ohhleary: feinsodville: ohhleary: doree: New York’s new anti-sugar drink ads Mmm, bacon juice! I realize that this kind of thing is well-intentioned and it’s what the Department of Health & Mental Hygiene should be doing, but maybe the government of New York ought to be more concerned with an egotistical mayor subverting its own laws in an unconstitutional manner so he can run for a third term?  Or fix the MTA so that the G train comes more than once every thirty minutes during rush hour? But yes, drink less soda.  It’s bad for your kidneys.  Even the diet stuff. Um, the money that could be saved on health care costs if New Yorkers eased off the soda (diabetes, childhood obesity, heart disease) could pay for the G train to run every single minute of every single day. And Mark, what are you, a NYPost.com commenter? They find a way to take any news story about anything that happens in New York - positive or negative - and tie it back to why Bloomberg sucks. (Also, the City Council didn’t have to approve the change in term limits, so they’re equally responsible for that.) Yeah, but somehow I’m sure that the MTA would find a way to make sure that the G train didn’t run properly.  It just wouldn’t.  The resources will most likely never, ever be placed in that direction. And no, alas, no New York Post commenting.  I just think things like this are indicative of Bloomberg in general - he pays a lot of attention to small things and his own pet concerns, and ignores bigger issues.  It’s kind of his trademark.  And for the life of me, I can’t understand why people aren’t upset that Bloomberg and the City Council have overturned something that New Yorkers have voted for in two separate referendums.
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New York’s new anti-sugar drink ads

Mmm, bacon juice!

I realize that this kind of thing is well-intentioned and it’s what the Department of Health & Mental Hygiene should be doing, but maybe the government of New York ought to be more concerned with an egotistical mayor subverting its own laws in an unconstitutional manner so he can run for a third term?  Or fix the MTA so that the G train comes more than once every thirty minutes during rush hour?

But yes, drink less soda.  It’s bad for your kidneys.  Even the diet stuff.

Um, the money that could be saved on health care costs if New Yorkers eased off the soda (diabetes, childhood obesity, heart disease) could pay for the G train to run every single minute of every single day.

And Mark, what are you, a NYPost.com commenter? They find a way to take any news story about anything that happens in New York - positive or negative - and tie it back to why Bloomberg sucks. (Also, the City Council didn’t have to approve the change in term limits, so they’re equally responsible for that.)

Yeah, but somehow I’m sure that the MTA would find a way to make sure that the G train didn’t run properly.  It just wouldn’t.  The resources will most likely never, ever be placed in that direction.

And no, alas, no New York Post commenting.  I just think things like this are indicative of Bloomberg in general - he pays a lot of attention to small things and his own pet concerns, and ignores bigger issues.  It’s kind of his trademark.  And for the life of me, I can’t understand why people aren’t upset that Bloomberg and the City Council have overturned something that New Yorkers have voted for in two separate referendums.

Source: The New York Times

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  5. sweetiewolfie reblogged this from lasaliente and added:
    this is for you honey…
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  7. nicksummers reblogged this from doree and added:
    Worddddd. This is so overdue.
  8. natface reblogged this from doree and added:
    low fat milk, ever, but I haven’t had soda in maybe seven years.
  9. downsizing reblogged this from ohhleary and added:
    Don’t drink yourself fat is going to be my new motto. Harkens back to Andi and I’s attempts to debloat before Miami....
  10. navelgazing101 reblogged this from doree and added:
    I have actually become a lot more lenient in my beverage policy. I used to enforce a strict “no calorie” rule when it...
  11. theapologist reblogged this from doree and added:
    love the ad! but despite the considerable efforts of emile magitot in treatise on dental caries (1878) to prove...
  12. feinsodville reblogged this from ohhleary and added:
    Yeah, but somehow I’m sure that the MTA would find a way to make sure that the G train didn’t run properly. It just...
  13. thatgirlallison reblogged this from ohhleary and added:
    I’m all for banning soda (which I know is NOT what this ad is for, but..). It’s so awful for you. I’d rather drink my...
  14. ohhleary reblogged this from feinsodville and added:
    Um, the money that could be saved on health care costs if New Yorkers eased off the soda (diabetes, childhood obesity,...
  15. josephweisenthal reblogged this from doree and added:
    Gross, but accurate.
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