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a lot of blame should go to the food industry.....look at the foods they promote for little kids.....Sugar up the ying yang....loaded with fat.....obesity and diabetes are up dramatically....which in turn brings on other health problems.....especially when older.....little kids like sweet things.....if Mom and Dad wont regulate their kids,who dont know better....who should?....there is nothing wrong with the Govt promoting good health to its citizens with public service messages......they did it with drugs and Forrest fires.....no one was bitching then....if the first lady wants to get out there and promote good health....good for her......Bush's wife did it with illiteracy....Nancy Reagan said just say no.....they all seemed to have their little projects.....im for ANYTHING that in the long run is good for this Nation....people staying healthy,Diabetes being beat back......good for everyone=good for the Country....It's not the governments job to teach kids or parents anything.
Poor Republicans..
Michelle Obama called my kid FAT !
Poor Republicans..
Michelle Obama called my kid FAT !
ill bet a lot of the overweight moms standing behind her have fat little kids.....so she was calling them fat too.....how in the hell has a thread about obesity,which is probably equall on both sides.....and SHOULD be a concern to EVERYBODY .....get to be political?.....
There is a difference between encouraging exercising, and being critical of how parents raise their children.
Michelle is losing her mind.
Now she's saying that because only 1 in 4 kids in the US can qualify for the military this has become a threat to National Security.
Military leaders tell us that when more than one in four young people are unqualified for military service because of their weight, the first lady says in the prepared remarks, childhood obesity isnt just a public health threat, its not just an economic threat, its a national security threat as well."
Now I've heard everything.
Call it one of those unintended consequences of the Nanny State.
Kids aren't allowed to run around and play like they did when I was growing up so now we've got kids that are getting by on Monster drinks just to keep from being bored to death.
After sitting around the house for hours on end in the summer kids get fat. Many parents won't allow them out on their own. School buses have to drop kids off mere feet from their doorstep. It's all just a side-effect of the Nanny State this country has immersed itself in.
I've felt for quite some time that all of this coddling that goes on is only going to make kids unable to cope with life but military life is out of the question folks. Our pampered kids won't be able to handle the culture-shock they will experience. It doesn't matter if they're out of shape or not.
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I guess recess like we had when I was going to school where we went out played favourites like kickball, dodgeball, Baseball, or the ever popular football game 'smear the queer' for an hour or so are bygone, eh?
Too bad.
What's in it for Big Labor? SEIU Executive Vice President Mitch Ackerman explains: "A more robust expansion of school lunch, breakfast, summer feeding, child care and WIC (the federal Women, Infants and Children nutrition program) is critical to reducing hunger, ending childhood obesity and providing fair wages and healthcare for front line food service workers(emphasis added)."
There are 400,000 workers who prepare and serve lunch to American schoolchildren. SEIU represents tens of thousands of those workers and is trying to unionize many more. "More robust expansion" of the federal school-lunch law means a mandate for higher wages, increased benefits and government-guaranteed health insurance coverage (the more luxurious the better now that SEIU has negotiated its Cadillac Tax exemption from the Democrats' health care takeover bill).
The SEIU's front group, "Campaign for Quality Services," is clamoring for "the right to sick days and training" for school food-services workers. Never ones to let a crisis go unexploited.
Translation: Perpetual employment for big government and its public employee union au pairs.
Cede the children, feed the state..
Yes, a district decision.Great for you all. And I'm sure a local decison? And that's after all where it belongs.
But, in my daughter's district they have the same thing. She has gym this semester, and she's in 10th grade. It's required at her High School. I'm glad.
I hope she enjoys it. Getting out, competing...physically is a great diversion for those kids. I am glad for her. I hope you encourage it.
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Seriously, has anyone seen the numbers of people who would be unfit to serve in the military?
Most Philadelphians Unfit for Duty: Report | NBC Philadelphia
A nonprofit group says that up to 90 percent of young Philadelphians are ineligible for military service because of criminal records, obesity or lack of education.
Pennsylvania-based Mission: Readiness released its report Monday. It says 1 million Pennsylvanians are ineligible for the same reasons.
Mission: Readiness is made up of more than 150 retired generals and admirals. The group wants state and federal funding for pre-kindergarten programs that it says give children a solid foundation for academic and personal success.
Evil socialist generals!
Yes folks, you've seen it here....
Expressing the concern about overweight American children is now a BAD thing.
Sloth and obesity is now a Conservative virtue?
Gosh.
Yes folks, you've seen it here....
Expressing the concern about overweight American children is now a BAD thing.
Sloth and obesity is now a Conservative virtue?
Gosh.
It is! It is! Just look at all the OUTRAGE on this thread that the First Lady would have the NERVE to say something is bad about the Waddlers.
This is a power and control grab. She knows nothing can be done by the government that will make kids lose weight. Just another way to spend a few billion dollars....
You mean like Nancy Reagan's "Just say no" campaign?
Beat me to it.
a lot of blame should go to the food industry.....look at the foods they promote for little kids.....Sugar up the ying yang....loaded with fat.....obesity and diabetes are up dramatically....which in turn brings on other health problems.....especially when older.....little kids like sweet things.....if Mom and Dad wont regulate their kids,who dont know better....who should?....there is nothing wrong with the Govt promoting good health to its citizens with public service messages......they did it with drugs and Forrest fires.....no one was bitching then....if the first lady wants to get out there and promote good health....good for her......Bush's wife did it with illiteracy....Nancy Reagan said just say no.....they all seemed to have their little projects.....im for ANYTHING that in the long run is good for this Nation....people staying healthy,Diabetes being beat back......good for everyone=good for the Country....It's not the governments job to teach kids or parents anything.
Amen Harry!
I wonder why posters on here feel the need to attack Mrs. Obama, when she is wanting to help fix the obesity problem in children. I applud her, just like I appluded Laura Bush and her fight against illiteracy.
Learning good habits while you are young will go into adulthood.
She doesn't know what she's talking about and nothing she's doing is going to change anything. But what she and her husband are doing is infringing on our freedoms. They can't help themselves. She acts like her education and her position as First Lady makes her an expert on everything.
If you want to show us how to do it, get someone who's done it as a spokesperson. With my background I know a heck of a lot more about taking care of myself then they do....and I can see right through their BS.
Btw.....I would never volunteer for the job because at my age I don't believe I provide a good enough example. You have to be in super shape to be able to stand up there and lecture people.
Good slogan Bill. But it doesn't cost $5 billion. Here's an interesting take on what this is really about:
What's in it for Big Labor? SEIU Executive Vice President Mitch Ackerman explains: "A more robust expansion of school lunch, breakfast, summer feeding, child care and WIC (the federal Women, Infants and Children nutrition program) is critical to reducing hunger, ending childhood obesity and providing fair wages and healthcare for front line food service workers(emphasis added)."
There are 400,000 workers who prepare and serve lunch to American schoolchildren. SEIU represents tens of thousands of those workers and is trying to unionize many more. "More robust expansion" of the federal school-lunch law means a mandate for higher wages, increased benefits and government-guaranteed health insurance coverage (the more luxurious the better now that SEIU has negotiated its Cadillac Tax exemption from the Democrats' health care takeover bill).
The SEIU's front group, "Campaign for Quality Services," is clamoring for "the right to sick days and training" for school food-services workers. Never ones to let a crisis go unexploited.
Translation: Perpetual employment for big government and its public employee union au pairs.
Cede the children, feed the state..
RealClearPolitics - SEIU Fat Cats Behind First Lady's Anti-Obesity Campaign
a lot of blame should go to the food industry.....look at the foods they promote for little kids.....Sugar up the ying yang....loaded with fat.....obesity and diabetes are up dramatically....which in turn brings on other health problems.....especially when older.....little kids like sweet things.....if Mom and Dad wont regulate their kids,who dont know better....who should?....there is nothing wrong with the Govt promoting good health to its citizens with public service messages......they did it with drugs and Forrest fires.....no one was bitching then....if the first lady wants to get out there and promote good health....good for her......Bush's wife did it with illiteracy....Nancy Reagan said just say no.....they all seemed to have their little projects.....im for ANYTHING that in the long run is good for this Nation....people staying healthy,Diabetes being beat back......good for everyone=good for the Country....
Amen Harry!
I wonder why posters on here feel the need to attack Mrs. Obama, when she is wanting to help fix the obesity problem in children. I applud her, just like I appluded Laura Bush and her fight against illiteracy.
Learning good habits while you are young will go into adulthood.
She doesn't know what she's talking about and nothing she's doing is going to change anything. But what she and her husband are doing is infringing on our freedoms. They can't help themselves. She acts like her education and her position as First Lady makes her an expert on everything.
If you want to show us how to do it, get someone who's done it as a spokesperson. With my background I know a heck of a lot more about taking care of myself then they do....and I can see right through their BS.
Btw.....I would never volunteer for the job because at my age I don't believe I provide a good enough example. You have to be in super shape to be able to stand up there and lecture people.
She doesn't know anything about how GOOD being obese is for our kids.... 
a lot of blame should go to the food industry.....look at the foods they promote for little kids.....Sugar up the ying yang....loaded with fat.....obesity and diabetes are up dramatically....which in turn brings on other health problems.....especially when older.....little kids like sweet things.....if Mom and Dad wont regulate their kids,who dont know better....who should?....there is nothing wrong with the Govt promoting good health to its citizens with public service messages......they did it with drugs and Forrest fires.....no one was bitching then....if the first lady wants to get out there and promote good health....good for her......Bush's wife did it with illiteracy....Nancy Reagan said just say no.....they all seemed to have their little projects.....im for ANYTHING that in the long run is good for this Nation....people staying healthy,Diabetes being beat back......good for everyone=good for the Country....
Amen Harry!
I wonder why posters on here feel the need to attack Mrs. Obama, when she is wanting to help fix the obesity problem in children. I applud her, just like I appluded Laura Bush and her fight against illiteracy.
Learning good habits while you are young will go into adulthood.
She doesn't know what she's talking about and nothing she's doing is going to change anything. But what she and her husband are doing is infringing on our freedoms. They can't help themselves. She acts like her education and her position as First Lady makes her an expert on everything.
If you want to show us how to do it, get someone who's done it as a spokesperson. With my background I know a heck of a lot more about taking care of myself then they do....and I can see right through their BS.
Btw.....I would never volunteer for the job because at my age I don't believe I provide a good enough example. You have to be in super shape to be able to stand up there and lecture people.
Sloth and obesity is now a Conservative virtue?
Gosh.
It is! It is! Just look at all the OUTRAGE on this thread that the First Lady would have the NERVE to say something is bad about the Waddlers.
Another case of hyperbole.
You're also guilty of essentially putting words in people's mouths to win an argument.
I'm criticizing Michelle's hyperbole and you defend her with another.
Michelle is losing her mind.
Now she's saying that because only 1 in 4 kids in the US can qualify for the military this has become a threat to National Security.
Now I've heard everything.Military leaders tell us that when more than one in four young people are unqualified for military service because of their weight, the first lady says in the prepared remarks, childhood obesity isnt just a public health threat, its not just an economic threat, its a national security threat as well."
Call it one of those unintended consequences of the Nanny State.
Kids aren't allowed to run around and play like they did when I was growing up so now we've got kids that are getting by on Monster drinks just to keep from being bored to death.
After sitting around the house for hours on end in the summer kids get fat. Many parents won't allow them out on their own. School buses have to drop kids off mere feet from their doorstep. It's all just a side-effect of the Nanny State this country has immersed itself in.
I've felt for quite some time that all of this coddling that goes on is only going to make kids unable to cope with life but military life is out of the question folks. Our pampered kids won't be able to handle the culture-shock they will experience. It doesn't matter if they're out of shape or not.
LINK
Well, it is...and I hardly think the government deciding what to serve at a government institution is unusual in the least.
