what's really socially irresponsible is telling people what they can do by limiting their choices. Offering the option does not make it a requirement.

what about ... you're so cheap you share, or you buy 42 oz of ice tea or powerade?

Also, the 2000 calorie diet you are basing your suggested regulation on is not relevant to all food consumers. So people who work hard outside all day (which is who a frozen breakfast is aimed at, it ain't Starbucks & bagels for the office crowd) need more than 2k to get by.

Candy...outlawed. Beer...outlawed. Ice Cream...outlawed. Liquor...outlawed. Cookies...outlawed etc.....

How many other products would you effectively outlaw by having the government ban all advertising for products that provide no health benefits (hence the empty calories are necessarily hazardous to your waist line).

From your post, McDonald's is simply providing a product, not forcing people to consume it. The government's role isn't to protect it's citizens from acting like morons, it's role is to provide them the freedom to act like morons if they so choose.

If people want it, let them buy it.
If you don't wait it, don't buy it.

My son got e coli 0157 H:7 in 2002 and was hospitalized for 7 days. from eating a McDonalds meal in Ct. Both McDonalds and Zurich denied liability yet the CDC reported PFGE matches in the National PulseNet database. My advice to anyone is to save your receipts and a portion of any uneated food from McDonalds.

I always go for the small or medium cups. Free refills!

-Chris
http://www.nerdcouncil.com

Why not target Village Pantry and all of the other places that sell super sized sodas? Your comments are ridiculous. People can choose what they want to eat and drink. Believe me, if they want 42 oz. of soda, they're going to get it at McDonald's or out of a 2 liter bottle at home. Get real!

So the recommendation is that you consumer 2.3 times as much cholesterol at breakfast as you should during that entire day.
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I live in Arizona, its HOT. We drink big drinks. Sometimes we even share a 44 oz. Government should butt out and quit treating us like stupid little kids.
If I wanted government to control all my choices I would move to Russia. Oh yea, they have a constitution based on ours now. Hmmm. What does McD's serve there?

Personal responsibility... plain and simple.
Don't want to get fat? Eat healthful foods.
How about doing something CONSTRUCTIVE... quit buying junk food, write letters to the company's corporate offices, and demand better food choices.

Mcdonalds is not to blame for people being fat slobs. People need to take responsibility for their own actions. The company is not forcing anyone to drink that much soda. It is about time that people think about their food choices instead of blaming a corporation.

I wish, just one wish, that people start being accountable for their actions. Leave McDonald's alone!! If you do not want to buy the food and drinks [including the new one] DON'T!!! It is that simple.
If I were a huge corporation [conglom.] and could make millions in this fashion, I would and don't fool yourselves, you would too! Don't hate the players hate yourselves for not playing!!!

A few months ago, I wrote about "Hungry-Man's thousand-calorie breakfast, which contains 231 percent of the recommended daily value for cholesterol in one serving. So the recommendation is that you consumer 2.3 times as much cholesterol at breakfast as you should during that entire day.

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Would you rather pay $2 for a room temp. 2-liter bottle? Super size me!

Oh good lord, much ado about nothing! Let people make their own choices, I don't drink soda and that's my choice. Why do you people keep electing yourselves the food police for everyone?? Watch what you eat and drink and leave everyone else alone. Quit harassing everyone, you food activists are as bad as the animal rights activists. So Annoying!

Hey food Stalin (thats you Zac), you seem to have forgotten that this is America. Thats the place where people are able to CHOOSE ehat they want to eat and drink. You want to talk about irresponsibility? It is irresponsible to FORCE your food opinions on others. If people choose to guzzle 42 ounces of soda, water, coffee, beer, or milkshakes, it is that persons choice. They must face the consequences themselves. If you do not want 42 ounces of soda, DONT ORDER IT! Do you not read what you have written. You wrote yourself that "super-sized sodas are back by popular demand". The people have asked for it, and now they have it, IF THEY CHOOSE TO ORDER IT! Myself, it's WAY too much soda, so I will not order it. It is called choice. Is it socially irresponsible that Boeing sells jet planes that could crash? Is it socially irresponsible that GM sells cars that could hit someone? Is it socially irresponsible that Prada sells shoes that a gal could twist her ankle with? I don't think you understand the definition of "socially irresoponsible".

I am so sick of people trying to tell others what they can eat and not eat. I am an adult. If I want a 1,000 calories burger Ill buy it.

Good grief, if they don't want it ,don't order it, these nazi food police need to take their agenda back home.

I admit I've gotten the "Hungry Man" breakfast, and get the largest soda I can buy - why... it's cheaper! We share it, sometimes between 3 people! Why pay over $3 for 3 drinks when for about $2 you can get the same amount? It's just good economical sense to get the biggest thing and split it up!

I shop at BJs, and other warehouse clubs just for that reason...

Maybe I'm the smart one... I can afford to retire when ever I want - and I'm in my 30's.

this comment is to beansprout who knows nothing about starbucks at all and probably cant afford to go there either. Keep your mouth shut.