{"id":28052,"date":"2012-05-31T11:42:14","date_gmt":"2012-05-31T17:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/31\/silly-nanny-statism-2.html"},"modified":"2012-05-31T11:42:14","modified_gmt":"2012-05-31T17:42:14","slug":"silly-nanny-statism-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/31\/silly-nanny-statism-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Silly Nanny-statism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Really, Mayor Boomberg?  Banning sugared sodas of more than 16 oz., but not juices, milk shakes, or beers?  And just in restaurants, not in stores?  <\/p>\n<p>I mean, I&#39;m all in favor of finding ways to fight obesity, and I don&#39;t drink sugared sodas, but this is a remarkable mixture of government intrusion and utter ineffectiveness.  Silly.<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fgraphics8.nytimes.com%2Fimages%2F2012%2F05%2F31%2Fnyregion%2FBLOOMBERG%2FBLOOMBERG-thumbLarge.jpg' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/05\/31\/nyregion\/bloomberg-plans-a-ban-on-large-sugared-drinks.html?smid=go-share'>Bloomberg Plans a Ban on Large Sugared Drinks<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA proposal that would take effect as soon as next March is the most ambitious effort yet by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg\u2019s administration to combat rising obesity.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/efj2SVqmkxT' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Really, Mayor Boomberg? Banning sugared sodas of more than 16 oz., but not juices, milk shakes, or beers? And just in restaurants, not in stores? I mean, I&#39;m all in favor of finding ways to fight obesity, and I don&#39;t drink sugared sodas, but this is a remarkable mixture of government intrusion and utter ineffectiveness. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/31\/silly-nanny-statism-2.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Silly Nanny-statism&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28051,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/31\/silly-nanny-statism.html","url_meta":{"origin":28052,"position":0},"title":"Silly Nanny-statism","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 31-May-12 11:42am","format":false,"excerpt":"Really, Mayor Boomberg? 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