Student's Protest Obama's Crappy School Lunch Mandates

[Kristie]

So kids can no longer pack their lunches?

Yes, they can!

Not if you know what's good for ya!

The girl’s turkey and cheese sandwich, banana, potato chips, and apple juice did not meet U.S. Department of Agriculture guidelines, according to the interpretation of the agent who was inspecting all lunch boxes in her More at Four classroom that day.

http://www.carolinajournal.com/exclusiv ... ml?id=8762

So, since the turkey sandwich with fruit and juice wasn't good enough, the know-it-all federal inspector made her eat some chicken nuggets. Thank heavens we have federal regulations to protect us! Whew! That was a close call!

It clearly sounds like what happened to that little girl is not the norm. It is the norm for schools to provide healthy supplements if a lunch brought from home is that bad, but I've never seen or heard of anything like that happening around here. I ate lunch with Kindergarten, First and Second graders the past 3 years and saw all kinds of junk food in lunch boxes. None of them ever had it taken or replaced.

[Coito ergo sum]

LOL -- just wait for the gastronomical gestapo to arrive. They'll fix your lunch box for ya!

[Gerald McGrew]

Thank heavens we have federal regulations to protect us! Whew! That was a close call!

That was a state decision to make pre-school lunches meet the federal guidelines. So the beef there is with the state.

I find it hard to believe that an 850 calorie lunch isn't enough for a high school student, even those who play sports. If you just had three 850 calorie meals a day, that's 2550 calories a day. Throw in some sort of snack before practice and that's more than enough.

When I was in high school, I usually ate a bowl of cereal for breakfast, a small carton of milk and a brownie for lunch, a sandwich and soda before practice, and then a regular dinner. And that was with me spending my lunch hour and subsequent study hall playing basketball and/or working out. Now, I will grant that I was one of the more skinny athletes (which is nice now), but still...

Seriously, if the school lunch is insufficient to get you through the day, then bring something additional. Given the choice between feeding kids too much junk vs. not enough for the high-calorie demand kids, I'd always go for the latter as they always have the option to supplement their diet.

Keep in mind, the other side of the spectrum (and the data shows the more populated side) are kids who get little to no activity and eat waaaaaaaaaaay too many calories. There is an actual epidemic of childhood obesity in this country, you know.

[Kristie]

Thank heavens we have federal regulations to protect us! Whew! That was a close call!

That was a state decision to make pre-school lunches meet the federal guidelines. So the beef there is with the state.

I find it hard to believe that an 850 calorie lunch isn't enough for a high school student, even those who play sports. If you just had three 850 calorie meals a day, that's 2550 calories a day. Throw in some sort of snack before practice and that's more than enough.

When I was in high school, I usually ate a bowl of cereal for breakfast, a small carton of milk and a brownie for lunch, a sandwich and soda before practice, and then a regular dinner. And that was with me spending my lunch hour and subsequent study hall playing basketball and/or working out. Now, I will grant that I was one of the more skinny athletes (which is nice now), but still...

Seriously, if the school lunch is insufficient to get you through the day, then bring something additional. Given the choice between feeding kids too much junk vs. not enough for the high-calorie demand kids, I'd always go for the latter as they always have the option to supplement their diet.

Keep in mind, the other side of the spectrum (and the data shows the more populated side) are kids who get little to no activity and eat waaaaaaaaaaay too many calories. There is an actual epidemic of childhood obesity in this country, you know.

Also, for most people, dinner is the meal with the highest calorie count. So, kids are probably getting more than 2550.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I guess it's official. This election is over.

[Kristie]

I guess it's official. This election is over.

Yeah, because kids vote.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I guess it's official. This election is over.

Yeah, because kids vote.

My meaning was this is all the GOPpies have to complain about.

[Kristie]

I guess it's official. This election is over.

Yeah, because kids vote.

My meaning was this is all the GOPpies have to complain about.

I know.

[Seth]

Still, it's better than having that retard Romney at the wheel, right?

I'd actually prefer a genuine retard to a Marxist Progressive, so I'll hold my nose and pick Romney.

[normal]

Still, it's better than having that retard Romney at the wheel, right?

I'd actually prefer a genuine retard to a Marxist Progressive, so I'll hold my nose and pick Romney.

Oh wow

[SteveB]

Still, it's better than having that retard Romney at the wheel, right?

I'd actually prefer a genuine retard to a Marxist Progressive, so I'll hold my nose and pick Romney.

Oh wow

Obama is such a socialist he redistributes his own children!

[Coito ergo sum]

I guess it's official. This election is over.

Yeah, because kids vote.

My meaning was this is all the GOPpies have to complain about.

You mean other than the still shitty economy, the skyrocketing debt adding $1.2 trillion a year, more debt monetization and quantitative easing, high inflation on necessaries, doubled gas prices during the Obama administration, unemployment over 8% and real unemployment at about 11%, lowest percentage of population in the workforce in like a half century, taxmaggeddon on the horizon in 90 days, a shitty housing market, lowest homeownership rates in decades, 47 million Americans on food stamps, the shittiest economic recovery in nearly a century, anemic growth in both jobs and gdp (barely keeping us out of a "technical" recession)....

Peak unemployment in the early 1980's was higher than it is now -- and back then it was coupled with extremely high inflation and very high interest rates at the same time. That's what Reagan inherited, and nobody went around saying "he can't fix it immediately!!!" He did the right economic things in his first term and got it turned around. Today, interest rates are way down and inflation, we are told, is fairly low -- back then inflation was in double digits and interest rates were so high people had mortgages with rates like 10% and more - for the last 8 years, interest rates for mortgages have been like 4% to 5%.

If Obama can't fix it, then move on. Let someone else have a go.

[Tyrannical]

Could always let Mcdonalds run the school canteen

The kids would love it, and it would be easier to make McDonald's a bit "healthier" than make school cafeteria food taste good. Though I would prefer a KFC / Taco Bell take over. Fast food restaurants could switch to the healthier baking over frying when they have set meal times.

[Kristie]

I guess it's official. This election is over.

Yeah, because kids vote.

My meaning was this is all the GOPpies have to complain about.

You mean other than the still shitty economy, the skyrocketing debt adding $1.2 trillion a year, more debt monetization and quantitative easing, high inflation on necessaries, doubled gas prices during the Obama administration, unemployment over 8% and real unemployment at about 11%, lowest percentage of population in the workforce in like a half century, taxmaggeddon on the horizon in 90 days, a shitty housing market, lowest homeownership rates in decades, 47 million Americans on food stamps, the shittiest economic recovery in nearly a century, anemic growth in both jobs and gdp (barely keeping us out of a "technical" recession)....

Peak unemployment in the early 1980's was higher than it is now -- and back then it was coupled with extremely high inflation and very high interest rates at the same time. That's what Reagan inherited, and nobody went around saying "he can't fix it immediately!!!" He did the right economic things in his first term and got it turned around. Today, interest rates are way down and inflation, we are told, is fairly low -- back then inflation was in double digits and interest rates were so high people had mortgages with rates like 10% and more - for the last 8 years, interest rates for mortgages have been like 4% to 5%.

If Obama can't fix it, then move on. Let someone else have a go.

He can fix it. He just needs cooperation, and he's not getting any from Republicans. He also needs more time. With everything you listed, no one could fix it all in one term, especially with no cooperation.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

If Obama can't fix it, then move on. Let someone else have a go.

Shoot the Republican members of Congress and it would be fixed already. You may bullshit away about that not being true, but I really don't care, your crap still stinks.