Posted on 02/10/2012 9:31:06 AM PST by Kaslin
First Lady Michelle Obama is still on her food crusade and this time, she's going after the military, saying poor nutrition in our armed forces is a "national security" issue.
First lady Michelle Obama said Thursday that poor nutrition in the military was a "national security issue," and praised the armed forces for taking steps to bring healthier options onto bases."Our military leaders know that this is not just a diet issue; it's not just a health issue. This is truly a national security issue," Obama said. "According to a recent Army study, more than a quarter of our nation's 17- to 24-year-olds are too overweight to serve in our armed forces today. And even those who make the cut often struggle in basic training."
Obama was in Little Rock, Ark. to announce a new healthy food initiative within the Department of Defense that will bring more whole grains, fruits, vegetables and low-fat options to 1,000 military dining facilities, affecting nearly 1.5 million troops.
"That means more DoD installations will offer the kind of fresh, healthy food that the Air Force's Food Transformation Initiative helped bring here to Little Rock," Obama said, referring to a pilot program launched at the Little Rock Air Force Base.
First of all, I'm all for feeding the troops healthier food, but I doubt what Michelle Obama has to offer is appealing to them. Surely our troops really want a fluffy whole grain muffin after long day at boot camp. Second, why is she concerned about not enough people joining the Army, when her husband just gutted our military in favor of the nanny state and entitlement programs. And third, this is going to be expensive:
"The DoD is also going to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of every single military base in America to make sure they're serving healthy food not just to those in uniform, but to their families," the first lady said. "They'll be looking to improve the food served in dining facilities, school cafeterias, vending machines, snack bars, and any other places where military families purchase food."
In closing, President Obama has cut the armed forces, citing budgetary issues, so his wife is willing to spend millions of defense dollars on some fancy study to evaluate "how bad the food is," while her husband claims there isn't enough money to keep troops the payroll.
I don't remember Laura Bush out there dictating policy or ordering others to do whatever she thought would be good for them.
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So she thinks our fighting men are eating like Sumo Wrestlers?! How about she live on MRE’s for a week?!
This is America's 21st Century “let them eat cake” moment!
So she thinks our fighting men are eating like Sumo Wrestlers?! How about she live on MRE’s for a week?!
(No knowledge of such a thing. But she seems so obsessive on the subject, and so officious and dictatorial that it just wouldn't come as a surprise.)
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Wrong target Michelle. The Army people are already in shape. Maybe you should have challenged some of them to a tug of war or a pushup contest. They can probably do more than you're measly 20 or so. Anyhow, you need to go to the high schools and sell your program to 9th and 10th graders so they can get in shape for the Army. I'm sure they'll welcome your gestures. Maybe you could bring some of those high caloric MREs along and show them what they get to eat when they are deployed to combat zones. Got to keep up the strength to pull those triggers and tote those rucks.
Please someone tell this disbarred lawyer to STHU.
The GOP candidate’s wifes should all come out together and tell us that when they are in White House as our gurst, will not scold us on what we or our children or soldiers eat.
“First of all, I’m all for feeding the troops healthier food, but I doubt what Michelle Obama has to offer is appealing to them.”
When food hits the tongue, the glands send the proper acids to digest the food to the stomach.
If the tongue doesn’t like the taste, the glands aren’t stimulated to send much acid. In other words, your ‘system’ doesn’t like it, and therefore doesn’t want it to be used to replenish the body.
Ergo, it is actually wasteful, and unwise to be forced to eat food one doesn’t want or like.
The ‘truth’ is that most food is artificially ‘flavored’ to make it ‘tasty’ to the tongue. Were the manufacturers to leave out the artificial ‘flavorings’, most of our eating habits would change.
But that would mean less money for campaign bundlers, so....
Reuters Pictures 18 hours ago Plates sit in front of airmen as U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama speaks in a dining facility at Little Rock Air Force Base in Arkansas to highlight her efforts to improve nutrition throughout the armed forces February 9, 2012. The first lady is on a three-day trip to mark the second anniversary of her "Let's Move" initiative to improve diet and promote exercise in the nation.
..”go to the high schools and sell your program to 9th and 10th graders so they can get in shape for the Army..”
ABSOLUTELY!
With moooooochle’s and mac daddies baseless self importance evalation of themselves how do they manage to live on the same planet let alone be married to each other?
She's already FOS.
After a week of MRE's, she'll explode.
Isn't that a BIT above her PAY GRADE?
An angry woman with an enormous butt giving diet advice to the rest of us?
In what world does that make sense?
Next thing she’ll do is have the military ban care packages from home .... you know, the ones that have all the good stuff soldiers love like jerky, candy, treats & I’m sure there will be no more pizza delivered (there is a program to get pizza to the soldiers). Moochelle needs to “butt out” of our business ..... literally & figuratively. The only “National Security” issue I see is her husband, the single biggest threat to our national security we are now facing.
The decisions made regarding what troops are eating in the field, are beyond Michelle’s simple concepts.
A lot of thought, planning, preparation, and logistics go into it.
This woman needs to find a knitting or quilting circle and leave the heady matters to people who actually have a clue.
Why are the Democrat wives so idiotic?
Hillary, Tipper, Teressa, Michelle... good golly Miss Molly. These women can barely walk upright...
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