Archive: Sep 2003

Food Cops Bust The Whole Enchilada

The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) plans to make fast-casual Mexican restaurants its latest pi&ntildeata. Sources tell the Center for Consumer Freedom that CSPI’s health…
PostedSeptember 30, 2003 at12:00 am

Lunatics Pledge To Sabotage Biotech Crops

Opponents of genetically enhanced crops in England have begun a pledge drive whose signatories vow to “remove GM crops from the ground or support those who…
PostedSeptember 29, 2003 at12:00 am

Quotes Of The Week

This week we couldn’t pick just one winner, so Australian Prime Minister John Howard and self-help guru Dr. Phil McGraw each take home half the prize. When asked if overweight…
PostedSeptember 26, 2003 at12:00 am

Modern Plague: Trial Lawyers, Inc.

“By now, most every American has his own tale about some silly lawsuit run amok, from the post-tobacco obesity suits targeting McDonald’s to the $7.2 million settlement former ‘Tonight Show’…
PostedSeptember 24, 2003 at12:00 am

PETA Protests Outside Target’s Church

“We continue to step up what we are doing,” said Matt Prescott of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). Last seen promoting PETA’s “Holocaust on…
PostedSeptember 22, 2003 at12:00 am

Our Week In Review

If you’ve been reading the Center for Consumer Freedom’s Daily Headlines this week… You read our newest ActivistCash profile on the anti-capitalist “culture jammers” who…
PostedSeptember 19, 2003 at12:00 am

Quote Of The Week

Writing yesterday in Canada’s National Post, John Luik argued that food cops are using children as an entrée into controlling all of our diets: [T]his isn’t really…
PostedSeptember 19, 2003 at12:00 am

Obesity: The New Report-Card Anxiety

Hey, Piggie, how much do you weigh? That’s the question overweight Arkansas school children can expect from their peers this year. The state will require all schools to…
PostedSeptember 18, 2003 at12:00 am

The Environmental Benefits Of Gene-Splicing

“I hereby hazard a prediction,” writes Jonathan Rauch in the latest issue of the Atlantic Monthly. “In ten years or less, most American environmentalists (European ones are more dogmatic) will…
PostedSeptember 16, 2003 at12:00 am

Anti-Corporate Monkeywrenchers on ActivistCash

Our award-winning ActivistCash site has told you about groups that want to restrict your access to adult beverages, meat, and dairy products. Our newest…
PostedSeptember 15, 2003 at12:00 am