NYC mayor wants hospitals to lock up baby formulato encourage breast-feeding

[Atlantic Friend]

True. On the upside, they're often "resigned" (new passive verb) by the elected ones when **** goes wrong. What was that saying about Thatcher? "Greater love hath no man than he would lay down his friends for his life"?

Mrs T had a nice way of saying she would not hesitate to push her closest associates in front on an incoming double-deck London bus if need be. . Of course she was right.

The unelected officials are the convenient fuses that can protect the elected ones from any unexpected jolt, that's for sure. And since we are civilized, the sacrificed official is usually given a less-visible but still-remunerative job to compensate for his public hanging.

[Corrupt]

Mrs T had a nice way of saying she would not hesitate to push her closest associates in front on an incoming double-deck London bus if need be. . Of course she was right.

The unelected officials are the convenient fuses that can protect the elected ones from any unexpected jolt, that's for sure. And since we are civilized, the sacrificed official is usually given a less-visible but still-remunerative job to compensate for his public hanging.

True. I really think the honourable resignation has gone the way of the dodo. These days the ones that fvkced up cling on like weasels and those that go are pushed to protect more important names. You don't get many Baron Caringtons these days.

[Mr Gently Benevolent]

Ok you folks in NY are sick fed up of Mr Bloomberg so I hear that Eliot Spitzer would not rule out a return to an elected position.

[PMI]

I don't know exactly how municipalities work in the US, but over here the mayor and aldermen are kept in check by the city council, which is it expressly stated purpose. The council of the mayor and aldermen is an administrative entity under the General Administrative Law and ergo is subject to that law's principles of proper administration.

It really depends on the municipality. US cities practice just about every form of local government you can imagine.

Nobody's saying that. There are a lot of other factors involved in the development of human body/brain. Scientifically, breastfeeding IS better than formula.

Be careful with all-caps proclamations of the TRUTH.

Studies have indicated various health benefits that correlate with breast feeding. Studies also show a strong correlation with wealthier/better educated mothers & most of those same benefits. When you account for the latter correlation the initial one isn't nearly as strong.

In other words if your mother is a rich PhD who raised you on formula you are probably going to be healthier than if she was a poor high school dropouts who breast fed you.

[szr]

Ok you folks in NY are sick fed up of Mr Bloomberg so I hear that Eliot Spitzer would not rule out a return to an elected position.

I'd take it. Hell, I'd performa a ritualistic tribal dance if I thought it would avert the inevitable (Mayor Christine Quinn). Though, knowing how things work in this city, we'd probably just end up with Mayor Anthony Weiner instead.

[Mr Gently Benevolent]

I'd take it. Hell, I'd performa a ritualistic tribal dance if I thought it would avert the inevitable (Mayor Christine Quinn). Though, knowing how things work in this city, we'd probably just end up with Mayor Anthony Weiner instead.

A Spitzer-Weiner primary now that would be interesting.

[RSone]

Then, like 'royalty', they ought to be powerless.

Mayors here do not function the same way they do in the US. They are not the 'head' of the municipality, which is the Council. They are appointed by the Crown(read: Cabinet, in this case advised by the local Council) They're primarily responsible for quality control of administration and have powers in the realm of public order and security, such as being in charge of the local PD. The municipal council as a whole has far more power(including the power to impeach the mayor) and is elected. The idea behind this setup originally was that a mayor of city X did not necessarily have to be a local and his appointed nature rather than having been voted in would lead to more impartiality rather than favouring his or her own electorate. There have been voices to make the Mayor an elected position as well, but experiments with non binding election referenda in a number of cities proved dissapointing, and the required constitutional amendment did not make it through the Senate.

[Sootan]

Be careful with all-caps proclamations of the TRUTH.

Studies have indicated various health benefits that correlate with breast feeding. Studies also show a strong correlation with wealthier/better educated mothers & most of those same benefits. When you account for the latter correlation the initial one isn't nearly as strong.

In other words if your mother is a rich PhD who raised you on formula you are probably going to be healthier than if she was a poor high school dropouts who breast fed you.

Like I said, plenty of other factors are in play. I was referring to the nature of the mother's milk which's is superior to formula.

[Ought Six]

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/m...tPRzLdZOchn6kO

Mayor Bloomberg has finally decided to let freedom buzz.

City Hall has taken the clamps off of a free vibrator give-away by the Trojan company, granting the s3x-toy makers the proper permits for their promotion.

The vibrator bonanza — in which the company plans to give out some 10,000 free s3x toys — will start at 5 p.m. today on the south side of 14th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues.

The event is scheduled to end at 7 p.m.

Read the rest of the article at the linked page.

[IconOfEvi]

See? Prudes don't exist only in the Deep South

[szr]

See? Prudes don't exist only in the Deep South

Prudes? Up here it's all about ze permits. Speaking of which, may I see your papers, please?