Fries with that? Now you'll need parents' permission as Michelle Obama unveils PG-rated meals....

Daily Mail ^ | 9/15/11 | Rachel Quigley

[Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears]

Not content with going after the nation's children, its grocery stores, the food pyramid and McDonalds, Michelle Obama is now going after the country's most beloved restaurant chains

Olive Garden, Red Lobster and its sister restaurants have pledged to serve healthier meals by cutting calories and sodium in its meals by 20 per cent over a decade.

And if the little ones desire some French fries they will only be able to do so with adult supervision.

Among promised changes for children, Darden Restaurants Inc said a fruit or vegetable side and low-fat milk will become standard with kids' meals unless a substitution is requested.

The First Lady called it a 'breakthrough moment' for the industry.

[Razzz42]

Mrs. O’bummer is not going to win any adults over with that ‘do as I say, not as I do’ attitude...but kids might listen, as they always repeat what they are told when important figureheads speak.

Grease and any kind of soda wouldn’t be missed much in a healthy society. Among other worthless but taste-bud-ego-corporate-marketing-pleasing things.

Liberals are losing their touch. Fries should be taxed per individual potato slice with high penalties if they are not prepared baked in an oven (instead of dipped in hot grease).

Wonder if outlawing fries would conflict with drugs sold on the street...”Forget the cocaine, I need a large serving of greasy fries covered in salt and ketchup, now!!!” Preferably black-market McFries.

[funfan]

She looks like a waitress she is just missing the name tag.
She can Kiss My grits

[funfan]

She looks like a waitress she is just missing the name tag.
She can Kiss My grits

[funfan]

She looks like a waitress she is just missing the name tag.
She can Kiss My grits

[funfan]

I have noticed that too she must be be big boned like her big boned mamma

[calex59]

In California, were not allowed to Open Carry French Fries in Public. When I put them in my pocket, they come out covered in lint.

You really need a CFF(concealed French Fries)permit to carry them in your pocket. I have a little holster that fits in my coat pocket and it keeps the lint off and it doesn't print through either./S

[Dahoser]

Consumers, she said, spend half their food dollars on meals outside the home and eat one in three meals at a restaurant.

Half their food dollars on meals outside the home? Seriously, half? Who's affording that?

[tanknetter]

Here’s what people aren’t seeing about this.

It essentially transfers responsibility for what kids are eating from something somewhat ambiguous (if fries come with the meal, is the restaurant responsible? Is the kid responsible? Is the parent responsible?) to something crystal clear: the parent IS responsible.

That’s supposedly a good thing, right?

However, what’s being overlooked here is that it not only makes crystal clear that the parent is responsible for their children’s diet ... it also makes them LIABLE for it, right?

IOW, it’s a step down the path to a scenario where parents can be easily be charged with, and easily be convicted of things like, oh, child abuse, for not feeding their kids “right”.

As reference, look at that family over in the People’s Republic of the UK that’s having the children removed and put into foster care (and eventually up for adoption) because they are ostensibly too overweight.

[Chode]

pls send me the corrected link.. thx

[Caipirabob]

Olive Garden, Red Lobster and its sister restaurants have pledged to serve healthier meals by cutting calories and sodium in its meals by 20 per cent over a decade.

So they also volunteered to give up 20% of their revenue as part of this deal?

No one told them about this part, I'm betting. Let's see how much they like the reality of riding the "crazy train".

[Ol' Sox]

Psychological projection or projection bias is a psychological defense mechanism where a person subconsciously denies his or her own attributes, thoughts, and emotions, which are then ascribed to the outside world, usually to other people. Thus, projection involves imagining or projecting the belief that others originate those feelings.

Projection reduces anxiety by allowing the expression of the unwanted unconscious impulses or desires without letting the conscious mind recognize them. And so, because Michelle's can is the size of a house, she extends her fear about that to the rest of us, and voila, "No fries for you".

Observing the liberal's mindset for the past 40 years, I'd have to say that psychological projection is a cornerstone of the "insanity" that we on FR ascribe to them. Its why liberals think we need to be more closely controlled or looked after by a governing body - because they themselves need looking after. They just can't admit it.

[Honorary Serb]

Won’t happen. We’re gonna toss out Dictator obama and that ugly one who thinks she’s Evita Peron!!!!

[chiefqc]

The First Lady called it a ‘breakthrough moment’ for the industry.

Translation: “All the fries belong to me”.

[POWERSBOOTHEFAN]

Speaking of salt,I love to eat hamburger dill chips right out of the jar. So take that,Mooshelle!

[POWERSBOOTHEFAN]

I’ll eat Reeses’ PB cups and wash them down with a Coke if I darn well please!