I hope Obama forces them to eat Wheat Grass, Tofu, and all the cooked carrots and sweet potatoes the little rug rodents can handle. I hope they learn that this crap was forced onto them by Democrats. Instant conservative revolution.

Students to see healthier school lunches under new USDA rules

Wow, that really sucks.

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Yep,

And can you see kids eating sweet potato fries instead of the real thing? I see alot of kids not eating lunch like they did in California. They actually had to bring the good stuff back...

#3 | Posted by boaz

I think giving kids the food they want is akin to giving death row criminals their last meal. It school for Christ sake. They have a whole life to be nagged about every bad habit they have. Let them have a burger it's the least we can do.

Millions of schoolchildren in the United States will see more fruit and vegetables and less fat on their lunch plates under new U.S. Department of Agriculture standards unveiled Wednesday aimed at improving child nutrition and reducing childhood obesity.

OMG THE HORROR!!! THE UNMITIGATED GALL!!!! OH JESUS SAVE US!!!!!!!

IF THERE WERE ONLY A PLACE WHERE KIDS COULD BE TAUGHT SOMETHING LIKE GOOD EATING HABITS!

Sooo this is a thread in which RWingers advocate feeding our kids garbage as a matter of policy? fish patties pizza and fries? We're fucked.

Kids, this is what happens when you eat all our vegetables, you turn into an bitter, angry, delusional lib like say BruceBanner

He may live longer but he can figure out why it's worth living in such an unfair world.

6 | Posted by truthhurts at 2012-01-25 04:44 PM | Reply | Flag: Please control all aspects of my life, I can't cope!

Sooo this is a thread in which RWingers advocate feeding our kids garbage as a matter of policy? fish patties pizza and fries? We're fucked.

See also: "Hurr Durr!!1 Moochelle Obama is fat, ugly hates America and is History's Greatest Monster (TM)!!1!ELEVENTY!11!"

That's always fun.

Kids, this is what happens when you eat all our vegetables, you turn into an bitter, angry, delusional lib like say BruceBanner

He may live longer but he can figure out why it's worth living in such an unfair world.

#8 | Posted by paneocon at 2012-01-25 04:53 PM | Reply | Flag:

"Sooo this is a thread in which RWingers advocate feeding our kids garbage as a matter of policy? fish patties pizza and fries? We're fucked."

WTF... I thought we wanted to starve them. But making them eat only healthy food can only make then grow up to be repubs

Still,

Its going to be a big waste of money. It's only going to lead to an underground market of food the kids actually want to eat. Even in the Cali test, the kids actually were starving themselves rather than eat the nasty food the libs wanted them to eat!

To support the changes, schools will receive another 6 cents per meal in federal funding, and the overall cost of implementing the new requirements is projected at $3.2 billion.

Now I could have SWORN the lefties on this place were so wanting to eliminate Ag subsidies.

and here they are waving the pom poms for yet another one.

LOL

the fruit and produce growers thank you very MUCH!!!!

I don't know what it is like now. When I went to school, we had the option of bringing our own lunch.

This is actually a good example of why there is such an argument to eliminate the dept of education at the federal level.

there is no reason why the federal govt needs to write legislation to direct what is appropriate for school lunches when states, and local school districts can figure this out all on their own.

seriously? how in the fuck is is possible anybody can be convinced this is necessary? in 2012? we don't know what is healthy?

no, this is all about creating an additional $3.2 billion in spending.

Some people have a stiff drink after a long day and some of us just poke liberals with sticks. I know it's wrong but it's soooo much fun to watch them get all up in our faces about the least little thing.

"...and some of us just poke liberals with sticks."

What a pathetic existence.

But, whatever floats yer turds...

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#18

When all semblance of cognitive thought is absent you have to make sure they are still alive. Poking them with sticks is just our little test, our service to the community. After all, we would not want dead hippies and drug OD bodies stinking up the streets.

#17 and #19 - the conservative elite strike again. stay classy gentlemen.

This is actually a good example of why there is such an argument to eliminate the dept of education at the federal level.

You do know that the Dept of Education did not set this rule?

This is actually a good example of why there is such an argument to eliminate the dept of education at the federal level.

You do know that the Dept of Education did not set this rule?

#20 | Posted by 726

quite obviously not

#17 and #19 - the conservative elite strike again. stay classy gentlemen.

#19 | POSTED BY BRUCEBANNER

Piece of cake Brucie, you should try it sometime.

-You do know that the Dept of Education did not set this rule?

good point. my bad. Geez, and I even read the article.

But how can the USDA put forth such an initiative without the consent and cooperation of the Dept of Education? They must agree with this but the $$$ are just being provided by the USDA.

But my point is that it is insane for the Fed govt to tell a local school what is nutritious.

If public schools are that fucking inept, then perhaps they deserve the criticism they get around here......

I think giving kids the food they want is akin to giving death row criminals their last meal. It school for Christ sake. They have a whole life to be nagged about every bad habit they have. Let them have a burger it's the least we can do.

#4 | Posted by paneocon

They also should be given packs of cigs for Christ sakes you know like the last smoke before a firing squad!

But my point is that it is insane for the Fed govt to tell a local school what is nutritious.

Not if they are providing the meals. If you don't want your child eating healthy, pack them a sammich and send it with them.

If public schools are that fucking inept

So your argument is public schools are fucking inept but the government is wrong to try to improve them.

Was the government to prescribe to us our medicine and diet, our bodies would be in such keeping as our souls are now.
-Thomas Jefferson

Nothing is new.

Not if they are providing the meals. If you don't want your child eating healthy, pack them a sammich and send it with them.

Agreed.

But what if the school district bans parents from packing their child's lunch - that state-provided lunch is mandatory?

It has recently happened.

How you can you bitch about sweet potato fries? Those things are great!! WAY better than regular fries.

How you can you bitch about sweet potato fries? Those things are great!! WAY better than regular fries.

That's an opinion...

ah, yes, but I'm allowed those. of course, I prefer them with some cinnamon, brown sugar and butter, which I sure will NOT be made available at the schools.

Personally I hate sweet potato fried, baked, roasted or other wise and they don't make enough brown sugar to change mine mind. The point here is that this White House will not fry anything other than the constitution and the federal budget. These kids will have to eat yellow mush and they will like it!

How you can you bitch about sweet potato fries? Those things are great!! WAY better than regular fries.

That's an opinion...

#29 | Posted by boaz

Agree with you there boaz, I like sweet potatos but dont care for them as fries.....to each their own.

Sweet Potato Fries are NOT fries! They are more vegan faux-food crap that pretends to be "just as good as the real thing!"

Umm Boaz, you may not be aware of it, but other than private schools, many of which also get gummint money, schools ARE gummint institutions.

What's your next panic-gummint decides what Army wears?

"But what if the school district bans parents from packing their child's lunch - that state-provided lunch is mandatory?"

That would indeed be fucked up. But providing healthy food is not. Do you people understand that nutrition and cognition are connected?

Sweet Potato Fries are NOT fries! They are more vegan faux-food crap that pretends to be "just as good as the real thing!"

#33 | POSTED BY KANREI

NO! I totally disagree. When I lived in Jacksonville, FL, sweet potato fries were the "fry of choice" at most of the BBQ joints and fish camps. You can't even USE the word vegan if you're scarfing down a rack o' ribs or a platter of fried gator tail...with sweet potato fries on the side and a cold beer nearby.

Exercise and physical competition are more important than what you eat.
Physical competition lets you judge how you are doing against a peer,
if you want to win you will figure out how to eat better. Thinking IS a
physical competition. jmho

"...and some of us just poke liberals with sticks."

What a pathetic existence.

#17 | Posted by Dave

It is, isn't it? But it does take all kinds to make this world the rich tapestry of experience that it is. That is why there are the Dick People, so we can learn from them how not to be.

Thanks for the larnin', Dick People! 'Prishiates it!

why the fuck are schools feeding kids in the first place? the parents should be making lunches, or, as we do, making sure the kids are making good lunches for themselves. if they don't or consistently give them crap, intervene on the parent level with CPS. kids looking to schools rather than parents teaches kids it's ok to abdicate basic parental responsibility to the states. fucking stupid. pretty soon teachers are gonna have to wipe students' asses after they take a dump too.

shit, our kids know how to pack a nutritious lunch, do their own laundry, iron their own clothes, clean up their room, floss and brush their teeth, and can take of basic responsibilities like getting mail and going to the bank in a business. i hope when they go to college their roommates aren't a bunch of tards waiting for the school lunch program to ensure they don't go hungry or get obese. god help us.

For some kids, Somoco, school is the only real meal (yes, I'm aware of the odd meaning of that term) they get. Sometimes this is 'cause of poverty or disability; sometimes it's because of laziness. Not everyone is as able or as willing as you and your wife. We too pack lunches for our kids every day, and as they get older, I expect we will show them how to do it for themselves.

As for wiping, don't even get me started on the reality of kids going to school without being potty-trained. (Yes, you read that right. Fucking horrifying.)

#41 i get it, but what is the solution? if you put that on teachers or schools, you're cutting the parent from the responsibility loop -- then that becomes ingrained in society. is that the society we want? if the kids suffer because the parents are inept, sick, disabled, or poor, then address it with the parents. if they don't or can't straighten it out, they should be responsible for the kid. the way it's going, though, we are teaching dependency, and putting more work/strain/expense on the schools and teachers - not to mention impossible expectations...

what i meant to say, is if the parent can't do the basics for their kids, and subsequent to intervention still can't do it, then they ought to lose their kids.

You're a conservative, aren't you? Any measures of "addressing it with the parents" would, I imagine, lead to a greater government role in parenting. I agree that there's a problem here, but taking away the food will damage the kids. How do we address it with parents? And if you figure that out, could you also address lack of support for education (their children's needs: place to work, encouragement, no distractions) and general parenting?

i dunno. if a parent is told that they are expected to send their kids to school with lunch as it is not provided by the school, they'll do it. we didn't have a lunch program and I didn't starve. they'll comply when they figure out that if they don't, their kid will starve and they'll lose the kid and go to jail.

i don't feed our animals because they are our kids' responsibility. they know if they don't feed them, they will die because i won't. we have yet to have an animal die of starvation and i have yet to feed them. if the kids thought for a second that i'd feed them if they didn't, there's a decent chance they wouldn't get fed.

...by the kids.

We need the government in our schools as much as possible. Without government intervention, conservatives would turn schools into religious brainwashing camps. No science taught, and prayers for every class.

#47 NOT TRUE! we'd just do that in the ghetto areas, for the opium effect...

45--So either we put legal consequences on the parents or we let kids go hungry. There has to be intervention. For some kids, school is where they get nutrition. It's a big deal, really, or so we have are given to understand. I share your frustration, to a degree, but I think you're oversimplifying and being overly hopeful. And btw, nutrition is a real issue in our country. We would be healthier if we all exercised more (me included), ate more balanced meals, and didn't overindulge. Now excuse me while I go get a drink and a bag of popcorn. : )

FF for 48.

^^^^^^^^^^

you may well be right. it makes me hella sad though. there has been a huge change in how kids are raised and are educated, and something doesn't seem quite right.

Agreed, Somoco. But then, I knew kids when I was in HS who relied on such avenues for food as well. So who knows what the stats would tell us. I myself was on free lunch, but that was 'cause it was cheaper not 'cause my parents didn't know how or couldn't be bothered. I knew kids who were much, much worse off than I. My own son (7) isn't interested in the "hot food"--he doesn't like what they offer. My wife packs really healthy lunches, with the occasional cookie or two tossed in.