Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Could You Please Pass the Salt?


I'm not quite middle-aged, yet I'm not quite young. As such, I can remember the horrible days of years gone by. I remember the days of square TV's and getting up to change the channel. I remember ovens as the primary medium of reheating. I remember walking as a means of getting from A to B. I remember answering a phone without knowing who it was that was calling. Damn it, I remember pay phones!

Worst of all, I remember the days of personal responsibility. I know, right? Makes you just shudder to think about it. Thank heavens for Bloomberg the First, and his crusade to create a city in his image. From WPIX.com...



After taking on smoking and sugary soft drinks,Mayor Michael Blomberg is now targeting one of America's favorite condiments: salt.

As part of his latest health campaign, Bloomberg is urging New Yorkers to cut their salt intake and start comparing labels on their favorite foods.

The anti-salt campaign will head to the subway in new city ads for the next two months, the city's Health Department announced Tuesday.

Among the ads, one features a half-opened can of soup with a geyser of salt spewing from the top and forming a heap around the can with a startling message: "Excessive sodium can lead to heart attack and stroke."

The citywide campaign costs $370,000 partly paid by taxpayers and the federal government, a spokesperson for the department said.
Next, His Omnipotence will be targeting women with the "Front to Back" campaign. Brought to you by you.

3 comments:

  1. When an ordinance in Louisville was passed 3 years ago to ban smoking in public buildings, all the smokers started up with complaints about fat people who eat too much fast food and said it was a danger to their lives to have to look at them.

    It didn't go anywhere.

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  2. Well that's because Louisville isn't ruled by a despot.

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  3. I want to ban the military and multinational companies.

    - Aangirfan.

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