Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Nanny To The World

When Blue Staters Go Bad...

...suddenly Paris seems like a place to move. GT12 would also like to point it's finger at a regular reader, a smoker, who none the less was involved in pushing the smoking ban (you know who you are). I suddenly have the strangest desire for goose liver....:

Chicago passes new restrictive ordinances
By DON BABWIN, Associated Press Writer Mon Jul 24, 5:17 PM ET


CHICAGO - If you're a cell phone-using, goose liver-eating, cigarette-smoking, fast food-loving person, Chicago might not be your kind of town.

In this city that once winked at Prohibition, members of the City Council are trying to crack down on things they deem unhealthy, immoral or just plain annoying.


A proposal that would restrict fast-food chains from cooking with artery-clogging trans fat oils got a public airing last week, and in the past year alone aldermen have banned smoking in nearly all public places and the use of cell phones while driving.
In April, Chicago became the first U.S. city to outlaw the sale of foie gras, a goose liver delicacy that is decried by animal-rights activists because it is created by force-feeding birds to fatten up their livers.

The Remaining Scold is Here.

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