re: #315 MandyManners

Fucking Nanny State is at it again.

The latest target in the battle over fast food is something you shouldn’t even put in your mouth.

Convinced that Happy Meals and other food promotions aimed at children could make kids fat as well as happy, county officials in Silicon Valley are poised to outlaw the little toys that often come with high-calorie offerings.

The proposed ban is the latest in a growing string of efforts to change the types of foods aimed at youngsters and the way they are cooked and sold. Across the nation, cities, states and school boards have taken aim at excessive sugar, salt and certain types of fats.

Because we parents are too freakin’ stupid to raise our kids by ourselves.

Burger King: kids meal = cheesburger + apple fries (sans caramel sauce) + chocolate milk.

we get that little treat for our kids about 2-3x per month and there is absolutely nothing wrong with it at that frequency.

i don’t live in California, but i’d bet the residents would be better off if the pols started figuring out how to provide the same services for a lot less fucking taxes than whatever the hell else they’re doing out there…