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Tuesday, June 05, 2012

Bizarre: Mayor Bloomberg Defends Drink Ban While Calling for Decriminalizing Pot

Michael Bloomberg, mayor of New York City, has recently earned the ire of many for his hairbrained attempt at curbing obesity by banning sugary drinks. Today, he took to the Twitters to promote an op-ed he wrote for USA Today, defending his policy:


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10 comments:

Anonymous said...

He also defended national donut day!

Anonymous said...

DOH!nut

Anonymous said...

Smart man...Sugary drinks wreak havoc on the younger generations with obesity, diabetes, heart problems, adhd, etc. And decriminalizing pot, that would be an improvement for our country. The many advantages of hemp (aside from consumption) could provide Americans with many natural resources grown on our own soil, which would help us to escape the current economic situation. Many of our founding fathers are known to have kept hemp farms because they knew how far the cannabis plant could go.

Anonymous said...

Decriminalize pot - YES!

Nanny state hand holding forced values? NO!

Anonymous said...

Legalize pot and make 8 oz drinks available. How hard is that? I do not need a nanny. I will drink & smoke what I want. I am not on this earth to be someone else's statistic.

Anonymous said...

Simple. He wants to tax another addictive drug like tobacco.

Anonymous said...

Just another crazy idea from a loony libtard!

Anonymous said...

6:52 Addictive drug?
ignorance is no excuse.

Anonymous said...

wait!
im gonna need that big gulp to wash down the chips after smoking the doobie

Anonymous said...

6:52

There is no ingredient that is physically addictive in marijuana. Read a book first, then comment.