Archive: Nov 2004 (page2)

DATELINE – Fat-Hype City, USA

Last night, NBC's Dateline tackled the topic of pharmaceutical and weight-loss companies pumping obesity hysteria so they can cash in with pills, plans, and diet books.
PostedNovember 15, 2004 at12:00 am

PETA’s Blonde, Buxom Brain Trust

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has added reality-TV personality Anna Nicole Smith to its roster of “spokespeople,” which already includes fellow Playboy playmate Pamela Anderson. Posing…
PostedNovember 12, 2004 at12:00 am

Obesity Hype: The Wonder Pill’s Wonder Boy

The spotlight is shining brightly on the latest anti-obesity drug, as the multi-billion-dollar pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Aventis unveiled a study on the safety and efficacy of Acomplia. As we've…
PostedNovember 11, 2004 at12:00 am

Today’s Activist ‘Helter Skelter’

On Saturday, a Philadelphia animal-rights mailing list circulated a message announcing a meeting sponsored by the Philadelphia-based chapter of Earth First! — the radical environmental group that…
PostedNovember 10, 2004 at12:00 am

Truckin’ To A Luddite Tune

Who do you want instructing the public about the life-and-death implications of food technology: Nobel Prize-winning scientists or an aging hippie who spent her life hanging out with…
PostedNovember 9, 2004 at12:00 am

Nader’s Band Of Obesity Brothers

Last week professional martyr and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader found himself favored by only the bottom one percent of the electorate. Despite this loss, his ever-multiplying…
PostedNovember 8, 2004 at12:00 am

Invasion Of The (Animal Rights) Body Snatchers

No one who follows today’s animal-rights movement can deny that its violent tactics are escalating. Ten years ago, picketing a restaurant or tossing red paint on a fur coat…
PostedNovember 5, 2004 at12:00 am

Biotech Bans Falter

While voters in Marin County went the way of the Luddite and approved a ballot initiative on Tuesday banning genetically engineered (GE) crops, three other California counties resoundingly…
PostedNovember 4, 2004 at12:00 am

Schoolhouse Sweets DOA

While most of us were fixated on the presidential campaign, one parent from Duxbury, Massachusetts was busy fighting a campaign of her own: a battle against nutritional Big Brothers on…
PostedNovember 3, 2004 at12:00 am

Election Day Personal Responsibility Scorecard

“Mr. Speaker, the same class-action lawyers that have sued other industries are turning towards our restaurant industry, pure and simple,” Congressman Bob Ney explained earlier this year during the floor…
PostedNovember 2, 2004 at12:00 am