Friday, August 21, 2009

Sweet Nothings? Obama Sells Us Out, Again

On sugar corruption, two interesting articles....

article the first


article the second


Some people will actually try to make a "national defense" argument on sugar. GMAFB.

3 comments:

John Covil said...

http://www.wackypackages.org/realproductsscans/2004/jk/kitkat_small.jpg

Now from high fructose corn syrup!

John Thacker said...

He did, in fairness, announce that he was going to sell us out on sugar before the election. That was one of his clearest statements, and one of the most distinct differences between him and McCain.

Craig M. Newmark said...

Folks interested in this topic might also want to see this piece at the Atlantic, http://food.theatlantic.com/nutrition/sugar-what-you-didnt-see-on-colbert.php.

"U.S. sugar policy is so absurd that I did not think it could be satirized, but Colbert managed just fine."