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Obama gut-busting inauguration lunch menu tops 3,000 calories
Washington Times ^ | 01/21/2013 | Stephen Dinan

Posted on 01/21/2013 12:04:10 PM PST by SeekAndFind

The ceremonial lunch President Obama and his former congressional colleagues are eating Monday tops out at 3,000 calories, according to a website that has tallied up the luxurious menu of lobster, bison and apple pie. HealthyFoodRecipe.net posted the full menu, complete with its calorie count, and said it was “unsatisfactory” to see such an unhealthy spread, given first lady Michelle Obama’s push for healthier eating.

She has come under fire for the high-calorie counts of some of the state dinners she’s hosted at the White House, but other nutritionists have given her a pass, saying indulging on special occasions is perfectly fine. Inaugurations, which come every four years, are about as special as occasions get.

The first course is lobster tails in a New England clam chowder sauce. The second course is bison with a red potato horseradish cake. The dessert is apple pie with sour cream ice cream.

The chef preparing all of this is Shannon Shaffer, who also prepared the 2009 luncheon.

The menu was determined by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugurual Ceremonies, which is chaired by Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat. Mr. Schumer’s home town of New York already requires all fast-food chains to post calorie counts.

And soon the rest of the country will have to follow suit. Mr. Obama’s health law includes that same requirement.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: calories; inauguration; lunch; obama
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1 posted on 01/21/2013 12:04:19 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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2 posted on 01/21/2013 12:08:32 PM PST by Diogenesis (Vi veri veniversum vivus vici)
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3 posted on 01/21/2013 12:08:46 PM PST by Hoodat ("As for God, His way is perfect" - Psalm 18:30)
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I like her hair hat. It would look better however if the bangs were a foot longer.

It would be so ironic if it was made from the hair of starving African children.


4 posted on 01/21/2013 12:09:59 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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Hair Hat


5 posted on 01/21/2013 12:11:48 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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Michelle said she wasn’t hungry, but this is what she ate.

A dozen raw potato slaw, chicken and a roast,
Apple sass, asperagas, soft shelled crabs on toast,
Two big stew, crackers too. Her appetite was immense.
When she asked for pie, I thought I’d die, for I had but fifty cents


6 posted on 01/21/2013 12:15:37 PM PST by DManA
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3,000 calories..my goodness Bloomberg must have had a coronary when he heard that number..oh wait..NOW I remember the liberal rule, its OK for THEM, not OK for US


7 posted on 01/21/2013 12:16:54 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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In this instance, for once I don’t mind their hypocrisy one bit. In fact, I think we should all encourage them to eat lots of food full of saturated fat and refined sugar and salt, drink as much liquor as they can before sharing their venereal diseases, and smoke tobacco like it was going out of style. Give an extra big portion of salt to Mayor Bloomberg, because he really likes his food extra salty.

And to make up for all of that, they should take lots of diet drugs, along with all their usual recreational narcotics, burning off all those extra pounds with potent amphetamines, washed down with expensive whiskey.

Yes, and while doing so they continue to spout sanctimoniously about how important it is for others to eat a healthy diet, etc.


8 posted on 01/21/2013 12:19:08 PM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Best WoT news at rantburg.com)
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Maybe Moochelle will roll over in her sleep and crush him.


9 posted on 01/21/2013 12:22:23 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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Trash everywhere on Capitol Grounds following inauguration
10 posted on 01/21/2013 12:23:21 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper (Better safe than sorry.)
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Knock it off!!.....they’re special.:^]


11 posted on 01/21/2013 12:23:58 PM PST by wesagain (The God (Elohim) of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is the One True GOD.)
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Yeah, it’s OK for them, because they’re superior enough to only do it once in a while. The poor slobs out here in the rest of the country, though, shouldn’t be allowed to do it, whatever it is, because if they were allowed, they’d do it all the time.


12 posted on 01/21/2013 12:26:34 PM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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Before the citizens consider Michelle to be the final word on healthy eating, maybe she should take a look in the mirrow...from behind.

13 posted on 01/21/2013 12:26:34 PM PST by econjack (Some people are as dumb as soup.)
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14 posted on 01/21/2013 12:28:05 PM PST by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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The first course is lobster tails in a New England clam chowder sauce.

Isn't that an ancient Cherokee recipe?

No, wait... that was crab in a tomato mayonnaise dressing.

-PJ

15 posted on 01/21/2013 12:31:25 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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If it wasn’t for hypocrisy, what would liberals have left..nothing..its all they know..they can have guns, we can’t..they can eat fatty foods, we can’t..its the progressive mindset, its OK as long as you are one of them, otherwise its not allowed


16 posted on 01/21/2013 12:32:16 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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I hope they all eat until they burst.


17 posted on 01/21/2013 12:33:27 PM PST by Venturer
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Calling it “hypocrisy” is giving them the benefit of the doubt for having good intentions, and accepting at face value what they say their goals are.

Time to stop that. Long past time to stop that.

Time to start pointing out what the real goals are that they won’t admit. Elitist domination. That is their goal, and when you look at their actions in light of this goal, they’re not “hypocrites” at all.

They are entirely consistent, and malevolent.


18 posted on 01/21/2013 12:36:51 PM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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I do believe Gordon Ramsay would kick your a*s if you served him bison and lobster together.


19 posted on 01/21/2013 12:38:55 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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All those poor slobs outside, standing in the cold DC January weather. And these bastards head indoors for a leisurely luxury lunch and toasts.

Everyone waiting for the parade, and the aristocracy vanishes for lunch


20 posted on 01/21/2013 12:41:12 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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