Judge Stops NYC Ban on Large Drinks

A state judge on Monday stopped the implementations, which was to start on Tuesday, of new rules that would have punished certain places of business if they sold sugary drinks above 16oz. in size. This is a win for anyone who has a brain, and most people had to know this was coming. Even in a state like New York, you have to expect some people will get angry when they cannot go to the pizza place of their choice and walk out with a 2 liter of soda, as many people do in the city.

The rules were all over the place, and was one of the reasons the judge in NY struck down the rules. Different businesses had different rules that would regulate them, and in the end it would have been a clustered mess that I am not sure even a court could have figured out. Of course this is not the end and I am sure the city will fight it, but the understanding is that Mayor Bloomberg, or Nanny as some have called him, overstepped his bounds by pushing the health department to sign off on these new regulations when the city council should have been the body to do it if they chose to do something like this.

I am sure the Mayor knew that the council would never have done this because of the bad publicity they would have received from the people in the community, not to mention the people who visit NYC. It is one thing to do something in the name of public welfare and safety, but it is another thing entirely when you do something that has nothing at all to do with public safety to begin with. People choose to eat and drink what they want, and no government body should be able to tell me or anyone else for that matter what size soda we should have with our dinner.

This is a problem we are having in America, and we the people are partially responsible for creating the problem. Every single time something bad happens to us, we run to the government and ask them for some help. We cannot help ourselves, it seems, but we surely will run to the government to help us because, well, why would they say no? The more people who run to the government for help, the larger it gets and the more money it needs. Just look at some of the programs we have in this countr and how much we spend on them. How much could we save if those people who may have been in the fringe about getting help maybe tried to help themselves?

There is no doubt some people really need help, but for those who create situations that screw themselves over, why should you and I have to pick up the tab for their mistakes? I am not in the business, and neither are any of you for that matter, of giving out money to people who do not try and help themselves in one way or another. What all of this leads to is the government pretending it has the power to do whatever it wants, because the people are wrapped around their fingers and cannot let go. We created this monster of a government because we could not help ourselves, and now people complain the government is making up ways to help us when we do not even need the help. Well, in reality, if we did not run to the government for everything that we needed in the first place then there would not be this mentality in Washington and elsewhere around the country that government can do what they want, say what they want, and spend what they want all the while screwing over the populace that the politician knows will never vote against them because of the letter next to their name.

If we created this, we can end it! It only takes standing up for what you believe in to get the ball rolling, and sooner or later things will change. Will it be in time to save this nation? That remains to be seen!

Mayor Bloomberg's Security Team Accosts Journalist For Asking If He Will Disarm His Security Team

Wow, is it not funny how Mayor Bloomberg and types like him who tell us we do not need to be armed to the teeth are armed to the teeth? Do they think we are so stupid as to not think that it is wrong to tell the people of America to give up their weapons when they will not do the same, or even go as far as to try and exclude themselves from the legislative process only to include all of us? Do they TRULY believe that journalists like this one in this video will not ask questions like this? The people are speaking and they say if you disarm us, you must also disarm yourself. Knowing that will never happen, it may be the best fight against the tyranny we are seeing today.

In a time where the Constitution is nothing more than a paper that individuals only want to follow if they like what it says, how can we take these individuals seriously? There members of the press, academia, and the political class that want to take away your right to bear arms but keep their right o bear arms because they believe that their protection is more important than yours. Obviously I have no problem with Bloomberg having a security detail to protect him while he walks the streets, there are a lot of nuts out there and he is a high-profile individual. However, he is in no position to tell me or you out there that we are not as important as he is when it comes right down to it. We are all human beings, created with the same rights and liberties as the next person no matter how much money we have in our pockets or in a bank account.

The reason Bloomberg could not answer the question is because he knows the answer, but if he answered it he would look like a fool. Do not expect his office to give an answer to this question because he feels he is more important than you are. He feels he is more important top this world than you, your children, or any of you family because of who he is. We are all human and have faults, and this man's fault is to go after good people who want to protect themselves. He and others like him only want the elite to be protected and have protection, while telling all of us that we have the police to protect us and that is good enough. I call BS on that, because we know it is better to protect yourself and your family rather than wait for the police. Those minutes could matter, and when you have the ability to defend yourself those minutes really do matter in the end.

The worst part of this is that his security team, armed to protect the Mayor, seems to not enjoy the questions that were asked and makes sure that the journalist does not get to ask any more by stopping him and asking for his ID. Technically he should have never even given up the ID, but only a press pass to show he is who he says he is, but he did what the officer asked and he was still questioned by the officer about his birth date. We are citizens of this nation and we have the right to confront government officials on the street when we feel we are not being treated fairly or the laws of the land are being broken. No security team or Mayor should have the right to do this to someone when they only want to ask a question, a question, mind you, that was never answered and just walked away from.

Here it is people, right here. This is what America is coming to! If you people on the Left do not see that they are playing games with us all and they are using you for a means to an end, you are BLIND!