Bailey's Brat
Bloomberg Crusades to Legislate Mortality through Soda Cups
Will the mayor's lunge at lard be victorious?
Mayor Michael Bloomberg's latest charge at sugar has targeted 16-ounce sodas. He is on a mission to ban large sugary sodas in restaurants, movie theaters, street carts and sports venues. At the heart of the mayor's mission is a crusade to legislate mortality. If he is successful, will rebels hide out in Central Park, and in the dark of the night, serve up coke on tap in large paper cups? Plastered with an enormous photo of President Barack Obama drinking a large soda, New York Magazine says Bloomberg's heavy-handed attempts to promote healthy living are nothing new. He's already taken on smoking, salt, alcohol and trans-fats. "I think he's going to have a hard time separating people from their sugar," said Ellen Siegel, Greenbelt Co-op …
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J. Doe
6:38 pm on Thursday, May 31, 2012
FWIW, I do believe the sugary beverages laced with artificial ingredients and sweeteners to extreme excess and the food we eat injected with such levels of unnatural materials will be viewed in the future like we view cigarettes now. Will they be legal? Yes. Will people wonder how society allowed such dangerous products to be served freely to its members for so long? Absolutely. Right now, there … more ›