Comments on: Did the New York Times Exaggerate the Government’s Involvement in Cheese Promotions?

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By: erica

erica — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 22:20:53 +0000

cheese absolutely has to do with why we are fat, as does meat, sugar, overeating, and poor quality food.

By: Eick

Eick — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 22:03:13 +0000

Since pretty much everyone walked away from that article thinking “The USDA gave Domino’s $12 million dolllars to promote a pizza with 40% more cheese” I think the article clearly did exaggerate, since, you know, that DIDN’T ACTUALLY HAPPEN.

Erica, cheese has very little to do with why Americans are fat. We eat an average of 33 pounds of cheese a year. Germans eat 45. The French 52. The Greeks 80 pounds! And yes, people in those countries are all much less fat than we are.

By: dad gansie

dad gansie — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:54:01 +0000

Aren’t some things sacred?? Holly cow was what robin used to say to batman

By: erica

erica — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:22:04 +0000

first, i really dig the illustration. 2nd, cheese is full of all kinds of junk from the way it’s produced these days (hormones & various ickiness) and i do love it but try to keep my consumption to a bare minimum. 3rd, cheese is america and that’s why america is fat and zitty. that is all.

By: BS

BS — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:41:42 +0000

Interesting…I did get the impression from the article that the USDA was directly funding the campaign for extra-cheese pizza, which it seems may not actually be the case. That said, it did make me rethink the level of my cheese compensation, which on further inspection is rather problematic.

By: Nick (Macheesmo)

Nick (Macheesmo) — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 14:40:39 +0000

Meh… this “hypocrisy” doesn’t really bother me in the grand scheme of things. I feel like this kind of thing happens a lot in the gov and usually to a much larger degree.