Students mocking Michelle Obama lunch mandate

[5280]

Clearly, they're not getting the needed calories to make it through the day.  Secondly, some schools are banning homemade lunches.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/we-are-hungry-meet-the-students-and-teachers-behind-the-viral-video-mocking-michelle-obamas-new-lunch-mandates/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2IB7NDUSBOo

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Because Michelle Obama passed this, right?

[後援会]

Mocking someone does not really imply political opposition...

[5280]

Mocking someone does not really imply political opposition...

Not much, but it ties into the government dictating what one should eat.

[Wisconsin+17]

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Man, it's almost like schools are prisons.

[後援会]

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Man, it's almost like schools are prisons.

...almost?

[Reaganfan]

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Man, it's almost like schools are prisons.

Why do you think I left public school and graduated via a charter high school?

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

Wait... telling kids they should eat healthy... and they object to it?!?!

Wait, I need to alert the authorities.... just wait right there...

Typical right-wing paranoia... 'omg, suggesting that kids shouldn't eat lard coated lard is an attack on our freedoms to give our kids heart disease and obesity!!!'... Besides, the rules would be applied by local school boards... you want to make a pathetic display... go harass them.

[Reaganfan]

Wait... telling kids they should eat healthy... are they object to it?!?!

Wait, I need to alert the authorities.... just wait right there...

There is a line that shouldn't be crossed. It's irrelevant though. I believe the public school system in America has turned into a joke anyways.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

You do realize it was Bush who wrote the guidelines, and they're just now taking effect.

[opebo]

Mocking someone does not really imply political opposition...

Little B*ds can't vote yet anyway.

[King]

I have no sympathy for the fatties.  They should amend the rules to allow multiple servings for athletes, however, which seem to be a lot of the complaints.

[Landslide Lyndon]

I guess Naso was equally appalled when Laura Bush was telling kids to put down the video games and pick up a book.

[Adam Griffin]

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Man, it's almost like schools are prisons.

I come from a very conservative area and this was in effect at my elementary school in the early-to-mid 1990s. The reasoning behind it was different, though: they didn't want the poor kids feeling "left out" or ashamed because their parents couldn't afford to send them homemade lunches.

[DrScholl]

Government pays for school lunches and they can set guidelines. No one's freedom is being violated here. If schools are going to serve food, it shouldn't be junk. 850 calories is a large portion of what is recommended for daily calorie intake, being more than half. Some people are programmed to overeat and probably go well over 200 calories a day, which explains why some of them are complaining of hunger. And some of this is probably just about not liking what is served rather than not getting enough to eat.

[Maxwell]

You do realize it was Bush who wrote the guidelines, and they're just now taking effect.

And? Bush is such a big government nanny. We know this.

[America™]

The mandate is completely horrid. Capping the caloric intake at 850 calories per lunch? Insane. What about the kids who eat a reduced lunch because their parents can't afford to get them food? Then they are being screwed. Same with some of the kids on sports teams. You can't seriously expect anyone to eat only 850 calories off a school lunch and be able to get through a one-one and a half hour practice.

And for the argument that "it helps kids not overeat and prevent them from going over the recommended amount of calories", get a grip. 1800 (teenage girls) and 2200 (teenage boys) is relatively unhealthy for most teens.

[Mister Twister]

By 2030, about half of America will be obese. States like Mississippi will lead the way with an expected 67% of them being obese. America is already viewed as something of a fat joke and will consider to be viewed that way until something is done. Tell me people whining about government telling them what they can and cannot eat - do you like the United States being viewed as a fat joke? Because those of us overseas consider you to be just that.

[Donerail]

By 2030, about half of America will be obese. States like Mississippi will lead the way with an expected 67% of them being obese. America is already viewed as something of a fat joke and will consider to be viewed that way until something is done. Tell me people whining about government telling them what they can and cannot eat - do you like the United States being viewed as a fat joke? Because those of us overseas consider you to be just that.

I'd much rather have America be considered "a fat joke" than it be a nanny state that prescribes precisely what you can and cannot eat.

[Wisconsin+17]

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Bull. It's all about control. I grew up in a very conservative area myself and they encouraged brownbagging it. Everybody did it.

[DrScholl]

I'd much rather have America be considered "a fat joke" than it be a nanny state that prescribes precisely what you can and cannot eat.

Since schools are part of the government, they can set the can guidelines for what is served, since the food is paid for by the government. No one is stopping this kids from eating 4000 calories a day if they choose so, they just won't get served high calorie food at school.

I don't get how people think this is a law that outlaws certain foods, it isn't even close to that.

[Mister Twister]

By 2030, about half of America will be obese. States like Mississippi will lead the way with an expected 67% of them being obese. America is already viewed as something of a fat joke and will consider to be viewed that way until something is done. Tell me people whining about government telling them what they can and cannot eat - do you like the United States being viewed as a fat joke? Because those of us overseas consider you to be just that.

I'd much rather have America be considered "a fat joke" than it be a nanny state that prescribes precisely what you can and cannot eat.

In the Serengeti, the animals subscribe to a "nanny state" system. The Wilderness gives the antelopes, giraffes, zebras etc a certain amount of grass to eat. The Wilderness that is the Serengeti also gives the lions, cheetahs etc a certain amount of antelope, buffalo etc to eat. This is why the Sarengeti doesn't have any fat f*** animals roaming around. Just think of the school system as The Wilderness and your country won't be the laughingstock of the world.

[Phony Moderate]

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Bull. It's all about control. I grew up in a very conservative area myself and they encouraged brownbagging it. Everybody did it.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Wait... telling kids they should eat healthy... and they object to it?!?!

Wait, I need to alert the authorities.... just wait right there...

Typical right-wing paranoia... 'omg, suggesting that kids shouldn't eat lard coated lard is an attack on our freedoms to give our kids heart disease and obesity!!!'... Besides, the rules would be applied by local school boards... you want to make a pathetic display... go harass them.

Yes and no.  School lunches are largely funded by the Federal Government, so school boards have to follow the Federal guidelines if they want to feed their kids from the Federal trough.

[Politico]

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Bull. It's all about control. I grew up in a very conservative area myself and they encouraged brownbagging it. Everybody did it.

Strip away the facade, and most everything about most everybody in the current Democratic Party is all about control, not freedom.

It's disgraceful to see the Democratic Party emulating Social Democrats overseas. Once they reach the stage where they are mostly all Social Democrats, which could take anywhere from 10-25 more years, it's just a matter of time before they start emulating Socialists. This "progression" needs to be stopped dead in its track RIGHT NOW with the defeat of Barack Obama.