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President to Crack Down on Obesity in Second Term
Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 12 May 2012 | John Semmens

Posted on 05/13/2012 12:36:00 PM PDT by John Semmens

Contending that obesity is a bigger threat than Islamic terror, White House chef and food initiative coordinator Sam Kass says that combating this threat will be a major focus of the president’s second term.

“Let’s face it, too many of us are too darn fat,” Kass observed. “Given the opportunity to freely choose their own diets a distressingly large percentage consistently make the wrong choices. Preventing these wrong choices is crucial to the collective health and well-being of our society.”

Of course, preventing wrong choices is a daunting task in a free country. Kass hinted that indoctrinating youth would be one way to make this happen. “In the First Lady’s ‘Let’s Move’ program I’ve seen kids dancing and cheering for vegetables,” Kass remembered. “Getting adults to join in is the next step.” For those skeptical about the prospect of adults dancing and cheering for vegetables, Kass pointed out that “they do it in China.”

Kass declined to speculate on whether a so-called “fat tax” might be enacted, but argued that it could be very persuasive. “If you’ve got to pay more for every pound of blubber you add you’ll think twice about having a cheese burger or a dessert,” Kass maintained. “In my opinion, issuing an Executive Order imposing such a tax is something President Obama should consider.”

if you missed any of this week's other semi-news posts you can find them at...

http://azconservative.org/2012/05/12/president-admits-he-sometimes-forgets-the-magnitude-of-the-recession/


TOPICS: Food; Government; Health/Medicine; Politics
KEYWORDS: nannystate; obama; satire
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1 posted on 05/13/2012 12:36:06 PM PDT by John Semmens
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To: John Semmens

He can start by beating the fat off moocher.
Man what a shelf ass angry beotch


2 posted on 05/13/2012 12:46:26 PM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) Hey Mitt, F-you too pal)
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To: John Semmens

FUBO!!!


3 posted on 05/13/2012 12:46:26 PM PDT by unkus (Silence Is Consent)
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To: John Semmens
I submit an entry for the highest "fat tax" menu item of any national fast food chain, KFC's Double Down ...


4 posted on 05/13/2012 12:47:21 PM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: John Semmens

3, 2, 1...


5 posted on 05/13/2012 12:49:13 PM PDT by wastedyears ("God? I didn't know he was signed onto the system.")
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To: John Semmens

John!


6 posted on 05/13/2012 12:50:48 PM PDT by savedbygrace (But God.)
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To: John Semmens
I need to write this. Please do not ban me:

Hey Obambie! Blow Me!

7 posted on 05/13/2012 12:51:54 PM PDT by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: John Semmens

FUBO!!!


8 posted on 05/13/2012 12:52:31 PM PDT by unkus (Silence Is Consent)
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To: John Semmens

Congratulations. You caused a few more of your fellow freepers to make fools of themselves. Actually, they are not the fools. You are.


9 posted on 05/13/2012 12:57:32 PM PDT by firebrand
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To: John Semmens
WHAT SECOND TERM?
10 posted on 05/13/2012 1:02:19 PM PDT by az.b1bbomberfxr
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To: John Semmens

My orthopaedic surgeon informed me last week that one of the provisions in Obamacare is that if your BMI (body mass index) is too high, Medicare will not allow you to have surgery. It’s in the Bill that nobody read.


11 posted on 05/13/2012 1:02:49 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: John Semmens
President to Crack Down on Obesity in Second Term

Does that include Dingy Harry's budgets?

12 posted on 05/13/2012 1:08:49 PM PDT by Libloather (The epitome of civility.)
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To: John Semmens

Some half assed cook at the White House is now Obama’s food Czar?

I paid for every ounce of fat on me with hard work and I don’t want some skinny Kenyan telling me what I can and cannot eat.


13 posted on 05/13/2012 1:10:35 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: John Semmens
The only fat he should be addressing is Federal Bloat


14 posted on 05/13/2012 1:11:53 PM PDT by HangnJudge
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To: John Semmens

Mandatory Summer Fat camps for children?
Educating the neediest on how to eat properly with their food stamp purchases?


15 posted on 05/13/2012 1:12:06 PM PDT by SMGFan
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To: John Semmens

Nothing like a good old fashioned government induced famine to get the population in shape.


16 posted on 05/13/2012 1:13:16 PM PDT by JohnKinAK
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To: SMGFan

Mandatory Summer Fat camps for children?
Educating the neediest on how to eat properly with their food stamp purchases?


Evil Communist bastards.


17 posted on 05/13/2012 1:16:11 PM PDT by unkus (Silence Is Consent)
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To: John Semmens

Posted this a few days ago....

Obesity fight must shift from personal blame-U.S. panel
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2881373/posts

Whoa....there it is folks. All the laws are going to be in place. Look at what they are talking about here!!!!

They are not just coming after the fat...it is an environment problem and they are down for changing the environment...and that means controlling the food supply, what gets grown, what gets distributed etc. From 0bamacare medicine to farm policy...

Worried yet?


18 posted on 05/13/2012 1:21:44 PM PDT by EBH (Obama took away your American Dreams and replaced them with "Dreams from My (his) Father".)
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To: John Semmens

I’m not sure why, but, for some reason my mind’s eye sees an image of a particular person in the White House when I read the words crack and obesity in the same headline.


19 posted on 05/13/2012 1:21:44 PM PDT by waus (FUBO UFCMF, Just in case I stuttered, FUBO)
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To: firebrand; John Semmens
Actually, they are not the fools. You are.

Aw, lighten up. It's funny.

It's also harder than it looks. With al-Husseini, this week's satire becomes next week's news with uncomfortable frequency.

After all, if he seizes control of the food supply he could starve us all to rails.

20 posted on 05/13/2012 1:21:55 PM PDT by thulldud (Is it "alter or abolish" time yet?)
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