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Topic: Bloomberg Cajoles 21 Companies
to Remove Salt from Products |
Bloomberg Cajoles 21 Companies
to Remove Salt from Products
Breitbart´s Big Government, by Warner Todd Huston
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Posted By:KarenJ1, 2/12/2013 9:54:08 AM
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| On Monday, February 11, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that he had succeeded in cajoling 21 companies to remove more salt from some food products. Companies such as Butterball, Heinz, Starbucks, Oscar Mayer, and Kraft Foods have committed to taking more sodium out of products ranging from popcorn, to cold cuts, to breakfast sandwiches. Bloomberg announced that 21 companies out of 24 agreed to the changes. "These companies have demonstrated their commitment to removing excess sodium from their products and to working with public health authorities toward a shared goal -- helping their customers lead longer,
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Comments:
This little Nazi perfectly exemplifies the Napoleon complex.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
earlybird, 2/12/2013 10:02:06 AM (No. 9171824)
And little Bloomie knows what "excess salt" is?
First of all, it is different for everyone. The salt limit is an individual call. 2300 mg/day is considered "safe" though many are limited to less due to hypertension.
All food containers bear Sodium content numbers expressed in either mgs or a percentage of that 2300mg daily limit.
When do people take responsibility for their own health, read labels, avoid junk food which is loaded with salt, and cook fresh foods so that they can control the salt? Not any time soon. That´s a lotta work...
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
SoCalGal, 2/12/2013 10:03:29 AM (No. 9171827)
Power mad little bugger, isn´t he. When did the mayor of New York carry so much clout?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
LudicrousSextus, 2/12/2013 10:03:38 AM (No. 9171828)
Seriously...and the rest of America chuckles at the idiot enclave...
I find myself having to fall to my knees daily and thanking whatever powers that be - that I got the hell out of that madhouse after college. I lived way too close to Gracie Manor to put up with the current jackass in charge, and they´d probably object if I ´curbed my dog´ on the Mayor´s shoes...
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
SoCalGal, 2/12/2013 10:04:59 AM (No. 9171831)
PS. The irony is that all the chichi restaurants, bakeries and cooking magazines are currently pushing salted caramel. Candy, cakes, cookies, frostings on cakes, even a salted caramel pineapple upside down cake.
Nice try, Bloomie!
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
antiquegolf, 2/12/2013 10:07:32 AM (No. 9171844)
Yesterday on Rush, a caller said he´s been asking his liberal friends, "what are your limits?" The caller said the libs generally dodge the question. Rush said that´s because liberals don´t have any limits. So, do New Yorkers have any limits? Rhetorical question, I suppose.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
grampagasman, 2/12/2013 10:20:01 AM (No. 9171882)
I don´t think Bloomberg is worth his salt.
Sorry, I could not help myself.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
kanphil, 2/12/2013 10:20:05 AM (No. 9171883)
Pinky is completely underestimating the role salt plays in establishing the taste of food. Take too much salt out and you have a tasteless product that nobody will consume. People are savvy enough to taste a product, declare "needs salt" and reach for the salt shaker.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Songstress, 2/12/2013 10:24:44 AM (No. 9171901)
I´ve got a salt shaker, and I´ m prepared to use it.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
fhancock, 2/12/2013 10:25:27 AM (No. 9171905)
Bloomberg is what he is- a neo-fascist with the gravitas of an amoeba
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Freeloader, 2/12/2013 10:50:39 AM (No. 9171962)
Stop this insanity Nurse Bloomers!.......You sir, are becoming a "public menace" of epic proportions and, quite frankly, beginning to make New York City´s former "Prime Minister of the Underworld," the late Frank Costello, appear, by comparison, a member in good standing of the Greater New York Chamber of Commerce!
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
graniteman2009, 2/12/2013 10:52:02 AM (No. 9171968)
I wonder if he will go after Girl Scout cookies next?
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
The Architect, 2/12/2013 11:06:36 AM (No. 9171993)
All the problems that the city has, and this is what Hizonner is worried about?! Its nice to see Bloomie is multi-tasking. He is doubling as the Village Idiot as well as the Mayor.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
JimS, 2/12/2013 12:01:14 PM (No. 9172125)
And I would like to "cajole" the drug companies to remove the active ingredients from Bloomberg´s meds.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Nevadadad46, 2/12/2013 12:09:02 PM (No. 9172144)
AS RR said, "The most dangerous words an American will ever hear is, ´We are from the government and we are here to help you.´"
Bloomberg is the epitome of that quote.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
rockymtnhigh, 2/12/2013 3:14:18 PM (No. 9172564)
Has he gotten Morton´s to remove the salt from their product?
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
mominNoCA, 2/12/2013 3:15:39 PM (No. 9172568)
Must be wonderful to be mayor of a city with so few problems that you have to meddle with what´s on people´s dinner plates.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
BigGeorgeTX, 2/12/2013 7:16:58 PM (No. 9173022)
Remind me never to buy pretzels or potato chips from NYC.
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