The world of fruits and vegetables is kind of confusing. Tomatoes and corn are fruits even though most people consider them to be a vegetables. Well, to make things more complicated, some American politicians want to throw common sense to the wind and declare pizza to be a vegetable.

Earlier in the year, the Agriculture Department proposed some standards for school cafeterias; namely reducing the use of potatoes and sodium, and encouraging the use of whole grains. Unsurprisingly the makers of frozen pizzas didn't take kindly to the standards and have lobbied Congress to reclassify pizza as a vegetable.

This isn't the first time behavior like this has occurred, in 2009 Illinois considered using legal means to reclassify Pluto as a planet again. However, this assault on scientific knowledge and common sense is atrocious. It's sad to see corporate interests taking a higher priority than the health of children.