No More Big Gulps: New York City to Ban Sale of Large Sodas & Sugared Drinks
- Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:18am by
Mytheos Holt
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New York City’s micromanaging of how much sugar its residents can consume has become practically a national scandal from the perspective of people with an interest in averting bureaucratic paternalism. And now the city is going to take yet one more step in its crusade against sweetness of all kinds. The New York Times reports:
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.
“Obesity is a nationwide problem, and all over the United States, public health officials are wringing their hands saying, ‘Oh, this is terrible,’ ” Mr. Bloomberg said in an interview on Wednesday in the Governor’s Room at City Hall.
Michael Bloomberg
“New York City is not about wringing your hands; it’s about doing something,” he said. “I think that’s what the public wants the mayor to do.”
Really? The public wants the mayor to do this? Bloomberg really believes the following picture represents one of the biggest threats to public health?
And what would this new “ban” require? The Times lays it out:
The ban would not apply to drinks with fewer than 25 calories per 8-ounce serving, like zero-calorie Vitamin Waters and unsweetened iced teas, as well as diet sodas.
Restaurants, delis, movie theater and ballpark concessions would be affected, because they are regulated by the health department. Carts on sidewalks and in Central Park would also be included, but not vending machines or newsstands that serve only a smattering of fresh food items.
At fast-food chains, where sodas are often dispersed at self-serve fountains, restaurants would be required to hand out cup sizes of 16 ounces or less, regardless of whether a customer opts for a diet drink. But free refills — and additional drink purchases — would be allowed.
Corner stores and bodegas would be affected if they are defined by the city as “food service establishments.” Those stores can most easily be identified by the health department letter grades they are required to display in their windows.
Bloomberg’s decision to micromanage things this deeply might seem funny, but it also evinces a serious refusal to learn from history. This isn’t the first time that governments have tried to limit what people can drink, or crack down on a highly addictive substance that has a large amount of people supplying it. How did that turn out the last time we tried it, again?
Maybe Bloomberg should invest in some history lessons on Carrie Nation, another busybody progressive.
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Comments (377)
NeoMouser
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 2:09ami cant believe the people in NY will let this go into effect
Report Post »prohibition has been proven not to work
yes this is prohibition on soft drinks
i think ill sell soda to these guys over the internet
ill make a fortune :P
Xcori8r
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 2:35amDietary Despotism..
If that imbecile is not paying for the drinks, he has no right to dictate the size.
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 3:13am“And you experts in the law, woe to you, because you load people down with burdens they can hardly carry, and you yourselves will not lift one finger to help them.” ~ JESUS
Report Post »spikebu
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 3:35amAnybody for some bootleg Coke or bathtub Pepsi?
Report Post »spikebu
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 3:43amThey did learn. This is not a prohibition, it is a LIMIT. For now. They advance by increments. People will grumble and be generally irritated, but they won’t do anything.
Report Post »wdittgasn
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 4:01amFind me a Tommygun and I’ll make sure you get paid.
Report Post »spikebu
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 4:16amHah! Maybe we could open some “Speakeasies”. Coke, Pepsi, and Sprite on ice?
Report Post »nelbert
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 4:22am“More than 3.4 million New Yorkers — with combined annual earnings of $119 billion — pulled up stakes and left for other states from 2000 through 2009, according to the Tax Foundation.” (NY Post, 5/30/2012)
While I’m sure taxes are the primary cause for the migration, Bloomberg’s Nanny-State-On-Steroids approach to governance doubtless plays a role as well.
Report Post »spikebu
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 4:33am@Nelbert…Yeah, and the Floridians need to beware. If the New York migrants are anything like the California migrants, they’ll just come to your state and spread the disease.
Report Post »nzkiwi
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 4:53amI am a great fan of the American National Anthem. It is stirring and epitomises your nation.
And you are, without doubt, “the home of the brave”.
But, with the greatest respect to my American friends, are you still “the land of the free”?
Report Post »ProbIemSoIver
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:13amNeed to change the ATF into the ATFS – Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Sugar.
Would the Last American to leave the United Nation’s New World Order York, please bring the American Flag.
Report Post »raderby
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 6:00amyou never lived in NYC, have you?
Report Post »P-R-O-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E-S
BreeZee
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 6:55amI live in Florida and I read about people from the union ran wasteland northeastern states are leaving and relocating in states like here and Texas because of our lower taxes. STOP!! PLEASE QUIT COMING HERE!! FIX YOUR OWN DAM STATE AND QUIT COMING HERE AND TRYING TO CHANGE US LIKE YOUR HOME STATE!! People don’t assimilate to the florida lifestyle but instead they try to changs us to the way that ruined them and their state. Stay away please!
Report Post »Kevin The Elder
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:16amThe people of New York specifically voted to only allow two terms for their mayor. When Bloomberg decided he deserved a third term and did every underhanded thing necessary to override that two term mandate, the people allowed it to happen. Even at that, the people had a choice to totally reject him in the election. Instead, they voted for him. Stupid is as stupid does.
To those who agree with the ban, do they realize that they are agreeing to allow bureaucratic government to think for them? ‘Oh not for me,’ they say. I say to them, ‘You are a fool!’
Further to those who agree with the proposed ban because this may save lives, I ask why you aren’t proposing banning cars? Don’t they kill 40,000 people a year? Not a peep, eh?
Report Post »disenlightened
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:27amAll Hail the State !!!!!!!
Report Post »Dear Leader Hath Spoken. He Does So For He Loves Us !!!!!!
mikem1969
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:39amyou said it neo. I think I will get me a basement apartment and sell bottles of soda for $5 each and cans for $4 each. Yea, I know its price gouging, but gotta make a buck before I get arrested for it.
Report Post »randy
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 8:26amI’m a New Yorker, (Central, NY) and not proud of it for one instant.
Report Post »NYC is a crime ridden HeII Hole.
Full of progressives and gang members looking to mug you the first chance they get.
And now they want to limit large sugar sales?
HEII people, stop going to NYC.
Stop spending your $’s there.
Treaty
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 8:39amLunatic Left
Report Post »budzy1911
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 9:03amPeople in New York are stupid sheep that will go along with anything the government tells them. The city gets away with this because they can. Reason 5827 on why I won’t go to New York.
Ever notice how stories like this come out of the Blue states – you don’t here something like thing happening in Wyoming or Idaho. It is the liberal nazis that feel like they have to control every aspect of our lives.
Report Post »hidden_lion
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 9:04amNZKIWI-
Report Post »America is no longer the land of the free. Most people, on this site included no longer support the cause of freedom. They complain about losing this or that freedom while advocating for the taking of freedom from others.
ashestoashes
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 9:07amBloomberg is a Zionist..He is Jewish..father was a Jew..mother a Russian immigrant…He sought to extend his term as mayor to 3 consecutive 4 yr terms..He is worth 22 billion..is the 11th richest person in the US.. rules like a Communist doesn’t he?
dc5
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 9:42amIf you read the comments in the NY Times you will find that most people agree stating reasons that expose their ignorance about the Constitution, History, the props role of government and any concept of individual rights. It is scary to look into these minds!
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 9:49amPaternalism? Sorry, fathers generally don’t go around doting on safety and diet and “well, we have to make you snuggly warm and safe”, that’s a mom thing.
Matriarchy – welcome to it.
Report Post »1proudAmerican
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 10:01amIn NY state, we don’t have a choice just like with gay marriage becoming legal here. Gov. Cuomo made that decision all by himself without putting it to a vote by the people who live here.
Report Post »lovenfl3
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 10:17amOf course New York has no bigger problem than large soft drinks….right? I am so sick and tired of these politicians trying to tell the American people what’s “best” for us. This guy is such an idiot. I saw a report on this where a NY resident agreed, because he doesn’t like soda. That’s the typical liberal mindset. I don’t drink it, so you shouldn’t be able to either.
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5kwKTxxEy4
LIBSALWAYSLIE
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 10:39amThis is NOT the role of government. Why cant people understand this SIMPLE FACT? The government has no right to do this whatsoever. This is liberalism showing its ugly head once agian.
Report Post »IvanK
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 10:47amHow about we simply ban career politicians
Report Post »turkey13
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 10:48amEveryone should put NY on a no fly list like I did when Blommie gave Scotus the middle finger over the 2ND Ammendment. I refuse to go to NYC, DC, Chicago& Phillie where they won’t recognize my Okie carry permit – of course for almost $1300.00 I can get a tempory. It’s a miricle what money will do. I bet after this passes you give a store owner a $5.00 bill and get anything. Those folks don’t like the souths carry permits because we have little crime amd unemployment is under 6%. In November if you come to Oklahoma it will blow your minds – we will have open carry – already signecd into law. Can’t make up my mind to carry my .32 cal. Ruger or my Tarus Judge with .410 and .45 shells.
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 10:49amProgressives and liberals that live in the city always vote for “progressive liberals”. I find it interesting that the liberal voter is against:
1) Pollution
2) Oil
3) Smoking
4) Noise pollution
5) Destroying the environment
6) Guns
7) Slavery
However, in cities they continue to vote these dopes over and over and get exactly what they hate: Pollution, noise, heavy use of oil/electricity and resources, through the roof crime, murder, destruction of the environment, smoking, etc.
What’s that saying again? When you do something over and over again expecting a different outcome… they call that delusional/crazy or something like that.
Report Post »G-WHIZ
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 10:56am…And thousands move-out every year, and NY gets even BROKer…..Duh!! If their taxes were 1/4th, their regs were 1/10th…no-one would move-out, more would move in, and NY would be “rollin-inn-dough”. 1st-step…elect NON-progressives(D or R)… .
Report Post »keepthefaith
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 11:21amCatch you later! I’m going to buy an extra large soda….because I can!
Report Post »AZRACISTBIGOT
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 11:29amSo what’s next for Bloomberg and his Nanny Statists?
Is he going to follow Britain’s example and take obese kids away from their parents?
Will he put the fat kids in some kind of boot camp while reeducating their parents?
Someone else posted this quote from C.S. Lewis a while back and it nails the sentiment.
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would 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.”
Report Post »– C. S. Lewis
red1
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 12:33pmBloomberg’s new nickname should be Taliban Mike.
Report Post »johnsnare
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 12:43pmThe Mayor is worried about the health of New York citizens.? He should ban smoking. Geez, if I feel like having a double milk shake, the too much sugar police will arrest me. Get a life Mayor, and stop with all the rules and regulations about America’s dietary habits.
Report Post »My Two Cents
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 12:51pmThis January I went to market in NYC with my wife where most of the vendors are from the left & right coasts. Many of those vendors proudly touted their green, made from recycled this or that products ad nauseam.
For fun I would say we‘re Republicans from Texas so we don’t recycle then watch them turn three shades of purple.
In reality, our household generates about one bag of trash a week but I couldn’t resist.
Report Post »ChewyBees
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 2:36pmWhat’s amazing is that everyone is up in arms about a ban on what is quite simply an addictive poisonous drug – sugar and saccharin both, but have no problem paying the health insurance bills of the morbidly obese and unhealthy weebles that are sucking the life out everyone else, one big gulp at a time.
Report Post »While I am not for a government sponsored anything, I do think that health insurers should have prescription to pro-rate their premiums based on factors such as weight and vice. It’s ridiculous that there is an across the board rate for corporate supplied health care, when half the insured pool are one cheeseburger away from a several hundred thousand dollar heart or cancer procedure.
My goal in all of this isn’t to profit the insurance companies, but to increase the liability on the slugs the subsist on artificial crap and a couch. No liability means drinking a 64oz big gulp for breakfast, lunch and dinner. No liability means enabling the action.
ashestoashes
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 3:01pm@CHEYBEES Yes sugar is bad for you..but so is the carbolic acid in the sodas..it dissolves bones.. They could be using sweeteners that are good for you..they could leave out the carbolic acid and use citric acid..and what about the trans fats that Glenn loves so much…It has no taste..but it causes as much arterial and heart damage if not more that cholesteral laden foods..It would seem to me that the food and beverage industry should hold some responsibility for the health of the people..Most never read food label ingredients. and most junk food is just that..it does not have to be that way..It would seem more reasonable to approach health related issues at the source..the manufacturers..not the size of items and denying bulk buys..It does not at all address any health issues..it is control..that is all…
Report Post »coachsteve
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 3:04pmWhy 16 ounces? Can you buy two of them to get 32 ounces and then pour them into your own cup? Would you be arrested? Why are drinks in restaurants exempt? Isn’t sitting down to drink a soda at a restaurant versus burning the calories to get your own soda even worse? Why are milkshakes exempt but not flavored coffees? What about Pepsi Next, it has sugar, but not as much – so, can you get a 32 ounce Pepsi Next, 16 ounce Pepsi, 48 ounce Coke Zero, and so on? Will the Police Officers who have to enforce this be outlawed from eating donuts? At least you DON’T have to have a photo ID – lol
Report Post »MAMMY_NUNN
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 3:11pmWhen people are feeling uneasy they used to have a smoke take away the smokes they will eat the epidemic of obesity was created by the smoking bans soon they will be attacking chocolates that is another fallback for many people but I guess it’s ok to ban these items so everyone could just dumb down and start using cocaine, pot, crack or meth as it has a higher revenue generating potential.
Report Post »Declareing a impending epidemic also brings in the Federal dollars.
JRook
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 3:28pm@TH30PH1LUS Correct but I prefer Shakespeare’s “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers” Big Gulps don’t make people fat. Fat people drink too many Big Gulps. Am I missing something, could a fat person just order 2 of the limited sized large??
Report Post »Laken
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 3:50pmMeanwhile crack will still be sold on the nearest street corner….
Report Post »MEANS2RESIST
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 3:58pmAGREED BREEZEE…..I’ve noticed that for years, the “yanks” as we call them, come down here, think they know everything then commence to ruining our state like they did where they came from. We were successful in running some douchewad County Adminstrator out of town that came here from Michigan…we exposed his corrupt scheme and sent him packing in disgrace.
He really needed a good asswhipping as well. I would like to see those hillbillys from Deliverance get hold of Bloomburger.
Report Post »rawmilker
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 4:02pmThere’s alot of profit in the carbonated beverage business, anyone in this line of work that would now support a democrat needs to have their head examined…..This guy Bloomberg must have stakes in the new device that makes home brewed soda pop.
Report Post »Laken
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 4:11pmYes….may I please have 3 medium cokes>>>>pours them into her BIG GULP CUP…..ummmmm
Report Post »Delicious..
topperj
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:52pmUnfortunately, the people will be overruled by the members of the Board of Health. They are hand-picked Bloomberg clones who love this kind of mindless Nanny State intrusion into our daily lives. This news comes on the heels of the report showing a mass exodus from NY state and NYC. Taxes and regulations are driving people to greener pastures. The states of Florida, Tennessee, North and South Carolina and Texas are where these people are headed. The beauty of the states is they have different rules and tax structures. This is why ObamaCare, or any Federal regulation, is so pernicious. Now you can vote with your feet and move. Once things become federeal, there is no way out.
Report Post »MAMMY_NUNN
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 10:36pmIf there is no law create one and if there is no tax create one it’s in the libs bible.
Report Post »IowanativeER
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 3:41amWonder if they considered ration cards for soft drinks or issuing so many points per person or families. similar to carbon taxes? Or what about those who buy double drinks to get their fill? What about the extra burden to the landfills from more empty containers…so many consequences.
Report Post »07hemi4me
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 9:51amA NEW Black Market will now be created….
Report Post »People will now be forced into Dark alley’s fo get their soda fix.
Maybe even the comback of “Speakeasys”
mrsmileyface
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 12:57pmIt just proves that New Yorkers are zombie liberals and will bow down to any despot. Thank GOD I dont have any plans on visiting New York now or in the future. The big apple is rotten to its core.
Report Post »IowanativeER
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 5:07pmMore details to come no doubt. May I use little or no ice in my 16 oz or less purchase to increase my percentage of the evil elixir? Is there a soda to ice ratio to be posted? Will I need to hide in the shadows ever alert of overhead drones or street corner cameras?
Report Post »gina76er
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 6:57pmYet another example of obfuscation. The people of New York need to wake up and smell the Venti Latte! Bloomberg is now the Dictator of New York? Did he get rid of the city council and the electorate? Or, maybe he just did that in hopes the occupiers would head back to their own home town 7-11s.
Report Post »Shackleford
Posted on June 2, 2012 at 11:24amWhile I disagree with this policy, there’s a simple solution! Call me crazy, but instead of getting a 32oz cup and filling it with 30oz of ice so that you can enjoy a watered-down drop of soda, get the smaller cup and, bare with me, fill it with actual soda! I know, I know, it’s crazy but not only is the soda already cold and needs no ice, but it will also taste like soda instead of the flat teaspoon of watered-down s### that most people struggle to suck out of their mountain of ice.
I used to think this was all about the establishment attempting to save money by selling cups that were basically nothing but ice cubes, but people actually do this on their own when filling their own cups EVERY TIME! It’s one of those things that as long as I live I will never accept.
Report Post »OperationNorthwoods
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 2:03amIs the Blaze going to cover Bilderberg that’s going on right now in Virginia? If not infowars.com will have comprehensive coverage throughout the weekend
Report Post »taxpro4u03
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:42amHuh-uh — only ‘progressive’ bastardizations of the ‘constitution’ will be ‘Blazin; Never any mention of the Committee of 300 (plenty on Soros et al tho) — or how the ‘puzzle’ actually ‘fits’ together from the usurpation of the LAST Pharaohs of Alexandria, Egypt right on thru the Pope, Crusades, Knights Templar, VI-kings (tribe of Dan) Masonic ‘lodge;’ the fact that the ONLY three city-states are domiciled in D.C. London and Vatican City, ALL interlocked financially, militarily and ‘religiously.’ Nor the FACT that it springs from asiatic tribes looking for work as builders and craftsmen – ruling Egypt for approx 100 yrs b4 the ‘exodus’ – Historical FACTS only matter when it exposes truths on da other side… :-) Joe Smith‘s ’vision’ was the very FACT that Pharaoh Amenemhep the 1st IS the biblical Joseph in an expose entitled “The Book of Joseph” – problem is, ol Joe was martyred and his ‘facts’ concerning much of his ‘work’ in the formation of a new religion ‘cannot be found to jive with the historical record.‘ THIS is why the diest Thomas Jefferson OMITTED from HIS ’bible’ all the myths and legends, opting to keep the VALUES and PRINCIPLES. Strip away the ‘stories’ and as Ghandi said, ” I like your christ. I do not like many of your christians. they are so unlike your christ.” ……………………………. Plausible deniability and wilfull ignorance don’t pan well in TRUTH arguments. Like “Arguing With Idiots.” :-)
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:40amWhat part of “Breaking news and opinions” do you find “conspiracies”?
Report Post »THXll38
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:46amFunny how the Beck shepple will curse out Alex Jones and call him a nut, but bow to the Beckster and the other pseudo conservative hosts. I started seeing the connection a long time ago and was told I was nuts. Like many of the pseudo conservatives that post here, if someone else says it, they are nuts — if Beck says it with a spin, it is 100% truth.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 8:33amTHX
I’d hate to break it to ya bud, but how many of Alex Jones’ conspiracies have been proven fact? Zero. Oh, because that’s all part of the conspiracy as well…misinformation, disinformation, direction, re-direction…you’ve woken up to THAT?
Jones makes a living off this stuff. He‘s nothing more than an entertainer who’s too cowardly to note a disclaimer…He’d be out of business. Even Beck has noted to never take his word, but do your own homework…Ever hear that from Jonesey? Nah, didn’t think so.
Conspiracies have no answers, only more questions. Followers of Jones are as bad as a cult, If they are disproven, they cover their ears and call it part of the conspiracy. I’d call that pretty nutty.
So rather than live your life to the fullest, continue on living in fear there in Jonestown, where the kool-aid always comes with a kick.
Report Post »ashestoashes
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 9:12am@PROBLEMSOLVER The Blaze will put a good spin on Bloomberg…Probably not if Glenn has anything to do with it..Glenn was ticked off about them trying to take his trans fat away from him.lol
Report Post »ProbIemSoIver
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 9:35am@Kickinback
Name ONE false report from infowars.
So are you really as so pathetic to believe there is NOT a Global Elite?
Are you really so ignorant not to see that the United Nations was created to build a ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT ????
Really ???
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 10:55amProblemsolver: “Name ONE false report from infowars.”
Answer: 9/11 was an inside job.
Ooh ooh, that was a good one. Can we play another round?
Report Post »ProbIemSoIver
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 9:08pmlol.
Where is the conclusive evidence that it is a false report?
For every expert that says it was legit, I can find an expert that says it was an inside job.
I do not believe that it was a inside job, although our “government” has created false flags in the past
under the ideology that the ends justify the means.
Tower 7 does raise suspicions.
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=972ETepp4GI
Alan
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 2:00amThe nosey, busybodies strike again. Just can’t mind their own business. They’ll take away your rights for your own good. They’ll legalize weed and outlaw soft drinks. Insanity!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 2:17amWill they also outlaw those coffee drinks? .. you know the lattes, etc … they have way more fat and sugar than a soda. We need to get these control freaks out of the White House .. State House .. and OUR HOUSES and LIVES!
They really are pi$$ing me off .. I am an adult .. I will buy, drink, consume what I want when I want it … btw .. I am not a big soda drinker (usally water, Iced tea, or coffee with cream) but they are PUSHING ME TO SODA!
Report Post »countryfirst
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 9:32amAll these moves to curb obesity, to bad there is never and end to stupidity.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 12:26pmThe are the PROHIBITIONISTS from the 30″s: the Self Righteous, Bad, and the Ugly!
Report Post »flatbroke
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 7:20pmOk , Bloomberg is so worried about peoples health? what about the summer heat, which will come say 98 degrees, and high himidity, and folks cant have a nice 64oz lemon icey, or lemon ice tea, and will drop like flys on the pavement from dehydration, and electrolyte imbalances/ heatstrokes! what a DA bloomberg is.
Report Post »kaykaymoore
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:56amWhat an idiot !!! New York, are you serious in voting this left wing socialist into office and now he is making the choices for you… Just another ‘power hungry’ politician so next he’ll ban ??? You voted for him!
Report Post »wdittgasn
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 4:03amThey will reap what they have sown.
Report Post »4xeverything
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 8:54amThis is crazy!!! Why don’t they just ban fat people and be done with it?
I’ve never been to New York and they just keep giving me more reasons to never visit.
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 10:16amUmm, KayKay- we’re talking about New York here- what better can we expect from people like them?
Report Post »valleyfever
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:56amElect an idiot for mayor and this is what you get. Wake up people
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:55amThis guy simply will not stop amazing me. I rarely drink soda myself, but occasionally will enjoy some. Its my choice. I stopped adding salt to any food some 25 years ago if not longer. It’s my choice. I’ve never smoked, in fact I am allergic to something in it. I guess that I could go on with my personal does and don’t, but the point is that I feel that it should be my free will just as the choices should be the free will of all others to make their own choices. If Bloomberg remains in office much longer I really do wonder what he will “order” his minions to do or not do next? I‘m surprised so far that the people of the city have not risen and over run the mayor’s office by now.
Report Post »G-WHIZ
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 11:11amMost of the foods I consume(eat, for those in reolinda) have enough salt in them whenst made. I might add a pinch to fries…but that’s it. If too much, I re-order something else. Fresh(refrigerated) ground pepper is a great replacement for salt on egg-dishes. Garlic is a great addition to mashed potatoes instead of butter, although, fried eggs are a must in teflon, with a smaller ammount of butter for flavor.
Report Post »p0wam3
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:55amHe’s as blithering idiot. Just buy two medium drinks and put them in a “big gulp” container. All one can do is LLLL-OOOO-LLLL !!!!!!!!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 2:20amFunny thing is if I buy a big drink .. it lasts me most of the day .. I don’t drink it down all at once … so now I would have to pay much more just to get the same amount .. what does he have soda stock? .. someone should check and see. How much Coke/Pepsi stock does this Boss Bloomy own?
Report Post »circleDwagons
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 2:39pmjust buy a 2 litter bottle
Report Post »Wringeaux
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:53amWhy not cut to the chase and charge people by how much they weigh. A “Fat Tax”.
Report Post »I don’t understand why people are not moving out of New York in droves.
Who are the people that think NY is great ?
wzanesdad
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 3:52amthey are moving out in droves. I feel sorry for the ones that are left.
Report Post »nelbert
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 4:27am“More than 3.4 million New Yorkers — with combined annual earnings of $119 billion — pulled up stakes and left for other states from 2000 through 2009, according to the Tax Foundation.” (NY Post, 5/31/2012)
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 10:25amWhy not stay and wash your own laundry rather than bringing your dirty laundry to someone else’s house and insisting they conform to your laziness?
Report Post »howardroark1165
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:52amAhhhh New York…. First they banned my cigarettes and I did nothing. Then they came after the yummy Flagra and no one protested. Now, in the heat of summer they come after my icy cold sugary sweet drink and there is not a cigarette smoking, Flagra eating soul in sight to lend their support.
How many pokes and prods will we, the American Citizen take to the ribs, stomach and eye before we decide we’ve had enough?
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 3:57amAll in the name of; For The Better Good…..
Report Post »702TruthSeeker
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:50amand who elected this moron for another term?! oh yeah, no one did.. yet he’s still the mayor.. “and justice for a…. some.. very few.. those who have money..” yes, our “system” is broken, because of human garbage like bloomberg
Report Post »Constructionist
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:46amThere’s a part of me that wants to feel bad for those in NYC, but they keep electing and tolerating these idiots.
Report Post »mharry860
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:45amBloomberg should ban himself from thinking, by sticking a drill in his frontal lobe.
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:45amWhatever happened to personal responsibility…apparently its dying along with our constitution…jeez the next thing will be no more birthday cakes on your birthday!..Thank the sweet Lord I don’t live in a liberal state..oops….I live in Oregon :(
Report Post »wntsmallgov
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:44amBloomburg is just a power hungry leftist Socialist Dem. Nothing more. I would buy a big glup out state then drive in to NYC and drink it in front of a the mayor. I can see the waste of time to those who try to enforce this. I-Diot mayor.
Report Post »ModerationIsBest
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:44amWhile I wish people had the common sense to not drink so much soda, this is flat out lunacy.
The funniest thing about rules/laws is that you will always inevitably need more rules to make sure people follow those previous rules/laws.
Report Post »Scarybones
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:43amSo let me get this straight, no one can buy a Big Gulp but can buy two large drinks instead. Hmmmm. What are the environmentalists going to say with all of those extra cups clogging up the landfills? Dumba$$! The bureaucrats will never successfully regulate human behavior. If I want to drink myself into a sugar comma I will find a way. Get out of our business. If people want to kill themselves off by drowning their sorrows in sugar I say let them. Natural selection will take them out of the picture in short order and we will be done with it.
Report Post »Free2speakRN
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:56am“What are the environmentalists going to say with all of those extra cups clogging up the landfills?”
The same thing they say about the windmills killing thousands of birds, nothing. The left wants power and are in cohoots, even if it is quiet.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:59amI would think that two liter bottles of soda will be next.
Report Post »DMG8487
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:42amHow did this moron ever get elected? Time for a recall in NY – not Wisconsin!!!!
Report Post »Bryan B
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:40amNow you know why more then 300,000 people, have left New York…..
Report Post »wntsmallgov
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:47ammore than that have fled. I left in 2004.
Report Post »wdittgasn
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 4:05amThat’s why they have taken guns from New York, it always starts with the taking of the guns.
Report Post »calisun
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:38amAre you kidding me?????? This is the dumbest thing I have ever heard. Where the hell do they get off doing this?
Report Post »raderby
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:59amP-R-O-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E-S in a nutshell. And I do mean nut, as in insane.
Report Post »osgeek
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:36amWhat? This is just insane.
Report Post »rsanchez1
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:35amNot content with the current cost of living in New York, Mayor Bloomberg has been enacting several harsh measures to price all the “undesirables” out of NYC, so only he and his billionaire buddies can afford to live there.
On top of property values being sky high, Bloomberg also wants the cost of food and drink to skyrocket. What’s next, a tax on air?
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:45amCareful not to give the emperor any ideas.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:31amdespicable. disgusting. welcome to 1934 Germany.
Report Post »plaso20
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:27amHeil Bloomberg! More freedom taken away. When and where will it end??????
Report Post »wntsmallgov
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:46amHence why I was one of the millions of people leaving NY between 2000- and 2010
Report Post »Z
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:25amGet the heck out of our lives.
Report Post »That Guy
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:25amHow have we made it this far without Bloombag?
Report Post »Hobo Boondocks
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 6:51amPeople always find ways around these things. Some will start carrying individual packets of sugar to spike their drinks. Unless NYC enacts laws to prohibit the sale of such on the streets, sidewalk vendors will sell such or small liquid bottles of sweetener designed for spiking drinks. People will start to buy in grocery stores six packs and liter bottles of their favorite drinks, plastic cups and get ice from a sidewalk vendor etc, etc. etc. The city that needs tax dollars to fund all their socialist programs and bloated government will probably start complaining to the public about how it needs to raise taxes to make up for the loss it has caused by prohibiting the sale of ‘sugary’ drinks. So New Yorkers get ready to reach further into your pockets and purses for your wonderful government officials looking out for your best interests.
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