Posted on 01/18/2010 10:21:00 AM PST by John Semmens
Arguing that “a loving parent wouldn’t allow her child to eat asbestos or smoke cigarettes, so why should she allow him to eat salt?” New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is proposing banning consumer access to salt in restaurants.
“Doctors all agree that salt is bad for us,” Bloomberg contended. “Yet, like disobedient children, too many of us can’t resist reaching for the salt shaker. For our own good, this has to be stopped.”
Admitting that “control over household use of salt is beyond our grasp given current technology,” Bloomberg said his plan is to “focus on food consumed in public places and served by licensed professionals.”
Under Bloomberg’s proposed plan, restaurants would be prohibited from allowing customers to apply salt on their own. “This means no salt shakers on the tables and no salt packets in bins at fast food joints,” he said. “Only chefs will be permitted to apply a closely regulated quantity that is deemed essential for food preparation. Pop inspections and paid informants will be deployed to make certain regulated limits are not breached.”
“Once we get restaurant consumption under control, we can think about ways to deal with home consumption,” Bloomberg added. “Whether that involves pop inspections and informants or a ban on the retail sale of salt is still up in the air.”
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Friggin’ control NAZI.....how did anyone ever let this man claim the mantra of ‘Republican?’
Who does he think he is....Hugo Chavez?
Who does he think he is....Hugo Chavez?
whew.........almost went off on a tirade on this one, then looked at the source............excellent use of satire to expose the truth about libs.
No mare salty wenches?
Why do I keep thinking I need to stock up on salt?
satire
Hey, ‘tard Mayor of NYC, doctors agree that TOO MUCH salt is bad - not that salt per se is bad.
To one degree or another, salt is found in all life etc. etc. but would not expect you to understand that.
This is almost as bad as blaming AGW on carbon dioxide.
Figures, Bloomberg is also “a New York Yankees fan”. LOL!
Satire?
Groan, you got me. First time I’ve been caught by satire - shows that these idiotic programs/agendas are getting so bad that we now believe almost anything.
Makes one wonder why Hillary Clinton took cigarettes to the ‘diplomats’ in Haiti, eh?
Gloomburg: Helicopter Mayor.
One breath per minute max. Save the air.
And no more kissing - spreads germs.
And no negative thoughts!
This has gone beyond liberalism and slipped into the Twilight Zone.
In a followup interview, Bloomberg added “If you don’t like it, you are welcome to go pound salt.”
To muscle it through, he’ll need a Kosher carve-out.
Someone needs to slip a ham sandwich in his pie hole.
Typical marxist liberal: If they don’t like it nobody can have it.
Typical Conservative: If they don’t like it, they done eat it.
Time to get into the black market for table salt!
Arrg: “If they don’t like it, they done eat it” should be:
If they don’t like it, they don’t eat it”
Guess so, but entirely believable...
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