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Ag Secretary to America: Stop Wasting Food, Cut Back Portions
pjmedia.com ^ | 10/4/16 | Bridget Johnson

Posted on 10/04/2016 12:31:42 PM PDT by ColdOne

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To: bgill

I agree to an extent. Hearing you say it is fine, hearing a gov’t official say it is NOT fine.


81 posted on 10/04/2016 1:45:19 PM PDT by Patriotic1 (Dic mihi solum facta, domina - Just the facts, ma'am)
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“As for the third message, it referred to a very simple error which could be set right in a couple of minutes. As short a time ago as February, the Ministry of Plenty had issued a promise (a ‘categorical pledge’ were the official words) that there would be no reduction of the chocolate ration during 1984. Actually, as Winston was aware, the chocolate ration was to be reduced from thirty grammes to twenty at the end of the present week. All that was needed was to substitute for the original promise a warning that it would probably be necessary to reduce the ration at some time in April...


82 posted on 10/04/2016 1:51:04 PM PDT by pluvmantelo (It's been like a slomo French Revolution, without the tumbrils-yet!)
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To: Puppage
And WHO defines: portion?

Usually the doctor of whatever fat bastid needs the help of a doctor to lose weight.

83 posted on 10/04/2016 1:51:45 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Don't question faith. Don't answer lies.)
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To: ColdOne
why do we subsidize farmers to grow corn just to burn in our cars?....if the world is so hungry for OUR food resources....

on principle, I agree that we are way too wasteful....I'm all for making good use of our food....

but the rich elites have no business telling we peons how to scarf along....stop their gluttony first, and then you can lecture us...

84 posted on 10/04/2016 1:53:14 PM PDT by cherry (<p>)
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To: NEMDF
Are you suggesting that there should be government regulations/mandates as to portion sizes that can be sold in a free market as for restaurants and grocery stores?

Absolutely not. My comments were strictly meant as personal guidelines. Self control. And it was merely an observation that none can deny if they open their eyes. Portion sizes that is.

85 posted on 10/04/2016 1:53:31 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Don't question faith. Don't answer lies.)
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To: ColdOne

IOW - stuff it. Take care of your own. Tired of you nannies telling us what to do.


86 posted on 10/04/2016 1:53:41 PM PDT by SkyDancer ("They Say That Nobody's Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: ColdOne

Preparing for the Venezuelaization of America under President Hillary Clinton.


87 posted on 10/04/2016 1:53:45 PM PDT by aomagrat (Gun owners who vote for democrats are too stupid to own guns.)
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To: infowarrior
have you ever tried shopping and cooking for one?

Man it is hard. My kids have moved out and it is me and the Mrs. I cook all the time and my wife loves what I cook. I'll admit, I'm pretty danged good. My chili has won contests. My Chicken Francaise is to die for. But...

I simply cannot cook for 1 or 2. There will ALWAYS be leftovers. It's the way I was raised and the way Mom taught me. I have tried and I tell ya...it is NOT easy.

88 posted on 10/04/2016 1:56:32 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Don't question faith. Don't answer lies.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
going to Golden Corral is a test of ones control, no doubt, but I get the impression that a lot of these folks just don't have access to good meals normally...thus, the piling on of food...

besides, just try to tell people at an "all you can eat" place that they can't have all they want...

89 posted on 10/04/2016 1:56:37 PM PDT by cherry (<p>)
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To: polymuser

The low fat low protein modern medical recommendations have been more counterproductive than helpful. I let my pet cats eat dry food to satiation and they don’t become blimps because both the fat and protein content are high.


90 posted on 10/04/2016 1:57:19 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: cherry

I go for high protein, high fat at GC, then fill it out with some carbs later in the meal.


91 posted on 10/04/2016 1:58:25 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Patriotic1
Plus, if I paid for it, what difference does it make?

Personally, if I found a restaurant that served half of what most do and charged me less for it, I'd eat out more often. I know the economics and a restaurant that did that would probably lose money. But I'd rather get a smaller portion for less money than lug home whatever is leftover.

92 posted on 10/04/2016 1:59:18 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Don't question faith. Don't answer lies.)
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To: Grimmy

“Our needs are the only concerns we should have.”

Not true. We should also be concerned about how our country and citizens can profit from selling that food to hungry foreigners ;)


93 posted on 10/04/2016 2:00:25 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: ColdOne

The problem is not that we don’t have enough food for the poor.

The problem is that the poor don’t have the skills to earn enough to PAY for their own food, and the middle-class is NOT going to be able to be taxed enough to support an ever-larger number of welfare cases.


94 posted on 10/04/2016 2:00:36 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o
Contraception without consent: the way Forward to Progress! You are making our dear leader Mrs. Sanger so-o-o proud.

OK. Instead, make food aid conditional upon sterilization. Give them the choice. Want to make as many babies as you want? Then feed them yourself.

95 posted on 10/04/2016 2:03:34 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: cherry
but I get the impression that a lot of these folks just don't have access to good meals normally...thus, the piling on of food...

A very valid observation. I never considered that.

besides, just try to tell people at an "all you can eat" place that they can't have all they want...

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96 posted on 10/04/2016 2:04:14 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Don't question faith. Don't answer lies.)
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To: TTFlyer

Um.........No.


97 posted on 10/04/2016 2:04:19 PM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

As a recently diagnosed type 2 diabetic, I have become acutely aware of portion size and content.


98 posted on 10/04/2016 2:06:11 PM PDT by Noumenon (We owe them nothing: not respect, not loyalty, not obedience.)
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To: LostInBayport

Paging Sheryl Crow.


99 posted on 10/04/2016 2:06:51 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: ColdOne

Coming soon - ration cards and restricted access to food. The perfect weapon to subdue a populace.


100 posted on 10/04/2016 2:08:52 PM PDT by Noumenon (We owe them nothing: not respect, not loyalty, not obedience.)
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