Posted On: March 22, 2005, 2:31 pm CST

Posted By: Charles Shaver

March 22, 2005

Re: Ronald's comments.

Except for the violation of a binding, legal agreement, the case against McDonald's over trans fats is similar to the case against Wal-Mart for hiring illegals. Various agencies, branches, departments and levels of U.S. government, which have constitutional, legal obligations to keep resident citizens safe and secure in their persons and properties, is passing the blame for failings to do their jobs, on to their less favorite businesses and individuals. Using the human body for an analogy, is it a muscle tissue's function to tell the skin to resist infection, or a bone cell's job to tell the thyroid gland to maintain a particular level of metabolism?

Particularly, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has a statutory responsibility to see to it our food supply is nutritious and safe. And, 'that's' what we 'pay' them to do. In the context established by the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution, the Federal Communication Commission has a similar duty, to make sure the media (advertisers included) completely, truthfully, inform us of the natures of consumer products (food substances included).

Yes Ronald, there 'are' poisons in our foods. And, it 'is' a legal case, which should be waged against the elected and appointed public officials who are incompetently (if not deliberately) allowing millions of Americans to be misled about calories, carbohydrates, cholesterol, exercise (possibly dangerous and deadly for some, susceptible people, during acute immune system responses), fats (of various kinds) and quantities of foods. Meanwhile, our foods are being adulterated with small amounts of highly refined toxins (aspartame, MSG, soy protein isolate, etc.), some of which are nutritional and safe in their natural concentrations and forms, but can cause exaggerated immune system responses if ingested too frequently, in unnatural combinations and/or by already weakened persons.

Consequently, drug companies and the illness industry are prospering while costs for medical care skyrocket and individuals become bankrupt, diseased, incapacitated and/or dead. And, the cost to the insurance and restaurant industries must be tremendous, as medical claims multiply, insurance coverages are discontinued and lost, ignorant individuals make themselves ill attempting to eat 'healthy' and 'lite', and knowledgeable individuals maintain a healthier state by exercising their freedom of choice and right to eat natural, avoiding adulterated and restaurant food. In these United States, in 2005, with existing legislation, people should not fear to eat, period.