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The Head of the CDC Was Behind the Big Gulp Soda Ban In New York
Zero Hedge ^ | 10/16/2014 | George Washington (blogger)

Posted on 10/16/2014 8:13:20 AM PDT by Leaning Right

Libertarians were outraged by New York City Mayor Bloomberg’s “Big Gulp” ban (which a state court ultimately struck down). They slammed it as a “Nanny State” measure.

But it was current Centers for Disease Control head Tom Frieden who was actually behind the ban.

(Excerpt) Read more at zerohedge.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 16ounces; bloomberg; cdc; frieden; michaelbloomberg; nannystate; newyork; pop; soda; sodatax; sodawars
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I suppose it could have been worse. Instead of Frieden, Obama could have appointed that Pajama Boy as head of the CDC.
1 posted on 10/16/2014 8:13:20 AM PDT by Leaning Right
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To: Leaning Right

How is that worse?


2 posted on 10/16/2014 8:15:10 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (STOP flights and immigration from HOT Zones . . .NOW)
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To: Leaning Right

We’d all be safe if Ebola came in a Big Gulp.


3 posted on 10/16/2014 8:18:32 AM PDT by Rennes Templar (Obama: First ever POTUS to be retired while still in office.)
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To: Leaning Right

- Tom Frieden -

Community Organizer Extraordinaire.

Really a whizz at that job. But as a medical expert on ANYTHING, his credentials are a little suspect.

He is extremely good at Doublespeak and obfuscation.

The appointment could have been worse. Current Occupant could have appointed Susan Rice to the job.


4 posted on 10/16/2014 8:18:42 AM PDT by alloysteel (Most people become who they promised they would never be.)
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To: A_Former_Democrat
How is that worse?

Come to think of it, it isn't.

5 posted on 10/16/2014 8:19:17 AM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: Leaning Right

If this is true, I withdraw all previous support for the man.


6 posted on 10/16/2014 8:20:22 AM PDT by Lazamataz (First we beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them. We have no 'news media', only a Soviet Pravda.)
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To: Leaning Right
I thought Frieden was a patsy in this Ebola crisis. I defended him, thinking he was being intimidated into saying all this nonsense about Ebola. Boy was I wrong!
7 posted on 10/16/2014 8:21:06 AM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: Leaning Right

That certainly would have queered things up...


8 posted on 10/16/2014 8:21:38 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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So these sick freaks are worried about a Big Gulp, but not bringing Obola into the country? Willfully.

So when’s the criminal neglect prosecutions begin??


9 posted on 10/16/2014 8:23:48 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: WKUHilltopper

You now must keep your liquified innards to less than 16 ounces.

for the children.


10 posted on 10/16/2014 8:26:06 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
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To: WKUHilltopper
So these sick freaks are worried about a Big Gulp, but not bringing Obola into the country?

The subtitle to the posted article says it all: Nanny State Can't Be Bothered Protecting Us from Ebola?

11 posted on 10/16/2014 8:28:03 AM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: Leaning Right

To liberals, a super-sized soda cup is more dangerous than ebola.

They certainly do have their priorities in order.


12 posted on 10/16/2014 8:28:17 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Leaning Right

Incompetence is deadly


13 posted on 10/16/2014 8:31:47 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ((If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
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To: Leaning Right

The Big Gulp czar is running the Center for Disease Redistribution? Who’da thunk it?

Perhaps he can get a job working the night shift at a 7-Eleven, you know, to clean up the place for the customers coming in the next day that do productive work.


14 posted on 10/16/2014 8:32:06 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: Leaning Right

LOL...well played


15 posted on 10/16/2014 8:36:21 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (STOP flights and immigration from HOT Zones . . .NOW)
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To: Leaning Right
Statesmen fill their cabinet with experts, and let them do their work.

Politicians fill their cabinet with political hacks and cronies, then micromanage them to fulfill their agendas.

Like these tools:

Timothy Geithner
Larry Summers
Kathleen Sebelius
Susan Rice
Eric Shinseki
Janet Napolitano
John Koskinen
Lois Lerner
Tom Frieden

16 posted on 10/16/2014 8:37:30 AM PDT by W. (0bama: redefining fine art--The bigotry of low expectations.)
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To: Lazamataz; fatnotlazy
Read the wikpedia summary on Friedan .... the years 2002-2009 when he was the head of the New York City DOHMH. Here's just one example of the types of things he got involved in (caps emphasis is mine):

Frieden worked to raise awareness about diabetes in New York City, particularly among pregnant women,[44] and established an INVOLUNTARY, NON-DISCLOSED hemoglobin A1C diabetes REGISTRY that tracks patients' blood sugar control over several months and report that information to treating physicians in an effort to help them provide better care

Gee .... I wonder why he didn't do an involuntary, non-disclosed registry for tracking HIV/AIDS patients? At least with diabetes, you don't pass on a potential death sentence (and other bad stuff like STDs) to someone else by unsafe, risky behaviors. [/sarc]

17 posted on 10/16/2014 8:37:32 AM PDT by Qiviut ( One of the most delightful things about a garden is the anticipation it provides. ~W.E. Johns)
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To: Leaning Right
List of potential replacements:


18 posted on 10/16/2014 8:41:00 AM PDT by Calamari (Pass enough laws and everyone is guilty of something.)
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To: Calamari
Appropriate. the one on the viewer's right appears to have the Charlie Manson forehead tattoo.


19 posted on 10/16/2014 8:51:49 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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To: Leaning Right

WHO (not W.H.O.)? Tommy? Music to read this thread by…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DERjIPnTYj0&list=PLA39681C9196463AE&index=14


20 posted on 10/16/2014 8:52:40 AM PDT by PGalt
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