Excuse me, uhhhh Mr. Mayor....?? Is it possible that you think you're much bigger than you really are, or do you just have way too much time on your hands?
I doubt New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg reads my blog but I would love to strap him in a chair and have a face-to-face chat with the RINO head of NY politics. You see, regulating trans-fats in the Big Apple wasn't enough for the mayor who thwarted city law and managed to get another term after he had reached his limit. Now the mayor wants to regulate salt use in city foods.
Boy, is this great country or what? Where on earth would us lowly morons be without the watchful and benevolent eye of government looking out for us? We are obviously too stupid to decide what to eat so we need Bloomberg, who is known for putting salt on his saltine crackers and eating bacon and peanut butter sandwiches, to protect us from the evils of table salt.
As the argument goes, table salt can cause high blood pressure which, in turn, can cause heart disease. Heart disease is the number one killer in America, according to some experts, so reducing salt intake is supposed to help reduce the number of deaths caused by it. Advocates of salt regulation cite Great Britain's success in reducing the number of annual deaths by 6,000.
Yeah, right.
I wonder if the rocket scientists across the Pond understand they haven't really prevented 6,000 annual deaths. I doubt it. It has probably failed to dawn on them, and the rest of the table salt police, that all they've done is delay the inevitable. News flash to all you do-gooders: PEOPLE DIE! They will keep dying as long as men live and there's not a darn thing you can do about it!
Mayor Bloomberg thinks it's his responsibility to make sure the little people don't foolishly contribute to their own deaths by eating too much table salt. Nutritionists support the salt regulation based on the false assumption that the American people can't decide whether or not to consume a food because they don't know how much salt is in it. I wonder if these people have ever visited New York City. I really doubt that I'd ever see Vinny and Angelo walking up to the counter at the local Brooklyn deli, only to walk out in frustration because the menu doesn't list any low-sodium alternatives.
C'mon folks, don't we have better things to do than try to force everyone into a "healthy diet?" If you are not intelligent enough, as an adult, to decide what goes in your mouth, you have much bigger issues than your daily salt intake. You need to see a professional as soon as possible. For the rest of us who can manage, salt regulation is just another liberal assault on our individual freedom.
Where's the Constitutional authority, either at the federal, state, or local level, for Mayor Bloomberg or the city of NY to mandate how much salt is in the food we buy? Just once I'd like to see a group of people whose businesses are affected by this garbage band together and simply refuse to obey. Let it go to court! Then challenge the jurisdiction of the idiot government entity that imposed the regulation. If people understood the fact that our government at all levels exceeds its authority only because we allow it to, the country would be a different place.
Mr. Bloomberg, for his part, needs to take an extended vacation along with the city council, the governor, and the state legislature; they need to go find something else to do and stop interjected themselves into our lives. Really folks, we could stand to have a few years with empty executive offices and legislative chambers. The country would continue to hum along just fine without any new legislation. In fact, we'd probably be much better off.
For now, all you New Yorkers had better hit the streets and gorge yourself in food that tastes good....while you still can. If the Mayor gets his way you'll eventually be reduced to rice cakes and soy milk. Won't that be special?
I doubt New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg reads my blog but I would love to strap him in a chair and have a face-to-face chat with the RINO head of NY politics. You see, regulating trans-fats in the Big Apple wasn't enough for the mayor who thwarted city law and managed to get another term after he had reached his limit. Now the mayor wants to regulate salt use in city foods.
Boy, is this great country or what? Where on earth would us lowly morons be without the watchful and benevolent eye of government looking out for us? We are obviously too stupid to decide what to eat so we need Bloomberg, who is known for putting salt on his saltine crackers and eating bacon and peanut butter sandwiches, to protect us from the evils of table salt.
As the argument goes, table salt can cause high blood pressure which, in turn, can cause heart disease. Heart disease is the number one killer in America, according to some experts, so reducing salt intake is supposed to help reduce the number of deaths caused by it. Advocates of salt regulation cite Great Britain's success in reducing the number of annual deaths by 6,000.
Yeah, right.
I wonder if the rocket scientists across the Pond understand they haven't really prevented 6,000 annual deaths. I doubt it. It has probably failed to dawn on them, and the rest of the table salt police, that all they've done is delay the inevitable. News flash to all you do-gooders: PEOPLE DIE! They will keep dying as long as men live and there's not a darn thing you can do about it!
Mayor Bloomberg thinks it's his responsibility to make sure the little people don't foolishly contribute to their own deaths by eating too much table salt. Nutritionists support the salt regulation based on the false assumption that the American people can't decide whether or not to consume a food because they don't know how much salt is in it. I wonder if these people have ever visited New York City. I really doubt that I'd ever see Vinny and Angelo walking up to the counter at the local Brooklyn deli, only to walk out in frustration because the menu doesn't list any low-sodium alternatives.
C'mon folks, don't we have better things to do than try to force everyone into a "healthy diet?" If you are not intelligent enough, as an adult, to decide what goes in your mouth, you have much bigger issues than your daily salt intake. You need to see a professional as soon as possible. For the rest of us who can manage, salt regulation is just another liberal assault on our individual freedom.
Where's the Constitutional authority, either at the federal, state, or local level, for Mayor Bloomberg or the city of NY to mandate how much salt is in the food we buy? Just once I'd like to see a group of people whose businesses are affected by this garbage band together and simply refuse to obey. Let it go to court! Then challenge the jurisdiction of the idiot government entity that imposed the regulation. If people understood the fact that our government at all levels exceeds its authority only because we allow it to, the country would be a different place.
Mr. Bloomberg, for his part, needs to take an extended vacation along with the city council, the governor, and the state legislature; they need to go find something else to do and stop interjected themselves into our lives. Really folks, we could stand to have a few years with empty executive offices and legislative chambers. The country would continue to hum along just fine without any new legislation. In fact, we'd probably be much better off.
For now, all you New Yorkers had better hit the streets and gorge yourself in food that tastes good....while you still can. If the Mayor gets his way you'll eventually be reduced to rice cakes and soy milk. Won't that be special?
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