The coming low-sodium dystopia

CATO / The Washington Examiner ^ | 2010-04-27 | Gene Healy

[rabscuttle385]

fyi

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Just think of the job-security for the DEA if sodium chloride is classified as a schedule II controlled substance!

[shibumi]

A more accurate picture of our incubent society is found in the movie “Demolition Man.”

I thought it was hilarious when I first saw it -

..... then it started to happen.

[GeronL]

Well, they are going to force companies to put the nutrition labels on the front of the boxes.

Because apparently people are too stupid to look at the side of the box if they want that info.

[Siena Dreaming]

Looks like their anti-capitalist push against Big Oil is losing stem so now they have to go for Big Food.

[Species8472]

[seowulf]

The future is Ayn Rand's Anthem.

[libertarian27]

We are now so beyond....
“First they came for the smoker, I wasn’t one so....”
...it’s not even funny anymore....

[metmom]

Beat me to it.

This is just getting ridiculous.

[apillar]

Looks like I might have to start stockpiling salt next to the 3 large cases of incandesant lightbulbs I have stashed in my garage, ever since the ban on the bulbs was announced, I have purchased 1 or 2 packs every time I go to the store. I have over 200 packs stashed away now, I figure eventually their will be money to be made on the black market with them if nothing else. I guess I need to start adding a canister of Mortons to my shopping ritual.

[GailA]

Be sure you get the type of salt with iodine. Most diets are deficient in that nutrient. Store in a dry place or the salt will form a solid cake. Wal-Mart sells a brand of Sea Salt which has lower sodium with iodine in it.

[Old Professer]

Resistance is futile; futile, futilll...

[thulldud]

Just think of the job-security for the DEA if sodium chloride is classified as a schedule II controlled substance!

Just think of the bargains in beachfront real estate!

[freespirited]

HOw will they regulate the salt that people throw on the street to melt snow?

That’s a lot of salt.

[coydog]

So, how are they going to stop people from just drawing a bucket or two out of the ocean and boiling it down? They would have to position an officer every fifty feet down every shoreline in the country.

[thulldud]

They would have to position an officer every fifty feet down every shoreline in the country.

And an 8 month sentence for simple possession of seawater.

[coydog]

I can see a real black market situation taking shape here.

[reagan_fanatic]

KEEP YOUR LAWS OFF MY BODY!

[D_Idaho]

The future is Marco Brambilla’s “Demolition Man.”