this past week we also spotted this little tweet basically a redirect to an article headlined michelle s war on fat. you ll have to pry these french fries from my cold dead hands. this is war. the tweet that toledo that article comes from the center for consumer freedom which has a hit piece on michelle obama s obesity campaign right there on the front page of its website. does it ring a bell, center for consumer freedom? rick berman. of course the lobbyist, pr guy who makes up fake nonprofit groups that promote stuff like tanning beds are good for you and don t worry about mercury in fish. berman has tried sell the idea upping the minimum wage is bad for people who make minimum wage somehow. he also hates the humane society. yes, the humane society.
if you want culture war politics again, if you want pure us versus them, this is rich territory for the right. this past week we also spotted this little tweet basically a redirect to an article headlined michelle s war on fat. you ll have to pry these french fries from my cold dead hands. this is war. the tweet that toledo that article comes from the center for consumer freedom which has a hit piece on michelle obama s obesity campaign right there on the front page of its website. does it ring a bell, center for consumer freedom? rick berman. of course the lobbyist, pr guy who makes up fake nonprofit groups that promote stuff like tanning beds are good for you and don t worry about mercury in fish. berman has tried sell the idea upping the minimum wage is bad for people who make minimum wage somehow. he also hates the humane
versus them, this is rich territory for the right. this past week we also spotted this little tweet basically a redirect to an article headlined michelle s war on fat. you ll have to pry these french fries from my cold dead hands. this is war. the tweet that toledo that article comes from the center for consumer freedom which has a hit piece on michelle obama s obesity campaign right there on the front page of its website. does it ring a bell, center for consumer freedom? rick berman. of course the lobbyist, pr guy who makes up fake nonprofit groups that promote stuff like tanning bedsre good for you and don t worry about mercury in fish. berman has tried sell the idea upping the minimum wage is bad for people who make minimum wage somehow. he also hates the humane society. yes, the humane society.
that every person s bmi be measured and included in electronic health record beginning in 2014. is this going too far? joining us now for a fair and balanced debate, the president of the institute for liberty, andrew langer, and national obesity, meme roth. good morning. we told folks about this and they were fired up not on your side, meme. people found it intruding. andrew why do you not like the idea and part of the stimulus plan. it gets back to the whole problem with the stimulus package itself. not related to the idea of stimulating the economy and it s a big, big drag on it and doesn t get us where we need to go in this so-called war on fat. i mean, putting a fat stamp on everybody s medical record is not good public policy at all. we can all agree it s a good objective to fight obesity in the country. how does it help and not intrude in our lives. this is less after big deal