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Bloomberg protects New Yorkers from themselves
« on: May 31, 2012, 11:04:44 AM »
Apparently New Yorkers are unable to resist the evil temptation of >16oz. sugared drinks. Thank heavens they have a savior in his honor the mayor! I guess the plebs can't be allowed to actually make their own diet choices.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/31/new-york-mayor-wants-big-sugary-drinks-banned/?hpt=hp_t1

What's next? Maybe he'll resurrect the attempted ban on salt use in restaurant cooking from a couple years ago.
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Re: Bloomberg protects New Yorkers from themselves
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2012, 11:06:56 AM »
Remember kiddies, only the GUMMINT can protect you from yourself.
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Re: Bloomberg protects New Yorkers from themselves
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2012, 11:13:49 AM »
Will I need a permit to buy a six-pack of soda? 6x12=72oz, even in NYC.
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Re: Bloomberg protects New Yorkers from themselves
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2012, 11:19:57 AM »
That's the next step, banning the high capacity soda delivery devices....
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Re: Bloomberg protects New Yorkers from themselves
« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2012, 11:27:34 AM »
Sodas don't kill people, people with a sugar addiction kill people.  The Busybodies are psychopaths, meddling ghouls. 
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Re: Bloomberg protects New Yorkers from themselves
« Reply #5 on: May 31, 2012, 11:49:38 AM »
Quote from: longeyes on May 31, 2012, 11:27:34 AM
Sodas don't kill people, people with a sugar addiction kill people.  The Busybodies are psychopaths, meddling ghouls. 

And, notably, only themselves.

Like most every victimless law, I find this one to be ethically wrong.
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Re: Bloomberg protects New Yorkers from themselves
« Reply #6 on: May 31, 2012, 12:09:57 PM »
The great one will exempt
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...would not apply to diet sodas, fruit juices, dairy-based drinks or alcoholic beverages. Nor would it include drinks sold in grocery or convenience stores. Food establishments that don't downsize would face fines of $200.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/05/31/nyc-plans-to-ban-sales-sugary-drinks-over-16-ounces/#ixzz1wSqLuGNd
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Re: Bloomberg protects New Yorkers from themselves
« Reply #7 on: May 31, 2012, 12:30:31 PM »
For a "pro-choice" politician, Bloomberg has some - er - interesting policies.
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Re: Bloomberg protects New Yorkers from themselves
« Reply #8 on: May 31, 2012, 02:08:06 PM »
Quote from: Fly320s on May 31, 2012, 11:13:49 AM
Will I need a permit to buy a six-pack of soda? 6x12=72oz, even in NYC.

Probably.  More than six == high capacity soda pack, and will be banned.

Only half kidding.
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Re: Bloomberg protects New Yorkers from themselves
« Reply #9 on: May 31, 2012, 02:35:10 PM »
I was just wondering what men like Patrick Henry, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson would think, that we've been reduced to a state where politicians think it's their place to regulate how large a drink Americans ought to be allowed - allowed! - to purchase.  :facepalm:
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Re: Bloomberg protects New Yorkers from themselves
« Reply #10 on: May 31, 2012, 03:11:03 PM »
I suspect their thoughts would involve pouring more than 16 ounces of tar.
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Re: Bloomberg protects New Yorkers from themselves
« Reply #11 on: May 31, 2012, 03:27:25 PM »
Quote from: SADShooter on May 31, 2012, 03:11:03 PM
I suspect their thoughts would involve pouring more than 16 ounces of tar.

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Re: Bloomberg protects New Yorkers from themselves
« Reply #12 on: May 31, 2012, 04:00:57 PM »
Quote from: lee n. field on May 31, 2012, 03:27:25 PM
"I'll have a Large, please."

Super Duper Double Gulp.....
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Re: Bloomberg protects New Yorkers from themselves
« Reply #13 on: June 01, 2012, 11:02:10 AM »
At the movie, seeing as it costs something like two dollars for an upgrade that triples the size of a drink while another drink costs something like 6 dollars... I prefer getting the large and just sharing with my GF; its Her excuse to not get a diet cause otherwise she would have really.   [popcorn]

Why does Bloomberg hate sharing?
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Re: Bloomberg protects New Yorkers from themselves
« Reply #14 on: June 01, 2012, 07:51:36 PM »

Why does Bloomberg hate sharing?

FTFY.

Why is the flaming liberal Bloomberg still allowed to call himself a Republican?
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Re: Bloomberg protects New Yorkers from themselves
« Reply #15 on: June 01, 2012, 07:55:33 PM »
Quote from: Fly320s on June 01, 2012, 07:51:36 PM
Why does Bloomberg hate sharing?

FTFY.

Why is the flaming liberal Bloomberg still allowed to call himself a Republican?

It seemed like the right thing to do at the time, I guess... ... ... ... ...     .         ..... ..... [tinfoil]
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Re: Bloomberg protects New Yorkers from themselves
« Reply #16 on: June 04, 2012, 01:35:22 AM »
He ran out of other ways to control people.  It's a compulsion.
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Re: Bloomberg protects New Yorkers from themselves
« Reply #17 on: June 04, 2012, 09:44:46 AM »
Quote from: 230RN on June 04, 2012, 01:35:22 AM
He ran out of other ways to control people.  It's a compulsion.

Pretty much. Controlling others is probably the most addictive behavior humanity has thus far come up with.
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Re: Bloomberg protects New Yorkers from themselves
« Reply #18 on: June 04, 2012, 11:10:01 AM »
There is nothing worse than a man who is certain of his own goodness.  Bloomberg is insufferable.
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Re: Bloomberg protects New Yorkers from themselves
« Reply #19 on: June 04, 2012, 11:41:34 AM »


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Re: Bloomberg protects New Yorkers from themselves
« Reply #20 on: June 04, 2012, 11:50:28 AM »
Next, they will arrest people for burping (evidence of consumption of high capacity soft drinks)

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Re: Bloomberg protects New Yorkers from themselves
« Reply #21 on: June 04, 2012, 08:13:35 PM »
Quote from: Tallpine on June 04, 2012, 11:50:28 AM
Next, they will arrest people for burping (evidence of consumption of high capacity soft drinks)
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Re: Bloomberg protects New Yorkers from themselves
« Reply #22 on: June 04, 2012, 09:27:45 PM »
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Re: Bloomberg protects New Yorkers from themselves
« Reply #23 on: June 04, 2012, 11:05:24 PM »
mtnbkr beat me to the punch. I didn't notice the "ANN" between the "N" and the "Y" though when I first saw the cartoon today.
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Re: Bloomberg protects New Yorkers from themselves
« Reply #24 on: June 05, 2012, 04:59:39 AM »
I don't suppose New Yorkers will finally decide they've had a a bellyful of him because of this, will they?  I do know from living there for my first 22 years that NYC-ers are kind of slavelike with respect to Authority's authority.

"You can't fight City Hall" was a catchphrase all through my formative years back then.

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