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Nanny State Alert #412: FDA Proposes Calorie Counts on Menus

The Nanny State has been busy lately! First, they were tearing down 60-year-old basketball hoops that did nothing more than bring joy to a Delaware family. Then it was deeming “water balls” deadly (even though no one had died from exposure to them).

And now this.

Nanny State Alert #412: FDA Proposes Calorie Counts on Menus

By the way, you can thank Obamacare for this one.

The AP reports that “Required as part of health overhaul legislation signed into law last year….”

…many restaurant diners will soon know more about what they are eating under menu labeling requirements proposed Friday by the Food and Drug Administration.

The requirements will force chain restaurants with 20 or more locations, along with bakeries, grocery stores, convenience stores and coffee chains, to clearly post the amount of calories in each item on menus, both in restaurants and drive-through lanes. The new rules will also apply to vending machines where calorie information isn’t already visible on the package.

The calorie counts will apply to an estimated 280,000 establishments and could be on menus by 2012.

Required as part of health overhaul legislation signed into law last year, they are designed to give restaurant diners information that has long been available on packaged goods cooked at home. The FDA estimates that a third of calories are consumed by eating out.

“We’ve got a huge obesity problem in this country and its due in part to excess calorie consumption outside the home,” says Mike Taylor, FDA deputy commissioner for foods. “Consumers generally when you ask them say they would prefer to have that information.”

But don’t expect calorie shock when ordering at the movie theater, where a tub of popcorn can contain well north of a thousand calories – movie theaters are exempt, along with airplanes, bowling alleys and other businesses whose primary business is not to sell food, according to the FDA. Movie theaters pushed to be left out after guidelines published last year included them.

Alcohol will also be exempted, according to the agency. Margo Wootan, director of nutrition policy at the advocacy group Center for Science in the Public Interest, says that could be misleading to consumers.

“I think it’s going to be confusing if customers see the calories for soft drinks and juice labeled on the menu but not other drinks such as beer and wine,” she said. “It will make it seem like they are better choices.”

Still, Wootan says the guidelines are a positive step.

“You won’t have to get out of line and go back to some poster by the bathroom and look at some item in a tiny font size,” she says. “It will be right there on the menu where you are getting your other information about what to order.”

The idea is to make sure that customers process the calorie information as they are figuring out what to eat. Many restaurants currently post nutritional information in a hallway, on a hamburger wrapper or on their website. The new law will make calories immediately available for most items.

Menus and menu boards will also tell diners that a 2,000-calorie diet is used as the basis for general nutrition advice, noting that individual calorie needs may vary.

The labeling requirements were added to the health bill with the support of the restaurant industry, which is facing a smattering of different laws from cities and states. New York City was the first in the country to put a calorie posting law in place. Since then, California, Seattle and other places have done so.

Dawn Sweeney, president and CEO of the National Restaurant Association, said the calorie postings will provide customers with consistent information.

“The new standard,” she said, “will help chain restaurants provide the same type of nutrition information to consumers in any part of the country.”

Comments (112)

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  • 1956Danelectro
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:39pm

    Drugs and chemicals like two all beef patties,special sauce,lettuce,cheese, pickles on a sesame seed bun? Next you’ll tell me that funnel cakes and deep fried pickles at the state fair are for mind control……

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    • country_hick
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:41pm

      You forgot onions…

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    • 1956Danelectro
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:52pm

      Damn it I did! Well I’m too simple minded apparently.
      and for all you health food nuts, I was an wxteminator for over 20 years{oh I know you hate that}
      I have never seen more cockroaches and rat and mice infestations than at so called “health food ”stores. Go ahead and see what kind of disease vectors those pests are. You go ahead and think that you’re healthier than I am. Go right on ahead.
      @ rockstar I agree no country benefits from a growing number of idiots, so explain why the liberal left has been trying to dumb down the educational system for at least 45 or 50 years? Take your time to answer ,I’m old enough to remember “New Math”.

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    • RockstarRepublic
      Posted on April 2, 2011 at 12:39am

      @1956DANELECTRO,

      I am not sure I understand why you want me to explain why liberals in control of education wish to keep people stupid and easy to control, as it pertains to this subject. When I say no country benefits from a growing number of idiots, you either agree or disagree. Clearly if you think the education system dominated by the “liberal left” is resulting in a growing number of idiots, then you perhaps agree with me? Or are you trying to make a point in which I am wrong? Either its right across the board, or its wrong across the board. I do not disagree with you that the “liberal left” is failing to produce well educated, smart, children through the public school system. Did you think I would disagree?

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  • thermonator
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:36pm

    This is just the first step. Next step. The government will limit how many calories that can be served at a time.

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  • country_hick
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:30pm

    When I eat out it is for one of two reasons. Either I am on the road and didn‘t bring anything with me or I am getting something ’special’. I could really give a flying f*** what the calorie count, sodium level, trans fat status or ANY other nutritional value is!!! The ONLY thing that concerns me is does it taste good and if I get it while travelling, is it fast. I also think that I am smart enough to know that if I get something out of a vending machine it probably isn’t busybody, progressive, administration approved.

    Keep your hands off my double Whopper with cheese and Snickers bar!

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    • mrlogan3
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:33pm

      Nobody is touching your food, I really don’t understand why people are making a stink about this.

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    • RockstarRepublic
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:43pm

      The thing is, YOU SHOULD care about what you are eating. That is part of the problem, too many people do not care about their own personal health. If you only care about what taste good regardless of sodium levels or transfat, then how is this any different from the homeless person who doesnt care about spending money on food or trying to get a job because its much tastier to drink alcohol and pee on the side walk? How is it different from a child who throws a tantrum just because everything he is given doesnt taste like cookies? The point of being an adult is to be wiser and have an understanding of the cause and effects of our decisions, of which we can try to pass on down to our children.

      What you eat effects perspective, mental health, depression or lack there of… we need to “incentivize” responsibility and caring, not this abusive type of “i dont care” mentality. You have the right to eat only ice cream for breakfast lunch and dinner every day, but God knows it also makes you an idiot and no country benefits from a growing number of idiots.

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    • tierrah
      Posted on April 2, 2011 at 5:23am

      Now I know why there was an increase in jobs this month … a new GOVERNMENT agency was created to handle the calorie posting in the food chains!!! Geez, it never occurred to me that the increase in jobs was due to more federal employees on the payroll.

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  • endgamer
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:30pm

    The problem isn’t food… It‘s all the crap that isn’t food that is added. This stuff causes you to eat more, crave more & more and then you’re fat. Europeans and elsewhere did not have obesity problems until the American diet was introduced. Take out the crap in the food and get rid of GMO‘s and we’re good! You can look all of this up anywhere, pick your search engine and stay away from the G word.. Google is not your friend!

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  • illuminoddy
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:28pm

    i think this is a half-baked idea, ..

    on the one hand, because its only directed companies with 20 or more chain stores, it will help us target the companies that use strange things int heir food that make their products 500% more fatty than things you get in home-style restaurants, or make yourself at home

    but on the other hand, these same chains are the ones putting things into our food that they are not required to even tell us about

    how about making a law that forces mcdonalds to tell us exactly what drugs and chemicals we are all addicted to???

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  • RockstarRepublic
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:22pm

    Call me crazy, but I agree with this line of thought. While the government should not dictate what you eat and what businesses can sell as food, they should however, give the correct incentives for healthier eating. In other words, forcing choices on the public is bad but giving incentives to let them make the choice is good.

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  • 1956Danelectro
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:18pm

    you said it yourself mr logan:fail
    Is it because you believe in absolutely no personal responsibility or that americans as a whole are just too damn dumb to not need the government in every aspect of existence? Should the box at Carls Jr talk back when I order like HAL9000 and say”I can’t do that Dave?”Keeping with the movie format we are quickly heading toward THX1138 (imdb it)

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    • mrlogan3
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:30pm

      I believe in personal responsibility. This in fact FACILITATES personal responsibility. When a person gains 200 pounds eating fast food, he now can’t blame the restaurant who clearly showed him what he was putting in his body.

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  • goatkid
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:14pm

    If i’m going to eat out, or go eat a doughnut, I don’t care how many calories are in it, As long as it tastes good.

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    • 1956Danelectro
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:21pm

      I ll meet you at Krispy Kreme goat.

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    • mrlogan3
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:23pm

      Exactly, putting the calories up shouldn‘t deter people who aren’t simple minded and easily swayed.

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  • yooperjo
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:10pm

    Actually, it’s the carb count that is more important!

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  • GibbsAlwaysWins
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:56pm

    This is ridiculous. I dont need this administration counting my calories. But seriously, the basketball hoop thing was a state government decision, as much as i hate obamasucks, i dont come here to read conspiracy theories about how obama is outlawing plastic water balls.

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  • obama_binpharteen
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:52pm

    Hey, I wonder if the Cannibals menu in PAPUA NEW GUINEA will be exempt? I hear brains have a lot of fat in them.

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  • War_Vet
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:48pm

    What a bunch of nanny state feel good nonsense that will no doubt cost the taxpayer untold millions to enforce. The sedentary among us will still grow their posteriors in glutonous bliss regardless of the amount of big brother regulation. Pointless.

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    • mrlogan3
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:14pm

      definitely, because the government and fast food are basically the same thing

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  • obama_binpharteen
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:46pm

    Man, the next thing you know they will be putting warning labels on cigarette cartons telling you they can cause cancer.

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  • ilovetheusa1
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:46pm

    thanks progressives. I didn’t realize a triple whopper with fries was bad for me.

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  • mrlogan3
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:44pm

    No problem with this, people might want this information, why can’t they have it?

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    • 1956Danelectro
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:58pm

      You can get it{the caloric info} if you ask. Its not about the government deciding that We the people just dn’t have enough common sense to do anything withoutsome form of government entity involved. That there,friend, is how it relates to communism. Mean while I think I’m gonna take redneck hunting and fishing and stock up the freezer. Well, until the Dept of Interior posts the nutritional value on the sides of the deer and bass. {ya gotta love college educated idiots} Now be a good boy and put on your helmet.

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    • mrlogan3
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:07pm

      So the government made it easier because now you don’t have to ask. Still fail to see the problem.

      TRUTH  
    • 338lapua
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:23pm

      You have ALWAYS been able to request it. Most restaurants post it on the wall.

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    • ZomBrad
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:56pm

      Goverment intervention isn’t needed here. Anyone who orders from a FAST-FOOD restaurant, expecting for it to NOT be a death-threat (basically) against one’s own life, then they deserve to die of heart disease. Just like anyone who were to join the army, because it looked “awesome” or “sick” on commercials. ….it’s the army!

      It takes real courage to join the army, just to protect your own country. It takes a real d0uchebag to INSIST that, even though we can walk, it’s mandatory that we must use crutches.

      I still fail to see your problem here.

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  • TAKE_NO_PRISONERS
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:43pm

    What a JOKE…..After all today is April Fools Day, and it.s Barry Jr. birthday according to his African birth certificate.

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  • parmajohn
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:42pm

    I agree and think it should go farther Picture this you walk into your near-by healthy fast food shop walk thru a scanner and your menu is selected for you with various options say you have a hankering for a big greesy bacon cheese double burger but the scan tells you can only have a salad[no fix-ins] and a glass of diet water Whats the right thing to do? I don’t know “bout you But I”m gonna find a “Black market”oops I will aquire a Burger at my local alternative food supplier In Other words don’t waste your time or mine with all this info I will never look at or care about….After All with Our new health care Tax……..I think I”ll have Fries with that

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  • TelepromoterNChief
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:42pm

    For the first time in my life, I’m proud to be not from California. . .

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    • dat bee
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:10pm

      So what is that supposed to mean? I am a Californian…got my head on straight.

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    • 338lapua
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:10pm

      But you can rest assured…..this is coming to a state near YOU!!!

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  • Libertyandfreedom2012
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:37pm

    Read “Religion and Capitalism; Friends not Enemies” by Edmund Opitz!!

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  • redneck
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:31pm

    This is an example of the FDA means towards a grand scheme, sure wish I knew now that I’ll come to know then.

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  • JJCon
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:30pm

    The commies here California have already implemented this. I find it helpful for deciding what to order. “Bacon Cheeseburger – 1020 Cal…. Two please, large fries… oh, and a diet coke.”

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    • mrlogan3
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:38pm

      Commies how? Tell me how this relates to communism.

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    • TelepromoterNChief
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:44pm

      Make that a really really. . .really large Diet Coke since Super Size is not an option.

      Michelle Klingon Obama would be proud.

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    • Dougral
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:10pm

      Its not Communism but it is low level tyranny. Its the Federal government getting in your face when you go out for dinner forcing you to look at a message they have mandated. Its not customers demanding the calorie information, its the Washington bureaucrats. What’s next? Little blubs about how red meat kills, next to the steak entrees? Vegetable entrees have to be printed in larger letters? Take fries off the menu altogether and make them a special order item? If you don‘t resist tyranny when it’s small, you won’t have a prayer when it gets a good head of steam behind it.

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    • CatB
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:41pm

      @MRLOGAN …

      You seem to need a lot of help with what you should or should not eat .. I would suggest that you get a little calorie count book or FIND AN APP for that .. and leave the rest of us alone .. If you don’t think this will “trickle” down to ALL eating establishments you are mistaken and either very naive or have not been paying attention.

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    • mrlogan3
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 11:27pm

      @catb
      Very nutritionally conscious, I don’t need help deciding what to eat, and like I said in another post, any beneficial action can be twisted into an evil conspiracy theory.

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  • 1956Danelectro
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:25pm

    IF your too damn dumb to undestand that a cheeseburger made with two grilled cheese sandwiches as buns isn’t exactly healthy then maybe you should get a big ol government box of the “correct”food on your doorstep. I don’t need a menu with calories listed and neither does anyone else except maybe federal food nazis. {btw the above mentioned cheeseburger canbe found at Swagger in Kansas City and it ROCKS} Hope to God the food nazis don‘t try this at Roscoe’s in LA cuz calorie countingfried chicken andwaffles is racist. {fried chicken and waffles at Roscoe’s also ROCKS}

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    • mrlogan3
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:39pm

      Conservatives are so well trained to hate anything President Obama does. Tell me who this hurts?

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    • bikerr
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:06pm

      @mrlogan3—- It‘s like the live frog in cold water turn up the heat slowly and he doesn’t notice, finally he’s dead. If you can’t see that, then you are one of “them”

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    • mrlogan3
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:10pm

      @lsutiger
      These are chains we’re talking about, not mom and pop joints, they are raking in the dough.

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    • mrlogan3
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:21pm

      @bikerr
      You could say that about anything really, the boiled frog theory. I could say that when republicans call for limited government they eventually want anarchy. I don‘t believe that’s the ultimate goal, you won’t know until it happens.

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    • bikerr
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:27pm

      @mrlogan3–Keep swimming,keep swimming. Also the sky is blue here.

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  • redneck
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:23pm

    Am I taxed more when I order desert and my total calorie exceeds legal limit?

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  • anutter
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:21pm

    It costs money to add more info on all these foods, which raises the price on the consumer! Thanks Obamacare!

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    • mrlogan3
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:43pm

      Because fast food was so expensive to begin with. “Oh no! My $1.00 hamburger is now $1.50!”

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    • CatB
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:37pm

      It’s not just fast food .. it’s also the little mom and pop place . once again … HURTS THE LITTLE GUY! Obama and co aren’t happy with a recession .. they won’t be happy until this is a depression .. are they going to give us the calorie count in the SOUP LINE?

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    • CatB
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 11:16pm

      But don’t expect calorie shock when ordering at the movie theater, where a tub of popcorn can contain well north of a thousand calories – movie theaters are exempt, along with airplanes, bowling alleys and other businesses whose primary business is not to sell food, according to the FDA. Movie theaters pushed to be left out after guidelines published last year included them.
      _______________________________________________________

      It will be the litle mom and pop places .. Who did the movie theaters PAY OFF!

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    • mrlogan3
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 11:53pm

      catb
      It’s CHAINS! Read the article CHAINS!

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  • 338lapua
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:17pm

    Cause I am JUST TOO STUPID to eat what I want without anal retentive labeling on everything!

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    • Revere1
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:21pm

      It‘s all about the far left’s desire to control everything. They view themselves as superior minds, so they feel it‘s their right to do everyone else’s thinking for them: http://www.battlefield315.com/2011/03/socialism-explained.html They’ll even go as far as telling people what to eat and drink. They have no shame.

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:22pm

      So the local Chinese and mexican mom and pop operations in the strip mall near my house are exempt ?
      Why ?
      Are only foods from franchised chains unhealthy ?
      Something tells me this is not about healthy food or calories,
      because ALL restaurants are not included .

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:24pm

      Why do we not determine THEIR calorie count and send them to those cannibles of New Guinea…

      Might do us here at home some good.

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    • redneck
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:25pm

      Well then Burger King should be required to yell into their microphone the calorie count when submitting food order.

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    • UlyssesP
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:26pm

      I don’t mind calorie counts. As long as I still get to choose what I get.
      I need to gain some weight! I’ll have TWO of those 1180 cal. combos, please.

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    • hersey10
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:35pm

      Dear Michelle : On principle alone I will be ordering the item with the highest caloric content and I will be adding cheese and bacon , immediately followed by dessert . Worry about the massive caboose trailing you and not what I’m slobbering over .

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    • mrlogan3
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:41pm

      @ulyssesp
      Finally, someone reasonable. Since when does providing information to people who might want to know create a nanny state? I’m glad you see how this is not that big of a deal.

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    • GIDEON612
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:04pm

      We have to stop this madness. We need a candidate to walk in and dissolve everything that this person that hijacked the oval office has signed.
      Remove and dissolve all regulatory groups, committees, organizations, administrations and the like. These can be handled by the private sector.
      Outlaw communism, marxism, and the rest of the schisms.

      The Church relinquished the responsibility of educating our children to the state. Take it back.
      Hold all media legally accountable and impose strict punishment to those that lie, mislead and attack in a malicious manner. This will be done as some laws that hold the parents accountable for their children s actions. The writer, reporter, and top brass would all be prosecuted for capital crimes with no country club prison sentences.
      Working people need to fill the congress and disqualify those silver spoon lifers that have no applied knowledge of work have a voice in no place but their bathrooms.
      Deport anyone that does not like, or tries to assimilate, this country that God has blessed so much.

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    • Dthorp71
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:08pm

      This has been going on in King County, WA for a long time….I found this nanny state story too http://www.unsalvageable.org/nanny-state-alert-they-may-ban-your-soap-next.html

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    • DisillusionedDaily
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:02pm

      How many calories in Kool Aid?

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    • Katayno
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:04pm

      I know the logic of the left always has a self-promoting evil agenda, however, I kind of like the cal. count, I always think (in the restaurant)….I wonder which is less fattening?

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    • GIDEON612
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:26pm

      @Katayno

      I feel sympathy for you. You are either a product of the nanny state or a lib., or both. If you don’t know if something is calorie packed or not you do need obama care, perhaps like so many others, to remove your cranium from your rectum.
      Forgive me if I seem harsh this just irritates me. To see people that wander around lost. What are you people going to do WHEN to lights go out. Can you hunt, fish, fight, fend for yourself, survive or just be a boat anchor to everyone around you?

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    • CatB
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:30pm

      Well with possible food shortage . … I think we should get the MOST calories for our money we can .. while we still can!

      Thanks “gooberment” .. cause I’m too stupid to figure out what I want to eat .. or what is low or high in calories … duh!

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    • CatB
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:35pm

      mrlogan3
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:41pm
      @ulyssesp
      Finally, someone reasonable. Since when does providing information to people who might want to know create a nanny state? I’m glad you see how this is not that big of a deal.

      ___________________________________________________

      Do you not know that printing menus cost money? …especially when you are reformatting them .. perhaps we should see who will PROFIT from this .. they always seem to play the angles and we end up paying while SOMEONE makes out like a bandit .. how about little hometown restaurants? .. this could be a BIG problem for them.

      I am not too stupid to figure out that some things are not that healthy and may add calories to my meal … Sour cream, cheese, bacon, ..YES PLEASE!

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 11:02pm

      I thought Obamacare was declared un-constitutional? Was it overturned, yet, or put on hold?

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    • restorehope
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 11:11pm

      This administration seems to be very big on full disclosure…….for everyone but themselves.

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    • jzs
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 11:33pm

      Yeah, Nanny state, the government saying “water balls” are dangerous despite the fact that no one has died yet. The government shouldn’t act unless people die I guess. I’ll repost if the Blaze will let me. Water balls:

      Looks like fun. I’d like to try it and would. But I don’t think this a huge problem of government overeach.

      Those things are more or less airtight (you don’t see water leaking in). When you climb in there is a fixed amount of oxygen present, which declines with every breath and is not replenished. If a person is active in that bubble – which is the point – the oxygen level declines more quickly.

      So you start with about 20.5% oxygen, a percentage which declines with every breath once this thing is zipped up. If you were to stay in this bubble, at some point, of course, you pass out and then die from lack of oxygen.

      The problem with oxygen deprivation is that the person suffering from it loses judgement at the same time the oxygen content in his or her blood is becoming low. People in this state often are unable to understand and react to the problem. OSHA has incredible strict rules about anyone entering a “confined space” that might be or become oxygen deficient simply because so many people have died without even realizing they are in trouble: they get a little confused, then pass out, then die.

      This is a simple thing really. How long will the oxygen in that bubble last with a person exercising within it? If they pass out and die, is that their fault? Or the owners of the bubble?

      The fact is, many, many people have died from oxygen deprivation at least in industrial settings. Putting a person in a small, confined place with a fixed amount of oxygen is a recipe for death.

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    • independentvoteril
      Posted on April 2, 2011 at 12:58am

      Does ANYONE really read those calorie counts? I see them labeled all over.. here‘s the thing IF I go out to eat it’s because I am either hungry or hungry and out to eat NOT COUNT CALORIES.. they haven’t figured out IF they keep pushing this it will become like all the other things people IGNORE..

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    • lillianrose
      Posted on April 2, 2011 at 3:03am

      I never bother counting calories and don’t think that it needs to be required of any business. Alot of chain stores already provide them and can be found on most food products in stores.
      I have some medical issues so have to watch what I eat including fat- but that is not that big of a deal since I can find the information at most chain restaurants or on food packages and think about all those books that have been published for years available.
      This new requirement will only burden the food business. I think about how much longer it will take to read the menus or how much fun it will be waiting in line behind the people who keep changing there orders. Yep, I just know how we will all be wanting to just say “thankyou!

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    • Brooke Lorren
      Posted on April 2, 2011 at 4:34am

      I was in California the other day and they had that on the boards at some restaurant I went to. I couldn’t figure out what that was at first. I thought it was codes for the meals… like you order a #1, or a #820 or so.

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    • Liberty Ink
      Posted on April 2, 2011 at 9:37am

      Sheesh, I really don‘t care how many calories are in whatever I’m getting. Who cares if it is fattening, just go for a jog later… Exercise trumps what you eat. I base my menu choice on whatever sounds most delicious.

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    • Cemoto78
      Posted on April 2, 2011 at 10:39am

      Hopefully, along with this vital information on the menu they also make it mandatory to advise the patron how many illegal workers are employed by the establishment too. This way a true patriot can take their business elsewhere.

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    • jbl8199
      Posted on April 3, 2011 at 6:43am

      I never read food lables. Personally I don’t care about how many calories, fat, or carbs somethign has. If it tastes good I’m eating it.

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    • happyboy
      Posted on April 3, 2011 at 4:40pm

      IHOPs IN NJ ARE ALREADY DOING THIS

      If any one dares to oppose this, the Federal Government will destroy them. This is no longer a free country.

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