You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy.
Banning sugary drinks.
That’s like banning sunshine and rainbows. Put away the sparkle glitter and shoot all the polka dot unicorns.
Sugary drinks OUT. That’s what the mayor of New York wants to do.
Kill Buzz.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has proposed a ban on any sugar drink larger than 16 ounces.
If passed, no more big gulps or super Slurpee’s or Coca Colas.
The mayor says he wants to educate us about the problems of obesity and sugar is the number one ingredient.
I say, hey big brother get out of my face.
Why bother? America is a tootsie roll away from a coronary. One more Twinkie and our collective waist line will simply burst with the force of a thousand suns imploding on itself.
That’s a bummer. But it’s is a citizen’s right to blow out their left ventricle.
If you want to drink liquefied sugar or inhale cream puffs, well that is your God given American right.
I understand what the Mayor wants to do in a quixotic way, but he is ultimately trying to legislate a life style that is none of his business.
NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg says simply “someone has to do something.”
But who is Mayor Bloomberg to do it?
Where is your mom? Where is your dad? Where is your own self control? Take responsibility for yourself.
Maybe you run ten miles a day and your simple pleasure is a blended pop tart in molasses. Who the hell are you to tell me how much sugar I can consume, what I can drink, or how I should live my life.
If I want an energy drink or a sweet tea or a big ass glass of lard, then that is my business. And trust me, nothing goes down the gullet better on a warm summer day than a big ole glass of lard.
If the mayor has his way; So long Slurpee!
The mayor says “there are many factors that contribute to child obesity but the biggest contributor is soda.”
Really? Soda.
I would think Twinkies and cream puffs and pizza have a lot to do with getting fat your honor. How much sugar is in food? Are you going to ban food? Who do you think you are Mussolini?
The mayor says he understands that, but it is hard to regulate food.
The ABC reporter asks “how much sugar is there in one 16 oz soda? 200 calories, the equivalent of 27 cubes of sugar, she says.
27 cubes of sugar? Oh My! Can anyone hail me a cab, I think I see the Apocalypse coming.
27 cubes of sugar. It’s still safer than smoking crack.
And now soda is enemy number one? I guess with Bin Laden killed, our public enemy number one scale has diminished in importance.
Hey mayor, how bout them hobos urinating in the subway on old ladies?
Why don’t you put more effort into pulling the gum off the bottom of park benches?
16 ounce sodas banned!
I don’t see you cracking down on orange juice which has as almost as many calories.
Discrimination! The mayor is a drink bigot.
So where do you draw the line you soda Nazi?
Opponents call the mayor a mamby pamby saying the ban won’t let a restaurant serve a 17 ounce soda, but it can serve a 17 ounce milk shake with twice the calories.
you could buy two sodas instead of one, the mayor quips when pressed on whether the government should play this role.
Personally, I applaud the fact he cares, but I hate the fact he is wasting so much time and energy on something so irrelevant.
Paper cuts hurt. Are you going to make me wear gloves when handling paper?
Ultimately, I don’t want the government telling me what i can do. It’s bad enough they just put their long bony death finger in my pocket and stole my tax dollars that they don’t deserve.
The mayor says the ban will educate. He says forcing me to cut back on 16 ounce sugar drinks will force me to recognize i am drinking a lot of sugar and perhaps take better care of myself.
To back up his outrageous claim, the mayor says, NYC residents on average live 3 years longer than other citizens.
I am not sure I’m sold on a plan where New Yorkers live longer than the rest of us. And I certainly don’t think Slurpee’s play much of a role in that.
Some one blend me a pop tart Slurpee and be quick about it.
And that is crazy.