{"id":3667,"date":"2010-11-04T15:00:33","date_gmt":"2010-11-04T19:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=3667"},"modified":"2011-01-02T13:48:24","modified_gmt":"2011-01-02T18:48:24","slug":"nanny-state-madness-san-francisco-bans-happy-meals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/04\/nanny-state-madness-san-francisco-bans-happy-meals\/","title":{"rendered":"Nanny State Madness: San Francisco Bans Happy Meals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The San Francisco board of supervisors has voted by a veto proof 8-3 margin to forbid restaurants from g<a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/afp\/20101103\/hl_afp\/ushealthobesitymcdonalds\" target=\"_blank\">iving away toys with meals that have high levels of calories<\/a>, sugar and fat &#8212; they&#8217;ve effectively banned the Happy Meal&#8230; Those bastards!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Fast food giant McDonald&#8217;s said Wednesday it was &#8220;extremely  disappointed&#8221; at a ruling by San Francisco authorities banning  high-calorie Happy Meals, which entice children to eat with free toys.<\/p>\n<p>The response came after the Californian city&#8217;s board of supervisors  voted to forbid restaurants from giving gifts with meals that contain  too much fat and sugar.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are extremely disappointed with this decision. It?s not what our  customers want, nor is it something they asked for,&#8221; said McDonald&#8217;s  spokeswoman Danya Proud.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Meals, which typically come in a colorful cardboard box packed  with a burger, a drink, fries and desert, are popular with hard-pressed  parents as well as children, she said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Talk about being stuck on stupid&#8230; Even Gavin Newsom , one America&#8217;s most shamelessly liberal mayors thought it was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/c\/a\/2010\/09\/25\/MN9A1FIIPK.DTL\" target=\"_blank\">stupid idea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Of all the things government should be investing time and resources in this isn&#8217;t one of them. We all know &#8220;fast food&#8221; isn&#8217;t the healthiest meal choice we can make&#8230; and we&#8217;d all love to see our children eat better. What we don&#8217;t need though is a bunch nanny state liberal control freaks dictating whether or not McDonald&#8217;s can include a crappy plastic toy with a child&#8217;s meal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cnsnews.com\/news\/article\/san-francisco-s-ban-happy-meals-won-t-af\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco\u2019s Ban on Happy Meals Won\u2019t Deter Lawsuit Accusing McDonald\u2019s of \u2018Brainwashing\u2019 Kids<\/a> &#8211; CNSNews.com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The San Francisco board of supervisors has voted by a veto proof 8-3 margin to forbid restaurants from giving away toys with meals that have high levels of calories, sugar and fat &#8212; they&#8217;ve effectively banned the Happy Meal&#8230; Those bastards! Fast food giant McDonald&#8217;s said Wednesday it was &#8220;extremely disappointed&#8221; at a ruling by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1094,7,963],"tags":[636,1099,1096,1097,1095,1098],"class_list":{"0":"post-3667","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-nanny-state-madness","7":"category-politics","8":"category-stuck-on-stupid","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-gavin-newsom","11":"tag-happy-meal","12":"tag-mcdonalds","13":"tag-san-francisco","14":"tag-toys","15":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-X9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1289,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/04\/more-anti-israel-hate\/","url_meta":{"origin":3667,"position":0},"title":"More Anti-Israel Hate","author":"Jeff","date":"January 4, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I posted video from a hate filled pro-Hamas rally in Fort Lauderdale yesterday. 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