Sixty years after my father banned it from our household, white sugar is facing its harshest criticism. Experts are now suggesting soft drinks be treated the same as alcohol, controlled substances that cannot be legally consumed until children reach 17. That's how bad white sugar is for you. Forget the fact that it contains absolutely no food value; it's a poison and it's in every processed food on the shelves. Sugar and junk food = fat kids.
My father was a chemical engineer and knew all about the evils of white sugar. "Do you know how much sugar cane has to be refined to produce one teaspoon of white sugar? Do you think it would be healthy to eat that much sugar cane?" Case closed. As a result, I did not acquire a sugar tooth. God knows, there's enough sugar in the booze I enjoy. Can you imagine how fat I would be if I added dessert and a bag of chips to that!
A word about Mayor Nenshi's "love in". Calgarians now know all about his hiring of a psychologist to conduct a "group-hug" session for councillors. What an insult to the voters who elected those councillors. Who does the mayor think he is? "If you don't agree with me, you need a psychologist." What tommy-rot, as my father used to say, on the very rare occasion he would permit himself a critique of anything. (Today we call it b-llsh-t.) The mayor is not the head of council, he is just another member and as such, has one vote. He is not the CEO of a company, telling everyone which end is up and how to vote. A city is a democracy; a private company is not. The mayor needs to give his over-sized head a shake. He's now fully-convinced of his own inflated press.
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