 |
52. Vegetables and fruit are "outsourced" from Latin America because... |
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Mimosa
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Sat Apr-17-10 10:55 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Quality canned items are nutritious. |
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alarimer
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Thu Apr-15-10 11:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. This is the big problem. |
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AwakeAtLast
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Thu Apr-15-10 11:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. And it takes MORE PEOPLE to make it |
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Lorien
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Fri Apr-16-10 12:25 AM Response to Reply #10 |
33. And sports. Don't forget the sports. nt |
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SocialistLez
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Sat Apr-17-10 03:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
73. +100!! |
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Motown_Johnny
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Thu Apr-15-10 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
16. Do we have any link to exactly what the requirements were? |
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Missy Vixen
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Thu Apr-15-10 10:46 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Okay, I'll jump in here |
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OnyxCollie
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Fri Apr-16-10 12:55 AM Response to Reply #19 |
35. I'm guessing peanut butter was banned because of allergic reactions, |
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WolverineDG
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Thu Apr-15-10 10:59 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Catch the first episode on Hulu |
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grasswire
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Sat Apr-17-10 12:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
64. you haven't watched the series, obviously |
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WolverineDG
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Thu Apr-15-10 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
20. Those "guidelines" say that french fries are healthy |
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SoCalDem
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Thu Apr-15-10 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
21. Nor surprising at all.. If a child has coca-cola in his baby bottle |
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Lorien
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Fri Apr-16-10 12:31 AM Response to Reply #21 |
34. Same in the 1970's. Hell, most kids that I knew then only were allowed |
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SoCalDem
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Fri Apr-16-10 03:56 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Cake was on birthdays..chips were for picnics |
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Lorien
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Fri Apr-16-10 06:45 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. We ate a lot of salads, pasta dishes, lentils and beans, grilled veggies, fresh fruit |
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WolverineDG
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:42 AM Response to Reply #34 |
43. You could count on getting candy only 3 or 4 times a year |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Sat Apr-17-10 12:46 PM Response to Reply #43 |
61. And we didn't have treats every time we turned around either |
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WolverineDG
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Sat Apr-17-10 02:06 PM Response to Reply #61 |
66. My dad would make popcorn often |
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Duer 157099
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Sat Apr-17-10 05:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
84. Mmmmm, my fondest memory of cafeteria food from grade school |
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MountainLaurel
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Sat Apr-17-10 07:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
92. Isn't that the truth of it? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup
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Thu Apr-15-10 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
27. Doesn't really hold up. |
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gvstn
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Fri Apr-16-10 12:07 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. You've summed up the show! |
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MattBaggins
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Sat Apr-17-10 11:01 AM Response to Reply #27 |
57. Food Revolution is already having it's post-mortem written |
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SocialistLez
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Sat Apr-17-10 03:06 PM Response to Reply #57 |
74. The timing for the show sucks |
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Sat Apr-17-10 06:03 PM Response to Reply #27 |
88. Deleted message |
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Sat Apr-17-10 08:18 PM Response to Reply #88 |
97. Sure. |
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BlooInBloo
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Thu Apr-15-10 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
28. Fine. So give them more money. Problem solved. |
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Missy Vixen
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Fri Apr-16-10 05:51 PM Response to Reply #28 |
46. There isn't any more money to give |
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MattBaggins
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Sat Apr-17-10 11:02 AM Response to Reply #46 |
58. Do the subsidies to the wrong food industries have anything to do with |
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Arugula Latte
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Sat Apr-17-10 02:16 PM Response to Reply #46 |
69. And yet, we spend 53 percent of our taxes to benefit military contractors. |
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Missy Vixen
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Sat Apr-17-10 02:39 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. I'm not saying it's right. I'm saying this is how it is. |
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Ian David
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
39. In High School we had a "Diet Simulator" program we had to use for an assignment in Biology Class. |
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BlooInBloo
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Fri Apr-16-10 07:53 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. "affect". |
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Ian David
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Sat Apr-17-10 06:04 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Thanks |
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joe_sixpack
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Sat Apr-17-10 06:43 PM Response to Reply #39 |
91. Excellent story. |
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Rage Inc.
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Sat Apr-17-10 06:08 AM Response to Original message |
49. Brits & Food |
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Mimosa
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Sat Apr-17-10 11:03 AM Response to Reply #49 |
59. Wanh Hanh Haaaaanh!!! |
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Arugula Latte
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Sat Apr-17-10 02:18 PM Response to Reply #49 |
70. That might have been the case 10 or 15 years ago... |
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Stevenmarc
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Sat Apr-17-10 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
51. nutritional requirements? Who the fuck do you think wrote those. |
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WolverineDG
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Sat Apr-17-10 10:57 AM Response to Reply #51 |
55. as well as school administrators |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Sat Apr-17-10 12:49 PM Response to Reply #51 |
62. Yes, for example, if I ate mostly grains all day, even whole grains, |
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Mimosa
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Sat Apr-17-10 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
53. How much money is allowed for each meal? |
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Bluenorthwest
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Sat Apr-17-10 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
65. The honesty level of this OP is very low |
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WolverineDG
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Sat Apr-17-10 02:08 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. What's shocking is the attitude of the school lunch administrator & the state person she called |
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jmowreader
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Sat Apr-17-10 05:18 PM Response to Reply #67 |
81. Y'know, it wouldn't HAVE to be full of sugar... |
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WolverineDG
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Sat Apr-17-10 05:26 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. How's about not serving dessert milk at all? |
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grasswire
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Sat Apr-17-10 11:07 PM Response to Reply #82 |
103. simple solutions like that exist |
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Saboburns
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Sat Apr-17-10 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
85. I've taught in Cabell County WV Schools for the past 19 years |
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Sat Apr-17-10 06:00 PM Response to Reply #85 |
87. My family is from Milton |
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Saboburns
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Sat Apr-17-10 07:21 PM Response to Reply #87 |
95. Damn straight on the GO HERD |
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Sat Apr-17-10 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
89. And yet it worked fine in England's schools when he tried the same |
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Odin2005
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Sat Apr-17-10 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
102. "Nutritional Requirements" = pro-Agribusiness garbage. |
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