A new advertising campaign is about to begin. "Malt Liquor. Still Legal in the City"
Posted on 05/30/2012 7:26:28 PM PDT by John W
New York City plans to enact a far-reaching ban on the sale of large sodas and other sugary drinks at restaurants, movie theaters and street carts, in the most ambitious effort yet by the Bloomberg administration to combat rising obesity.
The proposed ban would affect virtually the entire menu of popular sugary drinks found in delis, fast-food franchises and even sports arenas, from energy drinks to pre-sweetened iced teas. The sale of any cup or bottle of sweetened drink larger than 16 fluid ounces — about the size of a medium coffee, and smaller than a common soda bottle — would be prohibited under the first-in-the-nation plan, which could take effect as soon as next March.
The measure would not apply to diet sodas, fruit juices, dairy-based drinks like milkshakes, or alcoholic beverages; it would not extend to beverages sold in grocery or convenience stores.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”
— C.S. Lewis
“So you won’t be able to purchase a 64 ounce Big Gulp but you’ll be able to buy a Margerita that could float a battleship and they’re doing this for health reasons.
Is that about right?”
Yes, and the gay bathhouses will remain open.
Healthy, healthy, healthy.
“Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.”
— George Washington
Hell, I speed and drive in the carpool lane.
Bring it, lawman....
...yeah this is going to fix the problems with New York...
So have they also banned the sale of bottled water? That seems to be the craze on the left coast.
A new advertising campaign is about to begin. "Malt Liquor. Still Legal in the City"
Bloomberg is everything evil in a leader, and more.
WHOA
Check Bloomberg's eyes....!
He's completely, merrily, insane....!
Idjits.
I 30 oz Super size drink = Banned
2 x 15 oz drink = 30 = Not Banned
Are these left wing Utopian fascists really THAT dumb?
I guess that 69 cent soda at Circle K is out. :(
But in truth, this will ALL FAIL.
so people will now buy TWO of the smaller ones and get even MORE calories... BRILLIANT!!!
The same city where they think 11 year olds are capable of making decisions on sex.
“The measure would not apply to diet sodas, fruit juices, dairy-based drinks like milkshakes, or alcoholic beverages; it would not extend to beverages sold in grocery or convenience stores.”
Not yet, but we all know that nannystatists never stop.
Seriously. Have you ever met a Lib who can change a tire, or his own oil, or work a simple quadratic, or build a fire?
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
A Lib doesn't qualify as human, and should be treated as you would any other vermin...
Stop voting for them.
I slipped into the DUmp briefly (just before taking a shower, of course) to see what the hyper-lefties thought of this nanny statism. Even many of THEM think that this is BS. If the radical Lefties like them think this is overboard - amazingly, some even used the term “nanny state” in their disagreement! - you can believe that your run-of-the-mill Democrat is livid.
Maybe more people are actually noticing that the Emperor has no clothes?
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