Huckabee responded that the law is designed to protect the rights of other citizens. He cited a study that showed inhalation of second-hand smoke poses more of a health risk than if someone lights up a cigarette themselves.

It was Huckabee, don’t forget, who started this stupid idea of weighing public school children and sending fat report cards home to their parents. Huckabee recently lost more than 100 pounds. Oddly enough, he did it with no help from the government. Yet now he’s fully on board with the busybody left. Never underestimate the tyranny of the ex-addict.

Your post on the FDA and restaurants is pretty timely. My girlfriend just started a nutrition course for nursing school and the curriculum is super politicized. Here is a class that should be on topics like, the molecular structure of protein and how is it used by the body, but in her first week she has had assignments that include questions like, “Should sugarier foods be taxed?” and “If you had supreme power, what would you do to enforce the WTO nutrition guidelines?” She says the teacher and fellow students are all sold on the “health food is too expensive for the poor to eat” line, and you will never guess what movie is a required text.

Good to know they’re training the next generation of scolds.

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