Get Ready for the Fat Police

Try to imagine the following scenario. You take your children to a restaurant and begin scanning the menu. Suddenly, you notice a uniformed officer casually strolling over to your table. He stands within earshot as you tell the waiter that you'd like to order cheeseburgers, fries, and shakes for you, your son, and your daughter. The waiter looks toward the officer and gets a thumbs-down. "I'm sorry, ma'am," the waiter says, "but that's against the law." Impossible, you say? Improbable, you think? Well, San Francisco, that bastion of liberal orthodoxy, has, through their Board of Supervisors, passed a law that tells parents what they can and can't feed their children. Most of us have heard of McDonald's Happy Meals, which offer toys to children with their food order. Of course, parents are the ones ordering for their kids and paying the check. Hence, one would think the decision about what their children eat is their business, not the business of a bunch of nosy...(Read Full Article)

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