While our federal legislative branch ponders the evils of steroids in baseball, which seems somewhere in left field even for our Congressional clowns, it appears that three Mississippi legislators are vying for recognition for most government interference in people's lives, probably hoping to move up to the big leagues in Washington D,C.

Mississippi House of Representatives legislators, Republicans W. T. Mayhall, Jr. and John Read, and Democrat Bobby Shows, this week introduced Bill No. 282 that would make it illegal for state-licensed restaurants to serve obese patrons. A copy can be found at thesmokinggun.com

Likely to be served already dead, a bill like this, if passed, would mean the end of "All You Can Eat Buffets" although if we had such a law here, I might actually be able to find a buffet in town without a 300 foot line.