I love them, myself.
Posted on 01/11/2008 11:34:21 AM PST by jdm
Michael Bloomberg may be mulling a run for the presidency, but he'd better take care to keep the photographers away when he gets the munchies. After pushing through a ban on trans-fats in New York City restaurants, Bloomberg got his photo snapped by Wired Magazine while munching on a bag of Cheez-Its in the office. So what's in a bag of Cheez-Its?
After gaining national media attention for spearheading an almost total ban on trans fats in city restaurants starting last July, Bloomberg was photographed in this month's issue of Wired magazine munching on those very same dangerous fats.No one begrudges Hizzoner the choice to put transfats in his mouth, except that Bloomberg doesn't appear to believe in reciprocity. Rather than just treat New Yorkers like adults who could make their own dietary decisions, and restauranteurs as free-market proprietors accountable to their customers, Bloomberg imposed government bans on those very choices. Even worse, we see that Bloomberg indulges in trans-fat consumption while in the very office from which the Burgermeister issued that very edict.
The photo, which accompanies a short Q&A about technology and politics, features Bloomberg at his City Hall desk, looking thoughtful and serious. Meanwhile, his right hand is seen almost absent-mindedly pulling a Cheez-It out of a single-serving bag of the crackers. ...
The mayor's food choice directly counters the guidance of his own Department of Health, which specifies on its Web site that "there is no safe level of artificial trans fat consumption." The site also points out that trans fats are responsible for at least 500 deaths in the city every year from heart disease.
His spokesman tried to spin this one into a matter of choice, but that won't fly. Bloomberg specifically rejected choice with his government-enforced ban. The mayor used the power of the city to strip that choice from chefs and their customers last year.
Silverman includes the quote about trans-fat killing 500 people in New York every year, the same kind of statistic that Bloomberg used in imposing that lack of choice on the Big Apple. Those kind of scare tactics can allow for unlimited nanny-statism as choices get taken away from us, supposedly for our own good, but mostly because of a condescending paternalism among statist elites that individuals are too stupid to act in their own self-interest. Eventually, that thinking leads to government cheese for the masses -- and Cheez-Its for their betters. (via Michelle Malkin)
Am I the only one not seeing it?
I admit, my mind feel into the gutter immediately when reading your post. I apologize to any mind readers out there.
I was looking for the box.
After-all, Who can east just one?
They contain canola oil, which contains off-label "trans-fats" (and not the good kind, like conjugated linoleic acids). The processing (specifically, the deodorization) to create canola oils involves high temperatures, causing the polyunsaturated oils to change to trans fatty acids. But the process does not involve explicit "hydrogenation", so they can legally specify 0 trans fat, the same way that butter specifies 0.
It is another one of those cases where government definitions supersede biochemistry.
Don’t know about the web site, I’m just reading the back of the bag on my desk (just like the bag on bloomie’s desk). Trans Fat 0g
LOL. Well, considering it’s New York, I guess you could take it more than one way. ;~))
How old is this story? It's always been and always will be.
NOTHINGNEW here, is there?
FMCDH(BITS)
{{{giggle}}} ;)
If it is Obambi Vs. Huckster , this is your next POTUS .
There is no chance in hell this elmerfuddian dork gets elected president as an independent candidate. He might draw some of the pro-nanny-state vote from Hillary though, because he’s even more condescending towards the dumb little people.
You can have my Cheez-Its when you pry them from my cold yellow fingers.
What if someone said they were going to take everyone’s guns away, including theirs and yours, but then they were caught on camera with a gun.
Wouldn’t that be the height of hypocrisy?
When it comes to Cheez-Its, I really don't think there is a bigger picture. As to the gun control issue you're talking about, I don't think it's hypocrisy as much as breaking the law. I don't think the NYC ban prevents eating stuff with trans fat in it as much as having it prepared for consumption in NYC restaurants.
When Chez-its are banned only beezillionaires will have chez-its .
Get your own box!
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