Need to VENT...

[Disco]

I have to vent about this somewhere... This upsets me so much!!!!

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/11/09/cal...ex.html?hpt=T2


1st and foremost - How in the fuck does this happen? This is the type of shit that needs to go to the state supreme court and be slapped down. Then the officials that put this in place should be fucking banned for life for ever running for a political office again.

The government (local) is trying to step in and tell a legit american businesses that they cant give a toy (piece of plastic) away in their meals aimed at children.

Santa Clara County supervisors voted 3-2 to ban the plastic “rewards” as promotions in meals with more than 485 calories. The ordinance will ban restaurants from giving away toys with meals that more than 485 calories, more than 600 milligrams of sodium, more than 35 percent of total calories from fat or more than 10 percent of calories from added sugar. It will also limit toy giveaways on single food items with more than 200 calories or more than 480 milligrams of sodium. The ordinance is believed to affect about a dozen restaurants in the area



2nd - It is not the governments job to be a PARENT. I dont want the government telling me what i can and cant buy. This is not a socialistic country. Stop placing the blame every where else. It is the motherfucking parents job to be a PARENT.

I know some parents just dont give a damn but unless they are breaking a law, they are the parents of the kids and are allowed to raise them how they want. Trust me you do not want the government coming in and regulating the day to day raising of a child. There is a fine line there but this is fucking crossing it.

3rd - Kids are fat, america is more fat than ever. This is not the way to fix that problem. The same fat ass parents that feed their kids happy meals are not going to stop because there is no toy in them. The problem is with the parents not the companies.





Im so sick of seeing this type of shit happen in our country.

[metchsteekle]

this is pretty ridiculous

[grave_digga]

Mc Donalds is crap anyways...

[Rampage]

Disco, the food is highly addicting as it is and McDonalds is very affordable for many families. '

I'll have to disagree with you on this one, it is more about handicapping the corporations and forcing them to make healthier meals and cut down calories.

[Disco]

No, that is where we will have to disagree. This is a consumer driven capitalist country. We make our votes with our wallets. I dont want nor should we have, a big brother government telling our society what we can and cant eat by controlling what businesses can sell. That is called socialism.

Where i can agree with you is that i do think the FDA should pass some laws nation wide, stating that any food sold in america should have the nutritional content labeled on it. No more hidden secrets, you should be aware of what you are putting in your mouth.

The bottom line though, it is the person/parents job and responsibility on what you are eating.

This is a sad state when the government is going to start telling people what to eat.

Now when it comes to cafeteria food in a public school? Yes the government should regulate that because it is tax dollars being spent feeding the kids. They should have overall healthier foods. As a parent, if i dont like this i can send the kid to school with a happy meal.

[R00k]

Next the tobacco company will sell comic strips in each pack...

[Walter90]

It's the state stepping into the role of parent. Gavin Newsome is going to veto it anyway. The state needs to stay out of our personal business. Those parents who have no consideration for the health of their own child need to be persuaded to take better care of their kids though. Funny, that's what the community, extended family always did. What happened? Oh, yeah. The activists successfully drove a wedge between the individual and their community.

[dfsp_spirit]

The majority of people is too fat already which often leads to dramatic health problems and companies like McDonalds are putting the toys in there so children want the fatty stuff they're selling. But the one who's evil is the state who wants to stop that. It is however good if another entity stops that: the extended family (that doesn't exist anymore). I see.

[Walter90]

Exactly! Grandma and grandpa are relegated to the old folks home and mom and dad are portrayed as idiots and sheep following every trend out there.
We are throwing away tons of wisdom by neglecting our ties with the extended family.
Funny, with all this multiculturalism why is it that the ethnic groups that only survived because of their extended families (Hispanics, Native Americans, etc.) don't lobby for its' survival?

[Disco]

Im not saying to feed kids happy meals. All im saying is dont take away my right to that option or take away a companies right to sell that option.

My kid is 5 next month and I have never taken him to Mcdonalds. He has had chick fillet maybe 10 times his whole life and those are rare treats once a 1/4 year maybe. (He had chicken kids meal without fries BTW and with Milk only)

He eats whole foods/fruits/milk/water and that is because i chose to raise him to eat better. I also choose not to take him to Mcdonalds. That is my right as a consumer. It is the right of Mcdonalds to sell a happy meal with a toy though. That is their right as an american company.

The line has to be drawn at the parents. We will crumble as a society if we keep blaming others and do not take the responsibility at home. Raise your kids right and they will raise their kids right.

[Walter90]

I agree. I care what goes into the food my kid eats. I cook most of it myself so I know what's in it.

[ninjamonkeyz]

the toys are a choking hazard for fat kids! ╭∩╮（︶︿︶）╭∩╮

[foq]

This is not a socialistic country.

Yes it is. Welcome to the United States, 2010.

[Walter90]

the toys are a choking hazard for fat kids! ╭∩╮（︶︿︶）╭∩╮

Well they're eating too fast!

[Phenom]

Fok Mcdonalds anyway its so unhealthy.

I hit the gym 5 days a week doing cardio &weight lifting and while my daughter doesn't she doesn't get fed that unhealthy garbage except for maybe once or twice a month and she gets chicken nuggets which isn't the worst.

I agree that its the parent's job to keep their kids eating habits in-line and this act is bullshit. The problem with the current American society is the people or "Sheeple". How much longer are we going to allow our government to make uncouth decisions for us and in the same hand lie, obscure truth and outright hide shit from us? If I want to feed my child a happy-meal because she wants the damn toy then I should be able to. Now the governments telling me if my daughter wants a toy with her happy-meal I gotta go and buy her one? Seriously? Don't blame the company people buy their shit for trivial reasons.

Its the old frog in a frying pan trick, and its working. We are the frog and the government is slowly turning up the heat its also known as the "soft-kill" technique. Search up the Georgia Guide Stones, its more then just the damn toy in the happy meal. the Government is killing us. Also look at the Bilderberg Group

how long before WE AS A PEOPLE become awake and aware that we can stop this if we join together as one voice. Stop hating each other and start accepting differences in life. Your neighbor isn't the enemy.

The people shouldn't be afraid of its government, the government should be afraid of the people.

Only God can judge me.