“It’s not going to cost the taxpayers a single nickel. It’s not taking away any funds from any other city services or human service programs. It’s simply outlawing the product of a cruel and inhumane practice. That’s all it does,” Moore said.

“Simply because there are other inhumane acts that occur against human beings and there are a lot of problems we need to deal with doesn’t mean that we can’t take a short moment out of the day and forbid the sale of a product . . . that’s not going to effect anybody. It’s not required for human sustenance.”

someone give that man a medal.
 

“I think we have four restaurants that serve foie gras. . . .Someone talks about foie gras this week. What’s next week? What’s on your menu. . . .You tell me what’s next week we’re gonna decide what you should eat and what you should do. . . . France is very proud of it, right? Maybe next, they’ll start out wanting to [ban] French fries because of the name ‘French fries’ and maybe someone doesn’t like France.”- CHicago's Mayor Daley.

Wow, what a dick. :-)
 

What an ass that Daley guy seems to be... just from his comment in the last paragraph alone, you can tell he's not the sharpest tool in the shed:

“I have a fish tank. I don’t want any aldermen coming up there, putting their hands in and start eating sushi. My little fish there. That would really bother all of us,” he said.


Whhhhhaaaaaat??? Fuck I hate morons who fancy themselves politicians.