Welcome to a government we’ll-tell-you-what-to-eat world

Canada Free Press ^ | 07/20/14 | Judi McLeod

[Sean_Anthony]

The supermarket ‘talking’ shopping cart Michelle Obama will use to push her over-the-top approved food list is a power push over unsuspecting masses, but would serve as the perfect replacement for her husband’s omnipresent rising sun logo.

Six years ago, Barack Hussein Obama arrogantly made himself the rising sun in a logo by putting the sun under his stylized ‘O’, but his wife may have inadvertently come up with a better logo symbol to represent the empty life Barack Obama is bequeathing Americans: Michelle’s government-controlled supermarket shopping cart.

[humblegunner]

Awfully fond of Canada Free Press, aren’t you?

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:seananthony/index?tab=articles

[blackdog]

Ever witness what EBT users buy for food on a regular basis? Subtle form of genocide IMHO.

[yldstrk]

yeah try and get a kid or anybody to eat something that is unappealing

My dad made my sis eat her chow mein (ick) and she promptly threw up all over the dinner table with all 6 of us sitting there. He had it coming.

[tiki]

My oldest brother was 4 when Mom married Dad. Dad made him eat liver and he threw up. My dad never made any of us eat anything we didn’t want to eat.

[Salgak]

1. It will cost a lot more than that. The obvious way for such a scheme to work is a small computer with a wifi card and a RFID reader, that connect to a server in the store with prices, etc.

2. It's supposed to be for EBT users. But they're not going to REQUIRE EBT users to use specific carts, because THAT would be a stigma and hurt their delicate, lilac-scented feelings.

3. So all the carts have it, and since they have an RFID unit already, it will just read off the RFID on the EBT card in the wallet or handbag. And every OTHER RFID-card in the area, including those of people nearby. No, no security issues with THAT, no sirree. . .

4. And now that the Supercart has snagged all RFID idents in range, it has to validate them. Against a central computer somewhere else. And no security concerns THEN, either, right ??

5. So now, the Feds know exactly what you bought and when. But it gets BETTER. GUARANTEED, some bureaucrat will want to "enhance" the program by having it query your electronic medical records (Thanks, Obamacare !!!). So now, the Supercart knows you're overweight, diabetic, etc, and comments on your food choices based on that.

6. Given all this, and the sterling quality and security of Government computing systems, you KNOW it's going to get hacked. And this is where it gets funny.

Imagine, MichelleKarts have been implemented. You're shopping, when a heavy woman in front of you puts something 'unadvisable' in her cart. And suddenly, the speaker blares out:

"Yo, beyotch, put that nasty sh*t back on the shelf: you too fat, girl. Get your big @ss to the produce aisle and get yo'self some rabbit feed. . . "

It would almost make it worth it. . . (evil grin)

[reformedliberal]

There are metallic-lined envelopes on the market to protect RFID cards from being read unless they are purposely removed. They are inexpensive. I have chipped cards I never take out in public, but I keep them inside those protective covers on the off chance the gov has some way way to read them remotely.

[Pollster1]

Any government powerful enough to tell us how big a toilet tank can be, how big a soft drink can be, and how to cook our popcorn and fries is far too big.

[dfwgator]

That's right. You see, according to *Cacteau's* plan. *I'm* the enemy. Because I like to think, I like to read. I'm into freedom of speech, freedom of choice. I'm the kind if guy who would sit in the greasy spoon and think "Gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the big rack of Barbecued spare ribs with the side order of gravy fries?" I *want* high cholesterol. I want to eat bacon, butter and buckets of cheese alright? I want to smoke a Cuban cigar the size of Cincinnati in a non-smoking section. I wanna run around naked with green jell-o all over my body reading a Playboy magazine. Why? Because maybe I feel the need to okay pal? I've *seen* the future, you know what it is. It's made by a 47 year-old virgin in gray pajamas soaking in a bubble bath, drinking a broccoli milkshake and thinking "I'm an Oscar-Meyer Wiener". You wanna live on top, you gotta live Cacteau's way. What he wants, when he wants, how he wants. Your other option: come down here, maybe starve to death.

[Zeneta]

Welcome my son, welcome to the machine
Where have you been? It’s alright, we know where you’ve been.

[catnipman]

” but I keep them inside those protective covers”

Made from tin foil, right?

[catnipman]

I would so love it if those things really do start appearing. I do so love a challenge when it comes to petty sabotage. So many ways, so few carts, though.

[catnipman]

I would so love it if those things really do start appearing. I do so love a challenge when it comes to petty sabotage. So many ways, so few carts, though.

[reformedliberal]

Mylar is my guess. Maybe aluminum.

I have seen way too many movies where tech savvy folks clone phones via proximity or steal credit card info with some sort of slide-thru reader. I have watched my country become a national security state, with ubiquitous cameras, drones and, yes, RFID readers. I think that if there is sufficient cause for paranoia, it is no longer paranoia. Note that these protective sleeves are available on the open market,implying a relatively large perceived need.

YMMV. Since I have very little understanding of actual technological capabilities, I opt for caution.

[tbw2]

It is reasonable to say if the government has to feed you, you’ll get cheap, healthy food. So it is reasonable to say if you are on SNAP, your purchases of soda, Little Debby and energy drinks are restricted if not denied.

But for the taxpayers, the government has no business “nudging” or pushing.

But that’s what you get when the government gets involved in health care.

[Politicalkiddo]

“If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls who live under tyranny.” — Thomas Jefferson