The War On Sugar

All hail Lord Bloomberg, savior of our waistline!  Kidding, of course, but I'm sure he wouldn't mind you saying it to him.  On a related note, I was reading an article on The Daily Beast about how Michael Tomasky loudly and proudly supports Mayor Bloomberg's war on sugar.  He says that we simply cannot control ourselves, and sugar is going to kill us all.

Screw you sugar

The author even goes on to say how he hopes that Bloomberg can scale back freedom to "balance" it with the public good.  Oh dear.

I'm sure the war on sugar will work out just as well as the war on alcohol did during Prohibition.  Oh, wait.  Well, how about the war on drugs?  Erm... war on terror?

Does anyone seriously believe that they can stop another individual from doing something they want to do?  Seriously, Bloomberg pisses me off to the point where if I ever had breakfast with him, I'd put a three cups of sugar in my Frosted Flakes.

Tastes grrrrrreat mother f*cker

Here's the real question though.  Do you, reader, personally care what I consume or how much I consume?  No, of course not (unless there's some kind of betting pool of how many peanut butter covered waffles I can eat, in which case I'd advise that you pick a high number).  So why does Bloomberg?  He's obviously not concerned about people's health, so what is he getting in return for campaigning against it?  Could it be possible that he owns stock in sugar alternatives?  Hmm...