We Asked For It

Dirty Johnny Gets It Right Los Angeles Stages a Fast Food Intervention

“ A NEW weapon in the battle against obesity was rolled out last month when the Los Angeles City Council decided to stop new fast food restaurants from opening in some of the city’s poorest neighborhoods. Even in a country where a third of the schoolchildren are overweight or obese, the yearlong moratorium raises questions about when eating one style of food stops being a personal choice and becomes a public health concern .... I know teacher, I know .... Yes Johnny, when did eating one style of food stop being a personal choice and became a public health concern? July 31, 1965. Sigh. And why is it that July 31, 1965 was the exact date when .... That's the day that motherfarking LBJ signed that corksucking Ted Kennedy's Medicare into law, giving gummint carte blanche to make us behave anyway they wanted because they could say they were paying for treating ill ... Thank you Johnny, that will be enough. If we want to learn more, we'll manage on our own. ”