"It's a Cookbook!"

The phony promises of this cap'n crunch bill remind me of two themes from American entertainment. First, Charlton Heston's immortal cry, "Soylent Green. . . it's people!" Second, the classic Twilight Zone episode in which the Kanimids, giants from another world, arrive on earth and fix all of earth's problems with their advanced technology. They then begin offering tours of their planet to the grateful earthlings. After it's too late, the American cryptologist figures out that the mysterious Kanimid book, entitled "To Serve Man," is a cookbook. Hence, the immortal line, "Mr. Chambers! That book, 'To Serve Man': it's a cookbook!" It is, unfortunately, too late for Mr. Chambers, who is off to become some giant's meal. If this nonsense passes, we, too, will learn that "it's a cookbook!"