Ravenwood - 08/29/05 07:00 AM
I've had my fill of warning labels. My brand new truck has federally mandated big yellow stickers permanently attached to the sun visors warning me about the dangers posed by the federally mandated air bags.
Now the government (of California) is trying to force companies to put warning labels on french fries.
In a complaint filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court, Lockyer sought an injunction to stop restaurant chains such as McDonald's Corp. and Wendy's International Inc. from selling french fries without some form of warning.Acrylamide, like every other substance in the world, is thought by the state of California to cause cancer. California's list of carcinogens (available in xls or pdf) currently stands at more than 800 chemicals. I wonder what all these warning labels are doing to the environment. (Maybe the warning labels should have warning labels.)Also named were producers of potato chips and other packaged potato products like PepsiCo's Frito-Lay Inc. and Procter & Gamble Co., makers of Pringles chips.
The suit asks manufacturers of these products to identify the dangers of high levels of acrylamide, a chemical that studies have found is created when starchy foods are cooked at high heat.
I am no longer a young man. Now, I love life, but by and by I can see where it's gonna be a real advantage to be dead and buried before these yahoos pass these silly laws. I don't want to be here when it becomes illegal for McDonald's to serve a Big Mac to an obese person. It's coming, along with a lotta other silly things, I'm just glad I'll be gone. Freedom is dying is this country, it's going quickly now.
Posted by: kjo at August 29, 2005 4:59 PMI'm not really surprised; this is the NORMAL sort of stuff that pops up in California. I think there is something in the air or water in that state which causes a lot of brain damage in some people....
Posted by: Robert Garrard at August 29, 2005 5:29 PMI saw a sticker protesting against a new land fill site, made me wonder if it and all these warning labels are biodegradeable.
Posted by: Chris at August 30, 2005 4:30 AMI understand where they put warning labels on those scooters that the kids like to use it reads WARNING MOVES WHEN USED and duuuhh to the dim-bulbs putting on these dumb labels from the federal goverment
Posted by: screaming eagle at September 1, 2005 3:25 PMlets put a warning label on bill lockyear stating WARNING NEVER EVER USES BRAIN AND WILL DO REALY STUPID THINGS AND INACT USLESS REGULATIONS WHEN ALLOWED TO BE STUPID
Posted by: screaming eagle at September 1, 2005 11:12 PM(c) Ravenwood and Associates, 1990 - 2014
