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From: krw on 30 Oct 2009 19:47 On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:41:34 -0700 (PDT), dagmargoodboat(a)yahoo.com wrote: >On Oct 14, 2:37 pm, John Larkin ><jjlar...(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >> On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:12:03 -0700 (PDT), dagmargoodb...(a)yahoo.com >> wrote: >> >> >On Oct 14, 1:03 pm, John Larkin wrote: >> >> On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:35:08 +0100, Martin Brown wrote: >> >> >> >But in the USA it is also the enormous portions of food at the popular >> >> >restaurants that plays a part in supersizing the population. >> >> >> It's not a conspiracy; the restaurants offer what people want. >> >> >That ought not be allowed. The government should only allow people to >> >eat at certain approved restaurants, and dictate and carefully control >> >what those restaurants serve, the portion sizes that will be allowed-- >> >according to each person's needs vis-a-vis calories, obesity, health >> >factors, etc.--the prices that can be charged, adjusted for each >> >person's ability to pay, and so forth. Violators should be fined and >> >jailed. >> >> Sounds like the ration books in Cuba. They keep everybody trim. >> >> John > >Oh, the new health care bill covers this. Well, halfway. > >http://docs.house.gov/rules/health/111_ahcaa.pdf > >See Subtitle C, sec. 2572, or just search for "restaurants" or >"vending". > >They thought of everything. Except how to pay the debt.
From: Jim Thompson on 30 Oct 2009 20:13 On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:47:16 -0500, krw <krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzz> wrote: >On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:41:34 -0700 (PDT), dagmargoodboat(a)yahoo.com >wrote: > >>On Oct 14, 2:37 pm, John Larkin >><jjlar...(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >>> On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:12:03 -0700 (PDT), dagmargoodb...(a)yahoo.com >>> wrote: >>> >>> >On Oct 14, 1:03 pm, John Larkin wrote: >>> >> On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:35:08 +0100, Martin Brown wrote: >>> >>> >> >But in the USA it is also the enormous portions of food at the popular >>> >> >restaurants that plays a part in supersizing the population. >>> >>> >> It's not a conspiracy; the restaurants offer what people want. >>> >>> >That ought not be allowed. The government should only allow people to >>> >eat at certain approved restaurants, and dictate and carefully control >>> >what those restaurants serve, the portion sizes that will be allowed-- >>> >according to each person's needs vis-a-vis calories, obesity, health >>> >factors, etc.--the prices that can be charged, adjusted for each >>> >person's ability to pay, and so forth. Violators should be fined and >>> >jailed. >>> >>> Sounds like the ration books in Cuba. They keep everybody trim. >>> >>> John >> >>Oh, the new health care bill covers this. Well, halfway. >> >>http://docs.house.gov/rules/health/111_ahcaa.pdf >> >>See Subtitle C, sec. 2572, or just search for "restaurants" or >>"vending". >> >>They thought of everything. > >Except how to pay the debt. Look on the positive side, I can make a fortune selling black market burgers and french fries ;-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | "I have a dream that [we] will one day live in a nation where [Obama] will not be judged by the color of [his] skin but by the content of [his] character." Obama will then be impeached. "Free at last! free at last! Thank God Almighty, we [will be] free at last!"
From: krw on 30 Oct 2009 20:40 On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:13:06 -0700, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> wrote: >On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:47:16 -0500, krw <krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzz> wrote: > >>On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:41:34 -0700 (PDT), dagmargoodboat(a)yahoo.com >>wrote: >> >>>On Oct 14, 2:37 pm, John Larkin >>><jjlar...(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >>>> On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:12:03 -0700 (PDT), dagmargoodb...(a)yahoo.com >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >On Oct 14, 1:03 pm, John Larkin wrote: >>>> >> On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:35:08 +0100, Martin Brown wrote: >>>> >>>> >> >But in the USA it is also the enormous portions of food at the popular >>>> >> >restaurants that plays a part in supersizing the population. >>>> >>>> >> It's not a conspiracy; the restaurants offer what people want. >>>> >>>> >That ought not be allowed. The government should only allow people to >>>> >eat at certain approved restaurants, and dictate and carefully control >>>> >what those restaurants serve, the portion sizes that will be allowed-- >>>> >according to each person's needs vis-a-vis calories, obesity, health >>>> >factors, etc.--the prices that can be charged, adjusted for each >>>> >person's ability to pay, and so forth. Violators should be fined and >>>> >jailed. >>>> >>>> Sounds like the ration books in Cuba. They keep everybody trim. >>>> >>>> John >>> >>>Oh, the new health care bill covers this. Well, halfway. >>> >>>http://docs.house.gov/rules/health/111_ahcaa.pdf >>> >>>See Subtitle C, sec. 2572, or just search for "restaurants" or >>>"vending". >>> >>>They thought of everything. >> >>Except how to pay the debt. > >Look on the positive side, I can make a fortune selling black market >burgers and french fries ;-) Just don't move around (one location) and they're legit! Who said Obamination was against small businesses.
From: Spehro Pefhany on 31 Oct 2009 11:52 On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:44:21 -0700, the renowned Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >Jim Thompson wrote: >> On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:03:05 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >> wrote: >> >>> krw wrote: > >[...] > >>>> Most use heat pumps year round here. We haven't had the house open >>>> more than a few days so far this fall. It was quite warm late this >>>> fall and it's been raining since. Last year was beautiful this time >>>> of year. This year, not so much. >>> >>> Heat pumps are a no-no for us. PG&E has the monopoly and once you get >>> above baseline (with a heat pump you will) they really sock it to you. >> >> Only in California (so far) does more consumption increase the _rate_. >> > >It really puts a crimp in some smaller businesses. But these days I do >not expect the rulemakers to understand that they are actually making >tax revenues shrink with such "measures". They's watermelons... green on the outside and red on the inside. 8-( Best regards, Spehro Pefhany -- "it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" speff(a)interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com
From: dagmargoodboat on 31 Oct 2009 13:45
krw wrote: > dagmargoodb...(a)yahoo.com wrote: > > > > > John Larkin wrote: > >> dagmargoodb...(a)yahoo.com wrote: > > >> >On Oct 14, 1:03 pm, John Larkin wrote: > >> >> It's not a conspiracy; the restaurants offer what people want. > > >> >That ought not be allowed. The government should only allow people to > >> >eat at certain approved restaurants, and dictate and carefully control > >> >what those restaurants serve, the portion sizes that will be allowed-- > >> >according to each person's needs vis-a-vis calories, obesity, health > >> >factors, etc.--the prices that can be charged, adjusted for each > >> >person's ability to pay, and so forth. Violators should be fined and > >> >jailed. > > >> Sounds like the ration books in Cuba. They keep everybody trim. > > >> John > > >Oh, the new health care bill covers this. Well, halfway. > > >http://docs.house.gov/rules/health/111_ahcaa.pdf > > >See Subtitle C, sec. 2572, or just search for "restaurants" or > >"vending". > > >They thought of everything. > > Except how to pay the debt. Covered. Massive cost, paid with massive taxes, fees, penalties and fines, and lollipops and rainbows. Fun noire: it's a pain to read, but you can have a lot of fun quickly by searching the .PDF for keywords... punishment / coercive words "tax" 214 hits, "penalty" 113 hits "fee" "59 hits "shall" 3,424 hits weasel words "fair" 24 hits "reasonable" 73 hits "appropriate*" 624 hits "reduce" 73 hits misc. words "Medicare" 465 hits "race" 8 hits "restaurant" 12 hits "vending machine" 4 hits "indian" 1,289 hits "tuition" 9 hits -- Cheers, James Arthur |