tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post8878467164123338100..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Coca-Cola Becomes A Health-Nazi Ventriloquist DummyRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-83745771488545297772013-01-17T08:05:04.396-05:002013-01-17T08:05:04.396-05:00Sorry, meant to say "suppose global warming i...Sorry, meant to say "suppose global warming is a critical part of climate change"Bharathttp://theinterventionistparadox.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-275379493261358482013-01-16T17:50:12.298-05:002013-01-16T17:50:12.298-05:00Chris, i think it's important to differentiate...Chris, i think it's important to differentiate between voluntary collectivism and coercive collectivism. (If you think voluntary 'collectivism' isn't true collectivism, then that's understandable, but then we're just playing word games. We could just call it something else)<br /><br />For example, suppose climate change is real. Even libertarians could say "we should Bharathttp://theinterventionistparadox.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-45139919977992647782013-01-16T07:30:06.994-05:002013-01-16T07:30:06.994-05:00I kept waiting to see the Veridian Dynamics logo.I kept waiting to see the Veridian Dynamics logo.geoihhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06228052543574335663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-25909992806398646252013-01-15T20:23:32.358-05:002013-01-15T20:23:32.358-05:00The general point here - that we are individuals, ...The general point here - that we are individuals, not a collective 'thing' - is one of the most important points we individualists can (repeatedly) make. Ayn Rand said that her philosophy, if reduced to a single word, would be 'individualism'. ALL organizations are simply groups of individuals and this is especially true of 'government'.<br /><br />But our own use of John Howardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-87081445825562227762013-01-15T18:09:35.170-05:002013-01-15T18:09:35.170-05:00Absolute propaganda…of course. It's not the ca...Absolute propaganda…of course. It's not the calories dummies.<br /><br />For non-main-stream nutritionists the thermodynamic equation is only a tiny part of the weight gain/loss logic. In fact you can go several thousand calories above the recommended daily intake, do no exercise and still LOSE weight<br /><br />It's not the calories. It's what you eat. Eliminate primary sugars (tableAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-59184822517810419752013-01-15T17:21:05.579-05:002013-01-15T17:21:05.579-05:00Because you can ship 10s of millions of dollars of...Because you can ship 10s of millions of dollars of iPhones/iPads in a relatively small space. Not so with 2 litre bottles of soda. The logistics costs would skyrocket.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-34260253765873108632013-01-15T16:49:58.947-05:002013-01-15T16:49:58.947-05:00The thing is, with this drive towards simply count...The thing is, with this drive towards simply counting calories led by the FDA, people consider coke zero etc... to be healthy choices. In fact, they are much more harmful to your health than the sugar ones (which are also bad). Aspartame has been demonstrated to lead to cancer among other things and really is nasty stuff. But because it has the FDA seal of approval people guzzle the stuff down. Ruxtonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-11303219168901543652013-01-15T16:21:23.015-05:002013-01-15T16:21:23.015-05:00By the looks of the participants, Coca Cola has fo...By the looks of the participants, Coca Cola has found it's true customers and the new Americans so desired by the collectivist, 3rd world immigrants and low IQ minorities. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-6612822388323697482013-01-15T16:11:04.051-05:002013-01-15T16:11:04.051-05:00Brilliant move by Coke: campaign to remove just a...Brilliant move by Coke: campaign to remove just a little heat on Coke & obesity. <br /><br />That way they don't mention the real danger of coke: diabetes, heart disease, & alzheimers (thought to be "type-3 diabetes.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-57162427664778113502013-01-15T15:52:53.954-05:002013-01-15T15:52:53.954-05:00This is a great post. Thank you.This is a great post. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-20771051498949812612013-01-15T15:33:50.638-05:002013-01-15T15:33:50.638-05:00Of all the manufacturers "stuck" in the ...Of all the manufacturers "stuck" in the USSA, Coke-or anyone making flavored sugar water-would seem to have the easiest time moving all of their manufacturing to someplace more tax advantaged and simply using the balance of their existing infrastructure to distribute their products after gutting their manufacturing component.<br /><br />I don't understand why they don't follow Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-55717654173026660062013-01-15T15:14:39.320-05:002013-01-15T15:14:39.320-05:00AMEN!AMEN!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com