Mayor McCheez

The only thing worse than a pathological nanny-stater is a hypocritical, pathological nanny-stater.

After gaining national media attention for spearheading an almost total ban on trans fats in city restaurants starting last July, [New York City Mayor Michael] Bloomberg was photographed in this month's issue of Wired magazine munching on those very same dangerous fats.

The photo, which accompanies a short Q&A about technology and politics, features Bloomberg at his City Hall desk, looking thoughtful and serious. Meanwhile, his right hand is seen almost absent-mindedly pulling a Cheez-It out of a single-serving bag of the crackers.

The reader can only assume that the baked snack cracker is headed for the mayor's mouth, and along with it some of the half-gram of trans fat found in every serving of Cheez-Its.

The mayor's food choice directly counters the guidance of his own Department of Health, which specifies on its Web site that "there is no safe level of artificial trans fat consumption."

(HT: MM)

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Nannyism In New York (a Regrettably Continuing Series)
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New York's Runaway Banwagon
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