16 Aug 2007
Control tobacco, food ads to beat cancer -panel

How far are they going to take this? Will we have banned foods - like eggs? Will a "health cop" follow you to insure you take the stairs to the 30th floor rather than the elevator? Will you be forced to take a drug test, including checks for fat and nicotine metabolites, before an emergency room will treat you?

Freedom is not a stand alone word - there's always a preposition added. When this country was founded it was "to" - these days it's seems to be "from". That's a dangerous shift. We'll soon find ourselves free to do whatever we want, as long as some bureaucrat or congressional committee has approved it. And that's not freedom at all.

Reuters - A new presidential report on cancer takes on not only tobacco companies but the food industry while calling on the federal government to "cease being a purveyor of unhealthy foods" and switch to policies that encourage Americans to eat vegetables and exercise.

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