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This New York Times cartoon illustrating an article urging government crackdowns on people’s diet deserves a prize for honesty. It is attached to a piece by Michael Mudd headlined “How to Force Ethics on the Food Industry<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

This former Kraft Foods executive wants a jihad against food choices – including a bevy of new taxes on foods currently considered not healthy enough.<\/p>\n

The cartoon would have been more accurate if it showed people like Mudd and Mayor Bloomberg using electric cattle prods on people lined up at convenience store checkouts. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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