An Experiment in Scotch

Thursday, May 22, 2003

This is dedicated to K. . .heh. . .
8:32:27 PM

Just when you thought PETA couldn't be anymore ridiculous. . .(Via Venomous Kate)
8:02:26 PM

The more I read of the web, the more shit I realize there is out there. . .but sites like this give me hope for finding humor again. . .
7:05:16 PM

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To what ridiculous level can our legislators possibly take political correctness? It seems that a certain Texas legislator is trying to pass a law that would require all restaurants with three or more locations to do the following:

"label every menu item with its fat, calories, cholesterol, carbohydrates, fiber, sugar, and protein content - on every menu. It would also require every item on every menu that gets more than 1/3 of calories from fat to print the warning: "Eating Fatty Foods May Lead to Obesity." Failure to comply would result in a $100 fine and up to six months in jail - for each offense."
This is asinine on so many levels that it boggles the mind to think about. . .first of all, morons who don't realize that fatty foods might possibly make them fat clearly don't have the mental capacities necessary to read and understand the very nutritional labels that are being proposed to protect them. When people like this get fat and die from a massive coronary, I say "More bleach for the gene pool, please." Secondly, people who eat fast food aren't that interested in nutritional values to begin with. People who are interested in nutritional values don't eat that much fast food. So these labels are pointless.

But the most important reason why this legislation is completely ridiculous is, as Mr. Balko points out in the above article, that the only people this will really help is the trial lawyers who will make a killing off suits brought by people who just don't know any better. The fat police will be out in force just looking for a reason to sue someone. And every time you get one too many french fries in your Happy Meal, they'll have a reason. To quote Acidman, what a bunch of fucktards. (Via Instapundit)
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