Is there nothing the statists don’t want the government to regulate? Apparently, the answer to that question is “no.” A group is calling for governments to regulate sugar like they regulate alcohol and tobacco. I’m sure the progressives are paying attention and already concocting plans to further erode our liberties. A new commentary published online...
Last week Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said that the cuts to the Pentagon’s budget pose risks to the military’s capability to respond to threats. But don’t worry, he and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, believe they can manage those risks. Sure, there’s quite a bit of waste...
This New York City ad against soda appears to show a man who lost his leg to diabetes. That’s what it says. As it turns out, the photo is not a real diabetic with an amputated limb – it was photoshopped. But it turns out that the person shown in the advertisement did not...
New York City Mayor, Nanny Michael Bloomberg, has a new target – alcohol. He believes he knows what’s best for the people of New York City, and wants to dictate how they live their lives. Since he can’t be in every home and establishment, he’ll do what government nannies do best (or worst) and...
The food nannies are at it again, dictating what children may and may not eat. This time it’s a school in Massachusetts banning cookies and other sweet treats from holiday parties. These nannies take the fun out of everything. CBS Boston reported the sad news. Westford school officials are getting tough on classroom holiday parties. They’re...
The nannies in San Francisco thought it would be a good idea to ban toys in McDonald’s Happy Meals to force kids to eat healthier. Not only did the plan backfire, the kids whose parents used to just fork over a couple of bucks for the toy, and skipped the meal, now have to...
Hold on to your chair. I have some shocking news to share with you. The ban on sugary sodas in schools has failed to cut teen consumption! Yes, it’s true. Banning sugar-filled sodas from American schools as an effort to combat childhood obesity doesn’t reduce overall consumption levels of sweetened beverages, research found. In...
I couldn’t make this stuff up if I tried. The nannies of the European Union apparently have way too much time on their hands. I guess meddling in the marketing of water is more interesting than dealing with the global debt crisis. The Telegraph reported that the EU has banned the claim that water...
Nancy Pelosi is hoping to regain her post as Speaker of the House and nationalize child care. I kid you not, she said that she’d like to do for child care what they did for health care. Apparently, she didn’t like being stuck at home with her children when they were little. Last week,...
During a visit to a farm in Hawaii, First Lady Michelle Obama proclaimed that American children need to have their palates adjusted to combat obesity. She also said her favorite foods are steak and arugula. I guess she’s had her own palate adjusted after recently claiming she can’t stop eating French fries. CNS News...
Is there no aspect of our lives the federal government will leave alone? The latest is a push to eliminate all risk to children posed by window blinds. When we had kids we switched all of our blinds to the kind without cords, because we knew they could be a hazard. Parental responsibility isn’t...
James Taranto on Obama’s infantilization of America – maybe we should call him “Big Nanny.” Here’s ABC News, reporting on the speech the president gave in Fog City: “At a million-dollar San Francisco fundraiser today, President Obama warned his recession-battered supporters that if he loses the 2012 election it could herald a new, painful era...
Connecticut Democrats want to expand the nanny state right down to the diapers covering babies bottoms. Apparently food stamps, heating assistance, Section 8 housing, cash welfare benefits, Head Start and Medicaid aren’t enough. Now they want the federal government to pay for babies’ diapers. Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy has declared Thursday “Diaper Need Awareness...
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