Joe Doakes from Como Park emails:
Government over-reach.
FDA to require calorie information, even on popcorn at theaters. The theory is giving people more information will enable them to make wise decisions.
Is there a person alive in America who doesn’t already KNOW that theater popcorn is terrible for them?
Is there a person alive in American who would look at the label on theater popcorn and say “Oh, Hell no; I’ll munch some broccoli instead”?
Talk about your food deserts – places where no healthy food is available – the movie theater is second only to the State Fair. And nobody goes there to eat healthy, either.
Joe Doakes
A third Obama term would no doubt involve Michelle Obama tackling theater fare. An FDR like fourth term? State fair grub.
How soon will Government agents (armed, naturally) confront Martha from “Sweet Martha’s Cookie Stand” for not having a calorie count on the bucket ‘o cookies she sells (do numbers go that high)? When will ‘we the people’ know how many grams of saturated fat are in the butter bust of Princess Kay? And when will the Fraters of Fraters Libertas and Powerline guyz get an ‘awareness’ of the carbs prior to engaging in the annual 1280 The Patriot “Scotch Egg Eating Contest”. I’m certain the womyn who do the portraits of Paul Wellstone and Floyd Olsen in seed will be exempt because: 1) they’re Lib/Progs and 2) because seeds while edible taste like s***.
One would think that those who believe that evolution is a necessary part of science education would welcome theater popcorn. Those who eat it are obviously either incredibly ignorant of the fact that it’s toxic waste dolled up as food, or do not care, and of course “need” to be culled from the breeding population. Eugenics at work.
Justy don’t put “butter” on the popcorn… Geez…
JPA, it’s actually popped in about the same goop that they call butter–the difference is salt and a touch of flavoring. Palm oil if I remember correctly. So that’s really a quibble over amounts, not what is going in there.
Probably not that bad for you, actually, but if your belly is telling you that you’re getting too many calories, probably good to take it easy on it, as well as the Milk Duds and pop.