OK I am half joking, a tomato is a fruit (look at the seeds) but it is used as a vegetable so the usa courts deamed it a vegetable
but congress deeming a pizza a vegetable is stupid! not just stupid, but completely missing what a pizza is...
here is a reuters article on the childhood obesity fight in the USA I just saw
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/ ... ED20120427" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I watched the video linked in the top left hand corner
pizza a vegetable, tomato a vegetable... only in USA
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Re: pizza a vegetable, tomato a vegetable... only in USA
Thanks Cittasanto.
You should check out Jamie Oliver's documentary series on his 'food revolution' in the United States.
You should check out Jamie Oliver's documentary series on his 'food revolution' in the United States.
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I saw part of one, turned off when he started crying
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He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
...
He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.
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He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
...
He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.
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Re: pizza a vegetable, tomato a vegetable... only in USA
You say tom-ay-toh I say tom-ah-toh...
Mike
Mike
Re: pizza a vegetable, tomato a vegetable... only in USA
Your post betrays a basic misunderstanding of how the american system of government works. The government exists only to implement policy as determined by the corporations and articulated by their lobbyists.Cittasanto wrote:OK I am half joking, a tomato is a fruit (look at the seeds) but it is used as a vegetable so the usa courts deamed it a vegetable
but congress deeming a pizza a vegetable is stupid! not just stupid, but completely missing what a pizza is...
here is a reuters article on the childhood obesity fight in the USA I just saw
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/ ... ED20120427" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I watched the video linked in the top left hand corner
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Re: pizza a vegetable, tomato a vegetable... only in USA
There are alternatives ... of sorts. Here' s a view of how the wannabe-US-government would like to work:m0rl0ck wrote:Your post betrays a basic misunderstanding of how the american system of government works. The government exists only to implement policy as determined by the corporations and articulated by their lobbyists.
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/09/02-0
Kim
okay okay okay ... sorry, Cittasanto, for dragging this even further OT ...
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your post betrays a basic misunderstanding of what I said!m0rl0ck wrote:Your post betrays a basic misunderstanding of how the american system of government works. The government exists only to implement policy as determined by the corporations and articulated by their lobbyists.Cittasanto wrote:OK I am half joking, a tomato is a fruit (look at the seeds) but it is used as a vegetable so the usa courts deamed it a vegetable
but congress deeming a pizza a vegetable is stupid! not just stupid, but completely missing what a pizza is...
here is a reuters article on the childhood obesity fight in the USA I just saw
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/ ... ED20120427" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I watched the video linked in the top left hand corner
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He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
...
He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.
John Stuart Mill
He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
...
He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.
John Stuart Mill
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No Worries I find it amusing that any government would want to dictate what nature is, let alone morph what things are to suit.Kim O'Hara wrote:There are alternatives ... of sorts. Here' s a view of how the wannabe-US-government would like to work:m0rl0ck wrote:Your post betrays a basic misunderstanding of how the american system of government works. The government exists only to implement policy as determined by the corporations and articulated by their lobbyists.
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/09/02-0
Kim
okay okay okay ... sorry, Cittasanto, for dragging this even further OT ...
Science classifies; politicians distort.
BTW, I saw an interesting quote from Cicero saying politicians are excreted, not born
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He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
...
He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.
John Stuart Mill
He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
...
He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.
John Stuart Mill
Re: pizza a vegetable, tomato a vegetable... only in USA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Pi_Bill" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;Cittasanto wrote: No Worries I find it amusing that any government would want to dictate what nature is, let alone morph what things are to suit.
The Indiana Pi Bill is the popular name for bill #246 of the 1897 sitting of the Indiana General Assembly, one of the most famous attempts to establish scientific truth by legislative fiat. Despite that name, the main result claimed by the bill is a method to square the circle, rather than to establish a certain value for the mathematical constant π (pi), the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. However, the bill does contain text that appears to dictate various incorrect values of π, such as 3.2 (when 3.1 is closer, with π = 3.14159265...).
The bill never became law, due to the intervention of a mathematics professor who happened to be present in the legislature.
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Re: pizza a vegetable, tomato a vegetable... only in USA
LOL, I was thinking this morning vegetarians can now eat Peperoni Pizza as it is legally a vegetable
mikenz66 wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Pi_Bill" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;Cittasanto wrote: No Worries I find it amusing that any government would want to dictate what nature is, let alone morph what things are to suit.The Indiana Pi Bill is the popular name for bill #246 of the 1897 sitting of the Indiana General Assembly, one of the most famous attempts to establish scientific truth by legislative fiat. Despite that name, the main result claimed by the bill is a method to square the circle, rather than to establish a certain value for the mathematical constant π (pi), the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. However, the bill does contain text that appears to dictate various incorrect values of π, such as 3.2 (when 3.1 is closer, with π = 3.14159265...).
The bill never became law, due to the intervention of a mathematics professor who happened to be present in the legislature.
Mike
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He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
...
He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.
John Stuart Mill
He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
...
He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.
John Stuart Mill
Re: pizza a vegetable, tomato a vegetable... only in USA
I'll put it on the menu!Cittasanto wrote:LOL, I was thinking this morning vegetarians can now eat Peperoni Pizza as it is legally a vegetable
“No lists of things to be done. The day providential to itself. The hour. There is no later. This is later. All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes.”
- Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725
Compassionate Hands Foundation (Buddhist aid in Myanmar) • Buddhist Global Relief • UNHCR
e: [email protected]..
- Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725
Compassionate Hands Foundation (Buddhist aid in Myanmar) • Buddhist Global Relief • UNHCR
e: [email protected]..
Re: pizza a vegetable, tomato a vegetable... only in USA
The American public does have power, once we are educated.Ben wrote:Thanks Cittasanto.
You should check out Jamie Oliver's documentary series on his 'food revolution' in the United States.
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/videogall ... -factories" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Unfortunately, most of the time we have our head in the sand.
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Re: pizza a vegetable, tomato a vegetable... only in USA
This is a slight misunderstanding of the ruling. Pizza was declared to contain a serving of vegetables because of the tomato sauce (as well as a serving of bread, dairy (cheese), etc.). If the slice has pepperoni on it, it would be considered to also contain a serving of meat. It's not an either/or thing.Cittasanto wrote:LOL, I was thinking this morning vegetarians can now eat Peperoni Pizza as it is legally a vegetable
Your overall point on the ridiculousness of this system: totally valid.
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