Tag Archives: nanny state

Does Our Whininess Have No End?

Whole Foods is implementing a plan to give a bigger employee discount to employees that don’t smoke, have lower blood pressure and have a BMI under 30. Naturally, people are whining about discrimination. This includes one quote that I can’t possibly do justice to other than to reproduce it in full: “Why are you rewarding …

February 7, 2010 – 3:21 pm | By Scotch Drinker | Posted in Random | Tagged , , , , | Comments (3)

We Really Are In The Best Of Hands

The mayor of New York and that city’s health commissioner have decided to pressure city restaurants to lower the amount of salt in food they serve by half over the next decade even though the science behind the decision is ambiguous and uncertain. On top of that, lowering salt in your diet may lead to …

April 7, 2009 – 8:13 am | By Scotch Drinker | Posted in Random | Tagged | Comments (2)

Doing Something Productive

I just sent the following to my Representative in the US House in response to HR 875 – the Food Safety and Modernization Act of 2009 which I wrote about here. I lifted a large portion of the letter with permission from TennZen and tailored the message somewhat to Congressman Hall, my representative. Feel free …

March 25, 2009 – 8:14 pm | By Scotch Drinker | Posted in Politics | Tagged | Comments (0)

Change We Can Believe In

A bill has been introduced by a Democrat whose husband does work for Monsanto that would effectively kill farmer’s markets. Under the guise of protecting those of us who never asked for protection, the government is trying to regulate all food we might buy. A new governmental entity would be created out of thin air …

March 18, 2009 – 7:59 am | By Scotch Drinker | Posted in Food, Politics | Tagged , | Comments (1)

The Nanny State Encroachment Continues

New Jersey is trying to ban Brazilian waxes because two people complained and 1 sued. Conspiracy theories abound including one that says the state is trying to push people to dermatologists for laser treatment over the waxing. Fun times in New Jersey.

March 15, 2009 – 8:48 pm | By Scotch Drinker | Posted in Random | Tagged | Comments (0)

Is Selling Porn Worse Than Robbing People?

The Justice Department thinks so. Here, we have a police officer who bribed Hispanics to give him money in exchange for not arresting them. He gets 1 year of home arrest while a man selling tapes showing consenting adults having sex to consenting adults gets 33 months in prison. The police have one task and …

December 15, 2008 – 10:28 pm | By Scotch Drinker | Posted in National Issues | Tagged | Comments (0)