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Go by the pants, unless you're in the habit of wearing your scale in public!

Take it home, weigh it out. I can't blame them for employees trying to make volume eaters happy. We've all been trained in this society to see more as a better deal, and hell, if it's all you can afford to eat that day, it is a better deal.

I like this point. Regardless of what we decide (and endlessly argue about, much to my enjoyment at times) it can't be bad to learn everything each of us can about what we put in our mouths.

I get as much fiber in a day as I can, but my calorie goals are low, so even though I'm mostly meeting USA recommended, to get anywhere near the amount these guys think our ancestors ate I'd apparently have to go way over or eat the table. So vinegar can't hurt. Plus I like the taste. I used to use it often, then seemed to…

This was awesome! I found parts 1 and 2 on Youtube even though I'm in the USA so couldn't watch from the direct site. Thanks for posting about it. I've been feeling so much better and more energetic and even noticing better moods since I started eating large amounts of fruits and vegetables. I think after watching this I'm…

:drinker: However, if you are handicapped, someone to help you with house and yard care is not a luxury anymore. Though I certainly hope you never suffer any handicap that requires you to hire someone to tie your shoes for you!

Wait, where do the wild-eyed commie anarchist corporation-hating atheists go? Never mind. We won't do what you tell us, anyway!

You just named a whole crop of politicians I despise every bit as much as I despised Bush. I'm done with representative democracy unless we can recall them and bring them up on criminal charges when they fail to do what they promise (impractical). I'd rather we create the laws and vote on them together. And the technology…

I disagree. Bigotry arises from societies that take advantage of minority groups or groups lacking power in order to benefit the those in power. This is rampant in capitalist and fascist societies and can't exist at all without the ability to make a profit from the labor of another, which will not exist under a better…

You would be one of the richest people in America under Participatory Economics. Your job is dangerous, dirty, and unpleasant. What stumps me (because I'm just learning about parecon and it's an evolving idea anyway) is how your work would be divided or whether it would be. In Parecon, %80 of work is skilled work, %20 is…

I'm opposed to making humanity more vicious rather than more civilized by rewarding people with power for wealth accumulation. I see no reason why a Bush should have more decision making power in policies that affect my life than I do just because many great-great-grandaddy Bush's ago the family made a killing in the slave…

I've read Ayn Rand. If you're a Randian we'll simply never see eye to eye on anything because it's basically social darwinism. Social darwinists believe that the rich rule because they are the best. Not the most ruthless and nasty, but the smartest and most fit. After studying history a couple of decades, I think they're…

Participatory Economics combined with direct democracy for the decisions that will affect us all.

I suppose I should have said 'most people'. I defy you to make the argument that we'll have less people working hard for long hours at dirty and dangerous jobs if they're actually paid well for those jobs. The reason many choose welfare (aside from the fact that outsourcing has made it so we don't have enough jobs) is…

The reason Madison wanted a strong federal government was to stop exactly the trend you seem most wary of. If you haven't already, you should study not just Shays Rebellion but the actions of colonists (many of them Revolutionary War veterans angry at getting screwed out of their pay) prior to Shays Rebellion. Then read…

Correct. Which is why centralized planning must be limited or non-existent. Participatory Economics addresses a lot of the issues with power centralizing into the hands of a few decision makers. http://vimeo.com/4041228 You might find it interesting.

We disagree on who should decide what government should be involved in. I say direct democracy for what affects us all. We all decide together. No more wealthy decision makers. Who, by the way, don't follow our Constitution anyway.

I'd rather mob rule than rich rule, which is, if you know your history (and I suspect you're intelligent enough to know it) is what we've always had.

Google different forms of anarchist. You're confused. Another term for my politics is Libertarian Socialist. It simply means anti-capitalist but also anti central planning. Another term is Participatory Economics.

Either you want taxation for society or not. If you don't, you're an old fashioned, all out anarchist. If you do, you're for government intervention. It's just a matter of your opinion on what government should be involved in vs mine. If we actually had real democracy we could find out what the majority of Americans really…

I'm not mixing anything. If you don't want to subsidize food so the poor can eat, I don't want to subsidize your military, police force, or National Guard. Hire protection or defend yourself.

So are you also willing to hire a private police force to protect you from the rioters? Because there is no sense having government all all if you want a truly free market.

I guarantee if every worker is paid based on how long they work, how hard they work, and how onerous their work (onerous = dangerous, dirty, unpleasant or some combination of those) we will have overproduction problems in America. People want to work and have nice things. We don't want to live in poverty so someone who…

Do you like food riots and hundred dollar steaks?

It doesn't. But it does determine whether you understand what you are asking for when you ask for less or no government intervention in the food supply, however, and whether or not you are prepared for the consequences.

Because of government intervention meat is affordable for most Americans. Those standing to the right abhor government intervention in our lives. Therefore, either these people don't realize why they can afford meat or are not really standing to the right, at least not when it comes to results they want from that…

Do you eat meat? If so, unless you're rich or ready to give it up, you aren't standing as far to the right as you think you are. Meat is only cheap because it's heavily subsidized.

"The figure of stoutness and blubber has been accretive in the Confederate States and class heavy. :laugh: But we in the Confederate States are stocking up on energy in case Atlanta gets burned again, dontcha know?

If you want to give up chewing you can save a lot of money by googling DIY Soylent recipes. Grab whatever recipe suits your needs (there are vegan ones, vegetarian ones, weight loss ones, weight gain ones, ones for people who work out a lot, and hundreds more). Print your free recipe. Now go buy the ingredients. Now make…