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Michelle Obama: The Grinch Who Stole School Lunch

5/20/2014

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PictureIs that real chicken on that sandwich?
I remember growing up and hating to buy lunch at school.  I usually packed my lunch or even sometimes went home for lunch since I lived a mere block away.  Coming back in time for recess before the afternoon bell rang, I vividly remember my fellow students complaining about the daily offering.

In the intervening years between then and now, schools tried to make great strides to come up with something that kids would eat.  And a few items turned out well, so the wastage of food dropped significantly.  But now, thanks to the mighty hand of an ever more powerful government, the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010 kicked in with ever more control and results that are abominable.  The current First Lady, Michelle Obama, interjected herself into the role of Food Czar and things have gone from bad to worse.

According to the new government Food Bible, Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the maximum caloric intake for high school kids in America today is 850 for lunch.  This means that a large strapping football player, expecting to complete his afternoon classes and then participate in heavy duty football drills for hours after school in supposed to be highly energetic on an 850 calorie and usually unappealing lunch.

Take a look at the picture with this article and you will see the typical high school lunch offering.  A supposed grilled chicken sandwich with lettuce on a bun accompanied by cooked carrots, fruit and lowfat milk.  Michelle, are you really kidding me?  Is this what we expect active and growing teenagers to eat to keep them going through the rest of the school day?

When I was a boy in high school and active in sports, I can remember coming home after school and eating a loaf of my mom's home made bread with butter and washing it down with a quart of ice cold milk, this after eating a full plate which, while never great, certainly was far superior to today's menu.  And after eating my "snack", the first statement out of my mouth was, "Mom, will dinner be ready soon?"

Active children need lots of food and lots of calories.  Unless they have some type of physical condition, they burn those calories nearly as quick as they take them in. So caloric intake really isn't a problem but lifestyle, well, that's a much different matter.

Go by the ball fields in your town after school or on the weekends and what do you find?  Sadly, except for the kids who are either self-motivated or have direct parental involvement, you find them empty.  They are home in the air conditioning looking all pasty and white while they exercise their thumbs on video games or surfing the net, previewing the Lord only knows what types of sites if parents aren't observant.

So for dear Michelle, no, the calories aren't the real problem, the problem is inactivity.  And because of the meddling in school lunch plans and administration, many schools are taking a big financial hit when kids refuse to eat the "slop" that is served or they just throw it away.

Thankfully, the House of Representatives has received many requests for exemption from the federal guidelines and a bill is being proposed to give Congress more oversight control.  The sad part is that it shouldn't be the White House or the Congress administering control over what kids eat; it should be the parents.

This is just one little issue exemplifying what we face when parents negate their responsibility and the government steps in to take control.  Really now, has the federal government ever taken charge of, and administered, a program that really worked well?  Excepting our military forces, I don't think so.

It's time for we parents and grandparents to get back in the game and take charge of our children and our destiny.  If not, the Food Police will entwine itself into anotherthe very aspect of our family that used to be quite enjoyable: the family meal.

God save the Republic and have a great day. It's ultimately all up to us and our choices.

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Is The New Domestic Military Force Already Established?

4/25/2014

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Do you remember some of Obama's wannabe statements when he was running for his first term?  Think back and you might remember two that at the time slipped by most people.  The first was near the end of the campaign when he stated, "We are only five days away from fundamentally changing the United States of America".  The second statement involved the need for a domestic military force with all of the weapons and manpower of the Army to keep internal America safe.  Safe from whom and what?

While no one really questioned his statements at the time, today more and more are questioning his actions as his grandiose schemes and plans to fundamentally change the country are taking place.  Most Americans seem shocked and in disbelief, yet day by day we see Obama obliterating the rule of law and the Constitution in favor of a more centralized, more one man rule type of government.  Few, if any, in Washington seem very concerned about it; they talk about it but there is very little action.

His second statement, the one about a domestic military organization, clearly is being drawn up as well and it is in the militarization of elements of many federal agencies and the donation of military style vehicles and weapons to many non-federal police agencies.  Give the locals the "goodies" and they will be on the hook for your edicts and commands.  Everywhere you turn today there are police units in SWAT uniforms, and the more that are created the more they are likely to commit mischief. 

Examples are growing nationwide of raids on homes and businesses with SWAT teams trashing property and in numerous cases innocent people being hurt or even killed.  Some are helpless elderly and in one noted case in Washington, D.C., a mother with her infant in the car was killed in a hail of gunfire after she had stopped her car and sat helpless inside with no weapon in her possession.  This one still needs more investigation although the authorities are doing everything in their power to hush up any talk.

In the past, events like these sparked outrage, yet today they are happening with such frequency that they barely generate a yawn.  As more and more innocents are involved and as the degree of use increases, however, the public is beginning to take notice and they don't like what they see.  The recent Bundy Ranch standoff where the BLM, a land management body, surrounded a rancher with two hundred heavily armed officers supported by helicopters, may be just the thing that has tipped the scales toward common sense.  A legal action that could have been handled with a simple property lien nearly turned into a modern day OK Corral.  Who is calling the shots on this type of behavior and why?

Pay attention, folks, for now that over twenty five agencies have independent SWAT-style units, even agencies with monikers like the IRS, Federal Reserve, Post Office, Agriculture Department, and NOAA becoming more and more like the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (anyone remember Fast and Furious?), there is much to be concerned with.  And with heavily loaded local police tending to shoot first and ask questions later, more and more accidents are likely to happen with no consequence.

America was never designed to operate like this.  This is one of the reasons why the founders decided to break away from British control, because it turns out to be nothing less than unmitigated tyranny.  It is also a good reason why you should never allow anyone to take your legally held guns, for once you no longer have the means of defending yourself and your family you are at the mercy of the heavily armed.  Keep your eyes open, speak up and demand that the New Federal Civilian Army concept be disbanded before you, too, become a victim of its overreach.

God bless America and may she still be saved.



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