No need for me to comment. Read and judge the highlight (lowlight) reel [1] for yourself (via @ThePantau [2]):
Is purchasing two 16 oz sodas too much of an inconvenience to help reverse a national health catastrophe? bit.ly/LfNTte [3]
— Mike Bloomberg (@MikeBloomberg) June 4, 2012 [4]
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The facts tell us if people are served smaller portions of sugary drinks, they will consume less & be healthier: bit.ly/LfNTte [3]
— Mike Bloomberg (@MikeBloomberg) June 4, 2012 [5]
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Portion sizes of sugary drinks have ballooned drastically – not as a result of consumer demand but corporate decisions: bit.ly/LfNTte [3]
— Mike Bloomberg (@MikeBloomberg) June 4, 2012 [6]
Got that? It’s not YOUR fault, bub. Your poor diet decisions are Corporate America’s (TM) fault.
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People were skeptical of smoke-free bars & restaurants too. Now NYers are living longer than ever before bit.ly/LfNTte [3]
— Mike Bloomberg (@MikeBloomberg) June 4, 2012 [7]
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And a retweet by the Mayor:
Anyone who pays taxes and thus bears the health care costs of obesity should support this @marclavorgna [8] @MikeBloomberg [9]
— RickRaouwse (@RickRaouwse) June 1, 2012 [10]
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Is an extra 100 grams of sugar worth thousands of NYers lives & billions in health care costs? twitter.com/MikeBloomberg/… [11]
— Mike Bloomberg (@MikeBloomberg) June 1, 2012 [12]
And below all of this is a series (brief sampling) of retweets done by the Mayor of fellow statist nitwits who believe it’s the state’s job to decide what you can and cannot eat or drink:
Frightening.
The best response to all of this comes not from a politico nor a pundit, but instead from country music legend and Grammy Award winner Charlie Daniels [13]:
Must be great to be the mayor of a city whose biggest problem is oversize soft drinks
— Charlie Daniels (@CharlieDaniels) June 3, 2012 [14]
Need I say more?