ContributorNetwork – COMMENTARY | Do you want fries with that? The common questioned asked through a little metal drive-thru speaker was not muttered for a little while in the Chicago area, but has now returned. Bending to pressure from health advocacy groups and supporting lawmakers, McDonald’s temporarily pulled french fries from their Chicago area Happy Meals. Outcries from disappointed children and parents prompted a quick return of the famous tasty fries, but in smaller portions. The famed fast food chain is now also adding organically grown fruit and vegetables to the kid-sized meals which come with a small toy.
Yahoo! News: Health News
from: http://www.soundsofneworleans.com/high-cost-of-fresh-produce-impacts-childhood-obesity-more-than-fast-food-kids-meals-contributornetwork/
Divided Government to the rescue.
ABC’s
John Karl reports that a deal in principle has been struck between our Democratic President and Republican leadership in Congress:
“Here, according to Democratic and Republican sources, are the key elements:
- A debt ceiling increase of up to $2.1 to $2.4 trillion (depending on the size of the spending cuts agreed to in the final deal).
- They have now agreed to spending cuts of roughly $1.2 trillion over 10 years.
- The formation of a special Congressional committee to recommend further deficit reduction of up to $1.6 trillion (whatever it takes to add up to the total of the debt ceiling increase). This deficit reduction could take the form of spending cuts, tax increases or both.
- The special committee must make recommendations by late November (before Congress’ Thanksgiving recess).
- If Congress does not approve those cuts by December 23, automatic across-the-board cuts go into effect, including cuts to Defense and Medicare. This “trigger” is designed to force action on the deficit reduction committee’s recommendations by making the alternative painful to both Democrats and Republicans.
- A vote, in both the House and Senate, on a balanced budget amendment.”
Hmmm. Let’s see – significant cuts across the board, cuts to the military, cuts in entitlements, a vehicle for revenue enhancement and even more cuts later, and all on the brink of default to the dissatisfaction of both the right and left.
I expect this will pass with narrow bipartisan support over narrower bipartisan opposition from the extremes of both parties. Just the way it is supposed to work.
I am not one to say “I told you so”. But – just this once – I would like to take this opportunity to mention that – um – I told you so.
X-posted from “Divided We Stand United We Fall”
from: http://donklephant.com/2011/07/31/breaking-divided-government-solves-the-debt-ceiling-crisis/
www.TheBestDietProgram.info Nutritionist Jay Norris finally reveals the truth about why 99% of online diet programs don’t work…. and which really is the ‘best diet program’ to follow for successful permanent weight loss.
from: http://www.sayyestoweightloss.com/permanent-weightloss/the-best-diet-program-for-permanent-weight-loss-part-1/
