Bloomberg fires back at "nanny" critics: It's part of government's role

CBSNews.com ^ | June 13, 2012

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Lazamataz]

Evil men can be well dealt with.

[allmendream]

“Not THIS little man.”

[CSM]

OMG, the lady on the far left in the white dress looks exactly Bawny Frankette! Hahaha!

[PT57A]

I’m sure those aren’t the only things that won’t be touching their lips.

[Gabz]

You know, CSM, he may be right about NYers being to stupid to make intelligent choices..........after all they elect and re-elect him..........

[Still Thinking]

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg shrugged off criticism of his controversial public health initiatives, saying that "if government's purpose isn't to improve the health and longevity of its citizens, I don't know what its purpose is."

Government's purpose is to keep other people from infringing on my rights and to make sure criminals don't interfere with my life (murder, mugging, toxic dumping into the water table, etc.)

When government starts intervening in my life beyond the most minimal degree necessary to ensure the previous point for me, but also to make sure I don't interfere in the same rights of others, then that government has assumed the role of the criminal.

[CSM]

I think you may be right. The problem is that by the time they wise up, it is to late do undo most of the damage.

[Gabz]

They never will...........I was born and raised in NYC, I know!

[Still Thinking]

But we certainly have an obligation to tell them what's the best science and best medicine says is in their interest.

Only in a liberal moron's mind would "telling" = "coercion by confiscation of the opportunity to make your own choices".

What about some guy who never drinks soda and splurges once a month (that's actually me, more or less). Is a 44oz soda gonna kill that guy? What drugs have you been ingesting that leave you thinking you know everyone's circumstances well enough to make rules that fit, even if protecting people from themselves WERE your job, you collectivist oxygen thief?

[Still Thinking]

Those citizens will make perfect FEMA Camp inmates (or sheeple).

It would appear that that's what they already are.

[Still Thinking]

"We're not here to tell anybody what to do."

No, you're not. Now stop doing it.

[Still Thinking]

"Lips that touch cola, cheesy poofs, and trans-fats shall not touch ours"

Judging from the picture, not only are they all guilty, guilty, guilty, but sounds like eating all that stuff is an even better idea than I thought! Well, maybe not the "cheesy poofs", need some clarification on that one, it might be Bloomie's chief of staff or something.

[ichabod1]

Right. We view that ‘public safety services’ thing to mean we can do anything we think is a good idea.

[ichabod1]

I WANT TO SEE THE BAD MAN FLY!!!!! AND I’M HUNGRY!

[RichInOC]

No, you’re thinking of an entirely different little man. That particular little man is more interested in screwing nubile young women than the folks he rules.