A call to action for Christians from Ted Cruz:
From: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mijtx5W7130
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How Great Thy Art as sung by a five year old according to the e-mail I received:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=565874703479003
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From: http://franklincenterhq.org/9545/the-apothecary-follow-insights-into-health-care-and-entitlement-reform-full-bio-%E2%86%92-oped-2072014-246pm-52027-views-obamacares-restaurant-calorie-label-mandate-is-a-complete-mess/
“Obamacare’s Restaurant Calorie-Label Mandate Is A Complete Mess
By JASON STVERAK
April 7, 2014
After the flawed rollout of the Affordable Care Act, most of Washington focused on repairing and delaying the law’s most obvious problems. However, a handful of lawmakers have finally noticed one of the law’s hidden regulations: a strict calorie labeling requirement for chain restaurants, vending machines, and other food distributors (Which is so much nonsense! Who is going to actually pay attention to such stuff before ordering or after?—my addition). What at first appeared to be more bureaucratic but harmless government do-gooding is now proving a verifiable nightmare for small business owners and federal regulators alike (Way too much regulation! Way too much! But it is the old concept that consumers are incompetent and must have government help! Of course, that helps to grow the government!—my addition).
Recently, Senator Angus King (Independent, Maine [Elected as an Independent but caucuses with the Democrats—my addition]) proposed legislation to exempt certain businesses, including pizzerias, grocery stores, and convenience stores, from the labeling mandate, but Congress ought to take a step further. The mandate will be costly, ineffective, and nearly impossible to enforce, and Washington ought to strangle it in the crib (Yes and everything else about Obamacare! It is an unconstitutional; law!—my addition).
The calorie label clause, buried deep within the ACA’s 10,000 pages, seems harmless enough at first glance (NO!—my addition). Each restaurant chain with over 20 locations is required to display the calorie content of each food and drink item it serves on signs and printed menus (Ridiculous!—my addition)—with vending machine distributors subjected to the same rules. But the regulation also covers ‘similar retail food establishments,’ a clause vague enough to give FDA regulators sweeping power to determine who does and doesn’t have to comply (Which means everyone will eventually!—my addition).
FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg admitted that she ‘actually thought [calorie labeling] would be one of the more straightforward tasks … but little did I know how complicated it would be (Ignorance!—my addition).’ Hamburg’s concerns are hardly unfounded, but it’s small business owners and franchisees—not FDA bureaucrats—that will feel the most pain under the new law (And consumers who will foot the bill! If they would let the free market take care of this they would soon find out there is NO demand for this! Which is why it has to be a forced regulation! Government knows best? NOT!—my addition).
Although the law is designed to target corporate fast-food giants, in practice it will largely affect individual franchises that effectively operate as independent small businesses. For example, over 80 percent of McDonald’s locations are owned and operated by franchisees. Each of these franchisees will now be tasked with complying with the mandate—paying for new signage, removing profit-generating advertisements to make room for the calorie data, updating menus every time recipes change, and accommodating inspectors.
Moreover, the regulation itself is so poorly constructed that it presents unforeseen hurdles for franchisees. Pizzas, sandwiches, and burritos, among other common fast-food meals, can be custom-ordered in hundreds of combinations, and the law arguably requires restaurants to provide customers with calorie data for each (Of course! Otherwise, what good is it?—my addition). It’s also unclear whether non-traditional food retailers—for example, bookstore cafes, hotel minibars, and food trucks—will be subject to the labeling requirements (You know they will be if there are over twenty locations!—my additions). Furthermore, it’s unclear what penalties restaurateurs will face if they inadvertently fail to comply (Seriously? No penalties? Then why comply?—my addition).
This mess of red tape might have a better case if calorie labeling was effective in combating obesity and raising general nutrition awareness, but multiple studies have found that this simply isn’t the case. A study of mostly low-income adults in Philadelphia, which recently enacted its own calorie labeling mandate, found that the regulation had no effect whatsoever on fast-food consumption, and that two-thirds of McDonald’s customers didn’t even notice the labels. The same research team, led by an NYU Medical School professor, found similar results in New York City. Now, the federal government expects different results nationwide (It is the federal government, you know!—my addition).
The Philadelphia labeling experiment has not only proven ineffective, but burdensome for the city. An official from the city’s Department of Public Health recently admitted that, ‘we have not been able to enforce the law,’ and the city has found that ensuring accurate calorie counts is both expensive and time-consuming for inspectors (I would think! Why didn’t they! Do they EVER consider unintended consequences?—my addition).
Had the architects of the ACA done their homework, they would have realized that mandated calorie labeling is an ineffective method of fighting obesity. Instead, the FDA will create an estimated $537 million in costs for a regulation that is doomed to fail from the outset. When these businesses pass compliance costs on to consumers, we’ll all pay the price for Washington’s inability to keep its hands off our lunches (What is new! We are an overregulated society and more and more regulations continue to be added!—my addition).
Jason Stverak is President of the Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity.”
It is time to take back the nation!
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This is my two part suggestion to Tea Party groups, social conservatives, Constitutionalists, and anyone else who wants to save our Republic from the approaching destruction.
1) Run as many conservative candidates in as many Republican primaries as possible.
2) Then, run as many independent and/or third party candidates as possible in as many races as possible where we did not win the primary.
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Competition is good for the economy and competition is good for the Republican Party!!! Competition keeps Congressmen committed to we the people!!! Primary Republicans who do not support the Constitution as written.
