Next Saturday, we're going to welcome David Harsanyi to the First Team of the Northern Alliance Radio Network to discuss his new book Nanny State: How Food Fascists, Teetotaling Do-Gooders, Priggish Moralists, and other Boneheaded Bureaucrats are Turning America into a Nation of Children.
As part of my usual thorough show prep, I've been reading Harsanyi's book and came across this passage of interest:
In early 2007, a New York State senator from Brooklyn planned to introduce a bill banning talking on a cell phone, listening to an MP3 player, or using a BlackBerry or any electronic device while crossing the street in New York City. "While people are tuning in to their iPods and cell phones, they're turning out the world around them," Senator Carl Kruger explained.
Geez, and I thought Minneapolis was getting bad. Word has it that next up for the Brooklyn pol are plans to ban cannoli, playing stick ball in the street, and wearing Guido suits.
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