Yet Another Way Our Elected Officials Are Wasting Their Time

[jennythereader]

Assemblyman seeking to ban all salt in restaurant cooking - Table Hopping - Steve Barnes - Restaurants and Dining Blog - timesunion.com - Albany NY

More evidence for the "no more incumbents" here in New York.

Comments

[purpura.livejournal.com]

Wars have started over salt. What an ass.

[jennythe-reader.livejournal.com]

You can really tell he doesn't cook.

[seawasp]

SO... how many billions of dollars is the restaurant industry worth? Because that's what you'll lose once you go down that route.

[jennythe-reader.livejournal.com]

The restaurants in NYC alone...

[jarien.livejournal.com]

Oh my god.

"Ortiz admits that prior to introducing the bill he did not research salt’s role in food chemistry..."

Top of my head, favorite baked goods that have salt in them. Chocolate chip cookies, banana bread. Food chemistry!

*bangs head off the table*

Why did we elect a crazyperson? Or rather, so many of them lately?

[seawasp]

You think SANE people run for public office?

[jennythe-reader.livejournal.com]

New York State government seems to have hit critical mass for the crazy/stupid these last few years, hasn't it?

[nounsandverbs]

Well, we always think so, and then they get stupider.

[nounsandverbs]

As they said in that masterpiece of speculative film, Demolition Man: "Anything not good for you is bad, hence illegal."

It's looking more like a documentary every day. Which is the REALLY scary part.

[dwarven-brewer.livejournal.com]

As Ayn Rand said: "There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone?"

[jennythe-reader.livejournal.com]

The thing is, salt is good for you, in reasonable quantities.

[nounsandverbs]

OH NO. IT MAKES THINGS TASTE GOOD. THEREFORE IT MUST BE BAD.

That, at least, appears to be the entire reasoning behind Mr. Ortiz's proposal.

"Not The Incumbent" is the party line I'm voting in November.

[jennythe-reader.livejournal.com]

"Not The Incumbent" is the party line I'm voting in November.

At least at the state level.

[inaurolillium.livejournal.com]

*boggle* I...
I...
*boggle*
It just...
*boggle*
WHAT?

[jennythe-reader.livejournal.com]

I know. It's sad and stupid and crazy. I wonder what standuponit will say when/if he hears about it.

[slrose.livejournal.com]

That's up there with the Texas legislator who introduced a bill to change the value of pi to three...

[jennythe-reader.livejournal.com]

Isn't it?