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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (44903)	1/18/2004 1:19:31 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 74559

While agreeing that <<large majority of humanity's mishaps are the result of incompetence, stupidity and greed>>, outside this wide majority, there is a minority of cases that requires unconventional measures: Like: 1) raiding Daniel Ellsberg's psyxhologist office 2) Bugging the Democrat Party in the Hotel Watergate. 3) Swapping Arms for hostages We haven't been born yesterday and we have been observing the facts of the past. I don't give blank checks to governments knowing the interests involved. It's naive to belive governmenst are that benign law abiding entity.

To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (44903)	1/18/2004 3:23:15 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Bush accused of failing to act over obesity By Neil Buckley in New York Financial Times; Jan 17, 2004 Anti-obesity campaigners have accused the Bush administration of siding with the food industry to try to sabotage efforts by the World Health Organisation to curb the global epidemic of obesity. William Steiger, special assistant for international affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services, wrote this month to Lee Jong-Wook, WHO director-general, saying a WHO anti-obesity strategy published last year was based on faulty science. The WHO initiative comes against the background of soaring rates of obesity and obesity-related illnesses worldwide. The problem is most acute in the US, where two out of three adults are overweight, nearly one in three is clinically obese, and obesity rates in children have increased 50 per cent since 1990. The WHO's executive board is set to meet next week to decide whether to endorse an 18-page strategic plan for fighting the problem. A final draft of the plan, circulated last month, advises governments to consider using taxes to discourage people from eating too much sugar, salt and saturated fat. It also recommends curbs on food advertising to children and calls for schools to require daily physical education. But Mr Steiger's 30-page letter, seen by the Financial Times, challenges what it calls an "unsubstantiated focus on 'good' and 'bad' foods, and a conclusion that specific foods are linked to non-communicable diseases and obesity". "The [US government] favours dietary guidance that focuses on the total diet, promotes the view that all foods can be part of a healthy and balanced diet, and supports personal responsibility to choose a diet conducive to . . . health. "The assertion heavy marketing of energy-dense food or fast-food outlets increases the risk of obesity is supported by almost no data," the letter adds, while questioning a WHO assertion increased fruit and vegetable consumption reduces risk of obesity and diabetes. Neville Rigby of the International Obesity Task Force, a non-governmental organisation set up to fight the condition, said yesterday that the US administration was putting commercial interests before those of public health. "Effectively what we are seeing is an effort to sabotage the whole [WHO] process," Mr Rigby said. search.ft.com <<The guy is siding with the gorditos!!!!>>