‘Don’t be mad': Michelle O defends lunch rules in classroom broadcast

EAGnews.org ^ | 9/27/14 | Kyle Olson

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – First Lady Michelle Obama took to the airwaves Friday in a Channel One interview beamed into thousands of school classrooms to an estimated 5 million students across America.

The-First-Lady-on-Lunch-262x175The Hill reports:

First lady Michelle Obama said it was “natural” that kids are “grumbling” over new requirements for schools to fill vending machines and lunch lines with healthier food, but that it would not deter her from improving child nutrition.

According to a transcript provided on the Channel One website, Obama said, “I know kids are grumbling because they have to make changes. Trust me, my kids roll their eyes at me every time I tell them ‘you know you don’t have to finish your diner, but you have to finish your vegetables.’ But I know that I’m doing it because I’m giving my kids the best that I know I can give them.”

The First Lady made it clear she’s not backing down: “Don’t be mad because there are changes. Figure out why the changes are important, and then find out how you make it work for you.”

You know, my kids like broccoli, celery, carrots – those kind of vegetables that have a little flavor, sweetness to it. And I would encourage kids to go over to those salad bars and just try a mixture of things, because sometimes if you mix a bunch of things up and you chop it up, the whole combination sounds pretty good.

The interview didn’t offer any push back the overhaul to the National School Lunch Program on behalf of students.

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IMHO, the children are ‘grumbling’ because they are not being given ‘choices’. It’s one thing to promote healthy eating, but it is quite another to replace a child’s eating habits without so much as an opportunity for parent’s, AND/OR their children to be a PART OF the decision-making process. She’d rather WASTE precious FOOD.

MO doesn’t seem to understand yet, that, America is what it is BECAUSE we are a nation of people who inherently LIKE to exercise a mind of our own. That we are NOT interested in, or will ever subjugate ourselves to the likes of a communist, or totalitarian country, who dictates every aspect of our lives. Though we can see that a ‘similar’ model is trying to be imposed on the good people of America, don’t we. And, in several different ways. Now...if she thinks that people are “mad” NOW?...wait until the top pops off. It will be to her shame that she ignores those who sweat, bleed, and cry as she and her clan live gluttonous lives, at our total expense. God NEVER sleeps.