| From: "dickm" <phl5016@blackfoot.net> I heard a rumor that thanks to a fed grant the Dept of Cookie Police will be established in each state. An emergency # FAT(328) will be set up for friends, neighbors, relatives and anyone who IS suspicious of anyone having an inordinate amount of cookies or cakes. When you use that super market discount card, your purchase automatically goes to a centralized data base, which will also have all your medical records. If they determine that the weight of all those residing at your address exceed the legal amount, the BFCA (Bureau of Fat Control Agency) is contacted. They will seize all your chocolate chips, flour, vanilla and sugar that you don't have a license for. Also your stove, refrigerator and the finger and tongue you used to lick the bowl (that and all your cooking utensils). Of course your vehicle will be seized for transporting illegal substances. If children reside at the home in question, Family Services will also be notified. They haven't ironed out all the details, but the IRS, EPA, BATF, forest service and fish and game will also be involved. The bureaucracy assumes they can evaluate what I can eat. I, therefore, assume I can evaluate what they should eat. S#@T!!!!!!!!!! New Law Seeks to Reduce Obesity (Albany-AP, September 21, 2002) — Low fat New Yorkers might be healthier for the state budget. This week, the governor signed the Obesity Prevention Act into law. It asks the Health Department to find ways to help New Yorkers get healthier, reduce obesity and cut the cost to the state. Officials say two out of every ten New Yorkers, more than three million people, are obese. It's the second leading cause of preventable death after smoking, and causes illnesses from diabetes to some cancers. The American Obesity Association says the cost of obesity to public health systems across the nation is $100 billion a year. Fifteen other states have passed legislation on everything from childhood obesity to health awareness campaigns. The state Health Department is expected to report its findings next June. Then legislators will put together a plan to help New Yorkers deal with their expanding waist lines. (Copyright 2002 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) Paying too much for long distance? Long Distance for 3.9 cents/minute. Interested? For more info, go to: http://cognigen.net/talkamerica/?richmartin Rich Martin Editor, Slick eZine http://slickplus.spunge.org/list/ |