No sodas for you - Bloomberg planning to ban sale of all sugary drinks in NYC

Why not diet too? When I used to wait tables we would make so much fun of the big people that got like 8 refills of diet coke. I would think to myself "dude I brought you that water you didn't ask for, for a reason"

hahaha didn't they try to ban salt a while back?

I guess they want everyone drinking the aspartame laden diet drinks which from all my reading are worse from a health standpoint than regular sugar. As for this law, I think NYers will recall him before they allow him to get away with this.

yep, he tried the salt ban and it failed. I think this will about do it for him in NY. If he manages to get this passed I'll be amazed.

Hey, sugar makes you fat...aspartame makes you sick, then dead! Kind of a no brainer to the population control and big pharma supporters...

What a world we live in!

He can't do that. Against the law.

Never win in court.

great,now add sugared candy,pork,beef,cigarettes,alcohol,illegal drugs and artificial ingredients and NYC will wake up from their sleep and stop feeding the vampires...

Last Edited by T Ceti H.C. Radnarg on 05/30/2012 11:04 PM

It seems in NYC all he needs is the Board of Health's approval. From the NY Times article:

"Mr. Bloomberg’s proposal requires the approval of the Board of Health, a step that is considered likely because the members are all appointed by him, and the board’s chairman is the city’s health commissioner, who joined the mayor in supporting the measure on Wednesday. "


I think there is gonna be a huge uproar about this if it goes into effect. Folks here really don't pay attention to the news much - until it affects them. And they will notice this.

Cant wait to get out of New York. Complete nanny state, brutal family courts, debtors jail for 25 dollar fines, anti gun, perpetual police abuse etc...

so they run a dictatorship in new york.

amazing.

i wonder if any country will come to your rescue and bomb the freedom into you?

New York is turning into Saudi Arabia with all the prohibitions.

That guy is just plain nuts.

If the government can tell tobacco companies how many cigarettes are allowed in a pack then they can most like tell beverage companies how many oz's are allowed in a bottle.

What is next, how many days you can go without taking a shit?

What an idiot! Aspartame is just as deadly as high fructose corn syrup!

Epic fail!

Good idea. Sugar fuels bacteria and cancer.

And another thing, why not ban Donuts as well.

That would be an apocalypse for the Police.

Wait till they ban canadian bacon, you won't be so cheery then.

If this bullshit stands, what is next?

diet sodas should be banned outright. That stuff is poison.

Still, restricting portions of sugar laden drink single portion servings is a good idea.

Big name drink corporations(people) have a say so sooner or later, especially when bad decisions affect their bottom lines.

demolition man part 2,get back underground if you want freedom,lol

I have no problem with this but it is complete bullshit. Soda is a very powerful illuminati tool for creating stomach, bladder, and colon cancers.

We can only hope...

Best not drink that diet drink. You would be wise to research what is in it.

after Fukushima, I only eat food from the southern hemisphere, so I'm sure I'll cry a river. Harper now thinks it should be legal for Canadian slaughterhouses to process meat that is already dead, as in, was so sick it died before arrival. Mmm mmm good!

...whats wrong with banning all harmful substances that negatively effect the body?

LMAO all the fatties getting mad because they will no longer be able to buy a 2 liter bottle of High Fructose corn syrup mixed with water and chemicals.

The world is going to end. NOT. I think a tax on soft drinks would have made more sense than a ban of certain sizes simply because it's a dual edged sword.

You prevent people from being able to afford their daily 20oz soda and instead they drink one once a week.

They are consuming 1800 fewer calories a week.

3000 Calories= 1 pound of fat.

Obesity is a killer that threatens the US economy. Remember this country was never about your freedoms people it was about the economic prosperity of our owners. Now they made you believe you were free because it made you more profitable but that doesn't mean you really were free.

If this passes it will be because our owners think it will make us more profitable for them. End of Story.

that's extreme. But the worst stuff, I agree should be banned. Like aspartame.

Not letting them serve giant jugs of sugarwater and call it a single serving is not a ban on sugareater, its a ban on harmful advertising. I'. Sure everyone can still buy their 2L party size bottles at the grocery store, which is how it should be.

seems you can't ban stupid

and you should now bow down and lick the boots of the military for all the freedoms you have lol