[Innovative]

And it's the government's job to tell what our kids what they should eat and hand it out to them. (/sarc)

Pretty soon the government will tell all of us what we can eat and we will only be allowed to eat what they tell us...

[madprof98]

Where did this come from? I thought there wasn’t supposed to be any legislation getting through until the tax bill was voted on.

[InvisibleChurch]

Yes, elementary school aged kids are high in cholesterol. They are much more protein-y as they mature.

[massgopguy]

Okay, when will they make it illegal for fast food restaurants, pizza joints or sandwich shops to open up within 1,000 feet of a high school? Because my alma mata is right in the middle of Malden square.

[a fool in paradise]

"Right now across the country too many kids don't have access to school meals."

Bullstalin. Breakfast was added and some schools now must provide free meals even in the summertime when there is no school offered.

[bgill]

School lunches will only consist of a slimey mound of soylent green.

[FourPeas]

by giving the federal government more authority

Oh goodie. I was beginning to worry that the fed didn't have its grubby little fingers in enough of our lives already.

[Innovative]

Link to the full text of the 256 page bill: HR 5504

http://www.schoolnutrition.org/uploadedFiles/School_Nutrition/16_LegislativeAction/HR%205504.pdf?n=6104

[roses of sharon]

“Congratulations to First Lady Michelle Obama, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and to the bi-partisan support in the Congress to pass the Healthy, Hunger Free Children Act. By passing a bill that addresses the nutritional quality of school lunches, an important step is being taken to give children choices that will make them healthier and more productive.”

-Mike Huckabee, Governor of Arkansas 1996-2007

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

I once saw healthy snack machines in a school. Hardly anybody ever used them and they were a financial failure. They eventually got rid of them and the “geniuses” who knew what was best for everybody were never held accountable for the waste. This was back in the 70s and I've heard of many others getting the same end result in passing years.

[chris_bdba]

HMMM isn’t this interfering in private enterprise by over ruling the parents and thevendors choices? When did the governemnet get that kind of power? OTOH all it will take is a few parents to tell their kids that Obama is the one who took away the Twinkies and we have another generation of Conservatives.LOL

[1010RD]

Well they gave us childhood obesity with the Food Pyramid.

Let’s give them another change, Okay?

[silverleaf]

in the coming year, will we the taxpayers will see the hefty mrs O and her chubby daughter Sasha sampling vegetables on every family vacation, instead of being featured shoveling ice cream down their gullets?

Enquiring minds want to know

[paulycy]

[Fred]

The 12 Days of Winter by the NEA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_zasAMvuy18

[noinfringers2]

Be aware! Anything and everything you think you own belongs to the ‘ government’. Our Nation has been going that way for years and like cooking the frog we are where we are. Think about it . Do you really own your home when some level of government can tell you how much you you can afford to pay and/or say pay me or we i.e. government will take it. Think about it. Do you really own your vehicle when the governments can tax you for having it. Now think about this food law. Do you really own your child or are you just a caretaker for whatever the government decides is best for your child. All these features and more of government have become rooted in our social fabric because like the frog we were made to feel so comfortable; but be aware of what is actually yours and what is actually the government’s by virtue of control.

[noinfringers2]

Be aware! Anything and everything you think you own belongs to the ‘ government’. Our Nation has been going that way for years and like cooking the frog we are where we are. Think about it . Do you really own your home when some level of government can tell you how much you you can afford to pay and/or say pay me or we i.e. government will take it. Think about it. Do you really own your vehicle when the governments can tax you for having it. Now think about this food law. Do you really own your child or are you just a caretaker for whatever the government decides is best for your child. All these features and more of government have become rooted in our social fabric because like the frog we were made to feel so comfortable; but be aware of what is actually yours and what is actually the government’s by virtue of control.

[tnlibertarian]

our kids the healthy futures they deserve

By 'our', I assume you are talking to Michelle and are referring to your two daughters. My kids are just that, mine. Not 'ours', and I will feed them exactly what I want. At least, as long as I still have the money to do so after feeding everyone else's, too.

[devistate one four]

More unconstitutional bs.

“promote the general wellfare”
dosen’t mean provide for the general wellfare
Maybe the department of education should start educating the idiots we have elected.

[married21]

They can introduce healthy food, but they can’t make it”cool” to eat it because it’s good for you. Perhaps they should instead hand out a few vouchers for cool clothes stores just for kids whose weight and strength is proportional to age/height.

Nah, that would be competitive, and they would have to exert effort to get fitter. What was I thinking?

[Brown Deer]