4 Loko Tacos & Other Illicit Foods - Kennedy w/ Keep Food Legal's Baylen Linnekin

"[Four Loko] is truly vile to drink," admits Baylen Linnekin, executive director of Keep Food Legal, "but I'm not the arbiter of taste and neither should the government."

Be it unpasteurized, caffeinated, or sodium-enriched, government inevitably finds excuse to regulate and even ban food and drink that they say risk public health or safety. Keep Food Legal fights to keep the nanny state from ossifying the American palette by promoting people's right to grow, cook, and consume the edibles of their choosing.

Reason contributor Kennedy dished with Linnekin about Big Government threats to culinary versatility, over some delicious and illegal Four Loko tacos cooked up by Linnekin himself.

About 1.49 minutes. Filmed by Meredith Bragg, Jim Epstein, & Joshua Swain. Edited by Swain & Epstein.

Go to Reason.tv for downloadable versions and subscribe to Reason.tv's YouTube channel to receive automatic notifications when new material goes live. 

Comments

[Joe M]

"but I'm not the arbiter of taste and neither should the government."

Taking a page from Stephen Colbert?

[Alack]

to be fair, in the video the quote was "... and neither should be the government."

I blame sloppy editing. Or something.

[Brutus]

So now we know where that canned NBC producer wound up...

[Brandon]

Can't watch the video at work. Is Swain racist now?

[thirtyandseven]

Still an ugly construction. I would say "...and the government shouldn't be, either".

There's really no good way to say it

...except "get the state the fuck away from me and my food".

[BakedPenguin]

I had a 4Loko out of sympathy when they were first trying to ban them. "Vile" is being kind.

[Soc Indv Sparky]

But how will we know what's good for us and safe to eat if the government doesn't tell us?

[Ex Nihilo]

The Union of Concerned Scientists will tell you. They're here to help.

[AlmightyJB]

And if they don't, Americans for America certainly will. You can't be against them.

[Soc Indv Sparky]

The Union of Concerned Scientists will tell you.

Just send a link directly to the Necronomicon next time, it would probably do less harm. I swear I went to their website and found my sanity draining away before I finally managed to hit my Home button to navigate out of there.

[Mr. FIFY]

The Necronomicon = Obama's election website?

[Zombie Jimbo]

I thought the 4Loko tacos reference was referring back to the picture in a previous 4 Loko post.

http://reason.com/blog/2011/11.....er-four-lo

[AlmightyJB]

Something for everyone right there.

[Heroic Mulatto]

Yo Kennedy,
Imma wreck dat ass.

Love,
Heroic

[Heroic Mulatto]

Damn you, you diabetic devil!

[SugarFree]

Now you know my pain.

[Brutus]

This is the sort of thing that makes HM my favorite commentor at H&R.

[Sharon Stone]

Back when they actually contained caffeine, 4lokos were one hell of a time. Sure they were beyond awful in taste, but that was not the point.

[Mr. FIFY]

"We need to be protected from ourselves!"

/Tony

[Brutus]

Sigh...because you live in a **community**, FIFY, said community can tell you what you can and cannot do.

[Mr. FIFY]

Oh, right. Must be in that social contract I never signed.

/facepalm

Linda, get my attorney on the phone, and bring me a cup of coffee...

[BoscoH]

Fresh. Hot. Amish. Urine. FTW!!!

[Kuwanki]

i prefer my fresh hot amish urine shaken, not stirred.

[TiggyFooo]

Domo said he didnt do it so I believe him.

http://www.Anon-Tool.tk

[yu100w]

4 Loko Tacos Foods

http://www.boyfriendlyrics.com/

[concetta adams]

roomate's aunt earned $18544 the previous month. she is working on the computer and bought a $367500 home. All she did was get lucky and put to use the clues uncovered on this web site Nuttyrichdotcom

[g1rlygirrrl]

Is Four Loko really illegal? I have an old can from 2008/2009 but have never tried it because I am sure they taste terrible (I hate redbull, 5 hour energies)....wonder if I could sell it on ebay?!