Posted on 11/09/2010 5:01:29 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Sarah Palin is baking up some controversy over proposed school nutrition guidelines in Pennsylvania. At a fundraising event at a Buck’s County school today, the former Alaska governor intends to serve students cookies to make a point about “laissez-faire” government.
Pennsylvania’s proposed school nutrition guidelines would limit the number of sweets in classroom parties and encourage parents to serve more healthy snacks. The proposal, which will be voted on this spring, would also slash the number of birthday and holiday parties allowed in classrooms.
Yesterday Palin tweeted that, in addition to her fundraising power, she “may bring cookies” to the Plumstead Christian School to protest the guidelines.
“Hmm...may bring cookies to my PA school speech tmrw to make a pt ‘PA mulls ban on cake/cookies/candy@ school parties,’” Palin posted, linking to an article from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review about the guidelines.
Today Palin took it further saying Pennsylvania was a “nanny state run amok.”
“2 PA school speech; I'll intro kids 2 beauty of laissez-faire via serving them cookies amidst school cookie ban debate;Nanny state run amok!” the 2008 vice presidential candidate posted on Twitter.
While Palin’s comments may be tongue-in-cheek, the debate over government intervention in school nutrition programs continues to be a point of contention in Congress.
In August, the Senate passed the $4.5 billion "Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act," which would expand children's access to federal nutrition programs and give schools more money to spend per meal....
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I hope they are peanut butter cookies. I love peanut butter cookies.
I know. I’m that evil. :)
My kids go to school in the Central Bucks district - the school where Palin is speaking is nearby and most of its students would be in our schools - and they have not allowed kids to bring in sweets for birthday parties since we moved here in 2004. Biggest problem is food allergies which are much more common than they used to be. And frankly I do not miss having to make 27 cupcakes or 5 dozen cookies!
"I hope they are peanut butter cookies. I love peanut butter cookies.
Not a good idea. If any kids are allergic to peanuts that would be an instant tragedy. I don't think Palin should be doing something like this. It's sufficient to disagree with the policy and make an argument based on that.
I love oatmeal cookies, see now you made me hungry. I’m a peanut butter cookie fan too
maybe we can wrap the kids in bubblewrap just to be sure nothing bad ever happens to them.....
Yep, she’s out of the gate and just hitting the first furlong. And just like any thoroughbred; gearing up for the back stretch, but not too much, saving the last for the finish.
It’s said that Secrateriat had an overly large heart. Is there any question that the “Lady in Red” has one too?
Sarah Palin wields a sharp stick, pointed in the general direction of the Left. Liking it.
This is great. On another level, it’s a good dig at Michelle Antoinette and her vegetable garden. What would kids rather have? An organic stalk of celery or a cookie?
Never heard of this...
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