(Anti-) Sugary Drinks Summit

In a new survey of nearly 600 adults across the U.S., 64% of respondents said they would oppose a tax on soda and other sugary drinks. But we know that a little roadblock like the will of the people won’t stop the food police from trying to tax soda anyway.

In fact, the CSPI recently announced that it will hold the first-ever Sugary Drinks Summit of 2012 in D.C. this June. (Yes, we’re serious. this is a real event, and apparently unrelated to Obama’s Beer Summit of ’09.) The keynote speaker at this groundbreaking event will be Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter, who has proposed soda taxes and has put limits on vending-machine soda sales in Philly. The sessions will include such hand-wringing topics as the evilness of soda advertising and its super-evil effects on minorities*, how to limit soda consumption by means of policy, and “Emerging Issues in Soda Politics” (maybe they’ll talk about how their own summit politicizes soda).

With such a meeting of the soda-hating minds on the near horizon, we advise you stock up on soda now.

Are there any soda-loving, freedom-loving protesters out there who can go ‘occupy’ this special event? If we didn’t have a full-time job we’d be very tempted show up at this summit with some “body advertising” for Coke or Dr. Pepper.

*See also: "Are Soft Drinks Racist?" at the Daily Caller