Archive: Jan 2005

Banzhaf Gets A Big Fat ‘F’

John “Sue the Bastards” Banzhaf gets a big fat “F” for his misleading statements about a recent appeals court decision reinstating a lawsuit that blamed McDonald’s for making…
PostedJanuary 31, 2005 at12:00 am

Turning The Tables On PETA

Cable news watchers saw a real “man-bites-dog” story last night, as Fox News Channel correspondent Douglas Kennedy reported on the Center for Consumer Freedom’s effort to turn the…
PostedJanuary 28, 2005 at12:00 am

PCRM’s ‘Public Service’ Steals Meat Off Your Table

While the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) works hard to disguise its animal-rights agenda — it’s the group that the New York Times reported “has…
PostedJanuary 27, 2005 at12:00 am

Legal Shark Alert: They’re Back!

Not so long ago, self-described “legal terrorist” John Banzhaf proclaimed of lawsuits blaming restaurants for individuals’ food choices: “Somewhere there is going to be a judge…
PostedJanuary 26, 2005 at12:00 am

Obesity Legislation: The Whole Enchilada

Every year around this time, state legislators return to work armed with a laundry list of proposals to replace last year’s failed bills. For the bevy of big brother…
PostedJanuary 25, 2005 at12:00 am

Animal Rights Lunatic Is A Dog’s ‘Best’ Friend

Last week, students at the University of Iowa participated in their school’s annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Human Rights Week. Despite the event’s emphasis on human rights,…
PostedJanuary 24, 2005 at12:00 am

CDC Officially Corrects Flawed Obesity Study

It’s official. Yesterday afternoon, a team of researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), including the agency’s director, was forced to officially correct their deeply flawed…
PostedJanuary 19, 2005 at12:00 am

Back To The (Labeled) Trough

State legislators in Maine and Connecticut have introduced new bills — inspired by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)…
PostedJanuary 18, 2005 at12:00 am

Musings On A Food Cop Future

With a host of proposed food regulations on the table, sometimes there’s no telling what the next absurd idea will be. A somewhat tongue-in-cheek editorial in Saturday’s Los Angeles…
PostedJanuary 17, 2005 at12:00 am

CA Anti-Biotech Activist Sowing False Fears

In the neo-Luddites’ county-by-county campaign to ban genetically engineered (GE) crops in California, one activist has stumbled over his own rhetoric. According to GE-Free Sonoma County campaign coordinator…
PostedJanuary 14, 2005 at12:00 am