[freepatriot32]

Will they change our diapers and burp us after every meal also ?

All this time I just assumed if you ate 4 big macs a day and a chocolate cake for desert you would lose weight and get into olympic athlete shape.Thank god that the soviet collectivist nanny state do gooder democrats in congress and the sniveling homo weenies in the fda bureaucracy have shown me the error of my ways.What ever would I do without them ?

[Nataku X]

Calorie counts should be available, but not necessarily printed on a menu. No, big meals aren't good for you, but would you ever guess that a bloomin' onion is 2,800 calories?

[freepatriot32]

Libertarian ping.To be added or removed from my ping list freepmail me or post a message here.I ll be back to check the posts laterim goingot go make me a double cheeseburger with extra cheese and extra ketchup and mayo

[Cindy]

Calorie or special diet information should be available on request.

BUT...

When I go out to eat; it's special and I do not want warning labels, calorie counts or any other pc stuff on my menu.

I can read "light" or "fish" or "chicken" for myself and that is just fine.

[Chummy]

Obesity Working Group

Talk about your oxymorons....

[KoRn]

Why don't they just go ahead and put the labels on the food itself and get it over with.......

[luckodeirish]

I must be a freak cause I actually cook meals at home most of the time.

[ladyjane]

oh goody, let's regulate menus now.

[squirt-gun]

In the early 90's, Governor Florio of NJ proposed outlawing the consumption of improperly cooked eggs making eating a three minute egg a crime.<p.It lost him re-election.

[Coyoteman]

And just where in the U.S. constitution does the government get the legal power to do this?

[spunkets]

"What ever would I do without them?"

Live in peace. Seems these clowns think restaurants are libraries for liberal "did you know" pollution and think people actually want to go out and pay money to eat in a room wallpapered with fed regs.

[bahblahbah]

Its kind of pointless to force what most chains are already doing. I couldn't care less either way but I wonder if buffets are except.

[Arnold Zephel]

IMHO this isn't about health or altruism...it is about money. This attack by the left (funded by trial layers) is a veiled attempt to make the restaurant and food manufacturers as venerable as the tobacco industry. They are attempting to shift the blame from individuals to corporations opening the door for huge class action law suits. It is meant vilify the fast food and food they deem unhealthy as evil so it can be taxed at a higher rate. These people don't care if you or your children are fat.

[Tess1]

I don't think this should be law, but it is a nice service for those of us counting calories.

My best friend and I went to Ruby Tuesdays BECAUSE there was a calorie count on the menu. And Applebee's has "Weight Watcher" points on some of their foods. It's a great "selling" technique and it's nice to go to a sit down restaurant with this convenience. But to make it law..nope. Most of the fast food places have a sheet you can ask for to see the calorie count on food. I frequent these restaurants because of the ease of ordering food I know I can have a "general" idea of calorie intake.

[freepatriot32]

ping

[myrabach]

Well, when I am in a restaurant, I want to enjoy my meal. I'm a grown up, I know what foods are good and not so good. But I'm there for a special time, please don't ruin it for me.

Keep the calories to yourself, thank you.

[freespirited]

Iowa Senator Tom Harkin (D) and Connecticut Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D) plan to re-introduce bills requiring chain restaurants with more than 20 outlets to list calorie counts either on menu boards or printed menus."

I wish someone would require Harkin and DeLauro to demonstrate that such disclosure would affect consumer behavior before they could be permitted to legislate this onto the entire country.

Our local Dairy Queen has all the calorie counts listed on a board. I think some of the fast food places have a brochure with the nutrition info. Have sales of the really high-calorie items at these places gone down since they started disclosing the calorie content? I haven't heard anything to that effect. Has anyone?

[Cobra64]

Personally, I eat at home with several exceptions eating at very expensive restaurants celebrating birthdays and anniversarries. Ergo, I really don't care about this Fast Food Mentality. Though I should, since the Libs are, again, trying to steal our rights, and regulate eating patterns and "food" intake.

This country is going to the dogs in regulating everything.

Pathetic

Where we live, we can live on duck, fish, and bambi all year long. Though NC is not known for prime rib and T-bones. Veal is scarce as hen's teeth!

[SuziQ]

ROTFL!! Like anyone will pay attention to them?

[Lokibob]

Who cares.

The calorie count lables on the back of food is so phony, they are worthless.

Couple of examples:
Oreo cookies, serving size is 2 cookies. Anybody EVER eat just 2 oreos? And the one pound package contains 20 servings. My suggestion, "serving size-- handful, along with a cold glass of milk". Thats honesty!!!

PAM, the aerosol oil spray, serving size is 1/3 of a second.
Try using one serving of pam. BTW, the large can contains 1,800 servings of pam. LOL


Why would we expect anything different from this bill?

[duckman]

I think it's a good idea. I remember attending an IBM managers course in Armonk. They had extravagent lunches all week and along side of the entry was the calorie count. It made me think about what I chose for lunch. IMHO