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North Carolina Threatens To Shut Down Nutrition Blogger
vvaduva writes "The North Carolina Board of Dietetics/Nutrition is threatening to send a blogger to jail for recounting publicly his battle against diabetes and encouraging others to follow his lifestyle... the state diatetics and nutrition board decided [Steve] Cooksey's blog — Diabetes-Warrior.net — violated state law. The nutritional advice Cooksey provides on the site amounts to 'practicing nutrition,' the board's director says, and in North Carolina that's something you need a license to do." If applied consistently, I think this would also clear out considerable space from the average bookstore's health section. (And it could be worse; he could have been offering manicures.)
I guess this means I should stop reading the ingredients in my food and trying to eat healthy and balanced. Don't want to be jailed for "practicing nutrition"
You have no idea.
Co-worker: Didn't Obama pass some law getting rid of my payroll tax?
Me: Uh...Congress passes laws.
Co-worker: No they don't. The president passes laws. Congress just votes on which ones they suggest to the President.
Me: I think you're confusing veto powers. Those can be overridden, you know. Though, in the current climate, it really would never happen. However, Obama can't pass a law that Congress didn't vote through.
Co-worker: Yes he can!
Me: I'm sure the Supreme Court would beg to differ.
Co-worker: They just raise a big fuss when the President passes a law the Constitutional [sic] says he can't pass.
Me: And you have a degree?
Co-worker: Yeah, in Business!
I'd say something along the lines of "God help us all". However, I stopped believing in God a long time ago. This is mostly because of conversations like this.