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Giancarlo
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Los Angeles
Apr 2000
time: 02:29
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http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS...s.ap/index.html
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- If too many burgers and fries have left your waistline super-sized, don't expect a sweet pay-off in court, senators said Thursday. A bill would prevent people from suing restaurants and food manufacturers for making them fat.
"I think it's important not to blame poor eating habits on someone else," said Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, and the sponsor of the bill.
The measure would block lawsuits related to obesity or weight gain, but not suits charging other kinds of injury or fraud. It is similar to one already introduced in the House.
The House held a hearing last month on the relatively new legal trend in which consumers are suing fast food chains like McDonald's and arguing that the food contributed to their obesity.
McConnell, the GOP whip, predicted an uphill battle getting the measure through the Senate.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America opposes the bill, while the food industry has lobbied for it. Both are big campaign donors.
The trial lawyers group contributed $4.2 million to federal campaigns and political parties in the last election cycle, with 91 percent going to Democrats, according to the Washington-based Center for Responsive Politics.
Restaurants and bars contributed $7 million, with 77 percent going to Republicans. Food manufacturers gave $3.3 million, with 86 percent going to Republicans.
McConnell's bill would help at least one company in his home state. Louisville-based Yum! Brands, Inc., owns Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and KFC.
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If you get fat it is your own fault, not that of the companies who runs the fast food chains.
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st_swithin
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10069
Nov 2002
time: 05:29
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Dang, and I was going to purposely gain 300 lbs so I could go on disability. Feh!
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Space05us
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I can't see how anybody finds McDonald's appetizing.
but taco bell on the other hand. *drools* |
taco bell is the best of all fast food, subway comes in a close second, then wendys, and finally all those other places like McDonalds and Burger King. Unfortunatly, or fortunatly depending on how you look at it, there isnt a fast food joint within a few hundred miles of where i live so I havent had fast food in a couple of years. Unless cinnabons count, when people fly back in to Barrow they usually bring back cinnabons.
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Space05us
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And its a good thing that they are putting an end to the stupid lawsuits against the fast-food industry, now if only they would do the same for the tobacco industry. If people dont understand by now that what happens to them is 99.9% thier own fault then they deserve the Darwin treatment.
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st_swithin
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10069
Nov 2002
time: 05:29
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mmm...Taco Bell and a cigarette...in that order...mmm
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Main_Brain
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Economic World Center
Jul 2002
time: 06:29
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Ahh Lobbyism at Work.
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mrmitchell
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heh...mcdonald's just sucks.
burger king is somewhat better.
wendy's is a lot better.
taco bell makes their meat out of chihuahas, but aside from that it's okay.
arbys is satan's spawn.
if you are a fatass it is your own fault and no one else's, quit abusing teh courts.
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st_swithin
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10069
Nov 2002
time: 05:29
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mmm...chiuhuahuas...Chinese food...same thing...mmm
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