Bloomberg to Soda Ban Dissidents: ‘If You Want to Kill Yourself, I Guess You Have a Right to Do It’
- Posted on July 10, 2012 at 9:55am by
Christopher Santarelli
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NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg
Discussion on a proposed ban on sugary drinks over 16 ounces appears to be drowning out any other policy, accomplishments or even mention of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. During a press conference on Monday about creating new housing, Bloomberg vented when asked about an upcoming march in protest of the soda ban.
“If you want to kill yourself, I guess you have a right to do it,” Gothamist quotes Bloomberg as saying. “We’re trying to do something about that. We‘ve got to do something about this but they can have a march and they can make a joke out of it but there’s a story in the post today where the hospitals are having to increase the size of their gurneys and strengthen them— they can’t even handle the patients some of the patients are so heavy.”
On Monday, a small group of peaceful protesters rallied against the ban on a sidewalk near City Hall Park in what was called “The Million Big Gulp March.”
An event organizer and NYC Liberty HQ spokesman Zach Huff told CBS News Monday, “Before, the government was instituted to protect the rights of everyone and prevent crime, and now it’s cracking down the rights of everyone.”
“It’s astonishing we have a mayor who is pro-choice when it comes to what a woman can do with her body but isn’t pro-choice with simple choices, like soda container sizes,” he added.
According to a recent NY1-Marist poll, 53 percent of New Yorkers oppose the ban, while only 42 percent agree with the proposal. The Blaze has previously covered the flaws and public debate surrounding Bloomberg’s proposed soda ban.
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Comments (101)
watersRpeople
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 10:27amI wonder when people will wise up to it isn’t that they want to control soda, but that it’s the water in soda they want to control, because they want to control all water in general. Just like in many communities they are starting to want to control water drainage ditches and in parks they want to get rid of dams and bridges like the bridge in Yosemite National Park, and even the U.N wants to control access to waterways.
Report Post »lynnissmart
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 10:38amWow! Very interesting!
Report Post »Tractorboy
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 10:59amA easy way to remember what the libs want to control, is to look at the perdiodic table of elements, that is their checklist.
Report Post »ashestoashes
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 11:02amWe were warned that this was coming..They are draining our lakes by piping it to bigger cities.. our city is raising our water rates..ours is going up 28% so that the overpaid city officials can give themselves raises..and they plan to raise it by 1% each month.. I find it hard to believe that they would concentrate on soda when our very own government is so heavily involved in poisonous GMO foods..it grows insecticide inside the plant..and the protein similiar to ours multiplies exponentially in our intestines even after stopping consumption…it is suspected of causing cancer..auto immune diseases. and alzhiemers. Lawsuits have been threatened by Monsanto if anyone dares to label GMO’s..I understand that other countries have banned them, and in ones that allow have only 5% of them while our GMO foods are at 70%..Monsanto has sued farmers when their seed blows onto others land for the purpose of taking their land. They intend to rid us of God given seed and to force GMOs down our throats.
Report Post »Truthbeliever2
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 11:15amIf the government can control this THEY CAN CONTROL ANYTHING!
That’s why they do it; it’s a baby step towards communist change. NY will sit back like the lazy ass uninformed turds they are while their communist politicians plan the next thing they think they can get away with banning.
Communist U.S.A. We are here folks.
Report Post »buubbytraps
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 11:19amnice info , thanks ashes.
Report Post »ashestoashes
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 11:23am@BUUBYTRAPS You’re welcome.
Report Post »buubbytraps
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 11:23amConspiracy Theory with Gov. Jesse Ventura Worldwide Water Conspiracy Full length
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1uWSmclzWY
Agenda 21 EXPLAINED, full version
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GykzQWlXJs
watersRpeople
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 11:25amlynnissmart,
Report Post »Yes indeed, and it’s might inspire one to wonder what the true reason was that ancient societies mummified the bodies of the dead. In that they darn sure wanted to make sure all the water was out.
Detroit paperboy
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 11:41amI guess i was under the impression that we won the cold waf, and that whole freedom over central planning thing….. Then i woke up in a communist country….lock n load folks. Its about to get uncomfortable….
Report Post »KevINtampa
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 11:44am“while only 42 percent agree with the proposal”
Only 42%???
That is staggeringly high IMO. WTF is wrong with 42% of New Yorkers, you people are retarded.
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 11:52amKick the UN out of our country. They have no business here. We do not want them.
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 12:05pmVery true…WA state drained a lake that was used for water in Tacoma…making it a shortage for the freedom of the fish.
Bridges, tolled to the point that people are finding ways around the bridges…a long way around to get to work.
It’s gonna piss off a bunch of liberals in WA State…LMAO over all of this.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 4:37pmControl = Limit = Rarity = Value!
Report Post »Live_Free_orDie
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 5:20pmIt’s not about water, rights, fat people, medical costs….it’s about having low self esteem. The Midget King with his small body, small pee pee and small hands can’t clutch anything that big…‘cept for Kelly’s ears.
Report Post »Why do you think the Tyrannosaurus Rex was always nasty…he had small hands. :-)
black9897
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 11:16pmUh…duh! So don’t make laws that take away that freedom. Like seat belt, helmet, soda, Pot, etc.
Report Post »Touchy Touchy Touchy
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 10:43amYou are as big of whack job as Bloomberg.
Report Post »db321
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 8:23pmLet me step out on a limb – NY is going in the same direction as CA Cities – Bankrupt. Wow! I must be a genius for my prediction!
I say this because it seems at time that no body else is seeing this coming, otherwise, this short man God Child Bloomberg would have be tossed out on his butt months ago!
Report Post »term limits for congress
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 10:21amMost fat people I know drink diet drinks in their Big Gulp. In one hand – diet Coke. In the other hand – cheeseburger and twinkies.
Why doesn’t Bloomberg just ban fat people? Isn’t that the desired result?
Report Post »BLACKDIAMONDSKIER
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 11:26am@Term Limits
“Why doesn’t Bloomberg just ban fat people? Isn’t that the desired result?”
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This is the most dangerous part about progressives. They recognize that there is a problem. In order to solve the problem they try to limit choices…..this is known as the “nudge”. When the people will not respond to the “nudge” (which is what the American people are doing) then they must resort to a more demanding form of tyranny known as the “shove”. The shove might be a fine or “penalty” as would be incurred from Obamacare for not following their directives. This can result in jail time or possibly the taking of your property if you don’t OBEY. When the American people will not comply with this tactic the next stage of tyranny is known as “THE GUN.” If you won’t respond to the nudge or the shove, then how about a gun to the side of your head to help you make the right decision! The thought process being….if the “undesirables” won‘t make the correct choices then we’ll just help them make better ones. It’s for the good of the nation you see. Germany took the same view of “undesirables” only a few years back. The end result of progressive thought is TYRANNY. The end result of tyranny is the opression and destruction of millions of human beings.
Report Post »Copper Catfish
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 8:09amWhy don’t the people of New York just ban Bloomberg? Elections have consequences!
Report Post »watersRpeople
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 10:21am“Guess you have a right to do it.” But he’s thinking: you don’t have a right to get your children to drink soda.
Report Post »lynnissmart
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 10:21amIt’s time for the old folks home Bloomy…..Who exactly are YOU, you small man, to tell anyone what to do?? HuH!
Report Post »savant
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 10:20amYo can kill your baby but how dare you drink a 20oz. MTN. DEW!
Report Post »jman-6
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 10:35amsavant-musical or?
Report Post »Silversmith
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 10:19amOkay we all know that Bloomberg is not a conservative right? This argument is purposefully obfuscated to generate better numbers for the progressives. This is two separate things. – Are sodas of this size bad for you? – and – Should government be legislating this? Clearly, the administration should not be involved here. It should provide a SAFE arena for the discussion, but not enter into it. To do otherwise – for whatever reason – damages the mechanism of government and leave it rife for abuse. But then……I also assume he knows this, and wants it, as do most progressives.
Silversmith
Report Post »Dodsfall
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 10:18amWhat truly amazes me is that 42% of the population in New York agrees that the Government, rather than the individual, should decide how much soda they should buy. Look at history; this is how dictatorships are born. We are headed to a bad place.
Report Post »Silversmith
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 10:24amDo they agree that the Government should be legislating this? Or do they agree that copious amounts of soda is bad for you? What was the question that yielded these numbers?
Silversmith
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 11:02amThey voted for the man, what do you expect? Our leaders are generally reflections of ourselves.
Report Post »Goldi
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 10:17amIt’s called freedom!
Report Post »castuslonginus
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 10:13pmWe now have dietary criminals. 32oz cups 10 bucks each on the street . whats next?
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 10:16amNY and CA are becoming banana republics within the nation as a whole; the matter is that the micro scale actions going on there, are happening in America, and most people still refuse to see it on the march to crush the Republic completely.
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 10:14amIf Bloomberg wants that kind of power, he needs to go to another country to get it.
Report Post »Copper Catfish
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 8:10amOr, he could just run for president!
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 10:14amWhen you vote for tight government controls on your life, you get tight government controls on your life. We’ll see whether or not the rest of America wants it in November.
Report Post »bhelmet
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 10:11amBINGO!!! People DO have a right to kill themselves with their OWN choices.
Report Post »randy
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 10:10amWe had a tea party revolution!
Report Post »Now how about a Soda Party Revolution?
Constructionist
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 10:24amA new take on the ‘Cola Wars’?
Report Post »AllLost
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 10:10amI am extremely fat…and you know what? I don’t drink sugar filled drinks. I am no longer going to rant about the tyranny of our government and their control of every aspect of our lives because that is now simply a given in the US. I just find it so stupid that they are focusing on soda. Remember when it was fat. Now it is carbs.
If they want to get people thin again put manufacturing back in the US and turn off electricity. Bunch of blooming idiots. Heaven or Hell when I see them I will kick their butts.
Report Post »DemonaLyn
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 10:10amGlad I don’t live in NY. But just kinda curious, for people that don’t have the weight issues, isn’t that discrimation towards citizens that are thin and want the calories?
Report Post »randy
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 10:09amYeah, OK Bloomberg, you’re in favor of MURDERING babies in the womb, but don’t you dare ask for a 32oz soda in NYC………… I will never visit NYC again, until this commies POS is voted out.
Report Post »And how about all good conservatives follow suit? STAY AWAY from NYC!
bravjim
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 11:21amFor me, that kind of goes without saying. I will never visit Massachussettes, New york, California, Illinois, or any other far left liberal state. I am the opposite of the magnetic poles because stupid repels me.
Report Post »yougottabekidding
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 10:09amTo me the size of the soda is not even the problem.
It‘s you telling me I cann’t do something that is none of your business. It’s just you in your elitist fashion telling me I need your Stupidity because you are better and smarter then me!
Report Post »stumpy68
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 10:58amThe Government has no right to tell me that i cant do
Report Post »something that doesn’t hurt anyone else whats that line they like
oh yeah my body my choice lol
commonsenseguy
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 10:08ambecause if he is going to throw every one into the gulags, or just have them shot for standing up for their constitutional rights, he is a little commie dictator wannabe, his theory is government knows what is best for the peasants, and besides if he is going to pay for your health care,then you should at least help him keep the cost down by doing what he knows is best, what a commie lover !!!!
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 10:05amHe has absolutely no connection to normal human beings. What a pompous, arrogant arse, so full of himself.
Report Post »jonboy1903
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:08pmAmen, I wonder how Mike Hitler got so full of himself? Does he re-ingest his own waste? Consume his own garbage? He needs to go.
Report Post »Al J Zira
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 10:04amI guess we should all be thankful that this elitist idiot finally admitted that people have a right to anything, let alone their drink preference.
Report Post »contkmi
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 10:01amIt’s funny because, in being flippant, he finally spoke the truth and seemed to uphold freedom.
Report Post »beekeeper
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 10:00amUhm, “You Guess”?
Report Post »ShadowPlacebo
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 9:59amI am an avid Mountain Dew drinker and my health vitals are top notch. It’s called balanced diet with water, healthy foods and exercise. Give people a choice.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 10:10amyour choices. death
Report Post »taxes { penalty’s }
communism
SREGN
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 9:59am“If you want to kill yourself, I guess you have a right to do it,” Gothamist quotes Bloomberg as saying. “We’re trying to do something about that.”
He admits he’s trying to take away our rights. Isn’t that treason?
Report Post »GaltLine
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 9:58amWe believe in soda liberty. How so very condescending of you to put it such crass terms.
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