CONGRESS WANTS TO CONTROL YOUR FOOD

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LET THEM EAT CAKE !
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KATHY POSNER'S
CHICAGO
POINT OF VIEW
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Okay, there is no exact wording in the United States Constitution or the Bill of Rights that I says that I have the right to be fat, but the first amendment may be open to interpretation. The beginning of the First Amendment reads: “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States…” Could one take that to mean that I have the “privilege” to be fat if I so choose? And laws cannot be passed “abridging that privilege”? Congress (AKA The Nutrition Police) is working on passing a bill that would require chain restaurants with 20 or more locations to list the number of calories per menu item and provide other nutritional information upon request. "America is facing an obesity epidemic which must be addressed at the national level," said Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski, who along with Democratic Senators Tom Harkin and Tom Carper, have backed menu labeling legislation. We have a monetary failure epidemic Congress, why aren’t you working on that! The bill would create a national standard that would supersede the growing number of local and state calorie-disclosure mandates aimed at curbing obesity. "The national policy would be quite strong -- as strong or stronger than all the others" on a state and local level, said Margo Wootan, nutrition policy director for the labeling advocacy group Center for Science in the Public Interest. We are in the midst of a fiscal crisis in our nation and CBS News reports, “Obama and Congress are moving across several fronts to give government a central role in making America healthier - raising expectations among public health experts of a new era of activism unlike any before. “ I want an era of “activism” on making my pocketbook FAT again, not an era of “activism” to prevent my body from becoming fat!The Fat Police groups have created cute names for what they want; Labeling Education and Nutrition Act, or LEAN and the competing legislation known as the Menu Education and Labeling Act, or MEAL.Listing calorie counts in restaurants might cause one to pause and not eat deep fried onion rings and instead substitute a salad (low fat dressing only!), but when one gets home, one will eat whatever they want to. High calories foods are delicious; vegetables are boring!Maybe we should all go on a illegal drug diet and be labeled heroin chic like a supermodel. Quite simply, I am overweight because of FAT (Failure At Temptation).
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