Post by "Pop" Stran on May 14, 2005 12:15:06 GMT -5
Who needs South Beach?
The Sphinx itself has revealed the nutritional wisdom of the ages...Unfortunately, it did so in hieroglyphics.
The Department of Agriculture hired Porter Novelli International, a P.R. and lobbying firm
(one which, ahem, also represents lots of big agriculture and food interests), to come up with a new food pyramid.
The company did so, keeping the interests of its other clients in mind.
The result? The mysteries of healthful nutrition are locked somewhere inside the graphic. But where?
The food pyramid scheme may not reveal much about nutrition but it tells us a lot about the way Washington works...or doesn't.
All those bureaucrats who shuttle in and out each day like clockwork?
It's a matter of pride with them that they don't actually do anything -- rather, they manage the efforts of the contractors to whom they outsource the government's essential chores, everything form launching space probes to patrolling Baghdad to coming up with goofy graphics.
The result? Most of these firms are playing both sides of the street -- representing not only the government but also the industries it supposedly regulates.
The Sphinx itself has revealed the nutritional wisdom of the ages...Unfortunately, it did so in hieroglyphics.
The Department of Agriculture hired Porter Novelli International, a P.R. and lobbying firm
(one which, ahem, also represents lots of big agriculture and food interests), to come up with a new food pyramid.
The company did so, keeping the interests of its other clients in mind.
The result? The mysteries of healthful nutrition are locked somewhere inside the graphic. But where?
The food pyramid scheme may not reveal much about nutrition but it tells us a lot about the way Washington works...or doesn't.
All those bureaucrats who shuttle in and out each day like clockwork?
It's a matter of pride with them that they don't actually do anything -- rather, they manage the efforts of the contractors to whom they outsource the government's essential chores, everything form launching space probes to patrolling Baghdad to coming up with goofy graphics.
The result? Most of these firms are playing both sides of the street -- representing not only the government but also the industries it supposedly regulates.