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Obama wants school vending machines banned
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Posted on 02/08/2010 1:06:43 PM PST by Nachum
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration will ask Congress to improve childhood nutrition by ridding school vending machines of sugary snacks and drinks and giving school lunch and breakfast to more kids.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the administration will seek changes when Congress overhauls the Childhood Nutrition Act.
"Our children deserve better nutrition, and our country's better and brighter future depends on it," Vilsack said. "And with the reauthorization of the Childhood Nutrition Act scheduled this year, there won't be a better time than now to act boldly."
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bho44; foodpolice; machines; nakedemperor; nannystate; obama; obamalegacy; obamawants; obesity; parentalrights; school; vending
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Pssst. Hey kid, wanna buy a Twinkie?
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posted on
02/08/2010 1:06:43 PM PST
by
Nachum
To: Nachum
Time to invest in canteen trucks
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posted on
02/08/2010 1:07:23 PM PST
by
omega4179
To: Nachum
There goes some more small businesses.
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posted on
02/08/2010 1:08:05 PM PST
by
jersey117
To: Nachum
Hey, buddy, YOU are not the King. Got it?
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posted on
02/08/2010 1:08:08 PM PST
by
bboop
(We don't need no stinkin' VAT)
To: Nachum
and giving school lunch and breakfast to more kids Aren't public schools providing free meals to over 50% of the students now?
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posted on
02/08/2010 1:08:54 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
("like it or not, we have to have a financial system that is healthy and functioning" Obama 2/4/2010)
To: bboop
breakfast? wow, talk about letting the government raising our children. stand up parents !
To: Nachum
"Our children deserve better nutrition, and our country's better and brighter future depends on it," Vilsack said.I thought parents were supposed to feed the kids.
Silly me.
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posted on
02/08/2010 1:09:18 PM PST
by
Cobra64
To: Nachum
More small business's will be lost. I hope he doesn't call this a stimulus.
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posted on
02/08/2010 1:09:31 PM PST
by
w1andsodidwe
(How can you tell when the President is lying? When his lips move, of course.)
To: Nachum
The green police....The green police......
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posted on
02/08/2010 1:09:56 PM PST
by
Proud_USA_Republican
("The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.")
To: Nachum
I'm thinking of painting my living room a pale green shade.
Do I need to check with Obama before I proceed?
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posted on
02/08/2010 1:09:59 PM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(I was born in America, but now I live in Declinistan.)
To: Nachum
I wonder how many pre-voting age “students for Obama” are not so happy with the CHANGE that took away their Doritos and Pepsi.
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posted on
02/08/2010 1:10:05 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
("like it or not, we have to have a financial system that is healthy and functioning" Obama 2/4/2010)
To: Nachum
I never did understand why these vending machines are in schools. That said, however, what gives Obama the right to remove them?
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posted on
02/08/2010 1:10:05 PM PST
by
twigs
To: w1andsodidwe
I personally know two people who run small vending machine businesses.
To: Nachum
Pssst. Hey kid, wanna buy a Twinkie?Enterprising kids have been selling cookies and candy at tidy profits for years here.
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posted on
02/08/2010 1:10:15 PM PST
by
bgill
(The framers of the US Constitution established an entire federal government in 18 pages.)
To: Nachum
Is there anything that this jerk has not stuck his nose into yet?
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posted on
02/08/2010 1:10:16 PM PST
by
caver
(Obama: Home of the Whopper)
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To: Nachum
Is anyone keeping a list of trivial, worthless bills coming out of the Obama administration?
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posted on
02/08/2010 1:10:49 PM PST
by
Cobra64
To: ClearCase_guy
I'm thinking of painting my living room a pale green shade. Do I need to check with Obama before I proceed? Yes, you should be using DNC BLUE paint.
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posted on
02/08/2010 1:11:21 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
("like it or not, we have to have a financial system that is healthy and functioning" Obama 2/4/2010)
To: Nachum
Local restaurants come to the schools to sell their food/drinks. Some of those places are: Chick-Fil-A, Jamba Juice, and others such as sub sandwich places. Why have vending machines if the kids have such a variety to choose from.
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posted on
02/08/2010 1:11:42 PM PST
by
hsmomx3
(HERE WE GO STEELERS, HERE WE GO..........)
To: Nachum
It would be much more efficient to put healthy food in the vending machines and then ban the school cafeteria.
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posted on
02/08/2010 1:11:57 PM PST
by
Question Liberal Authority
("My...health care plan is a Bolshevik plot... which will destroy America." - Barack Obama)
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