City Of Cambridge Considers Soda Ban in Restaurants: Approve?

by Fef Posted 2012/06/19 07:21:15

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Banning foods has gained momentum in urban, Democratic strongholds like San Francisco, New York and now Cambridge, Massachusetts. The city council of Cambridge ignored the negative backlash by the public regarding New York city's plan to ban large sugary sodas. Cambridge wants to pass a similar measure because they believe they can help stop obesity by outlawing a single food item.

Cambridge's Policy Order Resolution:
June 18, 2012

MAYOR DAVIS

WHEREAS: High intake of soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages increases the risk of obesity and diabetes; and

WHEREAS:

New York City has a plan to limit the serving size of soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages sold in restaurants; now therefore be it

ORDERED:

That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to refer the matter of a ban on soda and sugar-sweetened beverages in restaurants to the Cambridge Public Health Department for a recommendation. City of Cambridge Massachusetts
Tell Mayor Henrietta Davis your thoughts...

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JenSemPa 2012/06/19 07:50:40

Disapprove

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I don't drink soda very often at all. I keep to a very healthy diet most of the time.

BUT ... I'm against this whole nanny-state idea of banning soda, banning Happy Meals, and so on.

Soda and "junk food" has been around for ages, but the obesity epidemic is a relatively recent phenomenon.

So, America's waistlines are not going to get smaller because of nanny-state bans on fattening foods and drinks.

They'll get smaller when people turn off their computers and X-Boxes and start exercising again.

They'll also get smaller when people -- not the government -- start making responsible choices for themselves and their kids.

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Monty 2012/08/07 12:42:22

Disapprove

of course those 3 places are,NY ,mass and san fran,they're trying to ban alot of things

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Iamfree 2012/07/18 23:26:03

Disapprove

Why does anyone still want to live in these idiotic liberal bastions?

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angie45 2012/06/24 23:46:45 (edited)

Disapprove

if i want to drink soda i will, my choice...seems like they trying to ban everything,what next?

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Ian 2012/06/24 07:59:01

Disapprove

Truly out of their minds,they will keep on serving alcohol, still adding salt to the food, and i bet there is salt on the table, i wonder what sort of high fat food they serve.
On one hand they say no to soda, and yet serve alcohol, and food with high fat contents,
so no to soda, and yes to others drinks and food which we all know can kill you or harm you.
If the soda goes because it X then all the others who fall into x shall have to go.

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sglmom 2012/06/24 00:32:56

Disapprove

For crying out loud already ..
when I go out to eat ..
(And that is RARE INDEED)

IF I choose to enjoy my Sodas ..
my goodness .. let me HAVE my Sodas then ..
(with their free refills)

NOW if one is willing to be a ZOMBIE and totally Dependent on your Overlords of 'Body Politic' making all your decisions for you ..
GO FOR IT ..
live there ..

Just do NOT export it to other places ..

(Thanks very much .. but I do have my own MIND .. can make my own choices .. and yes, I'd like to enjoy my rare Dining out experience withOUT some snoopy, overbearing idiot in 'politics' ruining the experience for me.)

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Jeff Smith 2012/06/24 00:15:59

Disapprove

Never been there and never will. Although this could happen anywhere USA and I drink a coke like once a month I don't drink alcohol or milk so an occasional coke can't hurt I'm thinking this is a good way for any restaurants to lose allot of business if you want to lose business side with the Libs and go out of business

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Striker 2012/06/23 21:44:55

Disapprove

If people are not going to USE their brains, why have them?

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Temlakos~POTL~PWCM~JLA~☆ 2012/06/23 21:43:04

Disapprove

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Any restaurant has the absolute right to serve whatever a customer might ask for, subject only to the usual laws against fraud--that is, making sure that what the customer asks for, and what the customer gets, are the same thing.

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Ron 2012/06/23 20:32:32

Disapprove

Henrietta is an arrogant, ignorant slob. If the majority elects her again then they deserve to bend over and get it in the shorts and woe to the the free citizens who need to find a free city to live in where an elected official "serves" the people they are elected by instead of pretending that they are smarter and the RULER of all they survey!

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Patric 2012/06/23 19:56:12

Disapprove

+1
the nanny state, with the nanny politician trying to dictate my life..

stay out of my life...

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Oaces_boss_yo® 2012/06/23 19:54:42
Maddog 2012/06/23 18:41:11

Disapprove

Well now, I feel sooooooo secure now that the Nanny State is looking out for my health and welfare, being that I'm totally incapable of doing it myself. (LOL!)

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mustangluver 2012/06/23 02:53:29

Disapprove

Freedom of choice! Alcohol has sugar and it kills on the roads.

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Swampdog 2012/06/20 15:35:55

Disapprove

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Boycott Cambridge!

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Katherine 2012/06/20 11:35:26

Disapprove

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Oh really..... I drink 80 soft drinks a day. I am responsible for my own health care. When I die early, I pay for my funeral and the health Nazis can take comfort in my early demise. How about that? They won't be happy until they have us electronically programmed.

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Andy Fl... to Katherine 2012/06/20 12:44:28

Hmmmm...Local residents have to right to pass such laws if they want them.

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Katherine to Andy Fl... 2012/06/20 13:18:37

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No they do not. As I said, we are not a democracy... that only needs a 51% vote to oppress the other 49% of the public. We're a republic. If more people knew that, we wouldn't be on the precipice of a full-on dictatorship.

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Andy Fl... to Katherine 2012/06/20 13:54:54

Now you do realize of course those are your words not mine.

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Ian to Andy Fl... 2012/06/26 06:09:55
Raithere 2012/06/20 05:07:13

Disapprove

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Can you say 'Totalitarianism'?

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Aqua Surf 2012/06/20 04:53:08

Disapprove

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The American KGB is now in the restaurant business? Leave us alone to eat and drink as we please, you Commie basturds!

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lark 2012/06/20 02:52:54

Disapprove

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I don't drink Soda but love my coffee. How dare any Government tell us what we can or cannot have. This was a free society before O and his left wing nuts.

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loony t 2012/06/20 01:14:20

Disapprove

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I don't drink soda but this is b s.

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DJL 2012/06/19 23:49:54

Disapprove

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They are getting what they deserve for voting for liberal idiots.

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Catch224u 2012/06/19 22:51:32

Disapprove

+1
Ban the sugar and smoke the grass.

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fortycal_sig 2012/06/19 22:07:47

Disapprove

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What a self-righteous, authoritarian, presumptuous, criminal scumbag. You can see it in her face--her only joy in life is controlling other people. Get rid of her. Maybe fire up a grand jury.

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DeeB 2012/06/19 21:50:48

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Maybe they should ban what is put in the drinks that is the real problem, like corn syrup or aspartame!! Talk about insanity! Fire them all, they are not doing their jobs.

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the judgebigdogeagle 2012/06/19 21:26:00

Disapprove

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Can't Have my Coffee,My Beer,then I need my Pepsi.

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morning40oz~mad as hell 2012/06/19 20:17:32

Disapprove

+2
I guess oxygen intake is next on the list.

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Katherine to morning... 2012/06/20 11:37:09

+1
Two words: carbon footprint.

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morning... to Katherine 2012/06/20 13:48:30

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Yep

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Ron to Katherine 2012/06/23 20:40:19

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Some scientists have reported that humans affect the earth's climate 2 - 3% at the most. Proponents of global warming claim that the ozone is thin in areas! Really?? That's because it is a living thing that moves & actually gets more & less dense continually is all areas. Think about the money to be made by "a few" such as Al Gore & his hysteria sheep, if we have to pay THEM for carbon credits?? How perfect! The one thing everyone on the planet has in common is the environment. What a market for these crooks to tap into if they can alarm enough people into believing their B.S. Follow the money & find out who's on the take.

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Katherine to Ron 2012/06/29 02:36:44

Oh, there are scientists that say something to the effect that global warming is a myth. They're being threatened and losing their jobs. People provide plants with carbon, plants provide us with oxygen. It's a complimentary system. I always ask myself what people stand to gain by lying to me. Turns out that they make a fortune out of it and get a great amount of control, not just in how we live our lives but *total power*. Business have to buy and sell their carbon credits and answer to legislators. What we eat, what we drive, how much energy our homes consume. Agenda 21, the Rural Council. Greatest scheme tyrants ever cooked up and millions have bought into their own enslavement. By far the worst is the connection to population control. Eliminate 95% of the population for the "greater good" of the planet. Capitalists go first.

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TruBluTopaz 2012/06/19 20:15:01

Disapprove

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Watch restaurants move out of the Cambridge area. Of course are they banning wine and alcohol? Those cause health issues as well.

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Flyingbug to TruBluT... 2012/06/19 22:39:29

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Ditto for NYC....look at all the stuff getting banned there.

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Ian to TruBluT... 2012/06/26 06:12:31
relic 2012/06/19 20:07:23

Approve

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Cambridge should ban college professors too.

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Selketskiss 2012/06/19 19:30:36 (edited)

Disapprove

+3
Wake up America...these tards are just looking for a foothold and are using keywords like "healthy" to get the masses to go along, "It is better for you", :put an end to obesity"..then after they have you by the short ones you will have no power, no recourse and no vote when they take whatever they feel like away from you and then they will attach fines...to any and everything they want..
Tell Mayor Henrietta Davis your thoughts:::I think her azz should be banned from the planet...

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Boo 2012/06/19 19:16:29

Disapprove

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She doesn't look very slim or healthy to me. She should mind her own business, and ban all the fattening stuff she's eating from her body!

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Quietman ~PWCM~JLA 2012/06/19 19:06:32

Disapprove

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IN-SANE busy bodies!!!!!

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