Grab one while you can....
"NYC health board likes drink ban plan; Some members suggest it doesn’t go far enough" by David B. Caruso | Associated Press, June 13, 2012
"NYC health board likes drink ban plan; Some members suggest it doesn’t go far enough" by David B. Caruso | Associated Press, June 13, 2012
NEW YORK - New York City’s Board of Health signaled strong support Tuesday for the mayor’s plan to fight obesity by banning the sale of large, sugary beverages at local restaurants.
Actually, I'm kinda full up on the Globe, BUUUUUUURRRRRRRP.
The proposal by Mayor Michael Bloomberg would require most licensed food service establishments in the city to limit serving high-calorie drinks like colas, lemonade, and punch in containers no larger than 16 ounces.
No Big Gulps while I'm sweating away and dehydrating myself in the streets of your stinky city?
People would be free to buy another round, but restaurants couldn’t serve the 20-ounce cups now so popular at fast food eateries, movie theaters, and food courts.
Costing you a few cents more, but what the hey? I'm more concerned about bolstering the bottom lines of companies.
The proposal only needs to win approval from one government body to become law, the city’s unelected board of health, and the panel took the first step toward making that happen Tuesday with a unanimous vote to begin a public comment period on the new rule.
Wouldn't it be funny to see someone throw a Big Gulp during a meeting?
A formal vote on whether to approve the measure will come later, but several board members spoke strongly in favor of the proposed restriction. Some even wondered aloud why the city wasn’t going further, and limiting portion sizes of other popular high-calorie foods.
Can we get BMIs on their fat asses first?
One raised an objection to a proposed exemption for milk products, which would leave people free to continue enjoying big milkshakes. Another said he didn’t like the idea that some restaurants could continue to offer people bottomless cups of soda, with free refills.
It's called creating a market.
Board member Bruce Vladeck, a former administrator of the federal agency responsible for Medicare and Medicaid, asked why the city wasn’t considering portion-size limits for buttery, movie theater popcorn.
“The popcorn isn’t a whole lot better, from the nutritional point of view,’’ he said.
I never go to the movies anymore, so....
Outside the meeting, Andrew Moesel, a spokesman for the New York City Restaurant Association, said those comments were evidence that the drink restriction would ultimately lead to further limitations on other treats New Yorkers enjoy.
I hate to say it, but IT ALWAYS DOES! Remember back when the traffic cameras were just for catching terrorists, not logging license plates for ticketing purposes?
“Some of the board members seemed to think that the proposal didn’t go far enough, and I found that very alarming,’’ he said.
I never go to the movies anymore, so....
Outside the meeting, Andrew Moesel, a spokesman for the New York City Restaurant Association, said those comments were evidence that the drink restriction would ultimately lead to further limitations on other treats New Yorkers enjoy.
I hate to say it, but IT ALWAYS DOES! Remember back when the traffic cameras were just for catching terrorists, not logging license plates for ticketing purposes?
“Some of the board members seemed to think that the proposal didn’t go far enough, and I found that very alarming,’’ he said.
Moesel said his organization’s 1,000 members considered the proposal an infringement on consumers’ legal rights. He said the group would consider legal action to stop it from taking effect.
Then don't worry, New Yorkers. You will be able to enjoy Big Gulps in this searing heat for months and years to come.
The Board of Health is independent, but its members are appointed by the mayor and it has no record of challenging his initiatives.
Then don't worry, New Yorkers. You will be able to enjoy Big Gulps in this searing heat for months and years to come.
The Board of Health is independent, but its members are appointed by the mayor and it has no record of challenging his initiatives.
A public hearing was scheduled for June 24. Revisions are still possible, but opponents clearly face an uphill fight. From a purely public health perspective, there are few reasons to oppose the rule.
How about on a freedom basis? I can't buy a Big Gulp but I gotta buy a crappy corporate insurance policy thanks to the Supreme Court.
Bloomberg and the city’s health commissioner say they are proposing the ban because obesity has become a public health crisis and because sweetened soft drinks bear a huge share of the blame for making people so fat.
How about on a freedom basis? I can't buy a Big Gulp but I gotta buy a crappy corporate insurance policy thanks to the Supreme Court.
Bloomberg and the city’s health commissioner say they are proposing the ban because obesity has become a public health crisis and because sweetened soft drinks bear a huge share of the blame for making people so fat.
Obesity kills 5,800 people every year in New York City, considerably more than the number of US troops who died in the entire Iraq War, the Health Department said.
Talk about pulling a figure out of your ass (least you lost a few pounds).
Yup, ANOTHER WAR, 'murka!
Diabetes, a disease that can be linked to obesity, kills another 1,700 people. Another 2,600 are hospitalized for limb amputations necessitated by complications of diabetes.
And how many hundreds of thousands died from tobacco last year?
Now if you will excuse me, I need to go get a pack of smokes.
I gue$$ it is WHATEVER AGENDA needs to be SHOVED DOWN our SKINNY and HUNGRY THROATS, huh?
Good thing smoking takes away the hunger pains.
Talk about pulling a figure out of your ass (least you lost a few pounds).
Yup, ANOTHER WAR, 'murka!
Diabetes, a disease that can be linked to obesity, kills another 1,700 people. Another 2,600 are hospitalized for limb amputations necessitated by complications of diabetes.
And how many hundreds of thousands died from tobacco last year?
Now if you will excuse me, I need to go get a pack of smokes.
I gue$$ it is WHATEVER AGENDA needs to be SHOVED DOWN our SKINNY and HUNGRY THROATS, huh?
Good thing smoking takes away the hunger pains.
City officials estimate that treating health problems caused primarily by obesity in New York City costs $4 billion per year.
“The sugary drinks are the item that is most closely associated with the growth of this epidemic,’’ Farley said.
Maybe it's the water that is the problem?
"New York plan would limit fracking to specific areas" by Danny Hakim | New York Times, June 14, 2012
ALBANY, N.Y. - Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s administration is pursuing a plan to limit the controversial drilling method known as hydraulic fracturing to portions of several struggling New York counties along the border with Pennsylvania, and to permit it only in communities that express support for the technology and the risk of groundwater contamination....
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Also see: Sunday Globe Special: Shale Game
Globe $chilling For Shale
What the Frack?
I was going to use another word, but....
Guilty gulp:
"A Florida woman and her brother were found guilty Wednesday of orchestrating the killings of the woman’s millionaire husband and his mother in a grab for the family estate....
Looks like a family affair to me.
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