It took two years, but Chicago's city council has finally come to its senses. No, they haven't endorsed Obama, they've repealed their ban on foie gras, thus ending a shamefulchapter in American political history.
"But why did you vote for it in the first place, grandpa?" the Alderman's granddaughter will ask one day. "It seemed like a good idea at the time" won't cut it. Government should regulate food safety, not food content. You want to debate content, debate beef, the planet's least efficient processor and environmentally costliest source of protein.
Meantime, just stay out of my dinner plate, thank you.
Posted by Ronald Holden at May 15, 2008 10:34 AM
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