Cheese Louise.(Devil in the Details)(legislation to ban suits against the food industry)
American Prospect, The, April, 2004 by Franke-Ruta Garance
ACCORDING TO THE LATEST trend in Republican thinking, if Ric Keller, the 39-year-old two-term representative from Orlando, Florida, is a little pudgy (and he is), he's got no one to blame but himself. And if your kids are fatties, too, well then, it's their own darn fault for being such gluttonous little monsters.
Close to 65 percent of Americans are now overweight or obese, say government health statistics, and if the House has its way, individuals, groups, and state governments will soon be prohibited from suing the companies that have made them fat, or that may cause future ...
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