well drugs are already banned, yes? To the point where doctors hesitate to prescribe controlled substances for even legitimate uses. I just think that anyone who thinks that trans fat is intrusive isn't noticing all the itrusions we already have. So if you don't like them, perhaps we should abolish all health care subsidies, all smoking laws, all product safety laws and all automotive safety regulations.
On 12/12/06, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't see much difference between drug laws and banning trans fat. > I think both are big government issues. What's odd though, it seems > that conservatives want to ban drugs, liberals want to ban trans fat, > and both think the other is being intrusive. > > > > On 12/12/06, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have mixed feelings on trans fat. Yes, it's a government intrusion. > > But unless we do away with Medicare, we're paying for all those > > clogged arteries. I don't like wearing a seatbelt either -- in fact I > > just got a mega ticket for not doing so. But the same argument applies > > here, I think. > > > > On 12/12/06, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 12/11/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > And I almost wouldn't blame the Republicans for the 'cons', I'd blame > > > > the neo-conservatives that took over the Republican party. > > > > > > > > > Can still blame the Republican Party for letting it happen. > > > > > > This could bode very well for centrists because we've ended the debate > > > > on big gov't in my opinion and now have competition on fiscal sanity > > > > from both parties. > > > > > > > > > Not so fast there. Now that the Dems are back in power, what's to stop > > > them > > > from going right back to pushing a big government agenda? Hasn't Pelosi > > > already basically said that that is exactly what she's going to do? > > > > > > (BTW - the trans fat ban in NY is just more expansion of the State. Very > > > > Bad.) > > > > > > > > > > > It's the government telling you what you can and cannot eat. Being a fat > > > nasty slob is every American's God given RIGHT.... > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Happy Christmas you arse, I pray God it's our last. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:222102 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
