Maine - the Nanny State.

HOLY CRAP WEBSTER Is this really what your worried about?REALLY?I mean I know we're laking in real problems,but,REALLY?

Hey, I know! Let's make cigarettes illegal...and alcohol...and guns!

The moonbats are running amok in Disgusta...

Fat is fat. I'm furious that the state wants more involvement of what we can and can't do. "The fact is it costs us because of Mainecare". BS!

It would be a crying shame if the people that we send to Augusta had any REAL problems to solve.

Why doesn't Augusta worry about cutting taxes and progams that are out of control before trying to control people? The State needs a lot more serious things controlled by the giveaway government other than pushing things that will eventually take care of themselves.

So, does this mean we'll have "food police" making sure we aren't exposed to any transfats? This is clever... I will still have the right to eat what I want (technically) but nobody will have the right to sell it to me. Too fine a line if you ask me. How much more of this crap are people going to take? Ban on transfats, canoe permits, limits on how you heat your home, etc... We should all be very concerned about the direction we're headed in. People need to remember, government provided = government controlled.

From small minds...Webster is a typical southern maine democrat. Screw the economy, but save people from themselves. Moronic bill.

This is what happens when you hire a legislature. What do they do? They legislate, of course. If there is nothing to legislate then by golly they'll invent something.

I have said for YEARS that there should never be any such thing as a full time legislature. The general assembly should convene three months out of the year (and get paid three months out of the year) and for the rest of the year get a real job like everyone else. With a limited session they will address the issues on a priority basis. The important stuff will get done; and the stupid stuff will not.

When your legislature is preoccupied with regulating nonsense you can be assure they have worked themselves out of a job.

Please help mr. govment! I might blow my hand off if you make fireworks leagle. My artery's are going to clog up if you don't ban transfats. Some law abiding citizan is going to walk up to me and shoot me if you don't make it illeagle to carry in national parks. I'm going to have too much money in my pocket if you don't tax my canoe! Or I might stroke out if you don't start working on the ECONOMY. Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!

Small minds in Mugusta have thought of a new bill. OMG they're a buch of loosers! Find something constructive to do, like pay your taxes maybe!

Partially hydrogenated oils are a toxic ingredient that increase the numbers of diabetes, heart attack and obesity. Just because you may not have been paying attention to this issue does not mean that it is not important. Medical costs for these diseases have skyrocketed and the AMA has called trans fats a contributing factor. Lately food companies have started to replace these trans fats because of the outcry but because of the weakened( all but destroyed ) FDA under the last administration, the large food companies have labeled a new fat, INTERESTIFIED oil........but don't be fooled, these are still trans fats. So if you want to lower your chances of getting above mentioned disease, or just want an easier time of losing weight, stay away from any product that lists these ingredients

This lawmaker (?) is actually proposing to make the lives of mainers better and this could lower medical cost as well.

Yea Yea Let's put transfats on the controlled substance list and have the DEA clean it up.

With all of the REAL issues and problems facing Maine and Mainers our legislators are spending time and money on this non-issue that could be spent on solving our _economic_ problems. Get real folks!

Beelzebubba what about the casino, thats a blight on our community

I am surprised at the approach taken by so many people who have commented on this subject. REMEMBER, YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT. I have had so many health problems directly related to what I have consumed over the years. Heart attack, open heart surgery, strokes, carotid artery surgery, better known as Endarterectomy, left and right. Current problems include Atrial Fibrillation (Irregular Heart Beat). Have I learned my lesson, I hope so.

Oh yeah...Ban the Casino! (Oh wait...that's Baldy's crowning achievement in office...)

Dear George Crossman,

Sorry about your health problems, but my guess is that you didn't know that the nitrates they put in processed meats would harm you, or know how bad the trans fat are for human consumption. For industry or restaurants to say.....oh, we can't change so fast even when we know what we are serving is toxic to humans sounds like the auto industries executives saying.........oh we can;t change the C.A.F.E standards so fast, we need more time.

Look where that got them.

Restaurants......supermarkets.......... convenience stores............STOP offering toxic products

Generally these comments are pretty dumb. Government has been involved in food safety since the first world war. To suggest that food safety is not a problem or its a trivial problem is just nuts. As Dora Mills said we all pay for this through MaineCare. Trans fats are artificial man-made products intended to increase the profits of food corporations at the cost of people's health. Nanny isn't involved.

But this is a bad bill. Some of the criticisms are valid. Money for inspectors should be included. Time to transition to a trans fat free food system should be allowed. SO defeat it now and come back with a better bill after the recession is over.

really? who would have thought that fried foods were bad for you? Hmmm... what else could be bad that we didn't know about? (for those of you who actually think that i am serious, i am not, I just get a "little" sarcastic when i see bills like this coming up in the legislature, when we have so many more important problems.

Next they'll ban adult magazines because it causes carpal tunnel. Don't waste the tax payers money disgusta.

people fighting over what's good for you and what isn't instead of asking where the government gets the authority to even attempt this....clueless, mindless obeyers.

Wow. The ignorance. Please tell me why it's a good idea to KEEP this crap in our foods, since it's essentially a poison and, as the article notes, nobody notices it once it's gone. If we were talking about arsenic, would you people still be shouting about an infringement of our rights? And not only that, I don't want to have to pay for your arterial shunts and daily diabetes treatments simply because you claim the right to make stupid choices.

What depressing comments on here.

From the poll page...check out Miss Maggie...the Dietary NAZI.

On 3/31/09 at 10:07 AM, missmaggie wrote:

I really believe that in our country today we can do so much to heal our bodies with just a change in our diets. If you research this area you can find that much can be done, without drugs, to mend our bodies and prevent many serious diseases with good wholesome food. Since the FDA is pretty much useless in protecting us, it is up to us, as a people, and a State, to make sure we don't allow ourselves to be harmed. We are bombarded with so many chemicals, daily, that our poor immune systems need all the help they can get. I believe banning transfats would be a wise move on our part. Since there are alternatives to using transfats in cooking, it shouldn't be that big of a deal. Just a change and maybe some cost, but what does it cost if we become sick? There is too much heart disease and way to many strokes for us to turn a blind eye to our food supply. It is time for us to educate ourselves and protect ourselves. This is one small step towards good health and enjoyable living.

On 3/31/09 at 11:21 AM, glenna wrote:

How about just having the use of trans fats simply posted on the menu for those items that contain them. And then let the individual decide? It is MY life after all - or at least it used to be.

On 3/31/09 at 1:08 PM, NorthwoodsMainiac wrote:

Miss Maggie.....while I'm sure that you have the best of intentions.....you are a dietary NAZI.

I don't care about "what you believe"....and resent the fact that you feel qualified to tell me what I can and can't put in my body!

I want fried chicken from KFC.....not a "kid friendly" version approved by PETA!

"it is up to us, as a people, and a State, to make sure we don't allow ourselves to be harmed." Mind your own business please....who in the hell made you may care taker. How many more self rightious A-holes want to decide how to live my life.

Glenna.....it aint your life any more...it's "Miss Maggie's" and she's gonna make a few changes.....like she says "Since there are alternatives to using transfats in cooking, it shouldn't be that big of a deal. Just a change and maybe some cost, but what does it cost if we become sick?"

Then she'll decide how best to medically treat you...remember "we the people of the State of Maine need to protect ourselves.....from ourselves".

Really....can I not render fat from a sow's tush....then fry chicken in it and feed it at a BBQ in my own back yard? Miss Maggie...are you saying that my yearly BBQ's should be against the law?

Lady.....is butter next on your hit list. How about whole milk??? Damn....the Oreo's gotta go too!

I'll tell ya what.....if anyone tells me I can't have real buttah on my fiddle heads because buttah is to high in saturated fat..(which, once you apply heat becomes trans fat...FYI....it's a matter of Carbon Bonding Maggie) and that eating the trout from the brook is illegal because the mercury levels are too high I'm just going to just have to be an outlaw!

I can see it now....21st century transfat prohibition creates underground eateries! When average folks have to resort to black market fried food.....the world is doomed!!!!

hahahahaha, northwoods mainiac, all i can think of is that scene from demolition man, which, by the way this state is going, might not have been that far off the mark.

Yes, Transfats are absolutely no good for your heart. If you are predisposed to heart disease, Transfats will improve your chances of not making it to the age of 50. Just like they've banned smoking in restaurants, Transfats are just as bad and should also be banned. You know basically what's in your store-bought food, but in restaurants you're at the mercy of the chef.

Stay out of my kitchen, cupboard and life balance the budget then start taking on other things for cripes sake.....

BLAGOACCI and his DEM'S are not only always reaching their grubby hands into my pocket, now their telling me what I have to eat. How many paid committee members, rep's, is this going to cost us. Socialist Republic of Maine.

"Trans fats are artificial man-made products intended to increase the profits of food corporations at the cost of people's health." This is true, but if this is the reason behind the banning of transfats, in addition to the reasoning that transfats cost money in increased health costs, etc., then why hasn't a law been passed banning nicotine in cigarettes? This is a drug that was added to cigarettes that gives them their highly addictive quality. Why are transfats more of an evil than nicotine?? Who decides??? This is a very slippery slope that our legislators are going down, and one that needs to be avoided in order to focus on more pertinent issues.

I think the moonbats that run our state have too much time on their hands, since they want to discuss fatty foods and fireworks. Lets deal with some real issues jobs, the economy and healthcare. They won't have to worry about trans fats cause none of us working stiffs will be able to afford to eat out.

Trans fats banned...fat trannies still o.k.