Mayor Bloomberg Called 'Sugar Nazi' Over Soda BanA leading financial website has published a blistering attack on New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg over his proposal to ban large servings of soda and other sugary drinks at restaurants, delis, sports arenas, and movie theaters.
The headline on the editorial from Investor's Business Daily (IBD): "New York City's Sugar Nazi Mayor Strikes Again."
Last year, the city prohibited smoking in all parks, beaches, swimming pools, and pedestrian plazas. A few years earlier, Mayor Bloomberg banned smoking in restaurants, bars, and workplaces.
The IBD article asks: "Is there anything the Ego That Ate New York won't make illegal for New Yorkers to consume?"
In 2006, New York ordered restaurants to remove "trans-fat" from their meals, even though "trans-fat amounts to a fraction of total fat consumption," the editorial points out.
"The real solution to obesity and heart disease, of course, is knowledge and responsibility. Americans actually have a pretty good record on making responsible use of their freedoms — when government butts out.
IBD quotes American Council on Science and Health President Dr. Elizabeth Whelan, who warned that Bloomberg was bringing the nation "one step closer to endorsing the principle that government should determine what we eat and how we should live."
Bloomberg, called an "out-of-touch, big-government billionaire bully" by IBD, sought to counter criticism by declaring: "We're not taking away anybody's right to do things. We're simply forcing you to understand that you have to make the conscious decision to go from one cup to another cup."
Personally, I think other nicknames could be "Fructose Fascist" or "Il Dolce"[my favorite] 
