Communist legislator doesn't agree with Desi...

on ENJOYING life to its fullest, especially at the belly's level.

I was wandering in cyberspace after a heavy lunch today when an AFP report upset my wickedend's sense of indulgence. Faithfool readers here/hear would know that I'm an avowed "socialist" during weekdays/weakdies, working 12-hour days to earn my B&B, BUT during Saturdays and Sundaes (I call 'em wickedends because one is allowed in indulging in some wicked pastimes, NO?

Anyway, I've often told my well-intentioned loaded buddies who want to give me a treeat to wwait till the weekend as then I transform into a five-star capitalist. Hey, five days I slave for the community good, I think it fair-dinkum if I let my hair and tummy free for GOoD bytes in 2/7. IF MY CAPITALIST TENDENCY PROLONGS, then I would add another carefree 24 using the Beatles' Eight Days A Week runaway hit!

IF THOU ART LOST in my logic, it's Okay because I don't think straight on a full tummy, and I did say I had a huge lunch, didn't EYE?

China legislator seeks to criminalise banquets: report
A Chinese legislator fed up with lavish banquets and official wining and dining has proposed making the "squandering of public funds" a crime, according to state press.



China legislator seeks to criminalise banquets: report

A Chinese legislator fed up with lavish banquets and official wining and dining has proposed making the "squandering of public funds" a crime, according to state press.

"Public spending on eating and drinking is a waste of social assets," Zhao Linzhong, a delegate to the National People's Congress, China's parliament, told the Worker's Daily.

"We need to criminalise this by law, so I proposed amending the criminal law and introducing the 'crime of wantonly squandering public funds'."

Throwing lavish banquets has long been a Chinese tradition, both in government as well as business, a practice that besides wasting money, has also proven to be unhealthy, the report said.

According to the official People's Daily, China spends up to 200 billion yuan (29 billion dollars) a year on public wining and dining, a sum larger than the cost of the Three Gorges Dam, the world's biggest hydroelectric project.

"Although I myself am a victim of this tradition, at the same time I help advance this tradition by hosting meals and accepting invitations," Zhao, who also heads a leading Chinese textile company, said.

"For many years, the Communist Party and government have issued a series of restrictions and regulations on wining and dining are more and more detailed and severe, but such lavish traditions have not been curbed."

According to the newspaper, Zhao has handed a formal proposal to the parliament calling for debate on the amendment to the criminal law.