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NYC Mayor Bloomberg’s Actual Defense of Large Drink Ban: ‘We’re Simply Forcing You to Understand’

I’m going to get out of the way here and just let NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg explain to you the logic behind his proposed ban on sugary drinks over 16 ounces. Because really, once he starts admitting it‘s his government’s role to “force” people to do things, he kind of buries himself.

“The idea here is, you tend to eat all the food in the container in front of you,” Bloomberg said on MSNBC Thursday afternoon. “If it’s a bigger container, you eat more. If somebody put it in a smaller glass or plate or bowl in front of you, you would eat less.”

And then there’s this: “We’re not taking away anybody’s right to do things, we’re simply forcing you to understand that you have to make the conscious decision to go from one cup to another cup.”

“It’s not perfect, it’s not the only answer, it’s not the only cause of people being overweight – but we’ve got to do something,” he added. “We have an obligation to warn you when things are not good for your health.”

And: “I would just like to … force the consumer to hopefully move over to the less fattening drinks and everybody will be better off.”

Catch that? He’s not taking away your rights, but he’s forcing you into something he wants.

Watch him, below:

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  • AlwaysRight49
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:21pm

    Bottom line; NY gets what they deserve. They voted this Progressive turd into office. So how’s that working out for you NY? Two million people have left NY in the last three years (TX and FL thank you).

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    • Popp40
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:30pm

      But the question is…..will they accept how TX and FL is run or will they try and turn it into another liberal heaven……it’s one thing if they move and change their views, but to simply move but set up the same stuff that they are running from is pointless.

      But then again that may be the plan, get liberals to move to conservative areas and slowly take them over……think about it.

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    • Charley1
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:31pm

      We welcome them? Not likely. Welcome to Texas, now GO HOME!

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    • aChameleon
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:34pm

      The only question I have is: Do they still give free refills?

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    • wingedwolf
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:39pm

      New yorkers don’t care how many people leave, their reasoning is that it’s too crowded anyway. My sister lives there and she is disgusted with the people of new york. She told me that if I come there, leave my handgun AND my stun gun at home, either one can send me to jail. A stun gun??? You’re not allowed to carry a stun gun in new york?? These people need to get a grip.

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    • deerfawn
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:46pm

      the sad part is they come here and make the same stupid mistakes that made NY what it is.

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 6:06pm

      I hope the burn the stinking city to the ground in protest and try to put it out with pi@@…Less than 16 ounces…

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    • mtcountrygrl
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 6:07pm

      You know there is a free market solution to the obesity crisis…If people have to pay for their own healthcare, they take better care of themselves. Also, allow health insurance companies to charge fat people higher premiums (like they do smokers for life insurance). People would either pick up the tab for their lifestyle or lose some weight and the rest of us could enjoy a large soda now and then.

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    • ncwiseguy
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 6:22pm

      ha ha…………..on people leaving new york…………

      the irony in all these departures……………THEY RE TAKING THEIR $$$ WITH THEM………..

      bloomberg & nyc are screwed !!!!!

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    • Roberto G. Vasquez
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 6:26pm

      Well now, how do yuou feel NYC??? Doomberg thinks you are so stupid you need a baby-sitter!

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    • yathink
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 6:28pm

      We encourage everyone to come to Florida and visit us enjoy our unique and beautiful state. We can use your vacation dollars for our economy. Then get the heII out. and leave us alone.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 6:31pm

      Nudge, nudge… I didn’t know that Michael Bloomberg was related to Cass Sunstein?

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    • Obamammy
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 6:38pm

      Isn‘t this how tyrants did this in the past right before they put somebody’s neck in the guillotine?

      “We are just forcing you to understand”….

      * Chop *

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    • Madmilo
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 6:43pm

      They don’t learn from their mistakes. They have turned my hometown of Austin into a sorry liberal city. Wanting everything and choking us with taxes to get it. Now they want to spend money on trolly cars at a cost of about a billion dollars a mile to build. You can’t smoke anywhere anymore. They are like a plague of locusts.

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    • teamarcheson
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:10pm

      Mayor Badberg Is Shoving His Middle Finger In Our EYES

      Sugar is not fattening. Soda does not have any fat and is in fact a no fat food.

      Badberg is a dictator who must be removed.

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    • berneman
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:21pm

      I don’t know how old the Mayor is, but I am 73 yrs. old and when I was a kid the bottles were 12 oz. not 6 oz like he states. Look up any old Pepsi advertsement, even the “Jingle” was pepsi cola hits the spot, 12 big ounces thats a lot, they made it light and dry—and etc. He is a small man, grew up small, so his soda bottles were small!!!

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    • creepshow
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:35pm

      Bloomberg is an A**hole tyrant. If martial law were to ever be declared in NYC for some reason, Bloomberg is the type of guy who would have no crisis of conscience when it comes time to order the NYC shock troops to start killing people. The NYC shock troops are the type of sociopathic a**holes who would have no problem carrying out such orders.
      Bloomberg is so arrogant he thinks he has the authority to dispatch his personal goon squads throughout the eastern seaboard to carry out half-ass “gun store stings”. He was promptly put in his place. What the hell possesses people to vote for a s***head like Bloomberg?

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    • KeystoneState
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 8:00pm

      Isn’t this the same guy who says the government should force illegals to move into the run down areas of big cities? O hope that big Apple voters wise up and “force” this clown out of office!

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    • TrenchPress
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 8:04pm

      The issue it why Republicans voted for him n the first place
      So people have to ask themselves
      Conservatism for What?
      http://trenchpress.com/?p=1423

      “Without conservative philosophy practical politics mean nothing.””The history of American conservatism is a history of loosing…”

      The same applies to democrats that promise one thing and do another.
      It was never one side vs the other, but the politicians vs people.

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    • KeystoneState
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 8:21pm

      Way to go NYC, another “historic first”, the “Big Gulp Speakeasy”!

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    • tamalezebra
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 8:25pm

      Please don’t come to Texas and vote for Democrats.

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    • 9635kari
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 8:29pm

      I absolutely agree. New York gets what they deserve except for the fact it will affect us all. This man is creepy and needs to become a pariah. Think about it. He literally wants to force people to drink the amount he deems important. Get rid of this man New York. How did he make his fortune? He is truly a schmuck!!

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    • jzs
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 8:51pm

      This is about the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard. And realize, and I want to be clear on this point, this JZS saying it. Maybe there is a health awareness angle that might amount to somthing, but I doubt it (it‘s the 50 grams of fat in the burgers that’ll kill you eventually – not the sugar in the coke). He’s playing politcs. Maybe he’s running for President 2016.

      And for what it’s worth, I eat lots of fast food hamburgers.

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    • black9897
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 8:57pm

      That’s government. A walking contradiction. You’re free….but were forcing you to do something. Murder is bad and illegal, but abortion is fine; stealing is wrong! But were gonna put a gun to your head and call it taxation; Don’t hurt others, but if you don’t show up for jury duty or drive without a seat belt we will violently throw you in a cage.

      Keep pursuing freedom, one day we will have it back.

      http://www.marcstevens.net

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    • EndTheFedNOW
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 9:17pm

      When will the Blaze run a story on Bilderberg 2012? Which is going on right now in Chantilly VA.

      http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/30/bilderberg-2012-technocrats-are-rising

      http://www.infowars.com/bilderberg2012/

      Neocons and liberals alike can not deny it anymore. The real news from the BLAZE needs to cover this. But I bet they wont. Cause Beck is a sell out. Him and his private jet and charging thousands of dollars to meet him.
      Wake up.

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    • MCDAVE
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 9:27pm

      As I have said before the democrats always have an agenda they will now attack any food product they deem unhealthy,all this will be followed by stiff taxes on all these items..the taxes is the real goal…That’s how they did it to tobacco products…wake up America they intend to tax us to death

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    • Secret Squirrel
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 9:30pm

      .
      How many times do we have to see the truth.
      The loony left will never stop telling you what you can do.
      Fight back. Say “go to hell.”
      When will enough be enough?
      Next: Buffets, coffee, butter, red meat, big cars, big homes, boats.
      Except theirs, of course.

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    • silentwatcher
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 9:39pm

      ‘forcing us to understand’ huh? let me make you understand,,,,you are a blithering idiot, a bully for wanting to make people be what YOU think they should, a commie, and a traitor to the constitution and bill of rights. one day someone will ‘set you straight.’ when I hear of that happening,,,,I will laugh my #ss off, b*tch!

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    • silentwatcher
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 9:40pm

      and it’s not about the drink size, dummy!!

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    • SpeckChaser
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 9:56pm

      @JZS
      Come on JZS.

      We really want to hear how this is a made up story to get under the skin of conservatives. That the government is not interested in regulating the things we eat. You know an absurd joke to trick the uninformed, that conservatives totally bought.

      Tell us all the same stuff that you said about the proposed salt ban, the one you never heard about. Yea, tell us some more about that.

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    • TIME_2_END_THE_GOP_IN_12
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 10:00pm

      Is Mayor Bloomberg not a Republican?? Looks like I showed up just in the nick of time.

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    • brother_ed
      Posted on June 1, 2012 at 12:54am

      @JZS

      I agree with you.

      @MTCOUNTRY

      That is a true statement.

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    • sealwifenyc
      Posted on June 1, 2012 at 3:22am

      TEAMARCHESON- I had to reply to you because in all honestly, what you are saying is totally wrong. Sugar absolutely makes you fat, extremely so. The no fat craze of the 90′s is actually when our country began to get extremely obese. To remove fat from food products the food companies added sugar, which is the ultimate culprit in obesity. While I was in medical school it was just being fully discovered that high cholesterol/triglycerides where raised just as much if not more from high sugar intake, than from fat intake. As a physician, if I had a patient who was obese, with high cholesterol, I would much rather them eat a large steak with mashed potatoes, than a few cans of coke and some twizzlers (both “no fat” foods). Do not be afraid of fat, be afraid of sugar. I have seen people lose 20 pounds with only cutting out soda, and making no other changes. I do not think the govt should regulate anything someone eats or drinks, I am against this law in principle. But, as a health care worker, I would love to see people especially kids stop drinking soda, it has no nutrients, it dehydrates, it causes major spikes in blood sugar which is leading risk factor for type 2 diabetes. Soda was meant to be a treat, not an everyday/all day type of thing.

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    • GETLIFE
      Posted on June 1, 2012 at 3:39am

      Think Think Think
      Now, who would be FOR such a ban… and why?

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    • TexasKnight
      Posted on June 1, 2012 at 4:04am

      The really sad part, this will have almost no effect on the obese, but restrict the rights of everyone. Do the obese order these super large regular Cokes? No they order Diet Coke. Most regular Coke drinkers are not obese.
      And yes, I am one that ‘has’ to drink Diet Coke.
      So not only is Bloombutter trying to impose a Nanny State, he is doing it bassackwards.

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    • nzkiwi
      Posted on June 1, 2012 at 6:24am

      @JZS

      I’m agreeing with you a lot lately, which is giving me some concern.

      Here is Jon Stewart’s input on the subject. Even if you are not a fan, it is worth watching.

      http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/thu-may-31-2012-jim-parsons

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    • 333tgm333
      Posted on June 1, 2012 at 10:17am

      Who wears the pants in that town!!
      333TGM333

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    • deerfawn
      Posted on June 1, 2012 at 7:12pm

      TIME_2_END_THE_GOP_IN_12
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 10:00pm
      Is Mayor Bloomberg not a Republican?? Looks like I showed up just in the nick of time.

      actually he claims to be an independent now. He is no where near being a conservative. Not all Rinos are conservatives.

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    • deerfawn
      Posted on June 1, 2012 at 7:14pm

      pop, so true

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    • deerfawn
      Posted on June 1, 2012 at 7:18pm

      TIME_2_END_THE_GOP_IN_12 just in case you need me to back that uphttp://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/02/02/new-york-city-mayor-bloomberg-pledges-to-match-donations-to-planned-parenthood/

      I don’t know that the man even knows what he is.

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    • RamonPreston
      Posted on June 3, 2012 at 1:10am

      Yathink is a jerk. You don’t own the state. Be a little politer. My father used to say “Keep Florida green. Bring money.”

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    • KeystoneState
      Posted on June 4, 2012 at 1:53pm

      DEERFAWN, uh, NO Rinos are conservative, that is why they are called “RINOs”.

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  • elosogrande
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:20pm

    Maybe Mayor Bloomberg should apply the same philosophy to the city, when it comes to spending other people’s money. What if we forced governments all over the country to “take the less fattening” approach. “Force them to ”take the smaller cup”. Force them to make government less bloated, less piggish, less fat and sloppy.

    We can do it for them. We can put government on a diet. Vote them all out of office in November.

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    • Popp40
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:32pm

      One could only wish a reporter would say that when he tries to use the example as the reason for this law.

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    • RebelPatriot
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:35pm

      Exactly, thet aren’t here to rule over us they are here to do our bidding. Without a consensus with no mandate from the public this government has attempted to shove Obamacare down our throats and now they want to tell us how to eat by forcing us out of other options.

      It’s time we showed these nut cases who run this country. If there was ever a time to show the people’s power in this country it is at the polls come November.

      It time the majority asserted it’s power over a government run amuck.

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    • ChiefGeorge
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:53pm

      Well its like one of the justices asked. If the government can order you to buy its healthcare, then what else can it not make you do…not to much!

      If government can reduce portion sizes based on the big gulp which most people may agree with and would not buy for themselves, then whats the next step because there is always a next step? Small pizzas and no large ones. Only 12inch subs and no 18in subs, sandwiches can only be sold as half sandwich portions, chips only sold in the tiny one serving bag and no large bags of chip will be sold for your own good, gallon of icecream goes down to the pint or even half pint. Want milk in a gallon container, sorry only available in the small kids lunch sizes and on it goes. once they start this it will be mandated into everything and thus the higher demand for more containers….check out who gets rich off of food packaging!

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    • duce023
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 6:01pm

      Very well said. I‘ll take the 16oz over the 32oz if government will slash it’s budget by 50% as well.

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    • lukerw
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:42pm

      NYC has the Perfect Mayor: He does not like People!

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    • tzion
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:56pm

      “Forcing us to understand.” BS. He’s forcing people to obey. If it was about understanding you’d make nutrition a mandatory high school subject. It’s a lot more useful than Arabic at the very least.

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  • 5XDADDY
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:20pm

    Remember the “Soup Nazi” well now New York has the “Coke Nazi”

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  • doomytram
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:19pm

    Pretty soon NYC will go Obama with just the dead vote, non citizen, and Mickey Mouse vote. Holder will make sure that the he will personally count the votes.

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  • FEMALL
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:16pm

    Wait until somebody on the street gets a Coke snatched from their hands. It will happen. In Nazi Germany strangers on the street snatched cigarettes out of peoples mouths.

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  • lexington_green
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:14pm

    but, but michelle said the government wouldn’t be forcing people to … oh wait, she is a lying witch? nevermind.

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  • CougarNick78
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:14pm

    I’d love to see them enforce this as “effectively” as they did The Volstead Act-Prohibition.

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    • NHwinter
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:21pm

      Maybe we should force him to understand the concept of free will and freedom, not to mention Capitalism.

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    • mattmo79
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:47pm

      So much for a free country! The governments city, state, fed are all forcing us into slavery!! Can’t do that, can eat that, have to buy our big brother health ins . . . it goes on and on!!

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  • seeker9
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:14pm

    Forcing people? This is… “Orwellian stuff”. Just think.. if they forced one to drink Ensure, it could be considered torture!

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    • pamela kay
      Posted on June 1, 2012 at 2:56am

      SEEKR9, Now that’s funny. I am posting this to FB. I wonder how many will even know that the left thought giving prisoners ensure was torture? Any way good post. I have been trying to post it but It won’t let me post this to FB. This happens so often to me. I

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  • mrmarkjohnson
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:12pm

    So liberals want to legalize drugs but make soda illegal. Can someone please explain the logic behind that?

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    • LeQuoix
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:28pm

      Drugs ie Meth makes you skinny……. Soda makes you fat…..
      Weed makes you less stressed……. cigs kill EVERYBODY
      Shrooms open your mind…… pork clogs arteries
      Cocaine makes you fun…. coffee raises blood pressure
      Extasy opens your sexuality ….. guns are evil…

      Enough said???? Lol

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    • CatB
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:33pm

      “logic” … progressives? Not compatible.

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    • 45Sentinel
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 10:02pm

      NO Joke: NYC Mayor will be celebrating “Donut Day” to celebrate the donuts tomorrow.

      This guy is typical nanny. We are stupid and need to be made to understand.

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  • nighttrainno9
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:12pm

    Thats the govt. be it local state or federal. Nudge, nudge, nudge,
    Just like putting the frog in cold water and bringing it to a boil, he
    won’t notice. The govt. has sort of left the nudge stage and has
    started to out and out dictate what we will or will not do. It’s up to us,
    do we except communism or do we fight to get our country back.
    It’s beyond the talking stage, it’s going to take a war to get rid of
    the communists. What will it be???

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    • Firebrand
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:40pm

      If you aren’t happy with the way things are run, you have to VOTE. You need to get your neighbors, their neighbors, and family to VOTE. Everyone needs to VOTE.

      VOTE!

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  • Mutiny
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:10pm

    NYC deserves this. The rest of America deserves Obama because either they will vote for him or you support a weak candidate in Romney who has almost the same platform.

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    • AZindependent
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:20pm

      Romney or Obama, either way we are screwed. As for the NYC “Big Gulp Ban”, one small step for Big Brother, one giant leap for tyranny.

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    • scrudge
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:22pm

      crawl back under your rock IDIOT

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    • KC1
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:43pm

      @Scrudge
      Ha I thought Paulinistas were the contemptuous ones. More proof that it is just the opposite. Its the Romney supporters that stop me from supporting Romney… well that and principals.

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    • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:47pm

      Who are you kidding MUTINEER… Obama loves you Ron Paul guys. You’re his best chance for reelection.

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    • KC1
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 6:01pm

      @ Time,
      Sure about that? Id say its just the opposite he loves you Santorum, Romney, Neo Con supporters because he knows Progressives like that will not excite the base ie Tea Party. Ron Paul is our only chance for that.

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    • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 6:16pm

      KC. Yeah, ok… you go with that sunshine. Hmmmm, the Tea Party support that I’ve seen is pretty firmly behind Romney.

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    • KC1
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:02pm

      @ Time
      Ha ha yeah I can tell by all the support he receives at his rallies, he gets more than a hundred 50% of the time. What a joke. Because the tea party was for the bank bail outs, NDAA and gun control right? Yeah Romney is right in line with the tea party.
      FYI Romney has done his best to distance himself from the tea party.

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    • ashestoashes
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:51pm

      @TIME You know TIME..Obama or Romney..doesn’t matter..they are the same..just different bodies. Both owned by the Federal Reserve you love so much..you know..the boss of the banking cartels? Hey Time..I just found out that Romney’s biggest banker contributer is Goldman Sachs.. was the biggest recipient of that 700 billion TARP to Sharia Compliant Banks..you know Time..where those banks pay 2.5% to organizations funding terrorism and they have to pay 7% in fines for breaking one Sharia Law? Odd how those muslims are used..isn’t it Time?

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  • Treaty
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:10pm

    I think New York should outlaw receding hairlines. First offense: $5000; Second offense: Jail for 6 months minimum.

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  • Tandem2011
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:09pm

    I used to despise Christians who wanted to stick their noses into our bedrooms. Now we have BIG GOVERNMENT policemen and women interfering with our dietary habits (along with a thousand other regulations and restrictions). In CONTRAST to the Democratic Socialist religion, I’ve come to see Christianity in a kinder light.

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  • CougarNick78
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:09pm

    This guy sounds like the atheists that permeate this board, and sue every school district or small town over any overt/implied religious displays…. “We know better than you do….We’re trying to teach you a valuable lesson.” Gee, sounds like Adolf before Der Reichstag…..

    Oh well, NYC, you were dumb enough to elect this fool multiple times…..reap what you sew.

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  • NOBALONEY
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:08pm

    ‘nudge’.

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  • sandrarama
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:07pm

    Something about that word “forcing” that really ****** me off. This has to be challenged legally. Hopefully the soft drink … or sugary drink … industry will coalesce. I am not personally affected by this, but if I happen to be in NYC on a very hot day and I feel like a Big Gulp it should be MY decision to drink it, not Bloomberg’s!

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    • rickc34
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:14pm

      Yes master we hear and obey master. Not! those freaks in NYC can have you.

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  • DEFCON4
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:06pm

    Mayor , The citizens of New York are NOT your children !!!!!

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    • RebelPatriot
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:39pm

      We are all children under the communist rule.

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    • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 6:37pm

      Communism needs children and so does Liberalism. Only children will obey the tyranny of adult delusions without question. Only the young are naïve enough to hate all authority and to destroy all achievement. For youth, Communism is not a delusion but an exciting, heroic cause. These children then turn into adults like Bloomberg and the Communist/Liberal beat goes on and on until we Conservatives put a stop to it.

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  • Ravings of a lunatic planet
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:05pm

    I don’t know what all the fuss is all about. The idiots in NYC voted this POS in office, just like the people of our great country voted Obama into office. Why all the talk about what he’s doing. We have elections and the people can vote him out next time around. But I’m telling you , half of the people in our country want the government to take care of them. Maybe it’s even more than half. So basically WE the other half are screwed. I talk to a lot of people and they really don‘t give a rat’s rear end about what’s going on as far as laws are concerned. Their clueless………..gosh this makes me ill………….

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  • airportengineer
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:05pm

    Bloomberg has some Serious Time on his Hands, if he thinks this is something that government should “fix”!! Major Moron!

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  • momrules
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:04pm

    OK liberals, this seems to be the type of government you all want but just wait, eventually they will take ALL of your freedom away, not just what size drink you buy.

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    • MCDAVE
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 9:42pm

      what freedoms not much left to take when they are telling people what they can and cannot buy…since when have any of us lived in a truly free country..our freedoms have been slowly taken away my entire life..

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  • toomuchgovt
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:03pm

    I want to force him to stop running for re-election. He forced himself on the people of NYC for one more than the 2 allotted terms because HE thought HE was the only one who understood NYC. Ego is a wonderful thing isn’t it?

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  • Uncurable wound
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:03pm

    Hey mikey, get bent.

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  • Laken
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:00pm

    Ohhh….We Understand Alright…We Understand That YOU Are An Obama MOUTHPIECE

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    • CatB
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:08pm

      Boss Bloomberg is just another M.O. .. telling everyone else how to live and what to eat .. control FREAKS!

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  • Brooke Lorren
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:00pm

    If people wanted the smaller drinks, that‘s what they’d buy. The last couple of times that I went to the store, the larger drinks even cost more.

    Bloomberg is forcing the people that want more to drink to buy two drinks, not just one.

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    • BarbieTie
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:10pm

      The big drinks always come in a huge cup of ice, with a little bit of soda! I never buy soda drinks, or pop, or Cokes, or whatever they are called in your area. I got fat eating at home. Send in the Food Police LOL

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  • Texas Hills Patriot
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 4:59pm

    The arrogance of this guy is overwhelming. Sounds like he’s related to our president. I wonder what it feels like to be so much smarter than everyone else. I’m just one of those who like to make my own decisions. Hopefully this nonsense is confined to New York City.

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    • RLTW
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:08pm

      Hopfully we can confine NYC, maybe some kind of wall or fence.

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    • Mutiny
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:14pm

      The problem is its not confined to NYC. Look who the establishment is want to put up against Obama.

      Romney’s supports bills like the patriot act and NDAA. Honestly who cares about the size of your coke when you are watched by the government without warrant and eventually indefinitely detained because you are against the actions of your government.

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