That is pure ignorance talking. She does not and never has care to understand obesity.

"Victory in NYC for liberty-loving soda drinkers. To politicians with too much time on their hands we say: Govt, stay out of my refrigerator!"

She does not care. There isn't anything else to understand. She is getting 'out there' to sell a Christmas book she is writing.

It is and has always been about money for Sarah.

Drinking unhealthy sodas is not liberty. It doesn't even come close. Either our leaders care about Americans and seek to serve the citizen or they view our citizens as consumers and seek to serve the Plutocracy.

If a leader cares about the citizen, then liberty is about being healthy and not victimized.

If nothing else, we ought to have warning labels with nutritional content on cups.

Sarah Palin basically has the attitude that if one laughs long enough and hard enough at the fat kid, the child will change. That is pure, unadulterated ignorance. It is also bullying.

If Sarah Palin can't contribute to the HEALTH DIALOGUE of the country, then she doesn't need to be telling children to eat their candy canes, either.

Government is not about allowing citizens to deteriorate in their lives, it is about improving citizens' lives through investigation of what causes their problems. That is across the board. There is a reason for government regulation and it always benefits the citizen.

C. Edward Koop recently passed away. He was the one that ended the debate about the ills of cigarette smoking. Now, the Republicans that have no ideas for an economy want to place citizens back in the void of knowledge and protections.

"Heart Attack Grill" is not about liberty and that sign is disgusting. People who have frequented this grill have actually died of a heart attack. They were grossly obese. 

This is not America. This is Plutocratica. People are a commodity, not a citizen.

BY MARY ELIZABETH WILLIAMS
WEDNESDAY, FEB 13, 2013 01:08 PM EST

There can be little doubt that John Alleman died (click here) in the manner he’d been preparing for all his life. The 52-year-old unofficial patron saint of the Las Vegas restaurant called Heart Attack Grill was taken off life support Monday after suffering a heart attack a few days earlier....

Liberty:

- the positive enjoyment of various social, political, or economic rights and privileges

- permission especially to go freely within specified limits

-  Understanding liberty involves how we imagine the individual's roles and responsibilities in society in relation to concepts of free will.

Free will is the definition of liberty in the USA. That free will does not preclude acting responsibly within the society we live.

Sarah Palin defines liberty outside the societal norms of the USA. She does it recklessly and in threat of citizen's well being.