BLOODY HELLFIRE.

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

No fat people allowed: Only the slim will be allowed to dine in public!

It has actually happened. Lawmakers have proposed legislation that forbids restaurants and food establishments from serving food to anyone who is obese (as defined by the State). Under this bill, food establishments are to be monitored for compliance under the State Department of Health and violators will have their business permits revoked.

House Bill 282 was introduced in the 2008 Mississippi legislative session on Friday by Representative W.T. Mayhall, Jr., a retired pharmaceutical salesman with DuPont-Merk. Its co-authors are Bobby Shows, a businessman, and John Read, a pharmacist.

The full text reads:

HOUSE BILL NO. 282


An act to prohibit certain food establishments from serving food to any person who is obese, based on criteria prescribed by the state department of health; to direct the department to prepare written materials that describe and explain the criteria for determining whether a person is obese and to provide those materials to the food establishments; to direct the department to monitor the food establishments for compliance with the provisions of this act; and for related purposes. Be it enacted by the legislature of the state of Mississippi:


SECTION 1.

(1) The provisions of this section shall apply to any food establishment that is required to obtain a permit from the State Department of Health under Section 41-3-15(4)(f), that operates primarily in an enclosed facility and that has five (5) or more seats for customers.

(2) Any food establishment to which this section applies shall not be allowed to serve food to any person who is obese, based on criteria prescribed by the State Department of Health after consultation with the Mississippi Council on Obesity Prevention and Management established under Section 41-101-1 or its successor. The State Department of Health shall prepare written materials that describe and explain the criteria for determining whether a person is obese, and shall provide those materials to all food establishments to which this section applies. A food establishment shall be entitled to rely on the criteria for obesity in those written materials when determining whether or not it is allowed to serve food to any person.

(3) The State Department of Health shall monitor the food establishments to which this section applies for compliance with the provisions of this section, and may revoke the permit of any food establishment that repeatedly violates the provisions of this section.


SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2008.


Should this pass, scales will appear at the door of restaurants, people with BMIs of 30 or higher won’t be allowed to be served. And to comply with government regulations, restaurants will have to keep records of patrons' BMIs.

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.

The time is now for all Americans who value their freedom to eat, look, breathe and live their lives how they choose to unite!



Thanks Dave!

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Lord, what fools these mortals be!
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act III, Scene ii

Voltaire said: "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities."

H.L.Mencken wrote:"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.”

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. Albert Einstein

We thought it was getting bad in the States with the anti-fat propaganda. I saw on I-95 a billboard with a boy stating, "Mommy, I no longer want to be fat," with an ad for a fat camp-like thing for overweight youngsters. Does it ever end? Why do we all need to be rail-thin to fit into society? Some people may be overweight due to bad eating habits but that is their business. Others are just the way they are and we need to stop being so judgmental.

I am tired of people like the presidential candidate, Mike Huckabee who did lose over 100 lbs. which is a fantastic accomplishment, say how "we", meaning health insurance, should not have to pay for obese patients. The claim is how the costs get passed onto the other insured. How about banning those from health insurance or raising their rates sky-high for those who partake in dangerous activities such as skiing, working construction, weight lifting, roller or ice-staking, etc. How would that be different?

I look at health charts and see weight vs. height. I had went from 160 to 122 but gained the weight back. I am actually okay with it even though I am no longer wearing tiny little shirt. I just got so tired of being hungry all of the time, only drinking water, and freaking over every single calorie. It was great to flaunt the weight loss to my former husband who laughed at me about my looks...but now who cares??? I am happy with myself. One thing I got tired of was how people seemed to "like me more" when I was in single-digit sizes.

this is in america, and if it passes or maybe there will be a law that isnt as bad so there willbe no outcry at a "lesser" law

House Bill 282 was introduced in the 2008 Mississippi legislative session on Friday by Representative W.T. Mayhall, Jr., a retired pharmaceutical salesman with DuPont-Merk. Its co-authors are Bobby Shows, a businessman, and John Read, a pharmacist

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I just post the stories, for interest.. for everyone

Lord, what fools these mortals be!
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act III, Scene ii

Voltaire said: "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities."

H.L.Mencken wrote:"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.”

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. Albert Einstein

Welcome to the home of the Free.

Seriously, the "American Dream" is nothing more than a giant load of marketing bullshit meant to make EVERYONE a worthless child incapable of doing anything on their own.

"It truly is the one commonality that every designation of humans you can think of has, there's at least one asshole."
--Me

Feh Wrote:
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> Welcome to the home of the Free.
>
> Seriously, the "American Dream" is nothing more
> than a giant load of marketing bullshit meant to
> make EVERYONE a worthless child incapable of doing
> anything on their own.

It is so ridiculous. The fat bashing is done by people who think they are All 'Dat. There was one weightlifter on early Saturday's FNC. His tee said "No Chubbies" and stated how men cannot get foxes if they are heavy and how chubby women should not expect a man like him. He looked so damned dumb. I would like to see this Wannabe-Mr. Universe in 10-15 years. He does not look as if he will age well. I doubt the biceps will still be there and will have "settled" for a regular gal who is not a Size 3 but will be PO'd thinking that the model types really missed something by passing him up. I've known some males who actually admitted how the "foxes" only cost them emotional grief along with emptying their wallets and bank accounts. Same can be said for the "studs".

Again, people who focus only on the surface aspects of others are doomed to lonely, unfulfilled lives. I say "enjoy the misery fuckers!", because I know my fat ass, sparkling wit, and well oiled brain have too many real friends already.

Breeders say "You don't know what you're missing when you have children" and I say "You don't know what you're missing when you don't like brains"

"It truly is the one commonality that every designation of humans you can think of has, there's at least one asshole."
--Me