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I expect class action lawsuits 10 years from now when a bunch of TSA employees, flight crews, and frequent travelers latch on to some scientific paper that says the machines can cause cancer, and all these people who get cancer decide it had to be the machines. Osama tried the shoe bomb. Then...

Yeah, I love the TSA... they take my bottle of Poland Spring away during the x-ray phase, then on the "secure" gate side a Pakistani guy who makes $8.50 an hour sells me a bottle of Aquafina or Desani bottled water... my question is this: If I was al Qaeda, would I try to sneak in my explosive...

You want the Federal Government to create some sort of national sales tax to discourage the consumption of food that the state is to deem as fattening. If that's not a nanny state, then what is? What's next? A tax on spending too much time in the sun without an appropriate SPF sunscreen and a...

huh, IMO, you're just another nanny-statist who wants to control other people by government edict. It sounds like you don't like the idea of insurance which, by definition, means you're paying an entity to transfer and pool your risk. As others have mentioned, you have options here: You can...

Your issue seems to be with fat people and not necessarily "fattening" foods. So, why not just tax people on a body fat assessment? It would be a like a property tax assessment -- where the town tax assessor measures the square footage of your home and values your improvements. In this case, the...

huh, if I am reading you correctly, you like a fat food tax because unemployed, uninsured mofos get fat, then go to the emergency room for health care, and therefore increase the tax burden on employed, insured people. Therefore, in your mind, fat people are getting away with being a tax burden...

A. The gov't ain't forcing you to buy insurance... unless you're talking about Medicaid/Medicare B. If you don't like health insurance, don't buy it C. I am cool with charging unhealthy people more for insurance. I am also cool with employers firing fat or unhealthy people. Your problem is...

Actually, if I were a fattie who dies suddenly at 55, your socialist system makes out better than if I am a fit runner who lives to 95 and gets my knees and hips replaced which entail surgery, hospital stays, medical hardware, and years of physical therapy.

What are these food products and raw materials that are known to be direct culprits (WTF is a "direct culprit" anyway?) of obesity? Rice? Cheese? Beef? Bread? Corn? Cooking oil? Chicken with the skin on? Chicken wings? Eggs? Mayo? Salmon?

The problem starts when kids are young, so I propose that it should be socially acceptable for thin kids to make fun of fattie-fattie-fat-fats... Spit-balls, purple-nurples, atomic wedgies, wet willies are not acceptable when done to normal kids, but they should be kosher when done to fat kids.

Depends on how you define "overweight." If you have a constant diet of high protein and weight training, your BMI measure will mark you are obese even though you're probably fitter than 98% of the population.

When I read crap ideas like this, I get the feeling that the commies and wannabe overlords view me as some kind of livestock that needs to be in some sort of technocrat designed cage where I can be tended to maximize returns for someone else. Hey, if I want to eat ribeye steaks, smoke cigars...

We're all wealthy: So, if get enough calories to put on some serious body fat, then flaunt it... No point in looking like this: On the other hand, if you're a nouveau riche hedge fundie in Greenwich, CT, don't stink up the place by dressing up like you imagine a modern-day Thurston...

Nah, I don't remember that one. I remember this one: Me Chinese Me pray joke Me put pee-pee in your coke

Yep, if you immunize everyone, throw them bags of rice to live another day, you end up with more people living to adulthood to have more babies that need to be immunized. There is no industry. There is no sustainable economic development. There is no growth but for more babies that need to be...

A. They all seemed to be 50+ in age B. They have a sense of entitlement C. Most of them appear to be in poor to OK physical condition (they aren't going to have the hustle to run from the drive-thru window to the warming rack with the speed and dexterity required) D. They all seem to think we...

OK, credit where credit is due: The guy tried something. I just can't believe he was a $200k/year executive before the crash. This guy should not be involved in making any business decisions. I feel sorry for his son. One hopes the kid takes away some lessons and a work ethic from the...

Oh yeah, and according to that 60 Minutes bit, the guy isn't above break even on the duct cleaning business. It's gonna be a sad day when the Ductz franchisor comes to repo his duct cleaning truck.

I am sure there's a place in the biz world for franchises, but a duct cleaning business with a heavily customized and branded truck with your 401k funds is in the clown shoes zone. I dunno, I imagine if I had a passion for opening a taco stand or chinese restaurant, I would open my own...

That guy tapped his 401k to buy a duct cleaning franchise. WTF? He could have used a crappy old minivan and about $500 worth of stuff from Home Depot to start that business. Instead, he bought into this: http://www.ductz.com/Web/Pages/FranchiseOpportunities/TheOpportunity.aspx You can't...