Not getting it, east-coast journalist style
I don't know how I stumbled upon it, but yesterday I read an editorial by the Today show food editor (*snort*) where this editor claimed that banning sodapop from schools was a bad idea because instead of banning the sodapop, the schools should instead be stocking healthy sodapop, like the sodapop you can find in your local libertarian-owned anti-union chain store.
Um, er. Healthy sodapop? It's carbonated sugar water, and the problem with it is not that it's got corn syrup instead of cane or fruit sugars, but that's it's sugar water.
«Let’s fix the problem, not fool ourselves in thinking that just by limiting the hours of sales we are accomplishing our objective. Many of the products being sold in school beverage vending machines today are beneficial. Juices, fitness and sports drinks all serve distinct purposes and should be allowed to be sold 24/7, right alongside healthier sodas.»
He's an idiot. The ADM ad department must high-five themselves whenever he opens his mouth on the television set. "Distinct purposes" ? Oh, no, not at all. The only "distinct purpose" vending machine drinks serves is to fatten up the bottom line of the vending machine company, the sodapop "sports drink" manufacturer, and the bloated conglomerate that provides the "certified organic" corn syrup that's pumped into these "beneficial" drinks.
Next from the Today Show! Why eating LARD SUNDAES makes your children more competitive in the hot new business of being human curling pucks!