Outrage In New York City as Alternate Lifestyles Attacked

Health officials urge New York City restaurant ban on fat trans

It’s unconscionable that New York City government would, in the interest of “public good,” would ban transvestites and transsexuals from restaurants. That for the benefit of a greater number, the city would prohibit obese individuals who expressing their individual rights to expression by wearing opposite gender clothes or roles from attending restaurants and would further strip private property rights from restaurant owners to tell them which alternative lifestyles, of which weights, the restaurant owners can serve.

THIS OUTRAGE MUST NOT STAND! THOSE WITH ALTERNATE LIFESTYLES MUST BE DEFENDED!

Oh, wait a minute, I have transposed the headline:

Health officials urge New York City restaurant ban on trans fats

Well, the government banning alternate frystyles and usurping individual responsibility of eaters and private property rights of restauranteurs to ensure that The Children are as trim and svelte as our benevolent government leaders wish they were? Carry on.

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Balance

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch demonstrates balance in this article: Reverse mortgages can be a godsend or a curse to the elderly. Unfortunately, the balance is only in the ill-written headline.

It sits atop an otherwise evenhanded explanation of the reverse mortgage, including a number of anecdotes of people whom the instrument has helped, coupled with a financial advisor who explains some of the risks involved.

Where’s the curse besides the headline?

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Post-Dispatch Headline of the Day

From the morning’s Law and Order round up:

Man is killed in crash after police attempt to stop him

An Alton man was killed late Monday after he drove off at high speed from an East Alton police officer and crashed a few blocks later.

Wouldn’t it be more appropriate to say Man dies in crash while fleeing from police?

Well, not in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, whose unofficial motto is “It’s always the police’s fault.”

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