[Humidston]

Insanity. Pure insanity!

[MinorityRepublican]

French Fries will be banned!

[battlegearboat]

No soup for you!

[battlegearboat]

What kind of cop is going to bust a doughnut shop?

[TNdandelion]

I'm waiting for them to declare a city wide "bed time." NYC will no longer be the city that never sleeps.

[AFreeBird]

It was only a matter of time before the Nazi's came after something the anti's cheerleaders might like or enjoy. I just didn't think it would be so soon.

Okay so what's next on the list?

[Marak]

And it all started with smoking...

[spikeytx86]

They will get my Boston creme donut from cold dead pudgy hands!

We need to organize something like the Boston tea party to stop this insanity (NY Fry Fest?).

[Left2Right]

DDT, Global Warming, and now Trans Fats. Why do some many people listen to the liberals kooks who have gotten so many things wrong over the years? Who knows, but perhaps it is human nature to want want simple solutions to complex problems. Like the controversy over DDT & Global Warming, what "all the scientists agree on" is not only a logical fallacy, but borders on a massive fraud perpetrated on society but a bunch for radical loony nut-cases.

Like the thin-shelled Pelican eggs that we never actually found to be caused by DDT (the actual study showed that Pelicans exposed to DDT actually had thicker egg shells), the current controversy over Trans Fats actually has another side to it. In fact, there are only correlations, no real hard scientific evidence that trans-fats are necessarily bad for you. In fact, some Trans Fats might even be good for you, as was reported in a 2001 issue of Science news:

"What the Harvard report and most news accounts on the FDA labeling announcement fail to note is that even with trans fats, all are not created equal. There is a family of trans fats, known as conjugated linoleic acids (CLAs), that not only appear to fight heart disease, but also cancer, obesity, and diabetes (SN: 3/3/01, p. 136: Good Trans Fats>).

What is certain, is that Trans Fats have certainly saved a lot of lives by keeping food fresh and safe to eat for a much longer period of time than if Trans Fats were not used. Like the DDT foolhardiness, those who will be hurt most by the current hysteria of a Trans Fat ban will not be the citizens of the 1st or 2nd world countries, but those who live in the 3rd world countries where any type of food is welcome, even those kept safe and fresh by Trans Fats.

[NaughtiusMaximus]

Oh, Brave New World!

I favor a city wide bedtime for that town full of pussies.

(And if you object to this; just answer "Who's your senator, hey?)

[Mr. Silverback]

Yo vill eat healthy and you vill like it! Sieg heil!

[zbigreddogz]

I said it was coming. Once they finish with smoking, it'll be something else.

[FlyVet]

Why stop at restaurants?

Grocery stores, you are next. Your aisles are filled with trans-fat items, not to mention high saturated fat items like bacon, sausage, and hamburger. You must be stopped.

There is an army of worthless bureaucrats that need to justify their existence at your expense. You are next.

[SheLion]

Wonder what happened.  I posted this same thread at

New York City Plans Sharp Limits on Restaurants’ Use of Trans Fats
United Pro Smoker's Newsletter ^ | September 27, 2006 | THOMAS J. LUECK

Posted on 09/27/2006 12:42:48 AM EDT by SheLion

and got no replies.

You post the same thread at 1:07 and so far you have 31 postings.  I'm gonna cry................

[ScareyFast63]

Screed Em, I will eat what and where I want and it won't be in NYC

[OBXWanderer]

A restaurant could face a fine if an inspector finds the wrong type of vegetable shortening on its shelves.

Can't wait to read his/her job description (or report).

[Mister Da]

Is there any way we could persuade the NE states to secede from the Union? The secessionists had the right idea, just the wrong states.

[Condor51]

Personally I'm getting sick and tired of NYC. New York this, New York that. New York blah, blah, blah.

Can't "We The People" ban NY? Some kind of federal restraining order to keep their collective liberal ijit yaps shut and moron nanny state ideas ending at the Hudson river.

[stm]

In a related story, NYC Health Department considers a ban on food at all restaurants, citing that eating can lead to obesity.

[Reaganwuzthebest]

The food nazis in New Jersey tried to ban eggs in restaurants a few years ago unless they were fully cooked. It was so made fun of and ridiculed they backed off.