Bill would make it illegal to feed the obese

[Freddie Stubbs]

Source: USA Today

Three legislators want to make it illegal for restaurants to serve obese customers in Mississippi.

House Bill No. 282, which was introduced this month, says: 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.

The proposal would allow health inspectors to yank the permit from any restaurant that "repeatedly" feeds extremely overweight customers.

Read more: http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/02/bill-would-make.html

[Lone_Star_Dem]

1. Wow.

I'm speechless.

[ixion]

2. my, what a beautiful country we've become

not...:crazy:

What a stupid, stupid proposal.

[kskiska]

3. Will there be a scale at the restaurant entrance?

And what about take-out?

[ixion]

4. and drive thru... or delivery

the whole idea seems poorly conceived, IMO.

[MountainLaurel]

78. No kidding

Apparently Mississippi has nothing better to spend its time on.

:wtf:

[alfredo]

84. They do a BMI at the door. Oh well, there goes Popeye's.

[stlsaxman]

157. registered "obesity offenders" will be prohibited from zoned commercial districts. n/t

[DJ13]

5. And if they're obese and they smoke do we deny them the right to breathe too?

Fascism aint pretty.

[smiley_glad_hands]

6. I guess Rush Limpnuts won't be eating there anymore. eom

[woodsprite]

11. Nah, you'll just have to show them your voter reg. card before you order. n/t

[ElsewheresDaughter]

97. somebody just told me that Rush isn't fat anymore....is this true?

[tanyev]

131. He did lose a lot of weight on his oxycontin addiction diet plan,

but the most recent picture I've seen looked like he's put it all back on again.

[aquart]

7. What skeletal loony introduced this?

[MADem]

8. What mentally defective legislator dreamed up THIS gem? A republican? Why YES!

The bill, written by GOP Rep. W. T. Mayhall Jr., was referred to the Judiciary and Public Health committees, but The Jackson Free Press doesn't expect it to garner much support in the statehouse.

[ElboRuum]

34. Well of course!

If 2/3rds of Mississippi is overweight, I'm sure that roughly applies to the legislators themselves. Kind of hard to get things passed when you just threatened 2/3rds of the legislature with no more all-you-can-eat BBQ lunches.

[Psephos]

40. Two pugs and a Dem, actually n/t

[LiberalFighter]

76. Bio

Year First Elected: 2003
Re-election Year: 2007
Party: Republican
Residence: Southaven
Recent Occupations: Retired Pharmaceutical Sales, DuPont-Merck
Education: Attended, Northwestern University. Attended, University of Memphis
Prev. Political Exp.: DeSoto County Election Commissioner, 1999-02
Nickname: Ted
Date Of Birth: 03/23/1939
Age: 68.8
Birthplace: Memphis, TN
Marital Status: Married
Spouse Name: Minnie
Family: 4 children
Religion: Methodist

[Spiffarino]

113. Must really be hurting now that he can't oppress black people

All he's left with is to scapegoat fat people. I'm no skinny dude myself. I have a good mind to gain about 50 more pounds, drive to Mississippi and roll over his dumb ass.

[FlyingSquirrel]

119. I saw "Age 68.8" and thought for a second it was his IQ.

Actual IQ is lower I'm sure

[MADem]

167. DRUG SALES!!! How unsurprising!!! nt

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[Zenlitened]

10. This can't possibly be for real, can it?

:wow:

Please, please tell me this is a hoax and USA Today has been punk'd.

[Kutjara]

12. The first thing I did when I read the OP was make sure...

...it wasn't from The Onion. It just seemed to absurd.

[f the letter]

77. that's a great Brian Eno quote in your signature! n/t

[Debau2005]

13. I would think this would

severely hurt the economy, if restaurants can't serve obese people. The article states:
"About two-third of Mississippians are considered overweight or obese"

So they would lose 2/3 of their business?

[nickyt]

14. "The proposal would allow health inspectors to yank the permit from any

restaurant that "repeatedly" feeds extremely overweight customers."
How they gonna know who the restaurant's feeding? Health Dept.
Surveillance Cameras? Stake-outs at the take-out counter?
This is...vedddddy interesting, and I guess the stupidest idea I ever heard!!

[SoCalDem]

30. Is this guy running for re-election??

With MOST of the people in the US "overweight", I can't see this proposal as a vote-getting idea :rofl:

[Demeter]

49. Stupidest Idea of the Week, At Least

After all, it's only February.

[The Doctor.]

73. No, it would be sting teams in fat-suits.

I can picture it now.

[NMMNG]

15. Jesus,

What's next, a law prohibiting grocery stores from selling "junk food" to obese customers?

"Sorry Mr. Jones, I'm only allowed to sell you rice cakes and salad greens. It's the law. "


Where are the businesses' rights people on this one?

[Doc Martin]

18. ;-)

[superconnected]

94. Or comparable - a law require stores to refuse to sell them food at all.

Which is what this is for the restaurants.

Even fat people need to eat every day.

[NMMNG]

124. Good point

I can't imagine this will go over well. It would be interesting how they determine what, for the purposes of the law, is "obese". Furthermore what percentages of each restaurant's customers qualify? Might they end up going out of business rather quickly?

[halobeam]

138. Let's guess what's next, oh... black market pastries?

[Lydia Leftcoast]

16. You know, even the fattest people have to eat SOMETHING every day

Are they all supposed to go on starvation diets?

[sofa king]

21. Then let them eat Republicans.

Sorry, I had to do it. Consider my apologies already made.

[boricua79]

50. I'm in favor of that

any seconds to the motion?

[Binka]

55. They Are Not Supposed To Have "SECONDS" They Are Already Fat!

:silly: Well I suppose if they are eating Repukes they could have as much as they wanted.

[boricua79]

69. LOL HAHAHA! Good one! NT

[Angleae]

58. Nah, too tough and stringy.

[mcscajun]

96. Only If I get to Choose the Republican. That one responsible for this is OUT.

Too old, too tough and stringy. Wouldn't even make a good stew.

:rofl:

I've seen one or two that might make good BBQ, though. :evilgrin:

[meow2u3]

140. On second thought....

Republicans, when ingested, would cause immediate and severe nausea and will cause the person who scarfed him or her down to emit projectile vomit.

[Missy Vixen]

100. According to some on this site,

>Are they all supposed to go on starvation diets?<

YES.

In the meantime, I'll be contacting the Mississippi Department of Tourism and telling them that our money will be spent elsewhere. I'm sure they won't mind.

Julie

[Evergreen Emerald]

135. The thinnest people are Meth addicts. Just sayin...healthy is relative

[jody]

17. Should that be a Universal Health Care requirement, no smoking, drinking, illegal drugs, overeating?

[SoCalDem]

26. Ahh. I can see it now. The Ministry of Standards

A whole department of people who will "decide' who's allowed to get health care, who's allowed to hold a job, who's allowed to go to college, who's allowed to eat at restaurants or to even go out in public, where someone might actually have to gaze upon their ugliness :eyes:

Brave New World :)

[jody]

29. I agree, in many ways I miss the good old days and fear what the future might be. n/t

[THUNDER HANDS]

19. what if they came in to order a salad

how ironic would that be

[Debau2005]

20. Here is the bill

http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2008/pdf/history/HB/HB0282.xml

[Judi Lynn]

22. You have to wonder what this man's reasoning is, after all.

GOP Rep. W. T. Mayhall, Jr. Mississippi
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/mayhall.xml

A lot of people have claimed poor people aren't all that poor because some poor people find enough food to become really fat! It has to do with taking a good kick at poor people, I'll betcha!

Is it just me, or does this guy look insane?

[Mnemosyne]

35. Not just you, Judi, he looks batshit crazy! A repug look in those dead eyes.n/t

[Crunchy Frog]

36. Senile dementia looks like, maybe.

:shrug:

[annabanana]

41. How about a mandatory age 39 retirement for legislators?

Makes about as much sense.

[Cassandra]

42. I was just watching another round of...

"You are what you eat" on BBC-America. The woman nutritionist on the show says that people eating crap overeat because the body is looking in vain for some nutrition, so they are driven to continue in the hopes of finding some. Makes sense to me.

[cottonseed]

155. Wondering the same thing n/t

[TreasonousBastard]

23. Why ban them completely? Just have a...

"fatties section" next to the xmoker's section (and maybe a special fat menu.)

Bar them from buffets, though.

[Judi Lynn]

27. Rename the buffets.

"ALL SOME YOU CAN EAT."

[TreasonousBastard]

153. HA! But maybe just smaller plates. n/t

[Sarah Ibarruri]

24. Why don't they deny anorexics and bulimics entrance into fitness clubs? nt

[FATCATs]

25. Mississippi huh :)

[Demobrat]

28. There's no way this benefits people of size,

because they'll just eat elsewhere. Everybody has to eat. And it certainly doesn't benefit the restaurants. So who benefits? Anybody?

[Javaman]

31. This is fucked. How about a bill that states that restaurants server only

healthy nourishing foods instead of fattening crap?

[HomerRamone]

32. at first I thought the headline referred to Bill Clinton nt

[SoCalDem]

33. You GOTTA read the comments ... 7 pages of them :)

HoosierDaddy wrote: 1m ago

I wish they would start legislating against UGLY too. Way too many in Mississippi.

[Cassandra]

45. This one is good.

"No problem. All the restaurants have to do is make their doors narrower and anyone over a certain size cannot enter .

Or, as an alternative to that, make legislators pass an IQ test before they are sworn into office ."

[bagrman]

82. Narrow doors I like it. Can't fit can't sit,, How about smaller chairs.

[sinkingfeeling]

37. Wow, the Republicans really have turned into the Nazis! Can you image how great the

local Mississippi economy will be when 2/3 of the population won't be able to eat in restaurants?

[santamargarita]

38. At least we wouldn't have to sit next to Rush Limbaugh

What a stupid idea!

[superconnected]

39. Wow... nazism it is...

"The proposal would allow health inspectors to yank the permit from any restaurant that "repeatedly" feeds extremely overweight customers."

I can't imagine how much they must be preoccupied with hating obese people to even think of this. Or the type of biggoted personality that would endorse this. I mean who would these kind of laws appeal too...? Wow.

[madmom]

43. what happened to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"? Some people are happy

being over weight and they can also be healthy.

[Kat45]

44. Does that mean all the restaurants in the state will go out of business?

There are plenty of obese people: restaurant serves them, gets closed down; restaurants refuse to serve them, people stop going there, it loses money, goes out of business.

This is totally ridiculous. Talk about a nanny state!

[Vinca]

46. Maybe I'll crank this guy up and email him suggesting he put

padlocks on the refrigerators owned by obese people. The fat police can appear 3 times a day and dispense a serving of soylent green.

[slackmaster]

47. Obese people will just get their food on the black market

Just like other addicts get what they want.

[MilesColtrane]

62. The next logical step would be to arrest anyone caught trying to score some McDonald's

supersized fries for their jonesing obese friends.

"Hey boy! Now just WHY do you need two orders of fries?"

[boricua79]

48. hmmm tough case here..

on the one hand, freedom to do what one wants without government interference

On the other hand, is it aiding and abetting someone's eventual death to keep feeding the obese?

I can't make an opinion on it...and in the absence of that, I'd err on the side of freedom of choice.

[Sivafae]

85. ^Would that be the freedom to choose to eat Freedom Fries? nt

[Scout]

134. Life. No one gets out alive.

"abetting someone's eventual death to keep feeding the obese"

[superconnected]

93. Even fat people need to eat to stay alive.

Punishing them by refusing to server them food at all should be a no brainer that it's wrong, but then so is the discrimination.

[Caretha]

128. uhhhh....get a clue

they'll also die if they don't eat.

[benld74]

51. MISSISSIPPI, now thats a state I want to move to - EXTREME SARCASM

[workinclasszero]

52. I'll stop eating when...

..they pry the fork out of my cold, dead hand!!:donut::popcorn:

LOL!

[K8-EEE]

117. LOL!!

That was funny!!! I'm SURE the restaurant owners would be against this one......I would hate to have my employees in charge of eye-balling all the customers to see who's obese!

[izquierdista]

53. I'm all for it!!

Great idea!

Now where's that barbecue restaurant I saw for sale in Memphis........

[mdmc]

54. Ha ha... mississippi is such a joke

so silly

[SocratesInSpirit]

56. Disgusting!

What have we become? Christ on a cracker! People need to eat, Goddammit, no matter how obese they are! :mad:

[Snarkturian Clone]

57. No, there's no slippery slope from the trans fats and smoking

bans :sarcasm:

I wish my country was free.

[Pakhet]

65. exactly what I was thinking

I knew this would happen as soon as they started telling restaurants how to cook and how to run their businesses (smoking) - waiting for the small child in public ban. you know that's coming

[jgraz]

115. And thanks for playing: Really Bad Analogies

Trans fats are toxins that have several practical substitutes. Smoking is a health decision you make for everyone around you. Please tell me you're capable of understanding the difference.

[silverweb]

59. Wrong approach.

If they're really concerned about obesity, why don't they propose legislation banning products with added high fructose corn syrup and, to placate the corn lobby, refer that ingredient instead to ethanol manufacturers?

Nah... that might actually make sense. :crazy:

[acmavm]

64. Take it one step further. Pass legislation that mandates that vegetables,

fruit, beans, lean meats, etc. cannot be sold above the price that a poor person cannot afford.

[silverweb]

66. I like it!

Some common-sense price controls. :thumbsup:

[TheCowsCameHome]

67. How 'bout the elected vegetables that proposed this law?

[silverweb]

68. To the worm compost bin with them...

... with the rest of the garbage! :D

[TheCowsCameHome]

70. Ahhh - the ultimate recycling plan - I like it!

[gateley]

122. Yes. You can buy an orange for one dollar, or a McDonald's double cheesburger.

What's cheaper, mac 'n cheese or veggies and fruit?

People can't' AFFORD fresh, healthy food.

[mcscajun]

92. Ding! Ding! Ding!

We have our winner, ladies and gentlemen. No more calls, please. :applause:

[pink-o]

149. But But But...

...that would put a HUGE dent in our economy. Dontcha know this country thrives on nutritional ignorance, obesity brings profit in so many areas. Fast food chains obviously, and as the posters before me noted it costs less to eat at McDonald's than to buy one piece of fruit. But also, the so-called "weight loss industry", the fashion magazines, and especially Big Pharma with their diabetes, cholestrol and blood-pressures drugs are all mining this ore and making big $$$$ out of it.

But not only that: think of how we're giving more money to Exxon, since overweight people need their cars, walking, cycling and public transpo doesn't work for them.

So what to do? Blame the victim: it's the great American way!

The way things are now, I'm shocked only 60% of Americans are overweight. Food is marketed so insidiously, it permeates every aspect of our lives, we should all be 700 lbs each!

[silverweb]

150. You're absolutely right.

Disgusting, isn't it?

Reminds me of a case of child abuse I witnessed once a long time ago. A little boy misbehaved, so his grandma put him on a stool in front of the TV with cartoons on and ordered him not to look at it. Obviously he couldn't avoid peeking periodically, but every time he looked, she'd slap him.

Our "food service industry" does something very similar with its constant promotion of junk foods. Doctors say avoid the HFCS, refined starches, unhealthy fats, chemical additives, etc, but everything in our environment screams "eat this, it tastes so good!" Then, instead of slaps from grandma, we're punished with diabetes, coronary artery disease, and other related, life-destroying illnesses.

Next, the "health care industry" steps in to rob people blind with treatments and drugs they "need" to fix one problem at a time while causing yet others. And then people say, "it's their own fault for not taking responsiblity for their own health."

If that's not criminal abuse, I don't know what is.

[pink-o]

151. It's all tied to the same lobbies and for-profit corporations as everything else!

The reason Americans know nothing about nutrition is because it's economically sound to keep us confused. So instead of educating us and giving us the real skinny (pun intended) on what we should eat, those in charge of our health obsfucate and throw up smoke screens. I remember one study published said we could eat something outrageous, like 50 eggs a week with no ill effects on our cholestrol. Only to find out that the very same study had been funded by a grant from the poultry industry. No conflict of interest there, right?

When nutrition is studied without a huge lobby trying to influence the results, then we can trust the findings. Till then, we have to treat it as we do any other information we regard as propaganda: do our own research. We on DU are very good at that, having seen thru the Bush Crime Family and all the fakery they've tried to shove down our throats. It should be easy with stuff that we literally shove down our own throats!

[varelse]

154. It *does* actually make sense

unlike the nutty legislation proposed by GOP rep W. T. Mayhall Jr.- this guy must be planning to retire at the end of his term :P

[davidthegnome]

60. Wow

You know, I had some issues with my weight in the past, and I've still got a few extra vanity pounds... this is the last thing that is going to encourage anyone to lose weight. The whole myth that poor people shouldn't be fat is absurd. Of course they should, they can't afford the more expensive, healthier foods. Some of those people who are poor, also work two or three jobs and barely have time to eat at all. Burger King, Wendy's, dollar menu = fast, easy, cheap, and back to work. Maybe someone ought to eat the idiots that proposed this BS.

I'm no fan of fast food restaraunts and such, but this is insane. The mere fact that anyone at all could take this seriously is just... scary. Damn.

[OhioChick]

61. Good Lord...

What's Next? :crazy:

[TheCowsCameHome]

63. They should make terminally stupid republican representatives illegal, too

[FATCATs]

71. The Republican Diet Plan, Let em Eat Cake :)

[Cobalt-60]

72. Just another reason to shun Mississippi

That state has adopted Ignorance as their official motto.
Speaking as a fat guy, if you're stupid enough to refuse me service,
you deserve to lose my business.
See if you can make a living off skinnies splitting a lettuce leaf and a glass of water.
If you get ignorant about it, perhaps I'll drag your skinny ass into the parking lot
and manually adjust your attitude.

[NashVegas]

74. I Believe the Man Is Trying to Make a Point re: Smoking Bans

The USA Today story links to a Jackson, Miss. paper that lists several bills for the session.

In addition to the 'no fatties' bill is one that would ban smoking in restaurants.

[Turn CO Blue]

118. I think you're the only one in the thread who gets it!

Good grief! Reactionaries abound here.

[checks-n-balances]

132. Yes, but those "reactionaries" are making me ROFL when there's not much

to laugh about these days!

[Turn CO Blue]

143. Oh you're correct. I already peed my pants. I have no doubt

that this one will get the DU'zy for some of the responses.

[melody]

163. The "reactionaries" are responding to the silliness of the legislation

I *GET* that it's a response to the smoking ban ... you'd have to be a moron not to. I'd say the same thing
about THAT.

[slowry]

133. Second-hand fattening? n/t

[alarimer]

136. It's a stupid analogy then

Smoking is a nasty, filthy dangerous habit that might actually endanger other people besides the smoker. At least it is very disgusting around food. And some people are seriously allergic. While fat people are not shoving food down OTHER people's throats. Bad analogy.

[NashVegas]

137. Actually No

Recently there was a big story in the news about how skinny people gain fat acceptance and then start becoming fat, themselves, when they hang out with fat people.


http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn12343-is-obesity-contagious.html

[pop goes the weasel]

145. then he's an idiot

A smoking ban doesn't ban stores from selling tobacco products to smokers. It doesn't forbid smokers from smoking while non-smokers are permitted to continue to smoke. Nor does it forbid smokers from eating at restaurants.

[UncleSepp]

75. Got your tinfoil?

Okay. If this were the leadup to a bizarro movie, I'd have the plot go like this...

In a world where Famine is on the way, an unavoidable Hunger on the horizon, a leader arises and does the only thing he can.

Make people love it.

Brave Hero, shouting from the top of a rusted combine, in a field of baked earth: Praise the Glory! All of us, ALL of us, still have clinging to our bodies the evidence of our selfishness and greed. Yes, you may look down on the man with the beer belly, the woman with the welfare hips, and rightly you say to them - you do more than damage your own heart, you damage the heart of your Nation! Do you imagine yourself an island? But all of us, each of us, can still do more and give more.

In your greed and in your weakness, you reached for the ice cream, the hamburgers, the Fluffernutter sandwiches! You wanted to do the right thing, to make yourself a strong cell in the national body, but your will was weak. But now... Fortune smiles, and dries up the sugar, the starch, the dairy cows. This is not a problem. This is Providence, helping all of us to shed the weight of self-indulgence! The invisible hand has come to support us and guide us in our national fast, that the body and spirit of the People will be strong again! To blessed hunger! To fortunate famine! To a beautiful, strong, healthy future!

[TheWatcher]

102. What frightens me about your Post is that it will be spoken by a Politician or Talking Head

In the not so distant future.

We are entering VERY Dark Times.

But let's get back to reality TV and the NFL Network and feel good.

Just don't bother with any snacks. Bad For America.

[depakid]

79. I wonder if there's a connection with the Houma "all you can eat case."

'Hearty Eaters' Say Buffet Banned Them-'Y'all fat, and y'all eat too much,'

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=2575171

[Sultana]

80. Losers

Aren't there more pressing issues that need attention than this?

:wtf:

[maxsolomon]

81. everyone here is against this, so i'm going to be FOR it.

:evilgrin:

its about goldurn time that we clamped down on all-you-can-eateries! they're no different than bars who let patrons continue to drink after they've clearly had enough! they're handing suicides a gun, and contributing to everyone's medical expenses!

har-rumpf!

oh, for the humor impaired: :sarcasm:

[Raejeanowl]

110. It's Not Just AYCE Buffets

It's ALL state-licensed restaurants. So the obese can't eat in ANY legal commercial establishment.

[protowhale]

83. Just wait -

I predict that within a day or two some Faux News anchor will call this "another example of liberals going too far."

[BreweryYardRat]

87. Yeah, you're probably right.

[patrick t. cakes]

86. leaves a bad taste in my mouth...

:puke:

[alfredo]

88. Mississippi Goddam

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ckarOiWLLtY

[BreweryYardRat]

89. Petty discrimination, thy name is Republicans.

Sheesh. These slimeballs aren't even trying to hide that they buy into all the "ubermensch"* shit.

*: Yeah, I know it's supposed to have an umlaut, but I have no idea how to get BBcode to produce that.

[rayofreason]

90. One more stupid attempt to regulate...

...what is nobody else's business.

[superconnected]

91. If they cared about obesity they'd shut down mcdonalds and ban potato chips.

What they're doing is about hating fat people.

Since mississippi doesn't believe in the rights of women either, I suspect they'll be the first state to start the round ups of foreigners and require armbands with your religion on them. I would also guess since the rw insist this is a Christian nation, they'll require proof of Christianity to vote.

[melody]

164. Good point, but I'd point out, not all fat people go to McDonalds or eat potato chips

For instance, I'm a fat person and I don't.

You'd be amazed how many fat people are health food-eating daily exercisers.

[Endangered Specie]

95. I for one would like to see 6 fat people body slam this jerkoff.

flatter than roadkill on I-55

[mcscajun]

98. Mississippi DUers, you have my deepest sympathies...

...for having to share a state with the raving loons responsible for this blot on your state's image. We know it's not you, we know it's not the whole state. Just a couple of low IQ, high intolerance bastards that managed to wangle their way into elective office and who just had to prove themselves on the previous two points.

:hug:

Don't feel too bad, though. Tomorrow, or early next week, it'll be some other state's turn to look ridiculous. USA Today thrives on digging up such stories. NJ has had its share of 'em, too.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

103. Heck. A Texas state senator wants to end the reign of pay-per-minute cell phones

'Cause they're a tool for drug lords.

At any given moment in this country there's some elected nut planning some over-the-top legislation. We sure can't blame Mississippi just because one of theirs decided to rear their ugly head. It just happened to be their turn is all.

[mcscajun]

104. Exactly my point. It's just their turn today.

Tomorrow, it'll be some other state. Ain't their fault. They do have my sympathies on this one, though.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

105. Yep. I was agreeing with you

We all have nutty political skeletons in our closets. (Granted some of us have more than others.) I'm the last one to be throwing stones in a situation such as this. :)

[Hekate]

99. Is this a joke? nt

[fujiyama]

101. Nanny statism at its worst

Isn't Mississippi proud of electing idiots like this and Trent Lott? Those republicans are doing great for MIssissippi aren't they?

And republicans like to claim Dems are for big government...

[eppur_se_muova]

120. More like cruel stepmother-statism. nt

[Bassic]

106. Big Brother is watching.

No pun intended, sadly....

[Donk Yore]

107. The laws aren't just for smokers anymore, Martha

Wonder who they'll come after next? Brown eyed people?

Stay tuned for further developments.

[allalone]

108. a republic party guy with an anti-business bill?

whoa, that's weird. The ban should include old, baldheaded pols with mismatched eyes.

[1]

109. i guess this was inevitable...

the smokers can only smoke at home.

the overweight can only eat at home.

be careful what you wish for.

[williesgirl]

111. This is insane and must stop now. rec'd

[Raejeanowl]

112. I Have A Much More Effective Bill For Mississippi!

Let them make it law that in order to become a state legislator, you have to prove an I.Q. above 19.

[mzmolly]

114. Well, I'm thrilled lawmakers across our land are working on such important legislation!

:sarcasm:

What about promoting good health instead of shaming? Why not invest in an ad campaign, support healthy menu choices at restaurants, give a tax credits to restaurants who meet certain menu criteria etc.???

[BattyDem]

116. How is this any different than passing a law that says ...

it is illegal to serve black people or Jewish people or gay people or disabled people (or any other group of people)? :shrug: :grr:

[allalone]

123. IMO it's the same

substitute any group of your choice beside fat and see if it still plays,
or is it opening the door for more jim crow laws?

[cstanleytech]

121. The only brightside if it passes

is Karl Rove and Rush Limbaugh would probably avoid ever visiting the state.

[LVjinx]

125. Whew

Bill Clinton's been in the news so much lately I half-thought the headline referred to HIM!

[reggie the dog]

126. It is for their own good

If you can put me in jail for vaporizing cannabis for my own health, you can certainly jail/deny food to people who are fat for thier own good. Now universal health care is not an option, but putting people in jail, revoking permits etc. is all encouraged in the battle for good health.

[melody]

159. Well that's a nice fascist approach to life

You can't decry the Nazis if you're acting like them.

[reggie the dog]

166. sarcasim

[Skittles]

161. be careful what you wish for

:o

[pinniped]

127. This can't be good for the restaurant business.

.

[sendero]

129. It's getting to the point..

... where this crap isn't funny any more.

WHO DO THESE FUCKING NAZIs THINK THEY ARE?

[Orsino]

130. Will this apply to the Pentagon's budget?

I could go for that.

[BooScout]

139. It's totally insane stuff like this....

that is one reason why I am glad I left the States. the really sad thing is they will eventually succeed with stupid laws like this and then they will start catching on elsewhere in the world.

[citizen snips]

141. McDonald's will go out of business

/sarcasm off
But I doubt our broken bureaucracy will be able to enforce such an effort even if the legislation is passed.

[bluestdogest]

142. I can see cutting off government funding of slovenly behavior; however,

if someone wants to be a fat slob and they are paying their own way, it's no business of mine or of anyone else's.

[Snarkoleptic]

144. Mebbe these legislators have been pondering the meaning of life?

As in Monty Python...

[Xenotime]

146. I want to introduce a bill where we tax tall people

I'm short so it's cool. The tax won't affect me.

[Orangepeel]

147. is this a sarcastic response to the proposed smoking ban?

The USA today article treats it like it is serious (stupid, but serious), but the Jackson Times article it links to completely blows by it.

The author and sponsors of the bill have to be trying to make some sort of point.

[allisonthegreat]

148. welcome to your new police state...er country..n/t

[ButterflyBlood]

152. The first insanely stupid proposed bill of the year

Sadly I doubt it'll be the last.

[AX10]

156. I don't care what party these sponsors come from...

I want them defeated in the next election!
:mad:

[melody]

158. People aren't camels, for godsakes

You can't go without eating.

You just know these bastards have severe behavior control problems in their lives somewhere, so they're taking it out on fat people.

Incidentally, anyone who seriously thinks this has ANYTHING to do with helping people has never met a fatophobe. Fat people can eat at home. These morons just want to persecute somebody and they can't openly do it to black people anymore.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

160. Would you have to show proof of a metabolic disorder?

This is crazy.

This guy thinks that everybody that is fat eats way too much. He isn't a doctor and knows nothing about medicine and especially endocrinology.

There are millions of Americans with low thyroid disease. And most of them are undiagnosed and untreated. People with dead thyroids can die after a few years if they don't get their thyroid extract. And the drug companies are trying to stop the doctors from prescribiing the natural, cheap stuff that Armour sells -- it's a byproduct from the slaughterhouse made from dried animal glands -- but it's FAR more biologically effective than the expensive, synthetic stuff.

Even if you are being treated and take your thyroid pill everyday, you can exercise your butt off, eat right and still be obese.

More info:
www.stopthethyroidmadness.com

And that's just one of many metabolic problems people have.

AGGGHHH!! These idiots wouldn't know how to draft a law if they were gonna be shot! They think they can pass a law to solve every single problem out there.

[melody]

162. In 100 years, medical science will feel horrible about how its treated fat people

We'll look back on this period like doctors do on the times when little people were banished for demon possession.
All bias evolves out of ignorance. This kind does, too.

Put a 200 pound person and a slender person on the same 2000 calorie a day with exercise plan - the fat person will
gain weight and the thin person will lose it. It has been shown time after time.

But these bigots enjoy their hatred too much to see the facts.

[Name removed]

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