What Others Are Saying About the Inappropriately Named Center for Consumer Freedom
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Quotes from Rick Berman and the Center for Consumer Freedom
“The crusade to establish 0.08 BAC as the uniform ‘drunk’
arrest level would have you in jail for behavior statistically
safer than using a car phone.”
—Rick Berman
“[By] tightening the noose on the majority of social drinkers,
we’ve taken some of the heat off a tiny but deadly minority
of real alcohol abusers who drive.”
—Rick Berman
“Organic, conventional and genetically improved foods are
… very similar. Modern gene scientists simply produce improved
traits in food more quickly and precisely than farmers who needed
years of traditional cross-breeding to perfect their crops.”
—Rick Berman
“[There is a] lack of evidence that second-hand smoke causes
cancer.”
—Rick Berman
“It’s only a matter of time before America’s favorite
foods wind up on the same skewer as cigarettes.”
—Rick Berman
“[The activists’] goal is to change the way people think
about food. Once they convince consumers that it is unacceptable
to have anything to drink before driving, or to ‘eat meat
with a face,’ or that caffeine is ‘teenagers’
drug of choice,’ repressive laws, regulations and taxes are
the natural next step.”
—Rick Berman
“The ‘dolphin safe’ fishing methods espoused by
the Earth Island Institute … actually exact a heavy toll on
our marine environment.”
—Center for Consumer Freedom Web site
“Consumer freedom is the right of adults and parents to make
your own choices about what to do with your money—about what
to eat, what to drink, and how to enjoy yourself. We are firm believers
in the right to have a good time. Defending enjoyment is what we’re
all about!”
—Center for Consumer Freedom Web site
FAQ
“[Do] we have a bias? You bet we do! We believe that only
you know ‘what’s best for you’—and when
activists try to force you to live according to their rules, we
don’t take it lying down.”
—Center for Consumer Freedom Web site
FAQ
“The Center for Consumer Freedom is … opposed to actions
that restrict your right to make your own choices and to extremism
that endangers businesses and individuals in the name of ideology.”
—Center for Consumer Freedom Web site
FAQ
“[We will create] a credible aura of backlash” through
“competitive advantage scenarios.”
—Rick Berman’s strategy for tobacco,
as stated in Philip Morris memos
“And what of the alarming government claim that 61 percent
of us are overweight or obese? That number is based on something
called the Body Mass Index (BMI). Many are unaware that the U.S.
government in 1998 lowered the BMI standard by which someone is
considered overweight. As a result, close to 30 million Americans
went from a government-approved weight to overweight overnight—without
gaining an ounce. The BMI standard also has a serious flaw: Muscle
outweighs fat. Using the BMI as a yardstick, you could conclude
that half of the NBA needs to lose a few pounds. So do ‘overweight’
actors George Clooney and Brad Pitt, or ‘obese’ Sylvester
Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger.”
—Rick Berman
“Our offensive strategy is to shoot the messenger. Given the
activists’ plans to alarm beyond all reason, we’ve got
to attack their credibility as spokespersons.”
—Rick Berman
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