Early in the morning, Mr. DN likes to watch a certain news talk show. Today’s lead off story was
how tomato paste was deemed a vegetable to keep pizza and french fries as part
of the school lunch program. The ruling
that their status should be changed came after objections from the frozen pizza
and potato growing industries. The host
of the program went on to state that the biggest problem with this was the risk
of cardio-vascular disease later in life for the children.
Hello?
Newman? Newman?
Sorry, honey. While
protecting the health of children is certainly important, the biggest problem
with this awful scenario is how we allow corporations to influence government
policy to the detriment of everything else.
I got up in disgust and walked away.