“This week we caught wind of a battle emerging in California that has made-for-TV-movie written all over it. In it, a ragtag band of high schools students — led by the affable Rocky Slaughter (who would of course be played by washed-up C-list PETA celeb Edward Furlong) — grapples with the unstoppable robotic power of the state’s governor. You might think we’re laying out the plot of Terminator 4: Let’s Fight Some More Robots, but we’re not — a very real battle for the right to drink soda is unfolding in California. Last year we covered the state’s new and ill-founded ban on sodas in public schools, driven by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Rocky Slaughter and his Student Union of California (impressive names both) have launched a campaign to allow schools to devote up to half their vending machine space to soft drinks.” (03/29/06)