Oh, well if conspiracy theories is the topic of conversation now, just go HERE and click on "A Tale of Two Conspiracy Theories" to see my view on that subject. The one you pick as a "conpiracy theory" will tell you how gullible you are. Be sure to click on Spaw's link up by his photo while you're there. He loves his Mo.

Been wondering if I should add High Fructose Corn Syrup to the Eugenics page. America grows LOTS of sugar but is forced to import the stuff, and an import tariff is placed on it. That's why High Fructose Corn Syrup is "cheaper" than sugar. In reality it's more expensive to produce.

But it is put in our foods, in ever increasing amounts, and HFCS screws with the pancreas. It's a nasty type of sugar that our pancreas can't deal with. Our bodies produce insuficient insulin to deal with it. Diabetes is the result. Also, satiety is affected by HFCS. If you eat a lot of sugar you get sick of it and stop. You eat a lot of HFCS, you don't feel sated, and you keep eating. Obesity (with its attendent physical problems) is the result. And then there's the skyrocketing rate of pancreatic cancer.

These things can be tied to the use of HFCS. The program got jump started when Coca Cola introduced its "New Coke." They switched from sugar to HFCS.

Anyway, since HFCS kills us, and sugar could be made cheaper than HFCS by a simple act of congress, what is the motive to switch to HFCS in our foods? Most of you would get as far as the "greedy bastards" stage of reasoning on this topic and stop. But money is not a motive in this. Sugar is cheaper. So why is HFCS placed in our foods if it destroys kidneys, causes blindness, diabetes and so on?

It's a soft-kill weapon.

If you don't check labels for HFCS, you should. Try to reduce it. Nasty stuff.

Oh...sorry, did I interrupt the name-calling? And Dr. Firth was holding forth on his beloved soviet psychiatric system.