Posted on 01/05/2017 6:11:13 AM PST by Red Badger
Sodas have been on the left’s target list for quite awhile, but I think they’re going to ratchet up the war on them now. The left goes after the deep pockets. Coke and Pepsi have very deep pockets. Follow the money as usual.
Perhaps MSNBC and CNN should have a disclaimer that consumption of their product can cause irreversible brain damage.
Gee!
Just like the government and AGW.
So...Drinking a 12 pack of Coke a day causes diabetes and other health related issues, good to know.
When are they going to go after spoon manufacturers for their role in this obesity epidemic?
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Pretty soon people will have to step outside of the restaurant to enjoy a soda. The stores will keep cokes behind locked doors and people will have to show ID and ask for them at the register.
Pizza joints will have drinking coke and non drinking coke sections, all non coke drinkers will look upon coke drinkers with disdain.
Insurance costs will skyrocket at a rapid pace for those who dare to threaten their health by drinking soda, and parents will not be able to enjoy a coke around their children.
People will run in fear when they see someone drinking a coke, lest they get a drop upon them.
Isn’t the nanny state grand?
Kinda surprised at this. Coke and Pepsi are big supporters of the homosexual agenda.
“Sugary drinks” are the number one threat to American security, right ‘RATS?
The government wants to do to soft drinks what it did to tobacco. It wants that sweet revenue under the guise of “public health”.
I don’t see how they can legitimately target Coke and Pepsi unless they go after everything with sugar in it. How about Hershey, Mars, Kellog’s, General Mills, and on and on?
I’m no fan of Coke or Pepsi and I rarely drink sodas of any kind. I think they are unhealthy in many ways, not just because of the sugar. (I think the chemicals in “diet” beverages are even worse.) But I am against excessive regulation and definitely against a lawsuit which tries to make a company responsible for how a consumer chooses to use its product.
Everyone knows that eating too much makes you fat. Everyone knows that too much sugar is bad for you. If a person chooses to ignore that, it’s not the fault of the company who makes food with sugar in it.
Here’s another interesting question: Why don’t they go after the root of the problem which is the corn industry that has pushed to get high fructose corn syrup into so many foods? Perhaps that is an industry favored by the government? Perhaps that is an agenda favored by the government?
Can we sue the FDA for the Food Pyramid with carbs forming the base?
The Tobacco Lawsuits worked because they proved addiction.
They cannot prove the same with sugar. But High Fructose Corn Sweetener (HFCS) they might............
Cannot prove intent to harm.........
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$...............
Those Sugary Drink bastards always trying to be sweet and and tasty.
First we had SJW’s. Now we have HJW’s....................
Yep, and I’ll be in the coke drinking section flipping the bird to the non drinking section while eating red meat and waving my concealed carry permit around. after dessert I plan on running with scissors.
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How about Hershey, Mars, Kellog’s, General Mills, Nabisco, Keebler, Nestle’s, Brachs, Domino sugar, and on and on.................
You lay down with snakes you get biten
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