The Dietary Control Zealots Strike Again

Polite discourse being evidently waaaay beyond the synaptic capabilities of your malformed brain,

by the massive quantities of illustrated drivel posted by creepy "sugar-daddy".

and I have a question: don't natural herbivores has several stomachs? Cows do. Aren't they designed to eat only grass?

Additionally, this is one of hawkeye's "poor me" threads

people are not obliged to consult your interests when carrying on a conversation.

Well, Fart, believe it or not, people are not obliged to consult your interests when carrying on a conversation.

You're hilarious, Bubba. You come in here to ...

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CNN) -- San Francisco, California, Mayor Gavin Newsom vetoed Friday the city's ban on most McDonald's Happy Meals with toys.

In making the veto, the mayor released a new report on how a public-private partnership is combating childhood obesity and how San Francisco's more than 55,000 public school students are now eating fresher and healthier foods.

"Parents, not politicians, should decide what their children eat, especially when it comes to spending their own money," said Newsom. "Despite its good intentions, I cannot support this unwise and unprecedented governmental intrusion into parental responsibilities and private choices."
Under a partnership with the private sector, the local government has been remedying the root causes of obesity, Newsom said.

Since the city launched its "Shape Up San Francisco" program in 2006, the city has received state funds to expand physical exercise for schoolchildren, put gardens in schools, delineate safe school routes to walk and bike to school, and educate kids about making healthy choices, Newsom said.

His spokesman added the mayor is looking for the Board of Supervisors not to override his veto, even though eight of its 11 members had voted for the ban.


"He hopes some members will reconsider should it be put up for an override," said spokesman Tony Winnicker. "One of the eight is not entirely comfortable with it and some of them are getting heat as this thing is being mocked around the world

Since the city launched its "Shape Up San Francisco" program in 2006, the city has received state funds to expand physical exercise for schoolchildren, put gardens in schools, delineate safe school routes to walk and bike to school, and educate kids about making healthy choices, Newsom said.

San Francisco's so-called "Happy Meal ban" goes into effect Thursday, but McDonald's has already found a way around it.
The ordinance prohibits fast-food restaurants from including free toys with children's meals that don't comply with nutritional standards. McDonald's answer? It will charge 10 cents for the toy. The proceeds will be donated to Ronald McDonald House, the company's charity for children with cancer.
Samantha Graff, a senior staff attorney with Public Health Law & Policy, which drew up the law that was eventually adopted by San Francisco, told SF Weekly — which first reported the novel strategy — that McDonald's response "allows them to continue marketing this unhealthful food to children in the midst of an obesity crisis."
Eric Mar, the member of the Board of Supervisors who led adoption of the law, called the 10-cent charge a "marketing ploy," but he told The Associated Press that he didn't plan to seek any changes to address the tactic.
Ashlee Yingling, a spokeswoman for McDonald's, said all of the company's U.S. stores would offer Happy Meals with apples and smaller servings of french fries by March.