[FoxInSocks]

Having launched Honest Tea 14 years ago with five thermoses and a belief that consumers were thirsty for a lower-calorie natural and organic beverage

You didn't build that . . . .

[HiTech RedNeck]

This is a nannydom which isn’t even sane. That slightly-too-large bottle of tea has the same calories as six ounces of regular Coke. Now it’s possible that lobbying could get the ordinance modified to allow for either a maximum volume or a maximum calorie count. But ultimately that misses the point.

[libertarian27]

As a fellow entrepreneur with a public-service orientation, I have been a longtime admirer of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's entrepreneurial spirit and commitment to acting on his principles...... I appreciate all he has accomplished.

Well, there's two strikes right there suck-up boy.

However, I write today as an entrepreneur frustrated by a proposal that arbitrarily complicates the practical realities of commerce.

Sucks to be you then, still an admirer and appreciator, hmm?

[TaMoDee]

Waiting for the 450ml cup.

And as for “Seth” -— Hey man, you back’em, you rides with’em! (A little cheese with that whinne!)

[KarlInOhio]

One of my favorite Honest Tea bottle-cap quotes is the Chinese proverb "If we don't change the direction in which we are headed, we will end up where we are going."

Mayor Bloomberg's favorite Chinese proverb is "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." Which is why he can order you around about your tea and also why he wants to make sure no one else has any guns.

[Tanniker Smith]

Bloomberg hates metric!!!
Of course, he's an Imperial mayor!

[Jack Hammer]

Shut up, pal, Nanny Bloomberg knows what’s good for you.

[Pollster1]

A government big enough to take your ice tea because the bottle is 0.9 ounces too big is big enough to take everything you have. What happened to America that we are willing to let government decide how much water our toilets can flush, how big a drink we are allowed to buy, how marriage will be redefined, and what our ministers say from the pulpit?

[Alberta's Child]

Dear Seth:

Rather than complain about the adverse impact of Bloomberg's idiotic proposal on your business, you should see this as a glorious opportunity. Make a hard marketing push for your product in the City's outlying suburbs, including exclusive deals at retailers near train stations in Long Island, Westchester and New Jersey.

This is the problem you face when your prime customer base is the same group of people who push with this kind of nanny-state sh!t in New York City.

Sincerely,

Alberta's Child

[NOezmoney]

Look like Rush got the Bloomberg memo with his 16oz bottles of 'TwoIfByTea' product.

[EyeGuy]

“As a fellow entrepreneur with a public-service orientation, I have been a longtime admirer of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s entrepreneurial spirit and commitment to acting on his principles.”

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You’d tone your embarrassing brown-nosing down several notches if Bloomberg were a conservative Christian, now wouldn’t you Goldman?