Don't you see that the so called smart people are the ones coming up with things like this? It's because they know that they know more than the masses and they are just trying to protect their constituents from themselves. Nevermind that they may not actually know more. The key is that they think they do.

When people say the word elitist in the context of politics, I find they mean either (a) people who study but never actually do anything or (b) people who think they know more than everyone else and therefore should be able to tell us all what to do.

I for one look forward to my daily ration of nutritional paste.

I call b.s. on this part. Read an old cookbook. It calls for no less salt than modern ones. In fact, it would be logical to make the argument that on average cookbooks call for less salt now because so many people are sodium conscious.

Furthermore, salt was used as a preservative for just about everything in many cultures. How can you assume we get more salt now other than to just say it? Ever eat salted cod after it's been reconstituted? How about chinese food in China? Neither lacks salt, believe me.

Just to be clear, I'm not saying too much salt is good. All I'm saying is that the assumption we get more now is flawed.

WITH THAT SAID, the ruling class really needs a wakeup call. They are not the parents of their constituents and we are not all minors. It's not their job to moderate anyone's salt intake, whether directly (table salt) or indirectly (chefs and manufacturers). These people are like overstimulated, power mad versions of my home owner's association. What a bunch of freaking do-gooders that think they know more than everyone else.

I can just see the day where we have to sneak table salt into our favorite resaurants. Maybe there will even be signs that say "no outside shakers allowed".

The frog continues to heat up.

Soon it will be boiling in the totalitarian cooked state that tastes so good to it's captors.

Not so good for us frogs.

He uses it because there has never been a country of Palestine. These territories were part of Jordan, Lebanan, Syria, Egypt, etc over the centuries. "Palestine" as defined now is spoke of as a land of divine providence, and yet it has never existed. In fact, if you want to see REAL refugee camps, look at Palestinians in Jordan and Lebanon. Those camps are hell on Earth, and they are truly refugee camps. Israel has Palestinian territory within it's borders that are completely self governed. I might add that the leaders of these territories wage constant war on Israel with comparatively little retaliation. How many unguided rockets/mortars/bombs does Israel rain down on "Palestine"?

Nazi-like? Are you ignorant or stupid?

Nazi's used humans for experimentation. Nazis put people in rail cars so full that people suffocated. Nazis had people in camps where they starved them to the point that they looked like walking skeletons. Nazis cooked live humans to commit genocide. Nazis used chemicals to gas people to death. Nazis used human skin for lamp shades. Nazis used human hair for pillows.

How in the nimble-f*ck do you come up with "Nazi-like tactics"?

Seriously, you are offensive as a human being. Keeping people who want to blow themselves up out of your territory is not "nazi-like". Should we put out a welcome mat with pre-made bomb belts for AQ in the USA?

Equating Nazis with Israel (or for that matter the morons who equate them with GWB) is ignorant at best. At worst, it is an equivocation based in hatred of Jews in general.

And no, I'm not a Jew. I just find this type of statement disgusting.