[2ndDivisionVet]

The Nanny State, coming soon to a neighborhood near you..

[Red Badger]

Who’s to decide what foods are considered healthy among those that are not? Will Subway get a pass or Quiznos? What about Taco Bell? Where do they fit in?..........

[goldstategop]

Liberals now want to stop you from eating fast food fried chicken, hamburgers and tacos - for your own good, of course.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[longtermmemmory]

...and yet California still allows sucrose...

...and yet California still allows wine...

[Mike Darancette]

The City Council will be asked this fall to consider an up to two-year moratorium on new fast-food restaurants in South L.A., a part of the city where fast food is at least as much a practicality as a preference.

Redlining?

[Cringing Negativism Network]

An unlimited number of new Mexican restaurants however, will of course be just fine.

[cbkaty]

Just Wondering: Are more people dead due to fully cooked Mc-Fast foods or healthy "e coli" poop-loaded spinach, lettuce, carrots, berries, etc?

[traviskicks]

"As America gets fatter, policymakers are seeking creative approaches to legislating health. They may have entered the school cafeteria -- and now they're eyeing your neighborhood."




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[traditional1]

The Fat Police are coming! The Fat Police are coming!

[dforest]

Hey Calicommies, why don’t you take to minding your own business?

How stupid are people in California? California, the birthplace of nanny state fascism in the USA.

[metmom]

*sigh*

[pierstroll]

Gee, a lot of fast-food restaurants near a college campus. Who woulda thunk it?

[Gabz]

Nanny State Ping.........

[sionnsar]

legislating health.

And they won't stop until they control every single aspect of your life.

Totalitarianism.

[HoosierHawk]

"While limiting fast-food restaurants isn't a solution in itself, it's an important piece of the puzzle," said Mark Vallianatos, director of the Center for Food and Justice at Occidental College.

This is "bringing health policy and environmental policy together with land-use planning," he said. "I think that's smart, and it's the wave of the future."

The Center for Food and Justice?

[dighton]

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“The people don’t want them.”

[John Jorsett]

"The people don't want them, but when they don't have any other options, they may gravitate to what's there," said Councilwoman Jan Perry

The people don't want them, therefore we must force business not to build more. The tragedy is, I think she actually doesn't know the inherent paradox contained in her viewpoint.

[MEGoody]

Merlan said it wasn't likely that a limit on new restaurants would change peoples' habits, even though he thinks it's a good idea.

It won't. They'll just drive farther, which will cause more carbon emissions. The left just keeps tripping itself up.

[papasmurf]

Man, I hate the “oughts”. Please, Lord, let me finish out my days back in the 60’s and 70’s”!

It just gets worse by the minute. Can someone check and see if they’re offering “Creative Stupidity” in Colleges now?

[expatguy]

There is a chocolate donut sitting on my desk right now - it's been staring at me for the last 45 minutes.

Somebody please help me.

An American Expat in Southeast Asia

[spunkets]

"The Nanny State, coming soon to a neighborhood near you.."

It's already has a ubiquitous presence throughout the land.

"a tactic that could be called health zoning."

More safety and health BS, for the children of course.