First off, I find it interesting that this thread includes yet more regionalist dick waving.
Second, Bloomberg wouldn't be so deservedly widely despised if he weren't an avowed statist. So far I've seen a mind that is willing to ban everything under the sun if it proves to have negative health consequences. He has banned large soda drinks and styrofoam and is intent on continuning the draconian War on Drugs. He has all the asshole qualities of so-called American "liberals" with all the asshole tendencies of gated community WASPs. Qualities, that frankly, rank high above on the "disgust monitor".
The only fairly good thing this guy has done is endorse gay marriage. Then again, considering how much of a "durr" that is, it's nothing to write home about.
How dare a government official try to protect his constituent's health! The nerve of this fascist!
