2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumBill Maher–Cannot Complain About Horse Meat In Burgers If You Vote No On GMO Labeling (VIDEO)
Bill Maher had a rather important New Rule on food today. Because it was so funny, many will miss the dual message.
The first was the necessity for regulation not only on food but for the burning of coal. The second was an environmental message.
Unlike times when his rants seem a bit overdone with his attacks on our food being poison (high fructose corn syrup, GMO, insecticides, and other chemicals), this rant had a prescient point.
See the video HERE.
Bills opening remark puts the onus on the citizen.
He goes on to make the case that much of the food being eaten is mislabeled, in a funny and satirical manner.
He then proceeds to show that many countries we will view as not as advanced in food safety, actually require precise labeling (e.g., Saudi Arabia, China, Japan). He then proceeds to use reverse reasoning for Americas failure to take food labeling & safety as serious as it should.
His closing line?
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freshwest
(53,661 posts)None of this crap has anything to do with GMO labeling. And this from a man who doesn't believe in Germ Theory.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)I don't care what he believes in otherwise, Bill Maher can be offensive, but also makes statements supporting progressives. He did say something about fish and other things, not just GMO or this Germ Theory thing. We need truth in labeling as consumers to give us data in order to make informed decisions. That is a progressive thing.
I don't know what Maher or egbertowillies say about Germ Theory. I didn't watch the video, just read egbertowillies's summary. Does Maher or egbertowillies say something that goes against your beliefs on their programs on the air or cable?
I haven't seen much Bill Maher, and haven't heard egbertowillies's call-in show yet. Are you claiming that egbertowillies doesn't believe in Germ Theory?
What is this belief system? Is it about the germ or virus that goes with some GMO, germs in general, or the germ in the archaic name for seed? Do you have a particular view on GMO you'd like him to express?
Please clarify, I'm unsure what your issue with egbertowillies or Bill Maher is.
Cha
(297,154 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)Cha
(297,154 posts)you're kicking his threads, freshwest!
freshwest
(53,661 posts)bvar22
(39,909 posts)Bookmarked for later browsing.
My Wife and I were concerned enough about the contamination and corruption of the Factory Food Production, Handling, and Delivery system in the USA
that we moved to The Woods in 2006,
and started producing our own.
After 6 seasons, we are producing a good percentage of our food.
But we can't produce everything, so we are very careful about what we buy,
buying local, buying in bulk, and avoiding pre-packaged wherever possible.
You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their excuses.
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Whisp
(24,096 posts)Bill, I love you today, but tomorrow you may say some asshole thing and then we aren't speaking again for a while. but for what you said here, yes, I love you.