The random views of Scott KissingerThe US House of Representatives provides dispositive evidence that money is pervasively corrupting in American politics. [Click NYT link below for the story.]
Of course pizza is a vegetable. Otherwise it would have been regulated more harshly in school lunch programs.
“It’s an important victory,” said Corey Henry, spokesman for the American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI). ”Our concern is that the standards would force companies in many respects to change their products in a way that would make them unpalatable to students.”
How does that guy sleep at night, or look at himself in the mirror in the morning when he gets up? More importantly, how do the “representatives” who voted for this piece of garbage legislation sleep at night? Oh yeah, their nests are feathered with cash from the AFFI. A nice wad of bills is always conducive to a good night’s rest.
By this logic, I am expecting the purveyors of bloody marys to have their beverage classified as a vegetable for school lunch purposes. Tomato juice, celery, and a little spice, right? Send the kids back to class with a buzz and they’ll be much easier to control. Of course, if the teacher partakes as well it will be a very pleasant afternoon for everyone.
What seems to have been lost in American politics is the notion that our elected representatives represent us, the people, not the corporations who lobby with cash and gifts. Corporations are not in any sense representative, and to interpose them as an intermediary between the people and their elected officials is a perversion of the whole philosophy of representative government. We have to find a way to severely curtail the influence of corporations and their corrupting money from our government.
(Source: The New York Times)
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