Mayor Bloomberg proclaims Donut Day.

[Graybeard]

Yesterday Bloomie announced his proposed restrictions on super-sized, sugary drinks saying the City should do what it can to fight obesity.

Today Bloomie declares the City's participation in the 75th National Donut Day festivities by handing out free donuts.

[zbdent]

1. Chris Christie announces he's moving to New York City ...

[KurtNYC]

2. He's going Giuliani -- it is the third term curse

You give a mayor a third term and they start outlawing art, telling you what you can't eat, what size your cup can be.

It gets boring solving REAL problems apparently.

[HappyMe]

3. Well, Donut Day is

one day. Being able to order a gallon of soda is everyday.

[Chan790]

4. The soda thing is idiotic though.

Every damned bodega in the city sells $0.79 2L bottles of generic soda and there's usually a Coke or Pepsi sale for $1.

The places he's talking about banning the soft-drinks from are places like 7-11 and fast-food restaurants...if you went to Taco Bell and ordered food and you couldn't get a large (26oz.) beverage for $1.89, you'd take your food to go, go next door and buy a cheaper 2L bottle of soda and drink that instead...if you went to 7-11 and couldn't get a 32oz Super Big Gulp...you'd probably buy a bottle of soda instead. I already see idiots walking around the city drinking out of those 2-liter bottles.

I know some people don't know this: 2L is ~68oz. and just under 1000cal. per bottle. That's a hell of a lot worse than any fast food soft-drink other than the bucket of soda at KFC meant to serve a family of 4.

The problem and solution isn't the huge soft-drink sizes (though they don't help), it's the lack of healthier enjoyable options at comparable price-point. (Water is not an enjoyable option for many people.)

I live in DC now, we have Chipotle. (there were no Chipotle in NYC when I left, I don't think there are now.) There's a decanter of real brewed iced-tea (unsweet), sugar packets and a bin of lemon wedges next to the serve-yourself soda fountain...and they can't keep the damned thing filled. (Nobody had to pass a law to get people to switch from soda, they just had to offer an option. That said, I see nothing wrong with mandating the presence of a healthier non-water option.) It's wildly popular, so much so that every competitor in their market-segment (Mission-style fast-food made-to-order burrito) immediately copied it and now pretty much every fast-food restaurant in DC followed...led by McDonalds. It's creeping up the market even, I was at Pete's (an upscale DC pizza and bistro group) two days ago and they went one further...they put it next to a decanter of homestyle lemonade. (Which even being made with sugar is healthier than anything coming out of the soda fountain as it's also made with fruit juice and is lower cal than soda.) Pizza goes well with Arnold Palmers.

[HappyMe]

5. Yeah, it is idiotic.

In my opinion, it is really up to each individual to take control over what you eat & drink. You can't legislate self control.

I prefer unsweetened iced tea. I had a delicious burger and a small Dr. Pepper last night for dinner. I don't drink soda every day, nor could I possibly drink one of those huge sizes. Unless you are going to wander in the desert, I never saw the point of the huge drink sizes. If you see me with a 2 liter bottle of 7Up or Ginger Ale, I am on my way home to have drinkies with my sweetie.

I have seen Arnold Palmer in a can, but never even though about trying it.

[Noose4]

6. The Emperor

Emperor Bloomberg is taking away our freedom one stupid law at a time, as a native New Yorker I am proud to be able to say that I never voted for him and enjoyed the old days in NYC where you could walk through a street festival drinking beer(Giuliani took that away), soda size may seem like a trivial matter but little by little freedom is being chipped away.

[KamaAina]

7. Tiny Fascist

That's what Mom's friend calls him.