Now Big Brother is telling us what we can and can't eat??!!!

The smoking ban was tough on smokers, but at least there was some rationale
that the non-smoking public was put at risk by second-hand smoke. But who
does it hurt when we eat a Big Mac??!

The arguments I've heard from Food Nazis is that it hurts the entire
country, in that the public ends up paying for the increased medical costs
associated with an obese public.

However, to me that sounds like a flimsy excuse for another way for
government in it's various flavors to interfere in our lives. Indeed, if I
*want* to do stop at McDonalds for a Big Mac, that should be my choice. I
personally detest their greasebombs, but that's a personal preference, AS
IT SHOULD BE.

The article also says that trans fats will be outlawed in CA from 2010 on.
Am I remembering incorrectly that all fats become at least partially
trans fat as soon as they are heated to cooking temperatures? If so then a
cooking oil that was legal to use when it was poured out of the jug would
become illegal as soon as it hit the fryer. What's wrong with that picture?

Sure, nowhere is free of unreasonable government regulations, but I'm
still very glad to be free of California.

Dan