NYC Plans to Restrict Big-Size Soda Sales

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  1. Hobbes3259

    Hobbes3259 Well-Known Member

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    Ding.


    Obamacare, is a step down the road to totalitarianism.

    Then again, that's always been pretty clear.
     
  2. Brunell's Debt

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    I'm sure that you also accused George H.W. Bush, the Heritage Foundation, and half of the Senate Republicans of clearly leading us to totalitarianism when they were pushing an individual mandate in the '90s.
     
  3. Hobbes3259

    Hobbes3259 Well-Known Member

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    I voted against GHWB, for uttering the phrase "I believe in changing the rules of exclusion, so that if a good cop finds evidence in good faith, it should be admissible'

    I don't truck with any of that shit.
     
  4. ace_o_spades

    ace_o_spades New Member

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    I'm not a fat piece of shit so this means nothing to me.
     
  5. Hobbes3259

    Hobbes3259 Well-Known Member

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    P.S.

    If you're going to post pseudo fact from HuffPo, at least be charitable enough to include the relevant disclaimer..



    You'll, of course deny it, so I'll just add the link so others can decide the worth of your veracity.


    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/29/individual-mandate-now-vi_n_517097.html
     
  6. FirstTimeCaller

    FirstTimeCaller Active Member

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    100% agree with this. I just did a 13 hour flight night to a fat boy that was so big he could't put his arms at his side so his elblows were up the whole flight.
     
  7. deathstar

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    Are Coke Zero and that new Pepsi Max stuff with no calories and same taste "healthy"?
     
  8. Brunell's Debt

    Brunell's Debt New Member

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    Swap out Poppy Bush for Newt Gingrich or Bob Dole if you like. It doesn't change the fact that the individual mandate was a Republican idea that only became "totalitarian" when a Democrat proposed it.
     
  9. Jetzz

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    If you want healthy, drink water.
     
  10. deathstar

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    Well that's obvious...

    I was just thinking that if those are "healthy" compared to the normal version...fatasses should switch to those alternatives...

    You get the same soft drink crap but its "healthier"...This premise predicated on the notion that Coke Zero is better for you than regular coke...
     
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  11. Cappy

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    No. Not even close.

    ETA: Part of the problem is that there have not been many studies done to examine any indirect effects of the artificial sweeteners until recently (and there still isn't much in the way of definitive studies). But there is some evidence pointing to the idea that there are neurological effects of triggering "sweet" signals that eventually affect the metabolism. i.e. you are not going to lose weight simply because there are no calories in the drink. It appears your metabolism is more likely to store any future incoming calories as fat when it doesn't have the connection between "sweetness" (sucralose/aspartame/etc.) and "energy" (sugar).
     
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  12. Carpetbagger

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    As a public school teacher in Queens, I support anything that will get my students to drink fewer sugary drinks. I hope this makes it into law and makes people more aware of how incredibly bad sugar is for you.
     
  13. MURDR

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    No, diet sodas and no calorie sodas still aren't healthy.
     
  14. Hobbes3259

    Hobbes3259 Well-Known Member

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    Did you learn English as a second language?

    Totalitarian is totalitarian.

    Except you're too busy preening to admit, that totalitarianism, is a mostly leftist trait.

    (smooth the way you glossed over shamelessly cribbing HuffPo.)
     
  15. Hobbes3259

    Hobbes3259 Well-Known Member

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    *sigh*

    No,No,No.

    It's about fucking up Insulin response, and increasing Insulin resistance.

    Weight is about calories in vs. calories expended, contingent on the body having the ability to use it's mechanisms correctly.
     
  16. Brunell's Debt

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    Smooth the way you completely refuse to acknowledge the fact that dozens of prominent Republicans once supported the same mandate that they now claim is killing American democracy.

    And why would I be ashamed of citing Sam Stein? HuffPo sucks but he's a good journalist (he was before he got there, and he will be after he leaves.)
     
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    agreed.
     
  18. BIG COUNTRY

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    Im in shape and every now and then I get a big gulp cup to mix in beer so i can drink in public this is horseshit
     
  19. Big Blocker

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    This requires some clarification. Diet sodas do not rot your teeth like sugared sodas do.
     
  20. eyedea

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    I can think of a million other types of unhealthy food, but where do you draw the line and tell people how much they can eat.

    We are not children, nobody should tell us how much of something we can eat.

    If people are fat, that's on them it’s not up to some elected official to tell us. Bloomy might think he’s the king of NY, but he’s not.

    If people think deucheburg is cutting out soda size for people’s health, then take the blinders off.

    I am not sure why, but he obviously has ulterior motives, it might be away to generate new revenue, if its fines or taxes who knows. People may think this is no big deal, but it’s only going to get worst.


    This is a millionaire business man, who does the mayor gig for a dollar a day. Let’s not forget that.
     

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