Bloomberg soda update

Bloomberg's Soda Farce
Reason

Just how bad an idea is the plan by the mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg, to limit the size of sugary-drink cups (okay, pails? Buckets? Delivery devices?) to 16 ounces?

Even the big-government left is lining up against the proposal.

The Democrat who is speaker of the New York State Assembly, Sheldon Silver, told the New York Post, “We may be getting too close to Big Brother….I just think we ought to step back and look at the freedoms that we have been given in this country and reflect on them.”

The former governor and attorney general of New York, Eliot Spitzer, a Democrat, who wasn’t shy about using his powers against Wall Street banks and insurance companies, said on television, “This I just don’t think works,” and framed the issue as “Come on guys, let me lead my life.”

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It's worth noting that Bloomberg is a Republican (which is not mentioned in this story).

Abdul Alhazred wrote:

It's worth noting that Bloomberg is a Republican (which is not mentioned in this story).[/quote]

A Democrat before seeking elective office, Bloomberg switched his registration in 2001 and ran for mayor as a Republican, winning the election that year and a second term in 2005. Bloomberg left the Republican Party over policy and philosophical disagreements with national party leadership in 2007 and ran for his third term in 2009 as an independent candidate on the Republican ballot line.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bloomberg

Finding a republican in NYC is like finding a unicorn.

jacks wrote:

Finding a republican in NYC is like finding a unicorn.

Not really, particularly in certain congressional districts.

Rudolph Giuliani is also a Republican.

Abdul Alhazred wrote:

jacks wrote:

Finding a republican in NYC is like finding a unicorn.

Not really, particularly in certain congressional districts.

Rudolph Giuliani is also a Republican.

Funny how that brand of republican fails to sell on the national stage. Chris Christie in NJ claims to be a republican and against same sex marriage, yet he nominated Bruce Harris, who is gay, black, and pro same sex marriage to the NJ Supreme Court. Harris had questionable qualifications, like never being a judge, and no courtroom experience. The dem party killed the nomination, funny.

jacks wrote:

Abdul Alhazred wrote:

jacks wrote:

Finding a republican in NYC is like finding a unicorn.

Not really, particularly in certain congressional districts.

Rudolph Giuliani is also a Republican.

Funny how that brand of republican fails to sell on the national stage. Chris Christie in NJ claims to be a republican and against same sex marriage, yet he nominated Bruce Harris, who is gay, black, and pro same sex marriage to the NJ Supreme Court. Harris had questionable qualifications, like never being a judge, and no courtroom experience. The dem party killed the nomination, funny.

Thats cuz they are homophobes.

ed wrote:

Thats cuz they are homophobes.

Could be racist too.

probably are