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Obamacare anti-obesity rules require signage near elevators on calories burned by using stairs
Thoughtgrime ^ | February 20, 2014 | Sisyphus

Posted on 02/20/2014 5:15:22 AM PST by orwell2112

Obamacare’s partially read fiats, already under fire for forcing restaurants and vending machine operators to affix calorie labels to offerings, also mandate informing the public about calories burned during certain activities, according to the latest fatwa, issued today, by the Department of Health and Human Services.

The fatwa requires “Any business, institution, municipality, or other entity to place signage in no less than 14 languages, which must include Spanish, Urdu, and any three varieties of Pidgin English, within two vertical feet and five linear feet of escalators, elevators, and moving walkways, inter alia, informing the public on how many calories ambulating or climbing a stairwell in place of utilizing available powered transportation will consume.”

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To: prof.h.mandingo

I think it’s satire, too, but it wouldn’t surprise me if it were true. I would never have thought that losing your job could be spun into something good & desirable for society..........


21 posted on 02/20/2014 6:57:10 AM PST by PoplarBluffian
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To: orwell2112

Even though it appears to be satire I would still look at whose relative owns a sign or placard company.


22 posted on 02/20/2014 6:57:49 AM PST by penguinhunter
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To: orwell2112

Please, tell me this is satire.


23 posted on 02/20/2014 6:59:53 AM PST by grania
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To: bagman

Yet, sadly, O’care is so screwed up that some people will accept it, without question, as truth.


24 posted on 02/20/2014 7:11:30 AM PST by jstaff
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To: bagman

true, that’s why I stated “if those signs do appear”. I certainly haven’t ginned up any printing presses to print piles of those pictures.


25 posted on 02/20/2014 7:20:27 AM PST by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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To: orwell2112
Back in 1993, I needed to see a doctor on vacation because one of my sons hurt his ankle. The doctor, who looked like a dyke, treated him but added a bunch of questions I thought were out of place and none of her business. For example, "Do you have a gun in your house?" and "Do you think anyone in your family is obsessed with food?"

This was 20 years ago. Sounds to me like all those people who have had it in their minds to control people have found a way to do it. And, get it codified in law.

I will leave with one thought - when our Founders began the Declaration of Independence with "We the People" they put us and our collective common sense into major play. WE are the People and our country is not theirs for the picking, otherwise our document would have read: Some of us who are Tyrants.

26 posted on 02/20/2014 7:35:20 AM PST by Slyfox (We want our pre-existing HEALTH INSURANCE back!)
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To: orwell2112

Will the advisory come in braille and spoken word too?

My My,, we are such a feeble nation

We all need guidance and counsel at every exit and entrance of this land.

too bad illegals don’t pay attention.


27 posted on 02/20/2014 9:04:59 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
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To: orwell2112

Wonder if Air Force One has signage on it about better MPG?


28 posted on 02/20/2014 9:19:38 AM PST by Vaduz
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To: bagman

“The cited article is obviously a satire.”

You must admit, it’s getting more and more difficult to detect this.


29 posted on 02/20/2014 9:19:50 AM PST by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

I guess that they could if the driver pulled up.


30 posted on 02/20/2014 11:13:45 AM PST by Mercat
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To: orwell2112

How many calories are in a boob belt? Moochelle needs to stop eating them.


31 posted on 02/20/2014 11:21:28 AM PST by Organic Panic
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To: orwell2112

Electric bills should come come with an advisory measuring blood pressure reductions possible through obama impeachment and incarceration.


32 posted on 02/20/2014 6:22:55 PM PST by clearcarbon
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To: clearcarbon

Excellent idea.


33 posted on 02/24/2014 6:08:43 PM PST by orwell2112
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To: grania

It is ... for now!


34 posted on 02/24/2014 6:13:06 PM PST by orwell2112
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To: orwell2112

OMG! do these people know no
bounds?!

nevermind, i know the answer...

this is NOT America!


35 posted on 02/24/2014 6:13:58 PM PST by krunkygirl (force multiplier in effect...)
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To: I want the USA back

You’re right - that’s a major oversight likely to be met with stiff penalties ...


36 posted on 02/24/2014 6:14:07 PM PST by orwell2112
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To: orwell2112

I’ll use the elevator or esclator and they can shove the stairs up their backside!

besides I need to put on 20 pounds.


37 posted on 02/24/2014 6:15:43 PM PST by dalereed
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