What is wrong with a first lady alerting us to the importance of US urging our schools to provide better meals for OUR children? What is wrong with trying to interest children and families in growing their own gardens? Also, how will we maintain a viable military if so many potential recruits are fat and out of condition?
Nobody cares if the First Lady goes on a “raising awareness” frenzy.
But she won’t stop there...she wants to expand the federal role into the local school districts. No conservative should embrace her approach. She wants a top down Dept. of Education, and these programs will help promote centralized power at the expense of local control.
She is requesting funding...which comes with strings attached. Beware socialists bearing gifts.
That could be difficult, if S. 510 is passed.
As for getting kids fit for the military, reintroduction of recess and phys ed into those schools that do not have it would be a good start.
There have already been comments from the education establishment how salad bars, particularly in the elementary schools, would be a nightmare to keep free of bacteria.
I guess folks are getting tired of the press lauding MoBama no matter what she does. Where MoBama is concerned, everyday is like a Groundhog Day story of The Emperor’s New Clothes.
What’s wrong is that this is none of the government’s business. If you like dictators, then by all means, hop a plane to Cuba. Hugo Chevez would also welcome you with open arms.
As far as the military, if they’re fat going on - they won’t stay that way long.
You really are dumb, aren’t you?
What is wrong with YOU alerting yourself to the importance of YOU providing better meals to YOUR kids and keeping the GD education aristocracy out of YOUR and OUR business? Why don’t YOU and all those like YOU that are so weak that YOU need the aristocrats to control YOUR chidren’s lives in total grow a set (figuratively or literally) and take charge of YOUR own life?
Wouldn't it stand to reason that most people who are interested in joining the military would be inclined to be in good physical shape because that is needed for the job? They would not need the government to tell them get into shape.
Why are the SCHOOLS in charge of student nutrition for 2/3 of kids' meals? My grandkids make their own school lunches, btw, because their parents work. Should the schools be in charge of what they put in a brown paper sack?
What is wrong with trying to interest children and families in growing their own gardens?
Because food from a garden is seasonal. You've never grown a garden, or you'd know that there's nothing in the average temperate zone North American garden in November, December, January, February, or March, and very little in any garden in April.
Also, how will we maintain a viable military if so many potential recruits are fat and out of condition?
Do you know ANYTHING about basic training?
By the way, I wonder if some are advocating that Purina do research on human nutritional needs, and then make People Chow so all those dietary mistakes can be avoided, we'll all have smooth skin and glossy hair, and optimum growth and activity can be maintained? Heck, Monkey Chow is likely close to what we "need." Just tweak it a little. As soon as toddlers get teeth, they can start eating dry food and drinking water. We need an INFANTS, YOUTHS AND ADOLESCENTS FOOD CZAR. /extreme dripping sarcasm
“...what is wrong?”
For one thing, it isn’t the government’s business. It is the parents and their pediatricians. Another idea is the government isn’t going to “interest” people into talks about healthy eating. It is going to CONTROL eating in order for it to be “healthy”. If we are really talking about controlling people for the military, we have become some sort of country that only views its citizens as potential military. I have never known drill instructors personally; however, I think they are well trained to make our military as fit as possible. Just a thought.
BTW...if you want to know why we have busing in schools....the school districts get Federal money based on how many kids are eligible for free lunches....that is why they put the veggies on the plate, they must serve them, even though the end up in the trash can.
My grand kids always bring their lunches from home, but this day was “bring a parent or grandparent to lunch day”
This bringas me back to myself as a child in elementary school (I am 74 years old) when we received free lunch, it was so gross I trash canned it...times do not change..when it comes to UNIONS...
It's the UNIONS STUPID”