Stop the insanity!

Reagan was right. The most frightening words in the English language are "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help."

What is on the White House menu? Vote the carpetbagger out of office!

Eating using the 'government's' food pyramid as a guide will make you fat. Too many grains is too many carbs. if you want to lose or maintain your weight a balance of healthy crabs (whole grains and stone ground), vegs (stay away from corn and peas) and lean protein, plus exercise.

I tried to order a pizza last night and a disembodied voice came on the line and said I had already used up my cheese allowance for the week, therefore my order was cancelled and I was ordered to go to remedial dietary training.

Dr. Janey Thornton is a doctor in home economics. She's not a nutritionist, a pediatrician, she's a home ec teacher. Kids don't want hummus and black bean salad. They need protein, calcium and good fats. These nitwits have no clue why so many kids are obese.

I eat what I wish to eat. I am not overweight, have no diet limitations and will continue to satisfy the flavors and textures that please my pallet. I don't need the dang government telling me what to eat...and I purchase my food with my own money. I would do the same if I still had children at home. When my kids were in school school lunches were mostly a kind of soup and a sandwich, along with a piece of fruit or / and a cookie. Nothing complicated or mandated.

So now they want people to throw food away at home too?

No.

Uh oh. I homeschool my kids. I have no idea what to feed my family for lunch. Or dinner.Whatever shall I do, if the government doesn't tell me?

Then they will charge the parents with child abuse thru neglect by withholding food and come in and take the child to be reared by the state.

Next comes the tax on throwing away food!

Guess we'll need Garbage Police to go through our trash cans to decide on how much our tax will be...

Govt. can go to Hades, no power exists in any law or in the Constitution that gives it that power!

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Here is a clue:


http://www.usnews.com/news/washington-whispers/slideshows/5-keys-to-obamas-gourmet-presidency

"...After eight years of boots and barbecue in the White House, the Obamas have introduced a gourmet atmosphere not seen in several recent presidencies. George H.W. Bush liked Chinese food from a northern Virginia neighborhood. Bill Clinton has a reputation for Big Macs. George W. Bush liked his grill. But the Obama's have instead hired their own chef and dined at the best restaurants Chicago and Washington have to offer. Even President Obama's choice of burger joints, Ray's Hell Burger in nearby Arlington, Va., only serves gourmet sandwiches……"

The only stopping point on this slippery slope of governmental meddling and control of private life is the exhausted patience of the American people. As long as Americans are content to be treated like serfs and slaves the Federal bureaucracy will be happy to oblige them. There is never any shortage of do-gooders determined to stick their noses into other people's business and prepared to justify their intrusions by appealing to the common welfare. This excuse is open ended and only limited by the ingenuity of those who deploy it.

The real problem is not the relative handful of radicals, reformers, do-gooders and zealots who think they know what is best for others. The real problem is a supine and compliant citizenry willing to go along with such infringements. Those willing to be kept and herded like sheep will never lack shepherds to control them.

Here's a scenario for you:

1. Have a liberal food stamp policy - soda, ice cream, snack foods ... make it attractive.

2. Get as many people a possible to rely on food stamps

3. When you've reached the saturation point of dependency - radically change the policy and limit what can be purchased with the stamps. Just like WWII rationing.

If I ate at home what I ate in school, I would probably drop 30 pounds in no time flat. And.....I would be a very unhappy camper. Our school lunches were awful!

Why bother with this nickel and dime stuff. Just shut down all the grocery stores and declare that all peasants must eat at government run soup kitches. After all, we r alll two stoopid to no wat we shud eet.

I homeschool my youngest kids and two older ones go to the local public high school. I'm lucky to live in a relatively sane state with regards to public school, but since my two older kids started school, they come home starving and scarf down everything they can get their hands on.
Now their grades are suffering because they can't think of anything but food, their bellies are growing along with my grocery bill, and they've already caught two colds this season from a depressed immune system.
There's always issues with public school...but this is the worst so far, and I've a feeling it's going to go downhill from here.
I hate meddling.

They Department of Agriculture has already usurped the authority to tell farmers what they can produce and how much of it. I expect it to become more difficult to buy "unhealthy" foods simply because the feds will make sure it's not available or ridiculously expensive.

two issues:

1. The government now determines what you should eat, what you get in healthcare, what a religious institution is and what free speech is.

2. If they really wanted to improve peoples eating habits they would restrict the use of food stamps to buy hohos, chips sodas and the like

When they start to use it at all state dinners I'll consider it.

I'm no fan of the ACLU but, like a stopped clock, they do get it right some times:

http://www.aclu.org/ordering-pizza