First off, let me say that I'm a Democrat. But that being said, let me share a secret with you Republicans: You can't defeat someone by acting crazy. It's a less we Democrats learned back during the Bush vs. Gore election. Remember when Michael Moore released "Farenheit 9/11"? I credit that movie with getting Bush re-elected. Moore was so abusive, so deceptive, and so flat-out CRAZY that he actually made Bush look sane in comparison. Democrats secretly love it when we see that Republicans have allowed nutjobs like Rush Limbaugh and Glen Beck to become the figureheads of the Republican party, because we know it means that you'll never be taken seriously by anyone other than the lunatic fringe.

I guess if you are looking for employment you better be prepared in taking a Cheerios drug test if you are hired.

The headline does not say Obama is fighting Cheerios; it says "Now Obama Admin Battles Cheerios." Hence the "Admin" after "Obama."

Well, I thought the FDA's stance against Cheerios could be logical.
With the proportion of Americans becoming overweight and having dangerously high cholesterol levels being as high as it is, perhaps the FDA was worried people would self-medicate instead of seeking medical attention/ taking cholesterol-lowering prescribed drugs.
For instance, a person gets a blood test, and has cholesterol levels over 300. Instead of taking the medicine, or diet and exercise, this person eats cheerios for breakfast and expects something to happen. This is a potentially dangerous situation.

I thought it made sense that the FDA told Cheerios to reword its claims.

It's the first time they've gone after General Mills. and they've had the message how long? It was even ignored in Clinton's era. And you know he did stupid things.

just as a note, they are calling it a drug because they are advertising a medical benefit. If you sold air conditioners and had "lowers your cholesterol by ten percent" on the outside, the FDA would look into that too. That is their job.

Hence the mention in the article that the FDA is asking them to remove the claim from the box, rather than asking them to put cheerios through clinical trials. It's about false or misleading advertising, not confusing cheerios and paxil.

I love to hate you man! Woo Hoo! Just snorted me a line of Cheerios! Woo Hoo! This security code thing is fascist man~! iT HATES ME!

When I found this out I ground some cheerios up and snorted the powder. Nothing. I should sue.

...if it was toxic the environuts wouldn't insist on lightbulbs that contain mercury in every socket, would they? Just kidding, I know the answer to that.

of Cheerios, no doubt. I wonder if he got GM and General Mills confused....

Neal, I have to disagree with you. Mr. Obama is the Chief Executive of the FDA. In other words, the chain of command ultimately falls in Mr. Obama's lap so to speak.

While the headline may be a stretch, Mr. Obama is taking this government and country far left where they can and will invade and try to control every part of your life and mine as well.

Next thing you know there will be a Senate hearing to investigate whether Captain Crunch was actually commissioned in the Navy....

I guess it sucks to see how much of a retard your President is, huh?

When something like this happens it makes me realize how vulnerable we are to advertising. It seems like the general population should know enough about cholesterol and their own health that a cereal should not have this kind of influence. It can be as simple as reading a couple of health stories and watching what you eat... though I guess Cheerios are misleading us all of a sudden.

I think Joe Biden is the obvious choice. He's already got the helmet.

Having two degrees in Nutrition...I find this all fairly absurd. Cheerios is no more a drug than is garlic, and garlic bottles say the same thing. Niacin will also lower cholesterol, and it's not listed as a drug. So list Cheerios as a supplement. I've never liked them anyway.

Buy your herb seeds now, for you that do the herbal medicine thing. I'm seeing a start to the FDA trying their same old crap to get herbs and other supplements off the shelf again.

The FDA wouldn't even be bothering if they weren't in the pocket of the pharmaceutical industry. No, I don't have anything against the pharmaceutical industry, except for the fact that they want ALL alternatives off the shelves. No herbs, no vitamins, no choice, nothing, so they can take over that corner of the market as well.

The FDA wants power where they have little, but don't do the job they're already paid for. Just another bloated section of the Fed. I'd like to see them pay more attention to the garbage they allow farmers to spray on the crops. That would at least be useful.

Picking on breakfast cereal. There's a good use of taxpayer dollars. Stupid.

could be played by Barney

or Nancy!

Can't you guys just get along????

No. I can't believe someone was dumb enough to try this.

Now, comparing Obama to Bulwinkle? Now we've got something. Any votes for who can replace Rocky? Fearless Leader has already been taken by Kim Jong Il.

Well, Neal, you could say that turnabout is fair play. Don't you remember the oft repeated leftist anti-Reagan tripe about how Reagan defined ketchup as a vegetable for school lunch programs? It was supposed to be a commentary on how clueless and stupid Reagan was.

But the fact is that the FDA has no case. If eating a certain quantity of a foodstuff daily over a certain period of time is clinically shown to lower cholesterol, then it's a characteristic of that food - there's no rational reason for it to be called a drug.

I think government union employees are getting too rapacious in their lust for power, and I believe Obama or the Democrats are encouraging them.

It lowers your cholesterol by replacing the bacon, egg & cheese bitscuit you used to eat every morning.

the rediculous stupidity continues.....

My cholesterol was off the charts, I changed my diet with Cheerios being something I ate so I wouldn't disagree with their claim. Plus it doesn't have any HFCS - which is bad for you.

I can attest that cutting HFCS out of my diet made me lose 15 pounds.

Turn about is fair play. During the previous 8 years, if aliens had landed on the moon, both the Dems and media would have screamed that it was Bush's fault.

Neal,

Typically I'm with you, but I believe that Cheerios has been advertising the cholesterol reduction thing for many years. I remember TV commercials along those lines...dating well back into the Bush administration. To me, this perfectly describes the M.O. within PrezBO's admin: we must control absolutely everything...people are too stupid to make their own decisions, so we, the PrezBo admin, must protect them from their own stupidity.

Just my 2 cents. Love the show and blog!