I would like to remind everyone that fructose (as in high fructose corn syrup) and as the secondary component of sucrose/table sugar (glucose bonded with fructose) is only metabolized by the liver, much like ethyl alcohol (also a carbohydrate). The only reason it doesn’t appear on people’s radar is because alcohol gets you drunk and soda just gives you everything else.
Back to the cartoon. Industry sells us “fat maker” products that lead to obesity, and many of those obese smoke, also pushed by “industry” with little regard for the health of the populace. They’d make lousy viruses, because they kill their hosts. Interesting that obesity actually kills more than tobacco(many obese also smoke), yet tobacco and alcohol are “sin” taxes we readily accept, or at least push on “the other guy”.
Taxing stupidity is not the same as taxing “sin”–and may be more productive.
nomad2112 over 14 years ago
There ya go. Just blame some faceless industry for bad parenting.
toasteroven over 14 years ago
Yeah, this is just as silly as pinning the blame on video games, or “the rap music”.
a.c.d over 14 years ago
I would like to remind everyone that fructose (as in high fructose corn syrup) and as the secondary component of sucrose/table sugar (glucose bonded with fructose) is only metabolized by the liver, much like ethyl alcohol (also a carbohydrate). The only reason it doesn’t appear on people’s radar is because alcohol gets you drunk and soda just gives you everything else.
4uk4ata over 14 years ago
Well, and here I thought you guys were generally in favor of sales tax :) .
JoyceBV65 over 14 years ago
Have no fear BO would never tax Kool Aid
toasteroven over 14 years ago
Ah, the good old days!
http://catandgirl.com/?p=1092
parkersinthehouse over 14 years ago
Size 56 on the PeTite rACk ohdaD you crack
me up
NoFearPup over 14 years ago
^Poor suffering woman.
believecommonsense over 14 years ago
Canookie, you’re full of jest, no? You don’t really mean you’re on your 6th marriage, do you? Do you?
Dtroutma over 14 years ago
Back to the cartoon. Industry sells us “fat maker” products that lead to obesity, and many of those obese smoke, also pushed by “industry” with little regard for the health of the populace. They’d make lousy viruses, because they kill their hosts. Interesting that obesity actually kills more than tobacco(many obese also smoke), yet tobacco and alcohol are “sin” taxes we readily accept, or at least push on “the other guy”.
Taxing stupidity is not the same as taxing “sin”–and may be more productive.
CorosiveFrog Premium Member over 14 years ago
Sooky Rottweiler says; You changed wife six times and it’s successful? Another fine example of how humans make perfect sense to me.
CorosiveFrog Premium Member over 14 years ago
Brownie Moose says; No offense canuck guy, but that’s about how many mating seasons I had in my life.
NoFearPup over 14 years ago
Scott Frito, Jesus would have never called anyone a “slut”. So why did you?
OmqR-IV.0 over 14 years ago
^ @@
^^ Bravo.
twieliczka over 14 years ago
Anybody know if that “penny pinching” women replaced her car battery yet?