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First Lady: ‘Imagine’ an America Where Kids Beg for ‘More Fruits, Vegetables’ – ‘It is Possible...
CNSNews ^ | March 8, 2013 | Penny Starr

Posted on 03/08/2013 3:29:13 PM PST by jazusamo

Full title: First Lady: ‘Imagine’ an America Where Kids Beg for ‘More Fruits, Vegetables’ – ‘It is Possible To Create This World!'

(CNSNews.com) – First Lady Michelle Obama said she can “imagine” an America where businesses promote the “healthiest options” so children will be “begging and pleading” for fruits and vegetables, adding that “it is possible to create” such a world.

“I mean, just think for a minute what this country could look like,” Mrs. Obama said at the Partnership for a Healthier America Summit on Friday at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

“Imagine walking into any grocery store in America and finding the healthiest options clearly marked and centrally placed so that you know within seconds what’s good for your family when you walk in that store,” Mrs. Obama said. “Imagine opening up a menu in any restaurant and knowing exactly what items will give your family the most nutrition for your hard-earned dollar.”

“Imagine our kids begging and pleading, throwing tantrums to get you to buy more fruits, vegetables and whole grains,” Mrs. Obama said.

“Yes, this is possible,” Mrs. Obama said. “It is possible to create this world!”

Mrs. Obama praised corporations like Walmart, Disney and Darden Restaurants for marketing healthier foods to children.

She also touted the launch of “Let’s Move Active Schools,” a $70 million initiative “to promote physical activity and bring physical education back to our schools,” Mrs. Obama said.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fruits; michelleobama; vegetables
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I'm too busy trying to imagine a White House without the Obama's.
1 posted on 03/08/2013 3:29:13 PM PST by jazusamo
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‘Imagine’ an America Where Kids Beg for ‘More Fruits, Vegetables’ – ‘It is Possible...

Yeah, its happening somewhere in Africa pretty much all the time.
3 posted on 03/08/2013 3:31:27 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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Our kids likely will be begging for any type of food in the economy we’ll have by 2016.


4 posted on 03/08/2013 3:31:27 PM PST by Viennacon
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To: silverleaf

never had a bigger fruit in the white house...


5 posted on 03/08/2013 3:32:21 PM PST by hadaclueonce (Forget Mexico. Put the border fence around California.)
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To: cripplecreek

Yep...try North Korea.


6 posted on 03/08/2013 3:33:40 PM PST by 4yearlurker (I hate February.)
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7 posted on 03/08/2013 3:34:23 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (Due Process 2013: "Burn the M*****-F***er Down!")
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To: jazusamo

I imagine a world where we are the USA, not the USSA.


8 posted on 03/08/2013 3:34:28 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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Imagine an America where people beg for more Liberty and Freedom - it's here!
9 posted on 03/08/2013 3:35:03 PM PST by DTogo (High time to bring back The Sons of Liberty !!)
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To: jazusamo

Strange, in my house that is exactly what happens. I usually have to throw away at least half of any birthday cake after a week. The kids have come to blows when someone eats all of the cucumbers and doesn’t save any for anyone else.

And it didn’t take the government to make it happen.


10 posted on 03/08/2013 3:35:20 PM PST by Explorer89 (And now, let the wild rumpus start!!)
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To: jazusamo

She can say this stuff with a straight face while sporting an a$$ that’s as big as a freight train?


11 posted on 03/08/2013 3:35:32 PM PST by Gay State Conservative ("Progressives" toss the word "racist" around like chimps toss their feces)
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To: cripplecreek

Isn’t that the truth!


12 posted on 03/08/2013 3:36:11 PM PST by jazusamo ("Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent." -- Adam Smith)
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And it didn’t take the government to make it happen.

Amen...It takes a caring family.

14 posted on 03/08/2013 3:38:02 PM PST by jazusamo ("Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent." -- Adam Smith)
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Just like a Dickens orphanage with little kids begging for more food.


15 posted on 03/08/2013 3:38:06 PM PST by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: jazusamo

This woman is an affirmative-action idiot.


16 posted on 03/08/2013 3:38:15 PM PST by x1stcav (Man up! We're all going to have to become Samuel Whittemores.)
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Imagine a country where the first lady wants kids to be beggars!!


17 posted on 03/08/2013 3:39:07 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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Imagine an America where a first lady’s only pride in being American is when her communist husband takes power.

Hard to believe it. But it’s true. And very sad


19 posted on 03/08/2013 3:39:16 PM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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While I can certainly imagine a world where kids beg to eat vegetables, I do not know of one child that would do just that, except for those children that are shown on children charity advertisements, where the hosts are begging for cash.


20 posted on 03/08/2013 3:39:39 PM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
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