Obama Won’t Have To Sleep On The Couch Tonight: Signs the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act

“Because when our kids walk into the lunch room, we want to be sure that they’re getting balanced, nutritious meals that they need to succeed in the classroom.”
Parents can be assured that their kids are receiving “balanced, nutritious meals” if they send their kids to school with lunches they have packed themselves!
“The First Lady says that obesity isn’t just a public health issue, but one of an “economic threat,” and “national security threat,” as one in four young children are unqualified for military service because of their weight.”
So, the food served in school cafeterias is responsible for the obesity problem in the U.S.? Are school cafeterias also responsible for obese adults?
“I think that parents have a right to expect that their efforts at home won’t be undone each day in the school cafeteria or in the vending machine in the hallway,”
The fundamental mission of schools is (used to be?) to provide an education for children, not meals. Parents who responsibly pack lunches for their children should will not have these concerns.
“And particularly in these tough economic times when so many families are struggling, when school meals sometimes are the main source of nourishment for so many kids, we have an obligation to make sure that those meals are as nutritious as possible.”
Thanks to the Obama Economy more families are on Food Stamps than ever before.
This bill isn’t about providing healthy meals for kids, it is about increasing reliance of the masses on the government…Those who are reliant on the government are more like to vote for Democrats. As usual with this crowd, it’s all about politics and attainment of power.

$4.5 billion to “set standards?” You have got to be kidding me.

“As usual with this crowd, it’s all about politics and attainment of power”
It’s funny how right-wingers invent indignation when Democrats get votes from people they help since the Republican strategy of expecting people they alienate to support them has demonstrated shortcomings. One must resist the political temptation to help people…it’s bad for the country.

“The president made sure to note that the bill is fully paid for and will not add a dime to the deficit.
“Some of the funding comes from rolling back a temporary increase in food stamp efforts, or SNAP, as it’s now called, starting in the fall of 2013. I know a number of members of Congress have expressed concerns about this offset being included in the bill, and I’m committed to working with them to restore these funds in the future.”
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When we heard him say those words on ABC Radio News, I asked my wife if she’d buy a used car from that guy.
Nope. We’ve heard that kind of sales pitch before.

Really guys? The government passes a bill to make food healthier in schools and you cry conspiracy? Let’s turn down the fear a little. You can’t cry fascist, commie conspiracy everytime something you disagree with is passed by the government. Now I’ll be the first to admit that the Democrats had a similar habit during the Bush years, but that doesn’t make the behavior right.
Maybe this is not the best use of taxpayer dollars, but we need to admit that there is a problem with obesity in this country. With this admission comes the knowledge that the status quo is not working. I for one think that nutritional education within schools has a good chance of reducing obesity. If it proves ineffective, it should be discontinued and a new course should be plotted.

Great. More tax dollars to go for ‘poor’ kids’ breakfast, lunch and dinner so the imperial federal government can just cut out the middle man (a.k.a. the parent(s))and raise good little members of the liberal proletariat will do anything (especially vote for you) if you’re stealing from the producer in the collective to hand it over to the moocher in the collective. After all, we’re not individuals anymore, we’re known as ‘groups’. I’d like for someone to explain to me why the ‘war on poverty’ has been going for about 50 years now and we suddenly have a childhood population that is obese? I’m confused.

Does this mean that the food stamps, or SNAP, will be reduced for the families that have children being fed at school?

What is so bad about seeing that children have good well balanced meals.
There are homes without bread, peanut butter or an apple to take for lunch.
Just because you have it doesn’t mean everyone else does.
I’m not too interested in the private affairs of the Obamas.
Hey Reaganite, that was the prez that slept thru cabinet meetings and asked his wife’s astrologist how to run the country.

Texas Granny, First Lady Michelle Obama said, “We can’t just leave it (deciding what American children should eat) up to the parents.”
Seriously. How elitist, how derogatory, how nanny state, how spiteful, how rude…
We’ve seen pictures of Michelle eating ice cream, eating pie, eating French fries… How dare she think she can decide what is best for other people’s children. What an overreach. What a joke.
If you keep taking away parental responsibilities, you are allowing for worse and worse parenting. Teach them to use their food stamps (SNAP) to buy jars of peanut butter and jelly and a bag of apples.
Teach parents how to make a sandwich and throw and apple in a bag if they really don’t know how. Hold them responsible for their kids. Don’t give them another excuse to ignore their responsibilities. Grrrr…

All I can say is: This is the most absurd Act I have ever heard of. The Federal Government continues to cripple it’s own people by encouraging them to rely on them for life support. Soon, we will all be robots doing anything and everything the Federal Government says to do. This is pretty scary. What about the parents who “want” and “do” take good care of their own children? Where are our rights?

“Mr. Obama will sign the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010″ – ABC News
More unnecessary Government Nanny State Spending that adds to the deficit and goes way beyond what the federal government is supposed to do.
Complete BS, 4.5 Billion down the drain.
This is exactly the type of programs that we need to cut.
Hopefully the new congress will forget to fund Michelle’s Bill.

“Keep in mind two things:” – Dave
Keep in mind one other thing.
The Demos said they were going to follow paygo and only pass stuff that was paid for. Where’s the 4.5 Billion for this stupid bill coming from?

You mean the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests?!?!
What do kids who were abused by Priests have to do with Michelle’s feed the kids veggies program?

It is true that every baby and child is different, some need more sleep than others, but here is a table indicative that many pediatricians recommend mothers to know how a baby should sleep on their age.