The Cheeseburger Bill

Makes me proud to be a naturalized Texan.  Well, no, not really.

This is one of those dilemmas.  While I'm a fan of personal responsibility, which would make me no fan of blaming MickeyD's for obesity, I'm also not at all happy with the many many new pro-corporation laws we're getting.  It seems to me we've undone 50 years of progress in the last 5 years.  If we keep heading this way we'll end up back with things like "company towns".  "Another year older and deeper in debt... I owe my soul to the company store...".

Overweight Texans could not legally blame fast-food restaurants for their obesity problems under a bill passed Wednesday by the Senate. Dubbed the "cheeseburger bill," the proposal bans lawsuits that blame restaurants or food manufacturers for obesity-related health problems. The House has passed the bill.

Senate OKs 'cheeseburger bill' limiting lawsuits