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Behind the Broccoli: Liberalism's War on Liberty
New York Post ^ | 12/17/2010 | Michael A. "David Kahane" Walsh

Posted on 12/17/2010 10:21:17 AM PST by mojito

What this country needs is a crop of healthy, hunger-free kids -- and now, thanks to the hectoring of Michelle Obama and the terrible swift presidential pen of her husband, it has one: the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. No more fat kids is now the law of the land: Eat the broccoli; leave the cannoli.

For nothing less than national security is at stake. "Military leaders tell us that when more than one in four young people are unqualified for military service because of their weight, childhood obesity isn't just a public health threat, it's not just an economic threat, it's a national security threat as well," quoth Michelle.

Never mind that we have an all-volunteer army and that turning fat bodies into fit bodies is one of its functions. No, Mama Obama is here to make sure you eat what's good for you.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: michelleobama; moveitfatso; nochildsfatbehind
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1 posted on 12/17/2010 10:21:18 AM PST by mojito
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To: mojito

From beginning to end?


2 posted on 12/17/2010 10:22:59 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: mojito
All we ask in exchange for your freedom is your vote.

Nice line, actually. BTT.

3 posted on 12/17/2010 10:25:28 AM PST by Billthedrill
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To: mojito
Read the whole thing.

What do I get for desert if I do?

4 posted on 12/17/2010 10:26:11 AM PST by KarlInOhio (All monopolies are detestable, but the worst of all is the monopoly of education. -Frederic Bastiat)
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What do I get for desert if I do?

Stupid spell checker. I get sand for desert.

How about dessert instead?

5 posted on 12/17/2010 10:27:25 AM PST by KarlInOhio (All monopolies are detestable, but the worst of all is the monopoly of education. -Frederic Bastiat)
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To: mojito

Ummm. It’s time to whip up some gingerbread for an afternoon snack. Topped with real whipping cream,of course.


6 posted on 12/17/2010 11:11:37 AM PST by Wiser now (Happiness is not an absence of problems, but the ability to deal with them.)
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They can have my pork Bar-B-Que ribs when they pry ‘em from my cold, dead greasy fingers.


7 posted on 12/17/2010 12:37:35 PM PST by oyez (The difference in genius and stupidity is that genius has limits.)
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