sometimes you just have to Laugh, to keep from crying.
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Double Down devil
Province just itching to ban 'glorious' treat
I grabbed a Double Down from KFC for lunch Thursday. It was glorious. Fried chicken, cheese and bacon. That's it.
I decided it was best to get the most manly sandwich on the market before Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty changed his mind again and went back to dreaming up ways to ban it.
In case you missed it, the Ontario government mused about banning the Double Down. Then, before the howls of laughter at that thought had even subsided, they changed their mind and decided to let adults eat whatever junk food they want to.
But why wouldn't the McGuinty government tell adults what they can and can't eat? They tell school children what they can eat and tell parents what they can send in school lunches.
My nephew was sent home with a package of unopened cookies once and a _nasty note informing his mother that cookies are not acceptable for lunch -- ever. Not even as a treat.
It's so bad in Ontario that during federal Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff's summer tour, I heard senior Liberals complain about McGuinty's nanny state.
Ontario is not alone in going too far in trying to control the lives of its citizens.
On Thursday the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case involving Quebec parents who wanted to pull their children from certain classes.
A few years ago, Quebec replaced its old religious education program with a new "Ethics and Religious Cultures" course. It's mandatory. Your kids will learn it and, even if you choose a private school, the province will shove this down your throat. Just ask the private Loyola High School in Montreal.
In a separate case in Quebec, Premier Jean Charest is trying to use the courts to tell a private Catholic school that they must teach that all religions are equally true. If that's the case, why would parents pay tuition to send their kids to a private Catholic school, or Jewish school or Muslim school?
It baffles the mind.
Across the country, municipal and provincial governments have banned lawn pesticides that have been ruled safe by federal regulators. Golf courses where the politicians play and make their deals are, of course, exempt from the ban and so putting on the 18th green is not impeded.
Down at the local soccer field, it's a different story.
If a parent can get their children out of doors and moving to work off all the junk food they aren't allowed to eat in school, there is a good chance little Johnny or Judy will break an ankle.
Fields for soccer and baseball that once were covered in grass are now so choked with weeds it would take a team of bureaucrats to find the grass.
But at least we're safe from everything -- except politicians.
Having banned junk food and water bottles, trans fats and speech that might offend someone, politicians are forever on the lookout for the next thing they can protect us from.
Well they can have my Double Down when they pry it from my cold dead fingers ... or when KFC drops it from the menu.
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