Sound science - taking a beating for 100+ years...

LOL - a friend of mine mentioned this, I didn't believe him (of course) - turns out he was completely correct:

In 1893 , the Supreme Court ruled that the tomato must be considered a vegetable, even though, botanically, it is a fruit. Because vegetables and fruits were subject to different import duties, it was necessary to define it as one or the other. So, tomatoes were declared to be a vegetable given that it was commonly eaten as one.

Who cares what the damn librul scientists say - protectionism (not free market competition) gets to decide such things.

A lollipop to whomever can demonstrate a link to the Bush family...