Monday, January 30, 2012

Crazy Things Politicians Say

...aka, "I'm reposting something I saw on Facebook as a bill in my legislature."

It seems Ralph Shortey, an Oklahoma state legislator, has introduced a bill banning aborted human fetuses in food.

OK, so I saw a story someone linked on Facebook referring to this fetuses-in-Pepsi story. The genesis of what is little more than an urban legend comes from some additive company that uses a stem cell line established in the early 1970s to test the sweetness of some of its additives. This guy saw the same story and wrote a bill about what he translated it to mean.

Word is that his next bills will ban hypodermic needles in McDonald's ball pits and people peeing on your steak when you send it back to be cooked more.

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