Have a Coke and Smile - Except In New York

The Patriot Room ^ | December 15, 2008 | Bill Dupray

[Gator113]

So, if one eats a Big Mac with that diet coke, can we trick the body into thinking that the Coke has calories? LOL

Actually, I no longer eat any of that junk, but the damn government should not be telling any of us what is, or is not, lawful to eat. This stuff is nuts!

[MEGoody]

Drinking a lot of sugary soda is terrible for the human body and will make you fat.

Doesn't mean I want government trying to control whether people drink it or not and how much.

[firebrand]

“I run the place I work in,” Mary Poppins Patterson said yesterday. Um. The voters? Remember us?

[LukeL]

Agreed, next will come any high fat foods, and probably a tax on cooking oil. Maybe a .1% tax per gram of fat over 15 per serving.

[xtinct]

Apparently Bloomie knows nothing about fat peoples' eating habits. First they load up their plates with everything fattening on the menu/buffet and then they order a diet coke.

And, doesn't this moron know that aspertine (artificial sweetener) is not good for your health... not to mention all the sodium in diet drinks.

[mass55th]

"What's the next food or drink that's gonna be slapped with the "Obesity Tax"?

Paterson will probably try to enact Mario Cuomo's 1991 proposed tax on snack foods.

[P.O.E.]

Still bitterly clinging to your last tooth?

The only problem is I whistle when reading my Bible....

[PistolPaknMama]

In the future, everyone will be treated the way smokers are today.

They will have sugar and non-sugar sections so the children won't have to be exposed to second hand sugar. Then pretty soon it will be banned county wide and all the mind numbed robots will think it's a good thing.

[3catsanadog]

I foresee workers having to go out on the sidewalk to eat their Snickers and drink their Pepsi’s.

[magooey]

"What's the next food or drink that's gonna be slapped with the "Obesity Tax"?

Hey, let them put an extra tax on pasta. It's fattening. Maybe then the mafia would help resolve this issue.

[Blacksheep]

He has already decided bottled water is not necessary in NY!

The point not to miss is Jobs! Is now the time to step on the bottled water industry and cause hundreds of people to lose there jobs at the worst possible time! We are talking about forklift drivers, plant personnel, truck drivers laborers lab personnel. certainly not the rich.

If the carbon spewing car companies jobs are worth saving are not the jobs of the people that provide the product most needed in an emergency entitled to have theirs protected.

What if NYC has a terrorist strike on its water system what will people drink if the industry is run out of town? No electricity no water, was there not a major power outage in NYC in recent decades? Won’t global warming be causing north east hurricanes? Can’t have it both ways!

[magooey]

He has already decided bottled water is not necessary in NY!

You've made good points there. Why are we ruled by such nutters?

[PistolPaknMama]

I foresee workers having to go out on the sidewalk

Around the corner, down two flights of stairs.

[OneWingedShark]

Ah, that’s ok.

[1_Rain_Drop]

"He has already decided bottled water is not necessary in NY!

The only reason he says NYC water is good, is because NYC landlords pay for the water. If the tenants don't drink it, then the landlords pay less.

The issue is money, not health.