1. 08:55 16th Nov 2011

    Notes: 25

    Reblogged from david-noel

    Tags: public healthnutritiondiethealth

    Tuesday, by act of Congress, pizza was declared a vegetable. The Spending Bill before our elected officials contained an Agriculture Department provision recognizing that school kids are dangerously obese, and that subsidizing school lunches of frozen pizza and french fries is unwise and unhealthy. The Congressional response: a slice of pizza = a serving of vegetables.
    — 

    Pizza

    Geez… I hope Congress can come to their senses.  This is part of a larger bill to fund and regulate various government departments, such as Agriculture, Commerce, and Justice, and Housing & Urban Development.  The USDA wanted to change the categorization that the tomato paste on pizza qualifies it as a vegetable, but Congress (thanks to some pressure no doubt from food companies) thinks pizza really does count as a vegetable.  Hopefully POTUS Obama has the nerve to not sign the bill being proposed by Congress.

    -cch

    Wow, this is likely the most stupid, ridiculous, pathetic, disturbing and insane thing I’ve read all year. 

    Congress Reaps Pizza Harvest « NotionsCapital

    (via david-noel)

     
    1. inkyeagle reblogged this from caterpillarcowboy
    2. twomoremiracles reblogged this from walpaper
    3. abbdeeta reblogged this from walpaper
    4. walpaper reblogged this from laureola
    5. laureola reblogged this from david-noel
    6. bbray reblogged this from david-noel
    7. garrettjurss reblogged this from jerriann and added:
      What the hell has America come to?!
    8. pseudocolin reblogged this from david-noel
    9. jerriann reblogged this from david-noel
    10. caterpillarcowboy reblogged this from david-noel
    11. lariar reblogged this from david-noel and added:
      paid for. This isn’t news. It is an every day occurrence. Maybe this year people will pay attention?
    12. charleshuang reblogged this from david-noel and added:
      Geez… I hope Congress can come to their senses. This is part of a larger bill to fund and regulate various government...
    13. yiah reblogged this from david-noel
    14. sabine reblogged this from david-noel
    15. marksbirch said: Time to #OccupyCongress…
    16. david-noel posted this