White House Objects to “School Lunch” Advocates’ Poster Mentioning Obama Daughters

Why don’t parents take the responsibility for preparing healthy lunches for their children to take with them instead of complaining about cafeteria food?

Raising healthy kids is more than just making sure they have a good diet. Making sure that kids are emotionally and mentally healthy is important, too.
I can’t imagine growing up in the public eye is easy. I wouldn’t want to be in the middle of a policy issue.
Barnard may have his heart in the right place, but some of his quotes come off as smarmy and too cute by half. He may be trying to contrast Sidwell Friends with other schools, but how can he be serious in claiming that “The contrast is not with the daughters” when the poster mentions “President Obama’s daughters?” Whether their school or their names are in the ad is irrelevant, everyone knows exactly what Barnard and his organization is trying to do here.
Presidential kids, especially those who are underage, are off-limits.

So parents cannot pack a ‘healthy’ lunch for their children ?? I’m a parent of 3 and I have no problems looking at the school menus and deciding when they should eat the school lunch and when I should send something healthier.
What are they going to say when most of the ‘healthy’ foods are being thrown away because kids don’t much care about what is healthier…they care about it tasting good. Parents – take the responsiblity of raising your children seriously and don’t entrust the government or privately run schools to do it for you !

“Why don’t parents take the responsibility for preparing healthy lunches for their children to take with them instead of complaining about cafeteria food?”
Because we live in a nanny state.

“Not supporting childhood nutrition would be a classic case of penny-wise and dollar foolish. ”
Just to clarify, I’m fine with the current school lunch program. Subsidized lunches need to meet nutritional needs, and cheese and bologna level fare can do that just fine. Feel good stuff like organic vegan kosher low salt arugula is up to parents.

KR said: “I’m sorry, but meat and cheese is also healthy and offers iron and more protein in your diet,…”
While I agree meat and cheese CAN be healthy, if you’ve ever seen what the local school cafeteria serves, you would be appalled (unless you like greasy food – soggy from the grease!) Our school does offer lots of fruits and vegetables. The problem is they don’t offer any protein that isn’t high in fat and cholesterol.
I think the poster is great, goes straight to the point and it got the WH’s attention, which I believe was the intent, even though Barnard may deny it. I have no complaints if the government wants to spend some money on “reforming” school lunches.

Packing a lunch is a time honored tradition.

“Could you cite any state in the world that does not meet your definition of “a nanny state”?”
jhw is back asking for statistics, sources, blah, blah, blah…
Can you plausibly deny that with each passing decade we have become a society more and more dependent on government issued “entitlements” and less dependent on ourselves?

“And after the debacle of finding a large portion of America’s young men unfit to serve in WWII due to easily avoided childhood malnutrition, subsidizing school lunches is a no brainer.”
psst…jhw…you realize the Great Depression preceded WWII, right? Could these unusually extreme economic conditions explain the malnutrition?

Wow. I can’t believe they’d use the daughters against Obama. Talk about a guilt trip, and an unfair pressure on the daughters.
If their school wants better lunches, isn’t there a better way to suggest it besides “Well, THEY get better lunches, why can’t I?”
Which is so, you know, third grade.
The White House had every right to say take the posters down. You can’t mention people without their permission–especially young daughters of a celebrity. They have rights not to be exploited for advertising purposes.

Little Jasmine has a point…

Who says that the food the Obama girls eat is healthier than the public schools? My niece has gone to private schools from elementary through high school and she complained about the lunch. On the other hand, my sons go to public school and their lunch menu (which I can view online)contains healthy choices. I will say not all lunches are created equal. However, it happens in private as well as public schools.

tjp612:”you realize the Great Depression preceded WWII, right? Could these unusually extreme economic conditions explain the malnutrition?”
Not sure how that is relevant. Are you suggesting that no one in the US lives in poverty akin to the Great Depression now? Or just that having a smaller portion of kids stunted for life and unable to fully contribute to society is OK if it saves a few bucks spent on government cheese?

Public schools especially serve nothing but Crap. bologna is NOT meat. It is a fatty substance pressed together containing loads of nitrates and salt. Cheese is loaded with preservatives and salt.
When will we wake up and take responsibility for our childrens health? Probably never. Fast food exists because of cheapness.
The food industry is like the cigarette industry. It must be held accountable for feeding a diet that is killing us. the food industry will not change by itself. Government intervention is needed to guide better nutrition.
Whats the matter with spending a little more for better choices? Public schools wont quit serving crap until they are forced to.

My mother grew up poor in a household with 9 kids. She routinely had to skip meals so that the other kids could eat. It wasn’t her fault. And she said it absolutely was a distraction during the day.
We live in a country that throws food away enough food each day to feed these kids. Sure, it’s a parent’s job to care for their kids… but if the parent can’t or won’t do it… we should do it.

Jerome, the president of the United States is not suppose to be a celebrity. I think that is the problem with Obama and his admin. He is suppose to be the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES! and act accordingly.He is not suppose to be the rock star the msm and his followers have made him out to be. He acts like a celebrity though so I understand how you would be confused.

talmag
There is not question in my mind that contempt for people of color drove government welfare policy (and therefore access to balanced nutriton) under conservative administrations. If the notion, expressed repeatedly here, that black people are too lazy to provide good nutrition for their children isn’t race hate, how would you describe it?
The “it can’t be racism” shrieking from conservatives belies guilt and denial of the obvious, crushing effects of Republican policies on minority communities.
Which children in our country are most likely not to get enough to eat? The poor. Which are most likely to be people of color. The poor.

arkdelta….
I didn’t bring up Palin’s children. And I have absolutely nothing to say about them, except that they are good-looking kids and I hope that they have long, happy, and productive lives.
I want the same for anyone’s kids.

Leave Obama’s children out of it.
But Bush’s and Palin’s children are fair game for whatever sleeze we want to push!

@ jhw: “Are you suggesting that no one in the US lives in poverty akin to the Great Depression now? Or just that having a smaller portion of kids stunted for life and unable to fully contribute to society is OK if it saves a few bucks spent on government cheese?
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You seem to be a believer in “From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs” (do a search for the author if you do not recognize).
In case you haven’t noticed, the world is not fair. And last time I checked, I don’t think we have a problem with a “stunted” populace in this country…

The “haves”, always get better, than the “have nots”.
Those that are in the “have nots” category, are going to have to help themselves out of that category, to ever get into the “haves” category.
That is simply how things work, and there will likely never be an end to the “caste” system.
Basically the economy cannot function, under any governmental system, without “haves” and “have nots”. Even so called “socialist” countries, have such a caste system.

The Obamas have made their wishes very clear on this score, and they have minimized public appearances of the girls. Obama only very rarely even mentions them. So yes, this is inappropriate, even for a non-profit. At the very least, they should have asked. Michelle Obama has been advocating healthy eating since entering the White House, so who knows?
As for Sarah Palin’s children, they should also be off-limits. It would help if she stopped using them to make political points. The recent Facebook comment is a case in point, but only the most recent.
The accusation that somehow “all liberals” think her children are fair game is untrue and offensive. Let’s keep the discourse civil.

Get use to it Odumba, YOU opened the door to going after children by the media and lobbyist groups.. Now how about that deal with the drugs companies, you worked out to get their backing on your deathcare bill…how much more are seniors going to pay????

I blame the unions.

wow its to the point that a citizin will not be able to breath without the conent of the president, lets see if i am not repoted as a mobster for thinkng this..this man is out to comtrol with a mighty fist! soon many will be in consentration camps…or is this just a nightmare of mine?

The constant lying.
The staggering arrogance.
The astounding incompetence.
The dangerous narcissim.
Obama continues trying to put as much of the private economy under government control as possible to create his nanny state utopia where he is king.
Obama is a disgrace.

tjp612:”Hey, jhw: Socialism is great – Until you run out of other people’s money!”
Name calling and a pithy bumper sticker in one sentence. I just don’t know how to respond to such a persuasive argument. It is so much more compelling than answering any of my questions.
Can you name one single country that you do not consider a “nanny state”?
Do you believe that having a portion of kids stunted for life and unable to fully contribute to society is OK if it saves a few bucks spent on government cheese?

Bridget:”Since Obama is hell bent on making us folks who eat healthy, excercise, and in general do the things we ought to do to keep health care costs under control”
Lance Armstrong had amazingly healthy habits, yet ran up a seven digit medical bill. Catastrophic health care costs are not diabetes (or a leg broken mountain biking), but cancer, heart disease, and auto accidents. And exercise only really helps one of those.

@ jhw: “No, I’m not. And can you answer the question (any question)?”
Sure, under following conditions: (a.) it does not involve doing research on your behalf (you can do your own), and (b.) question is actually coherent.
“Can you name one single country that you do not consider a “nanny state”?”
Depends on definition of “nanny”. But back to my point: Do you really believe that since FDR and the Great Depression that we have NOT become a society more and more DEPENDENT on government handouts? Really?

Presidebt Obama has used his daughters to defend abortion rights and to condemn racism.
Does that mean the young ladies are fair game?

“You better get that study written up pronto then. There are a lot of people who’d love to see that data and quit wasting money on poor communities with hunger problems from the Appalachians to LA.”
There you go again…
From media reports and personal observation, the problems related to obesity in this country FAR outweigh (pardon pun) issues related to hunger. I’m not denying that we can’t do better, but to imply hunger is a significant problem (relative to other challenges we face as a nation) is disingenuous.
Gotta run, jhw. Need to get to work to earn a salary fit for re-distribution to those precious entitlement programs!

jhw539, very high deductable insurance for catastrophic health care is cheap, as long as you have half a brain and obtain it before you get sick. You can even get coverage for auto accidents cheaply through auto insurance.
Costs for insuring the chronically ill are a very big part of this nation’s health care dollar, and I think that if Obama wants me to subsidize couch potatoes who eat crap their whole lives, the least he can do is grant permission for the use of his daughters’ names for a healty child nutrition campaign.

“Strengthening families, teaching responsibility and giving a hand up and not just a hand out would have done far less damage to the inner city communities.”
Amen, brother (sister).
I would apply same to any community/family that has undergone several generations of living exclusively off of the government. In the end, this “help” debilitates and disenfranchises these communities, families, and individuals.

What is he hiding??

More Obama duble standards. He is fighting the two Americas campaign, ours and his.

Maybe BO should have thought about his two young daughters before he decided to change their lives forever—just so he could make history.
Michelle even accused him of having selfish ambitions.
His kids will never have a normal life.

The problem is that it’s this specific organization which is involved with campaign. Despite their name, they have very few physicians, and they are really a front for extreme food philosophies, and want a vegan world. I’m very liberal and I think this group is dispicable.

tiliyeah | Aug 11, 2009 12:26:40 PM—”Serah [sic] Palins [sic] kids were attacked in a very vicious manner.” LOL, yeah, by their own mother, who uses them for every petty political advantage. she loves to use her own children.

The thing is, I don’t see anyone saying President Obama opposes the policy change, and suspect it’s more likely that the real fight is with people from the Republican party, who still worship at the feet of St. Ronald “Ketchup is a vegetable” Reagan. It’s about exploiting his kids for political gain.
I support the policy change, but not using the family of a politician to make this or any point, especially without the politician’s permission. (I’m not even so crazy about politicians themselves using their kids as political pawns.) At the very least, parents should determine how much or little publicity their minor children receive. Sasha & Malia didn’t run, and were not elected. Unless/until mom or dad puts them in this kinda spotlight, leave them out of it.

Hang, to comment on your post, we are not angry that “we lost”, we are worried that everyone will lose because he has no idea what’s going on. I know everyone sees it, but they would be racist if they truly admitted how they feel. Soooo, how does it feel to have a ghetto embarrassment (Michelle) and ignorant man in a suit (Bamy) leading (scratch that—attempting to lead this great nation? None of his agenda will pass, we are stepping up to the plate to stop him now…….gave him a try, didn’t work………..he’s done (and I thought it would take longer)……LOL

it seems that people want to put their heads in the sand I don’t care What child is used to make a point that kids need to eat better meals. So many parents these days give their kids processed food microwave foods that it would be good for students to be able to eat fresh and heathly food so msybe they can start enjoying things that are good for them and encourage their parents to cook a balanced meal at home. my kids have a home cooked meals everyday and I’m not talking about hot dogs and french fries. tkwills

Whatever happened to packing a nutritious lunch??

Hey ‘Hang’-
me thinks he would LOSE the election were it held again today, based on current poll numbers… hindsight is 20/20. “Get over it, we won” only applies to sporting events (albeit, not all) but not elections. Winning an election is more than an election “high.” It is about leading and governing all, not only in a positive manner for those who voted for you and to the detriment of those who did not vote for you.
69 million of 305 million Americans voted for him. Only 128 million Americans voted in total. Of those who didn’t vote, some didn’t like the choices and some were “disaffected”, but based on Obama’s philosophies, they are suddenly becoming “affected”, and that is why you are seeing such an uprising of passion and resistance.

Silly girl.
Prsident Obama’s daughters go to a private school! Like the one President Obama cut funding for in the last budget!
You’re complaining is un-American!

who cares they used the Obama’s kids after all the left has let us know that using kids is okay be it in good ways or for attacks it is now a part of politics and if it is hands off on the Obama’s kids then it needs to be the same for all kids including the Palins kids and Obama needs to come out and say just that and the left needs to come out and apologies for all the families kids they have used in there attacks

Umm, because the Obama’s pay for their children to attend private school??
You know, if you’re not happy with the lunch choices at you kids schools, pack them a lunch!

“Obama specifically sought funding so kids could finish out their full terms though the school will not be accepting new students.”
Not accepting new students?
Gee, why is that?
Because Barack let the program expire despite parents’ concerns.
Why? Because liberals canot stand the possibility that vouchers work. This is what happens when unions own Democrats.

“Let me be as clear as possible,” Obama said. “I think people’s families are off-limits,”
Obama’s kids should be as off-limits as were Palin’s kids.
Heck there is even a left wing website dedicated to insulted Down’s kids.
Payback is a you know what….

Posted by: Idahogirl888 | Aug 11, 2009 1:43:36 PM
Once you normalize the methods by which infant morality is measured the data becomes entirely different.
Most countries don’t count babies who expire within two days as live births. Nor do they count very low birthweight infants.

“Once you normalize the methods by which infant morality is measured the data becomes entirely different.
Most countries don’t count babies who expire within two days as live births. Nor do they count very low birthweight infants.”
This claim from the same people who brought you the fictitious death panels.
The right wing is very embarrassed that Cuba (CUBA!) has a lower infant mortality rate than the US>

“Heck there is even a left wing website dedicated to insulted Down’s kids.
Payback is a you know what….
Posted by: drjohn | Aug 11, 2009 1:48:43 PM”
Well we already saw what the racists at Free Republic had to say about the Obama children.
But its nice to know you justify attacking children by what someone else did.
Why is the right wing unablee to take responsibility for their own actions?

LOL, Chuck Norris is considered an expert on children! ROTFLMAO

“I’ll send them copies of Ann Coulter’s books.”
Marginally clever for what passes as humor around here, but it’s all been said before. Anyway the softness just isn’t there. You should ignore the works of Ms. Coulter.

GREAT AD!!! The point being the folks that have all the wealth get much better treatment than those who don’t Additionally it is disengenuous to say your saving America by making your banking friends rich when in fact 1 in 5 children are in horrible shape due to food. IF we put 1 billion of the AIG money into our kids food this problem could be addressed! Stop corn subsidies, stop treating our food like a for profit business and treat it like you are trying to use OUR money to help OUR lives. The Civil Servants of this country should not be royalty any longer, they should live like the rest of us and not have millions to spend on a day in NYC.

“It seems to me that the press had no problem reporting on everything that President Bush’s daughter did.”
He had two daughters actually.
And they were adults who were left alone by the press except when they got busted from trying to drink underage.
“The press and the democratic canditates themselves had no problem bringing Sarah Palins children in to the media.”
Obama specifically said that families should be off limits so this is a lie.
CNN: “Sen. Barack Obama said firmly that families are off-limits in the campaign for president, reacting to news that GOP running mate Sarah Palin’s 17-year-old daughter is pregnant.
“Let me be as clear as possible,” Obama said. “I think people’s families are off-limits, and people’s children are especially off-limits. This shouldn’t be part of our politics. It has no relevance to Gov. Palin’s performance as governor or her potential performance as a vice president.”
Obama said reporters should “back off these kinds of stories” and noted that he was born to an 18-year-old mother.
“How a family deals with issues and teenage children, that shouldn’t be the topic of our politics, and I hope that anybody who is supporting me understands that’s off-limits.”"

mad –
Obama has been very consistent about this, since he declared Palin’s children to be “off-limits”, in response to a reporters query about Bristol during the campaign.
The White House did object to the J. Crew ad:
From the CNN site:
The preppy clothing line is already taking heat for trying to profit off the Obamas’ decision to sport their clothes. Yesterday, a spokesman for J.Crew insisted they never sent out a press release touting all the details on the trench coats and ballet flats the first daughters wore in Moscow.
Instead, J.Crew said it only responded to media inquires. The First Lady’s office tells NBC News, “We do not believe the girls should be used for marketing purposes.”

I learned a long time ago that Mr. Obama has different standards. He says one thing to the public and then means something totally different. There is not one single word that he utters which I would ever believe.
I know what he said during the campaigns about family being off limits. He let his staff go after Sarah Palin and her kids. He let the Democratic party go after Sarah Palin and her kids. He let the Democratics people go after Sarah Palin and her kids.
That way he could still say “he” did not attack them. But you know what, when you don’t speak out to prevent it by chastising your staff, your party, and your constituents then you are condoning it just as if you had done it yourself.

Steve O
It’s not hard to find attacks on the Obama girls — or Trig, or Chelsea Clinto or the Bush twins. There enough nasty stuff out there by immature people on both sides. But that doesn’t mean it’s right or fair. Most of all, it doesn’t mean it is defensible.
Enough of the grade-school excuse “but he did it first”!

I wonder what college that any of those who think that putting Obama’s daughter on a poster is an attack went to. Do you know how to read a dictionary? Do I need to look up the definition of attack for you? Nothing negative was said. No one was hurt physically or mentally.
If this is what you get from a liberal education then thank God I never went to a liberal leaning school.

The president’s daughters are not being attacked. For goodness sakes, people, the point of the advertisement is to say that ALL children should have the choice of what they eat in school. You have to separate someONE being attacked as compared to someTHING being brought to light. There is no question that Mr. Obama’s daughters are getting many perks at their school that most children will never get. That is a fact.
When Sarah Palin was directly being attacked because her child had Down’s Syndrome, there were no FACTS as to why the child was born that way-it was just ASSUMED that her “hectic schedule” was the only cause.
Someday the kool-aid drinkers will realize that not EVERYTHING people say is an attack against the Annointed One, or his wife, or his children. FACTS are FACTS folks.

Steve O
I don’t think he has been hypocritical, since he has been consistent in his views and his actions regarding politician’s children.
I also don’t share your assessment of his honesty. He appears to be trying to deliver on his campaign promises, as I hoped he would. I voted for him because of his platform and would be pretty upset if he weren’t.

Joyomama:
I wish you would take the time to look at the facts then.
Obama promised that his administration would be transparent. But now the government is saying that they have no idea where all the TARP funds went. The white house refuses to release information on Cash for Clunkers program.
Obama promised to work in a bi-partisan manner. Yet he just said last week that the health care bill will be passed even if they have to ram it through over Republican objections.
Obama claims to be a community organizer, yet when the community is against him they claim its a fake protest, call the people nazis and unAmerican. The White House web site asks for people to turn in their family, friends, co-workers and others if they think something is “fishy” with the health plan. Whats fishy is that he is trying to ram it through before people even have a chance to read it. Most of the congressmen and Senators have said that they have not read it.

Idahogirl888
Would you please describe to me what a well trained and competent staff is? Which party gets to decide what well trained and competent is.
I know that most of our elected leaders have higher education, but all I have to do is look at all the different levels of governmental bureaucracy to know that it will never work. We do not have one single agency that is not in trouble. Look at Social Security and Medicare. Look at the VA, FDA, CIA, FBI, IRS, etc…… they are all an exercise in mismanagement

“Mr. Obama’s girls have not been attacked by anyone. They were mentioned on a poster.”
Free Republic has attacked the Obama kids.

Posted by: Steve O | Aug 11, 2009 4:38:56 PM
The proposed parent education programs would be run by the States with federal grants. It would not be a Federal organization like the FDA or FBI.
And even if the proposed parent training program used federal guidelines to define a “competent staff”, how would that be any scarier than guidelines covering teaching certificates or licensing for health care employees?

Sorry, meant to say have your child NAMED on a poster.

Please everybody, have a heart and respect. Would the ad sponsors consider former presidents’ children/family members. Example, wounded soldiers in wars, all elected officials, leaders and their own children in all types of ad situations with a message. Let’s be fair. It’s not fair to exploit AMERICA’S President’s children for ones own selfish purpose. Smells like a rat.

“Not a single member of Obama’s staff every went after her kids.”
Only 90%. Well, that’s a relief! What goes around comes around. Too bad. Not that the Obama kids (or any liberals’ kids) will see the inside of a DC public school or any public achool.

%point.. Here’s a percentage point that might interest you…DC has the highest rate, over 23%, of Obesity among children in the country..NOT overweight kids, but OBESE..Now for a guy who is sooo concerned about everyone’s health, you’d think he would not take offense to a poster pushing for healthy lunches for kids that are not as fortunate as his own…Tells you a lot about the man does it not..Health Care right..more like pushing for making his name in history….

Posted by: Left wing is the new right wing | Aug 11, 2009 4:38:06 PM
OK, for the sake of argument, let’s say Conservatives give 30% more to charity than Liberals. We can all agree that’s laudable. And, the Birthright International organization – wonderful work. But over the past decades, well -meaning charitable efforts have not cut America’s infant mortality rate. That’s not a lie, it’s a fact.
And for those conservatives who insist that intervention for healthier births or better parenting can ONLY be done via charities, it’s the same as accepting infant deaths by refusing to address the problem with government funded programs.

“%point…BTW He took money from those who did AND never lifted a figure to stop it…Again tells you a lot about the man..”
“Sen. Barack Obama said firmly that families are off-limits in the campaign for president, reacting to news that GOP running mate Sarah Palin’s 17-year-old daughter is pregnant.
“Let me be as clear as possible,” Obama said. “I think people’s families are off-limits, and people’s children are especially off-limits. This shouldn’t be part of our politics. It has no relevance to Gov. Palin’s performance as governor or her potential performance as a vice president.”
Obama said reporters should “back off these kinds of stories” and noted that he was born to an 18-year-old mother.
“How a family deals with issues and teenage children, that shouldn’t be the topic of our politics, and I hope that anybody who is supporting me understands that’s off-limits.”

“Let me be as clear as possible,” Obama said. “I think people’s families are off-limits, and people’s children are especially off-limits. This shouldn’t be part of our politics. It has no relevance to Gov. Palin’s performance as governor or her potential performance as a vice president.”
“Not a single member of Obama’s staff every went after her kids. ”
Good thing he told most of his staff!

“So tell me ryan…What was Obama’s response to the what’s his name, you know the guy with the buck teeth, reference to the youngest daughter, a minor, and the baseball player little ummmm break in play…BTW, again, HE STILL TOOK THE CAMPAIGN MONEY…”
So you’re mad that Obama took campaign money from David Letterman for election that happened in Nov because of a joke Letterman told two months ago?
Even stranger since Letterman didn’t give any money to Obama.
FEC records show his only political donations of late went to Al Franken.

So Barack Obamas staff never went after Sarah Palins kids, well anyone in the Democratic is technically part of his staff since they are all about unification of the party. He’s just a self absorbed idiot who should just deal with the media and all about his kids. He knew exactly what he was getting into when he ran and if he didn’t want his family involved then he never should have ran. I think to many people think he is like God and can do no wrong, but look at the economy now and all thats going on, and the jerk doesn’t even know everything thats in the health reform he wants passed and neither does congress.

A school lunch is not “healthy,” it is “healthful.” Please…if you are posting this in schools, how about the grammar?

Pass this message To President Obama.
Mr. President,
Universal Health Care is in the best Interest of The American Citizenry.
The Large Insurance Giants, Are Eager To defeat The Initiative For Purely pecuniary reasons; and make your administration go down in defeat. These corporations would seek to continue to rob America. If they break you, they break America!
Thus, I humbly suggest one or both of the following:
Rally your troops with stadium size events, and charge them to grass root the system once again (door to door; email, text messages, house parties, events, calls to congress, etc), put on a full Court press.
Second, have the IRS audit the large Insurance Giants, and disallow their many fraudulent deductions. Immediately seize and freeze that portion of their assets, equal to the amount of the Tax Fraud. Stream line the Audit process “Operation Americana” to bare fruit in 30-60 days. Don’t allow these thieves the privilege of dragging out the process in court.
Do what You Do To Drug Lords, above everything else, Seize The Cash first. It the cash they want, so take the cash and fund universal health.
Mr. President, if the Insurance Gang Lords must defeat you; then afflict upon them a damage that can only benefit the America people: Limit the size of their income streams. Kick them off the government dole; audit them; take the cash; cause Americana to benefit.
Mr. President, if you fail, American falls, but don’t let it happen on your watch.
PLEASE MR. PRESIDENT

This is hardly an attack on the president’s children. It is a valid question that should be addressed. It is not right that kids should be fed the least nutritious foods because they are the cheapest. We should all support a universal lunch program that reimburses the schools for all the meals served to all the kids, while holding the programs to a higher standard of nutrition. Teaching kids to eat healthy would certainly be a big part of keeping health care costs down!

Tapper got sucked in just like WaPo to Barnard’s stealth effort to promote the vegetarian agenda. Vegetarian diets are no more “healthful” than meat and dairy diets as long as they are balanced. And USDA standards require certain balance in school nutrition. PCRM and its allies at PETA aren’t about health or even animal care. They are about trashing the meat industry.

yall just hating that obama got money to feed his children and the publics dont!

This is just plain disrespectful to the Obama girls. Dr Bernard should be ashamed of himself for grandstanding this way. This was certainly the way to bring attention to his cause. I think there are better ways to do so. I live in Pennsylvania and have worked in public school for over 15 years. I have also been a vegetarian for longer than that. There are many low fat options for vegetarian children to pick from as I often buy my lunch from the student selections. It is a matter of working with the individual school districts and state Governors. I completely have no respect for Dr. Bernard’s tactics and would never support him while he uses his name in this sleazy manner. Rather than blame this on the newly elected people in the White Houe, you should be educating parents. Day after day, year after year, I witness parents bringing unhealty lunches of sandwiches, soda (which we do not sell at school)candy (also not sold) and processed snacks, because the students don’t want the salads, whole wheat pizza, vegetables and fruit that are offered. Dr. Bernard, you need to offer an apology to President Obama’s children and to all of us who have worked our butts off to provide healthy meals to children.