I was watching the news today and I noticed that the LA City Council voted on two laws affecting thousands of its citizens. One law is to outlaw the use of plastic bags and the other is to impose a 1 year ban on the opening of any new fast food restaurants in a certain region of the city. Instead of focusing on real problems such as gang warfare, traffic gridlock, and record high school drop out rates, the City Council has devoted their time and resources to combat a grave and evil enemy: Plastic Bags and Consumer Choice.
To me, the 1 year moratorium on fast food is the most disturbing. Most people know that a Big Mac is not the healthiest meal. It is loaded with calories and saturated fat. Anybody with half a brain knows that. But should it be the right of the government to prevent me from choosing to eat at MacDonalds or ordering Chinese food?? Heck No!! This is America. Not Socialist Europe. Sadly, we live in an era where everyone is a victim. Personal responsibility is thrown out the window and in its place Big Brother is the arbiter of choice.
Because the LA City Council has opted to deny American's their basic right to choose where they eat their dinner and what bag they can use without providing an alternative they are most certainly Pinheads.
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