New bill would make it illegal for restaurants to serve the obese

The Smoking Gun ^ | 2/1/08 | The Smoking Gun

[freemike]

FEBRUARY 1--Mississippi legislators this week introduced a bill that would make it illegal for state-licensed restaurants to serve obese patrons.

[freemike]

Thank you stupid Republicans! We need more like you! Just another sign of what the new conservatives coming to a government near you are up to!

[sionnsar]

Okay... I won’t be scheduling any of my weeklong committee meetings in MS anytime soon. I’d hate to have a member starve to death in the meetings...

[John Jorsett]

This wouldn’t survive the first lawsuit, and he no doubt knows it. Just another politico using his office to make a statement. That statement being, “I’m wasting everyone’s time with this and don’t belong in office.”

[TheZMan]

When they came for smokers I didn’t say anything... I wasn’t a smoker.

Mmk. Nice dose of “told ya so” written all over this.

[donnab]

Oh yes the land of the free and the home of the brave.
What happened to the America I once knew?

[cripplecreek]

And they wonder why threatening us with democrats doesn’t work anymore.

[Recon Dad]

would make it illegal for state-licensed restaurants to serve obese patrons.

Obviously this bill was proposed by the lobbyist for the Buffet Owners of Mississippi.

[SandRat]

The bill, which is likely dead on arrival,

[Lauren BaRecall]

Oh good grief!

[A message]

Bingo!

[muir_redwoods]

I wonder if McCain wants to import obese Mexicans to eat the meals obese Mississippians won’t be served.

[Emmett McCarthy]

If the bars won’t serve drunks and the restaurants won’t serve fat people, maybe it’s all designed to keep Ted Kennedy out of Mississippi?

[Pablo64]

Just when you think politicians couldn't do anything more stupid than you've heard about before...

It amazes me that there are people who are not ashamed to have their names attached to a turd like this and trumpet their stupidity from the tops of the mountains.

[krb]

I am sure that restaurants hate serving the obese. Hehehehehe.....

[sierrahome]

Unless you last name is Donner I don’t see how this effects us.
...what? ...oh, nevermind

[Anti-Bubba182]

The bill goes nowhere and the nitwit who introduced it does not get reelected.

[meandog]

Good gosh...going after restaurants for serving fat people. Next thing you know state lawmakers are going to make us wear seatbelts!

[lowbridge]

bump

[pray4liberty]

And they wonder why threatening us with democrats doesn’t work anymore.

You got my vote for Post of the Evening!

[tips up]

Will they weigh each patron before seating them? And measure height to calculate BMI?

[boop]

"When they came for smokers I didn’t say anything... I wasn’t a smoker."

Watch the nanny staters squeal when something THEY enjoy is banned. I for one would love to see some anti-smoking activist porker get refused service.

[TCats]

Jeeesh - Sounds like something Bloomberg would cook up. Are we sure this isn’t NYC?

[Candor7]

"Make my breakfast order a dozen eggs, a 12 Oz. steak, 2 plates of home fries, a pound of bacon and a gallon of orange juice. And a bottle of ketchup."

"Burp. Whaaaaa?"

"You can't serve me? You might get arrested? What kind of freekin country is this?"

(Freedom leakin' away, leakin' away!)

[fkabuckeyesrule]

Good..fat people are disgusting. We need more bars and restaurants that cater to hot babes in bikinis and mini-skirts (sarcasm off).

[dighton]

... Republicans W. T. Mayhall, Jr. and John Read, and Democrat Bobby Shows.

There’s fifteen minutes of fame, and then there’s fifteen minutes of worldwide laughingstock. Enjoy!

[ItsForTheChildren]

The bill, which is likely dead on arrival,

Good. Let's cook it and eat it.

[libbylu]

lolol

[blackdog]

Good way to keep Michael Moore out of your state.

[NautiNurse]

When they came for smokers I didn’t say anything... I wasn’t a smoker.

Consider this new legislation a warning shot across the bow for what is in store under nationalized health care.

[secretagent]

“Is this a tongue-in-cheek bill, meant to point out how absurd the war on obesity has become? Or do lawmakers actually believe the myths that gluttony is the cause for obesity and that it is the government’s role to force people to eat and live how it deems best?

I called lead author, Rep. Mayhall, and asked if this was serious legislation or tongue-in-cheek to make a point. He kindly took a moment to answer my question while the legislature was in session. He said that while, regrettably, he doesn’t believe his bill will pass, this is serious. He wrote it, he said, because of the “urgency of the obesity crisis and need for government action.” He hopes it will “call attention to the serious problem of obesity and what it is costing the Medicare system.”

So, yes, this is for real and these elected officials actually believe this stuff.”

http://junkfoodscience.blogspot.com/2008/01/no-fat-people-allowed-only-slim-will-be.html

[Mark]

I agree with you. I wonder if there is legislation on tobacco restrictions and tax increase on tobacco in the state and a point was being made.

[MARTIAL MONK]

There would be only 7 people left in Mississippi who can eat at a restaurant. Should be able to get good seating.

[Tribune7]

OK, this is bill introduced by three people one of whom is a Dim. It has not been passed or even released from committee or whatever they do in Miss. Haley Barbour is the gov. Hold your fire.

BTW, TSG says it it likely DOA and I do believe the Pubs control the Miss. legislature.

[Mark]

OK, that shot down my theory.

[PalmettoMason]

How long before somebody gets tazed for eating out at a buffet?

“Sir, put down the chicken leg and step away from it. Sir...Sir.....” ZAP!!!!!!

[Dog Gone]

Hey, I’m all over this bill!! I’m skinny and with no fat people in line, I’ll get served faster!

I also want no vehicles larger than mine to get gasoline. Woo Hoo! End of traffic congestion for me.

[FormerACLUmember]

This proposed law is in flagrant violation of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act. Not to mention the brave souls battling anorexia.

[Roccus]

“Consider this new legislation a warning shot across the bow for what is in store under nationalized health care.”
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Finally, somebody gets it!

[CH3CN]

Well, if they can't eat guess they can smoke instead. No, sorry, smoking is banned.

Boy howdy. What a hoot this is.

[Gone_Postal]

If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny. Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)

[nicmarlo]

This is beyond ABSURD!!!!

[nicmarlo]

And they wonder why threatening us with democrats doesn’t work anymore.

BTTT!

[doc1019]

If they will not serve me, I will just drop by McDs and get my 16 Big Mac’s to go. ;-)

Will they have scales at the door? Who will say what “Obese” is?

Nanny state at it’s worst.

Next they will pass a law to prevent smokers from bars!! Oh, wait … that’s been done.

[GregoTX]

"Oh yes the land of the free and the home of the brave. What happened to the America I once knew?"

It dies every time legislators meet. They don't pass laws reducing government control, they increase it. Land of the free is becoming the nanny state.

[mamelukesabre]

THis is silly and a bit excessive.

If I was a nanny stater, I would argue that they should start out by making it illegal for fat people to order desert. THen gradually progress from there...make the fat people sit in the “fat” section and order from “fat” menues.

But I’m not a nanny stater so I would never say that. I think it should be up to the individual restaurants to make up their own “fat” rules...hehe.

[Nervous Tick]

Unless you last name is Donner

Yeah, I wonder if the Alferd Packer Grill at Colorado U serves obese people.

"Named after Colorado's most famous cannibal, the grill offers everything from salads to burgers to "... ??

[Route66]

And all 3 of the candidates we have left are high risks for betraying us on this issue.

[mamelukesabre]

WHat?

Gluttony does cause obesity.

[Tall_Texan]

If they are using the CDC standards for obesity, there won’t be anyone left to serve. The Ole Miss football team will have to drive to Alabama in order to eat.

[pray4liberty]

So, yes, this is for real and these elected officials actually believe this stuff.

Now I know beyond a reasonable doubt that they're crazy.