Goose Liver Banned in Chicago

This is absolutely dumb and it shows the spinelessness of the city leaders.

From SunTimes.com:

Mayor Daley urged the City Council Tuesday to come to its senses and repeal a foie gras ban that has made Chicago an international laughingstock in restaurant circles.

"Why would they pick this and not anything else? How about veal? How about chicken? How about steak -- beef? ... Where do you begin and where do you end? People say veal is basically cruelty to animals. I mean -- you could go on and on," Daley said.

Hey, Chicago, if you appease the food nazis, they'll go after other products and businesses. Expect lobsters to be targeted next because "they feel pain when immersed in boiling water."

But there's hope. Mayor Daley says he's not going to dispatch Chicago's finest to go and enforce the ban. I don't have a lot of faith in Daley, though. He could have vetoed the foie gras ban but didn't.