Universal healthcare and the waistline police: We risk a nanny state contrary to American ideals.

Christian Science Monitor ^ | January 7, 2008 | Paul Hsieh

[Question Liberal Authority]

I meant “junk” in the sense that the food police will label it as “junk”. Most of the time, it’s just PETA types trying to shove veganism down our throats, or Socialist “environmentalists” trying to destroy capitalism.

Look at the British law banning EGG advertisements on television. Eggs are extremely healthy. They are very versatile. They are eaten by animals in the wild. Yet they’re under attack. Why? Because the poultry industry would not exist without eggs.

Similarly, there is a full scale assault on the dairy industry. Supposedly, it’s not natural for a human to drink the milk of a cow, because milk is food designed for a cow. Yet the same people will eat soybeans, which is food designed for an embryonic soybean plant. Biologically, you’re a lot more similar to a cow than to a soybean plant. But if the dairy industry goes, so does the beef industry.