Posted on 12/02/2008 8:22:05 PM PST by Kaslin
Trends: North Carolina is the fifth-largest peanut grower in the U.S., yet peanut-allergy nazis have persuaded even officials in that state to crack down on PB&Js.
If they abide by the restriction, a certificate with their child's name will be placed on display at their school "in acknowledgment of the voluntary commitment to safety your family has made."
The district's also shaming parents into washing their kids' hands in the morning before they go on the bus, lest they transfer the dangerous peanut molecule and endanger a seat mate.
The move isn't isolated to North Carolina. It's a national trend. Other states have banned peanuts altogether from schools, while others have created peanut-free zones within schools.
A Washington lobbyist group is behind the anti-peanut push. It's stalking schools with fears about children going into anaphylactic shock if they so much as touch something peanutty.
"Just a small amount of food on your hands can get on desks, books, playground equipment," warns the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network.
(Excerpt) Read more at ibdeditorials.com ...
there should be a peanut shaving lotion that we can wear
just to p*ss off liberals.
They just did a study showing EXPOSING kids to peanuts (in little bits) PREVENTS those Allergies.. Isolating them makes it worse
This is just nuts!
It’s by design: a primary mission of schools appears to be to desensitize children to arbitrary and irrational exercises of government power.
Peanuts are sometimes called “goober peas”; given that “goober” could be a slang word targeting African-Americans, peanuts are racist!
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That’s hilarious!
A young boy went into the confessional and told the priest that he had thrown peanuts into the pond. The priest thought this was a strange little sin to confess to, but said nothing. The next small boy also confessed to throwing peanuts in the pond, and the next. Finally a very small boy came in, so the priest went ahead and said,
“And did you throw peanuts in the river?”
“No, Father,” said the kid. “I am Peanuts.”
>They just did a study showing EXPOSING kids to peanuts (in little bits) PREVENTS those Allergies.. Isolating them makes it worse
No we’re just assuming the health department has OUR health on it’s minds. {As opposed to its pocketbook.}
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ya know its funny.. being the preparedness geek that I am I always have a bag of Peanuts in my “man bag” with me at all times (Right now its nothing more than a camera bag clipped on my belt) no one has EVER locked up or died near me. I figure its good food in an emergency and now Peanuts are not “PC” so thats even more reason to carry them.. lol
I understand that some children can die from exposure to peanuts or anything thats even thought about touching a peanut.
But...If my child was so highly allergic to peanuts that they could die with just a whiff of it then you can bet your ass i’d homeschool!!!
No way would i make everybody else change their lives because my child had an allergy. Why do we always try to change the majority to suit the minority?
LOL that is funny
There is it’s “Ole’ du Cheap Peanutbutter.”
The genes for Celiac disease, certainly equally fatal, although over a longer period of time, are the heritage of 3.5% of the population, and 1.3% (nearly 3 times the number of peanut sufferers) show symptoms from infancy!
Celiac, BTW, is a violent inherited allergy to gluten, a principle ingredient in wheat, rye and barley.
No Jim Beam sauce for you!
And NO ONE recommends banning poisonous bread products from school cafeterias!
“Why do we always try to change the majority to suit the minority?”
There are many reasons, but let me tell you two reasons we do that to you.
First, it is inappropriate for any one person to stand out in the group; which is what pass-fail, P.C., zero tolerance, non-competition, etc. is all about.
Second, and most important, so that you will know we have the power and you do not.
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Did someone hie a subliminal message in this article? I just read it and went and made a PB&J sandwich.
Did anyone on this forum ever hear or know of anyone having a nut allergy in their school during the late l940’,s, 1950’s, and 1960’s. Why so many nowadays?
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