Chicagoans, you're not smart enough...

To make decisions about your own life. That's the opinion of Alderman Edward M. Burke, who apparently is intent on running every aspect of your lives in Chicago, from keeping foie gras off of your plate, to letting you buy only self-extinguishing cigarettes, to banning parasailing and restricting skateboarding.

Now Mr. Burke has decided that you, the Chicago resident, eat too much of the "wrong" fat. So he is now introducing legislation to outlaw using carbon monoxide to make meat appear more red. What does this have to do with fat, you ask? But wait, there's more! He wants to use this proposed law as a "jumping off point" to target french fries, donuts, and other foods cooked in oil, because he thinks that you are too fat and unhealthy, and he wants you to eat healthier. Isn't it nice of the good Alderman to think so much of your health that he wants to take over all of the decision-making in your life? I wonder if the Nerf car is next. Of course, aldermen will be exempted from driving specks or eating only twigs and berries.

Best quote from the article : "Burke said he doesn't know enough about the subject to identify the specific oils he would target."

You said it, brother.