Posted on 06/06/2012 10:58:06 AM PDT by C19fan
Remember when Rolling Stone was cool? Yeah, me neither. But it was once a center of rock ‘n roll rebellion and fighting the system. Now it’s a just another creature of the system. On MSNBC today, RS executive editor Eric Bates came out in favor of a federal ban on large soda sizes. Sounding like a leftist spin doctor, Bates characterized the ban as a “regulation on harmful substances that people take into their bodies, and which cost the government millions and millions of dollars a year in obesity and diabetes.” Others on the panel, which came at the end of Alex Wagner’s show, joined Bates’ logic and call for a federal version of NYC Mayor Bloomberg’s ban on large soda sizes. Only one panelist spoke out in favor of liberty and personal responsibility, and she was quickly ignored as another panelist shouted “It’s public health!”
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I attend classes at my local community college and on Monday I noticed that the college removed the soda machine down the hall from my class. It was replaced by a coffee machine.
I guess I will have to buy my soda before class begins.
Rock and roll used to be about individualism, danger and rebellion.
Now, at least to Rolling Stone, it's about government control, conformity, and safety.
Hope I die before I get old.
Were you buying it while in class before now?
Why stop there? What we really need is a “way of life” regulation at the federal level. Heck, we could even charge the EPA with enforcing it!
” nobody but Rolling Stone likes Elvis Costello’s awful lousy shit. “
Hmm...His first three albums either went Gold or Platinum both in the USA and UK . 4th Gold in UK ...Had gold in USA in 1989 ...Many silvers in UK as recently as 2002 ...
Because Rolling Stone kept telling people to buy that crap. People got wise. I still think he sucks.
My father thought The Beatles sucked ...LOL .
I had a subscription to Rolling Stone back in the early 70s, but dropped it when they moved from SF to New York and changed their foldable format for the more traditional stapled magazine.
In the early days they really covered the Rock and Roll scene, but when Jan Werner went to New York, they all got fat and lazy and snorted too much powder. (imho)
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