A Protest to Make Homer Proud

"Donuts - is there anything they can't do?" - Homer Simpson

Just an amusing little blurb, from USA Today:

It was just another morning at the senior center: Women were sewing, men were playing pool — and seven demonstrators, average age 76, were picketing outside, demanding doughnuts.

They wore sandwich boards proclaiming, 'Give Us Our Just Desserts' and 'They're Carbs, Not Contraband.'

At issue is a decision to refuse free doughnuts, pies and breads that were being donated to senior centers around Putnam County, north of New York City. Officials were concerned that the county was setting a bad nutritional precedent.

The picketers said they were objecting because they weren't consulted about the ban.

Not everyone was sad to see them go:

Inside, some seniors said they were glad to see the doughnuts go. 'It was disgusting the way people went after them,' said Rita Jorgensen, 80. 'I think the senior center did them a favor.'

Grandpaternalism run amok!