Immanentize the Eschaton

I was flipping through the Charlotte Observer today at lunch, and I saw a headline about food labels. Seems that there will be “front-of-package” nutritional information on packaged food, starting this year. I rolled my eyes and went to the important part of the paper.

The headline kept nagging at me, so when I got back to my desk I did a quick search on the Observer website. I couldn’t find a link that works properly, so I Googled for more info. This is what I found: smartchoicesprogram.com.

Good Lord, just how much more crap do they think they need to put on the labels? Do they really think we’re too damn lazy to turn over the box or can and read what’s already there? For fuck’s sake, we’re adults! We can figure this out! If we’re obese, it’s not because we don’t know how to read a damn food label!

It least it’s not the feddle gummint mandating this (I’ll take whatever small comfort I can).