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After soda ban proposal, NYC officials set sights on popcorn and milk shakes.
FoxNews.com ^
| June 13, 2012
| Fox News
Posted on 06/14/2012 3:18:32 AM PDT by Carriage Hill
Watch out, moviegoers -- Nanny York City is taking aim at yet another of life's gluttonous pleasures.
On the heels of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's call for a ban on jumbo-sized sodas and other sugary drinks, city officials are now considering restrictions on treats ranging from popcorn to milkshakes.
At a meeting Tuesday, members of the New York City Board of Health expressed support for Bloomberg's proposal. They then started brainstorming other ways to cut the fat, according to MyFoxNY.com.
Member Bruce Vladeck proposed limiting movie-theater popcorn containers.
"The popcorn isn't a whole lot better than the soda," he said.
Another member suggested limits for milkshakes and "milk-coffee beverages."
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: dictator; nannystate; newjerkcity; newyork; newyorkcity; socialism; statecontrolled
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To: Fresh Wind
It would to anyone with a cogent, functioning brain, but that omits these lib-dem-Food-Nazis.
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posted on
06/14/2012 4:02:43 AM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(All libs & most dems think that life is just a sponge bath, with a happy ending.)
To: carriage_hill
Look for NYers to travel to next door CT and NJ for their snacks and soda.
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posted on
06/14/2012 4:06:59 AM PDT
by
Biggirl
("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
To: EBH
Well you have the internet to tell the “truth” prohibition, all this stuff going in NYC will fail.
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posted on
06/14/2012 4:09:20 AM PDT
by
Biggirl
("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
To: carriage_hill
Wow..keep your NYs out of my punch bowl. Next they will be burning books they don’t like...no wait...
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posted on
06/14/2012 4:10:05 AM PDT
by
Earthdweller
(Harvard won the election again...so what's the problem.......? Embrace a ruler today.)
To: Biggirl
I’d like to see 3-5 million move out of NYC/NYState and the damned place collapse, financially. Turn it into that “Escape New York” movie from the 80s:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082340/
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posted on
06/14/2012 4:11:17 AM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(All libs & most dems think that life is just a sponge bath, with a happy ending.)
To: carriage_hill
Stuff like this will make the “red states” look more attractive for common sense folks.
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posted on
06/14/2012 4:11:58 AM PDT
by
Biggirl
("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
To: Biggirl
When you dine out or go to the movies bring your own sh##. This hurts business only, “SMALL BUSINESS”
To: carriage_hill
Hell, just set a bounty.
45 cents a pound for anything over 300.
Problem solved.
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posted on
06/14/2012 4:16:05 AM PDT
by
djf
("There are more old drunkards than old doctors." - Benjamin Franklin)
To: carriage_hill
This is all heading towards "the real plan"....
that special tax which will induce us to stop buying the stuff....the exact plan for the cigarette tax.
It's about money....not health....like we didn't know.
Why is the govenment telling me what to eat...what to drink....and how much. It's insane.
To: carriage_hill
America helped and comforted NY City after 9/11. Most people that I know say, “Never again”.
LLS
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posted on
06/14/2012 4:19:31 AM PDT
by
LibLieSlayer
(Don't Tread On Me)
To: carriage_hill
"There are people who strictly deprive themselves of each and every eatable, drinkable and smokeable which has in any way acquired a shady reputation. They pay this price for health. And health is all they get out of it. How strange it is. It is like paying out your whole fortune for a cow that has gone dry."
Mark Twain
To: carriage_hill
Put up the 30-foot walls and let “A Number 1” take charge.
Stick a fork in NYC.
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posted on
06/14/2012 4:24:33 AM PDT
by
treetopsandroofs
(Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
To: EBH
We got rid of Prohibition and I would like to see the "why" of the "Constitional Amendment".
It's likely how we arrived at taxing the cra* out of cigarettes instead of calling them illegal.
It's time the people stood up and told government to get out of their private lives....
To: carriage_hill
Yet more confirmation of my opinion that the primary function of government at all levels these days is to suck all the joy out of life.
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posted on
06/14/2012 4:25:07 AM PDT
by
elkfersupper
( Member of the Original Defiant Class)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Popcorn is whole grain, and vegetarian (not necessarily vegan); a dog from Nathan’s, well, that’s just a crime against humanity.
BTW, Bloomberg’s an a$$hole!
Thanks carriage_hill.
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posted on
06/14/2012 4:27:09 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: carriage_hill
Do they have plans for installing videocameras in homes to make sure nobody eats popcorn or drinks a milkshake? They’d better. It’s possible that somebody might smoke a cigarette—or worse!
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posted on
06/14/2012 4:30:13 AM PDT
by
Savage Beast
(Long may our land be bright with freedom's holy light.)
To: carriage_hill
The popping oil is another big problem. They’re banning the coconut oil,... Coconut oil is a good oil. If this is true, they're basing their government overreach on bad research. Just another reason the food Nazis should stay out of it.
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posted on
06/14/2012 4:31:01 AM PDT
by
MulberryDraw
(The government "gives" and the government takes away (freedom).)
To: carriage_hill
I think they just need to nationalize restaraunts and let Nanny Bloomberg set the menu for each one. That will solve all problems.
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posted on
06/14/2012 4:45:58 AM PDT
by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: Sacajaweau; All
This all started with the “War on Smoking”... They will go after booze again.. Just watch..
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posted on
06/14/2012 4:46:06 AM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(In order for the human race to survive, Space is the final frontier.)
To: MulberryDraw
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posted on
06/14/2012 4:46:19 AM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(All libs & most dems think that life is just a sponge bath, with a happy ending.)
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