No Cupcakes for You!

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All is not quiet on the Pacific Northwest Front of the Cupcake Wars.

The Food Nazis of the  Edmonds School District have declared cupcakes contraband. 

I don't mind so much the impending eviction of the vending machines sat school; and yeah-yeah, I'm all for instilling a healthy lifestyle on our nation's younlings.

But c'mon!

Is denying kids a chance to celebrate and have a little fun, even at the expense of adding a few more calories to the half-rations they're already on, really necessary?

(Image by Branco)

Especially since research has shown that imposing a "Snack Tax" has had little, or no effect at influencing dietary choices.

Not only is such out-of-control Nanny Statism depriving kids of occasional enjoyment while in school, it's also threatening to extinguish any sense of entrepreneurship, like it nearly did for this 11-year old girl.

(Image by Robert Ariail)

Mark Steyn often says that a society that loses it's commons sense and sense of proportion is a society too stupid to survive.

With the world burning outside the Ramparts of Civilization, we can't afford to be this stupid.