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Freep a Poll! (Ban Happy Meals at McD's? New York city idiocy)
newyork.cbslocal.com ^
| 4-6-11
| CBS New York
Posted on 04/06/2011 7:47:25 AM PDT by dynachrome
Ban Happy Meals?
Sure. They're bad for you, they exploit kids, get rid of 'em.
This is government overreach. If you don't want a Happy Meal, don't buy one.
Don't ban 'em, but do change 'em to be healthier.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: happymeal; mcdonalds; newyork; poll
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Note that 2 of 3 answers would require McD's to change the happy meal. No bias from See-BS here!
To: dynachrome
Thank you for voting!
Sure. They’re bad for you, they exploit kids, get rid of ‘em. 1.86% (154 votes)
This is government overreach. If you don’t want a Happy Meal, don’t buy one. 94.42% (7,801 votes)
Don’t ban ‘em, but do change ‘em to be healthier. 3.72% (307 votes)
Total Votes: 8,262
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posted on
04/06/2011 7:49:24 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet; A knight without armor; Alexander Rubin; all the best; AmericaUnite; ...
Thanks to Munz for this one! The comments at the article are funny!
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posted on
04/06/2011 7:50:39 AM PDT
by
dynachrome
("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
To: dynachrome
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posted on
04/06/2011 7:51:15 AM PDT
by
LibLieSlayer
(WOLVERINES!!!)
To: dynachrome
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posted on
04/06/2011 7:52:47 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
To: dynachrome
So following the tradition of incrementalism as practiced by liberals, the next logical step after banning happy meals (becomes tried and failed) would mean proposals to ban parents in favor of the state, would be the eventual end game.
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posted on
04/06/2011 7:53:17 AM PDT
by
blackdog
(The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop)
To: dynachrome
To: dynachrome
Sure. They’re bad for you, they exploit kids, get rid of ‘em. 1.83% (158 votes)
This is government overreach. If you don’t want a Happy Meal, don’t buy one. 94.54% (8,162 votes)
Don’t ban ‘em, but do change ‘em to be healthier. 3.63% (313 votes)
Total Votes: 8,633
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posted on
04/06/2011 7:56:33 AM PDT
by
ricmc2175
To: dynachrome
This is government overreach. If you don't want a Happy Meal, don't buy one.
94.56% (8,208 votes)
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posted on
04/06/2011 7:57:49 AM PDT
by
Mrs. Don-o
(The TV ad says 8 out of 10 people suffer from hemorrhoids. So... the other 2 people enjoy them?)
To: dynachrome
Wuddaya wanna ban today, mista mayah?
To: dynachrome
Did you see this fat slob demonrat. He's 350 if he is an ounce. Says Happy Meals as a kid made him fat and he eats at fast food restaurants with his kids. He can't be responsible for the consequences of his actions; he's a demonrat. Enough said.
To: dynachrome
If these Commies ban this from McDonalds, how in the world am I going to be able to make my Happy Meal Pizzas?

Can we sell Manhattan back to the Indians? NYC is a nightmare.
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posted on
04/06/2011 8:00:27 AM PDT
by
Lazlo in PA
(Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
To: dynachrome
McDonald’s should be banned, period. Second-hand fat is extremely dangerous!!
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posted on
04/06/2011 8:00:37 AM PDT
by
SoldierDad
(Proud dad of an Army Soldier preparing to deploy to Afghanistan)
To: baddog 219
That poster is only about half satire now.
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posted on
04/06/2011 8:02:58 AM PDT
by
dynachrome
("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
To: Lazlo in PA
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posted on
04/06/2011 8:03:32 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
To: dynachrome
I’ve got a better idea. Instead of some fascist Nazi thug in the local government telling people what they can and can’t eat, how ‘bout allowing McDonald’s to designate someone like “the fries guy” to decide whether someone like Leroy the Lardass Councilman is allowed to buy a Happy Meal. The “fries guy” could also be the responsible party who informs morons like Leroy the Lardass Councilman that you should not eat the Happy McToys because they can cause you to choke or worse yet, they can make you a lardass.
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posted on
04/06/2011 8:03:58 AM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(How's that Keynesian economics working out for ya so far?)
To: dynachrome
Think of the jobs that could be created by establishing a Happy Meals Czar with fat-busting enforcement powers to go after the evil corporate french fry lobbyists
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posted on
04/06/2011 8:10:52 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
(All that is necessary for evil to succeed, is that good men do nothing)
To: dynachrome
I don’t get it. If I purchase a meal for my kids that doesn’t include a toy they will eat the entire thing. If I purchase them a “Happy Meal” all they want to do is play with the toy. Yet in California it was the toy that they banned and not the meal.
The food police are the most ignorant dumb a$$e$ I know of.
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posted on
04/06/2011 8:17:41 AM PDT
by
pennyfarmer
(Even a RINO will chew its foot off when caught in a trap.)
To: trisham
And, from another most intellectually superior mind of the 21 century comes another brilliant suggestion to:
a limitation be put on how many squares of toilet paper can be used in any one sitting
Can anyone guess the origin of inspiration?
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posted on
04/06/2011 8:21:54 AM PDT
by
Bitsy
( i)
To: FlingWingFlyer
"how bout allowing ordering McDonalds to designate" More like how the new stalinists would do it.
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posted on
04/06/2011 8:25:06 AM PDT
by
dynachrome
("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
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