Welcome to ConsequencesLand. Population: You. For years you stood idly by as the government took greater and greater whacks at our freedoms. You didn't speak up when they passed laws against our guns - guns are icky, you think; they're dangerous and the news always has stories of people getting shot. You kept quiet when they started going after the cigarette companies - after all, didn't those cigarette companies lie about the health effects of cigarettes? If you felt even the slightest twinge of doubt or remorse it wasn't obvious when you remained silent as they banned trans fat, assuming that the tales they told about the deleterious health effects were true and that it was "for our own good" - we didn't know that trans fats were being used, right?First, it was smoking in restaurants and bars. Then, artery-clogging trans fat in fast food joints and bakeries. Now, Boston health regulators have their crosshairs fixed on soft drinks and other sugar-sweetened beverages sold in city buildings.
Concerned about the girth of employees and visitors to government agencies, Boston officials are weighing — gingerly — whether to restrict or even prohibit the sale of calorie-laden refreshments on city-owned property.
Well, the thing is, with the health nazis, you give them an inch, they want a marathon. Once you cede your personal responsibility over to them, you are subject to their whims and predations no matter how high and noble their goals may sound. Sure, they're only taking the soda vending machines out of City Hall. Today. Who knows what they'll be taking out tomorrow? Who's to say that - given the bully pulpit of the House of Legislators - they won't
decide to ban sales of soft drinks within a 5 mile radius of t he State House? Who knows where it even will end - will we see an "Approved Beverages Roster"? I'm sorry sir, I can't sell you that Mountain Dew, it's a $5,000 fine under the Beverage Consumer Protection Act...
At some point it will come to a head - and it will end badly no matter what happens...
That is all.
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I bet you would like this song--Good Ship Lifestyle by Chumbawamba.
"This is the good ship lifestyle
I fly my very own flag
TV dinners for one
At the captain's table
Repel all boarders
Draw the curtains tighter
Where's the crew? There is no crew
This is the good ship lifestyle"
Not for much longer, apparently.
How can they possibly afford to do this????
Thoose lost Sales Tax revenues will need to be replaced.
They are just going to have to increase the sales tax on healthy foods.
You're not against healthy foods are you???
You just oppose this because you don't care about the chiiiildreeeeeeen! Meanie head!
:)
These are the words of someone who says things better than I can:
"It's Massachusetts. I'm not surprised at all - it's just... how things are in MA. I lived there for years, about 25 miles outside of Boston (nearly a two hour drive most mornings, to give an idea of the number of folks there) most recently, and the whole way of life there revolves around "government is good, they're our friends", along with other very odd notions. It's hardly what I would consider part of this nation, sadly. Beautiful architecture, lots of skilled folks, wonderful history, terrible laws, oppressive police and gun laws, hideously bad roads and road maintenance (for which MA residents pay large sums of money, mind you) and the list goes on... Sadly, I could probably point out significant issues for a few dozen paragraphs, if not longer.
"P.S. - Cambridge is moderate, for Massachusetts. Let that sink in."
There's this, and a new parking issue I'll let Jay introduce to you all, that makes me wonder why folks stay.
stay safe.
People don't dare get between me and my Mountain Dew. They tend not to live long afterwards. =)
(And for your information, I'm a touch over five foot and maaaaaaaybe 110. Soaking wet. But only because of the massive mane of hair I possess.)
So, some of us can drink the stuff and not reach the size of a baby killer whale...
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