Cheney’s Grandkid Will Have Two Mommies
EmailJust finished a DOT-COM LOOK AT THE 6TH CHENEY GRANDKID.
Meanwhile, am I the only one who noticed that in the same 24-hour period various officials banned trans-fats but allowed the cloning of embryos for experimental purposes?
In NYC Tuesday, the Board of Health VOTED TO BAN ARTERY-CLOGGING TRANS-FATS in what many are calling an over-reach by a nanny-state. Restaurants have 18 months to change the oils they use. "We are trying to make food safer and if you can cook it without trans fats, you’ll save… a couple of hundred lives a year in New York City," said Mayor/Nanny Bloomberg.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the orb, Austalian legislators HAVE VOTED TO LIFT THE BAN on permitting scientists to clone human embryos for the purpose of research.
Morally does this seem a disconnect at all? I suppose one could argue in the name of "Science" it’s perfectly consistent.
- jt
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The transfat issue is noncontroversial as far as I’m concerned. There’s no rational “pro-transfat” argument. It’s been prohibited in Europe for some time. As an occasional patron of Mickey Ds, I look forward to having transfat-free fries some day. Boston has a similar measure under consideration.
Posted by: cordelia525 | December 6, 2006, 2:46 pm 2:46 pm
What’s the disconnect? Both decisions are designed to induce/allow people to live longer, healthier lives.
Posted by: DKNY | December 6, 2006, 3:12 pm 3:12 pm
No disconnect whatsoever, Jake. It seems our legislators can easily enact all-encompassing, sweeping legislation to protect us from trans-fats and smoking because opinions are pretty much in agreement about those health risks. When it comes to medical issues with a less-than-clear benefit, such as stem-cell research, then those same legislators aren’t as clear or as forceful.
It could be that our elected officials are trying to establish a “nanny state,” where they know what’s best for you; or, it could be that they realize on some level that they have no idea how to begin to solve important issues such as public safety, educational funding, control of crime, and crumbling infrastructure, so they devote their time to issues they feel they have some power over. Does the phrase “fiddling while Rome burns” come to mind?
Posted by: chuck | December 6, 2006, 3:32 pm 3:32 pm
And Sen. John McCain, R-AZ, IN PHILADELPHIA SAID he doesn’t endorse “compromise” measures recommended by the ISG — “in war, my dear friends, there is no such thing as compromise; you either win or you lose,” McCain said.
“You live or die.” “Put the press in a foxhole with plenty of toilet paper.”
Posted by: Jeff | December 7, 2006, 9:51 am 9:51 am