July 29, 2009
Nanny State devouring liberty
Dale Amon reports on the latest manifestation of Nanny State lunacy:
After working over fourteen hours today, with perhaps three hours of sleep the night before, my boss on the DC consulting job took me out for dinner at a diner, nearly the only restaurant still open in Bethesda at that hour.
After dinner he asked for a Banana Cream Pie, his usual self-treat after this sort of marathon work day. The night chef told us it is no longer available. Montgomery County outlawed Trans-Fats and such pies are now contraband.
For a moment I considered asking if there was a back room where one could gorge on smuggled pies, but thought better of it. Such secret places would be only for locals and those known to the Mafia, not for transient gypsy engineers such as myself.
Amon calls for a Cream Pie Revolution, but I'm unable to set aside my rising anger in favor of bemused detachment at the ever-increasing infantilization of the American people at the hands of our erstwhile public servants.
This is how freedom disappears, in small, seemingly insignificant steps -- one slice at a time, if you will -- all done for the benefit of the greater good.
Besides, I love banana cream pie.
Posted by Mike Lief at July 29, 2009 12:03 PM
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