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First lady in La. urges more green peas, exercise (Eat your peas!)
AP ^
| November 1, 2011
| CAIN BURDEAU
Posted on 11/01/2011 5:22:48 PM PDT by maggief
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - First lady Michelle Obama led toddlers at a New Orleans daycare center in calisthenics and read them a book about a mouse that eats green peas, bidding to get America's children eating better and exercising more.
Obama stretched, jumped and marched in place before reading to the children who gathered in a classroom with their parents and teachers at the Royal Castle Child Development Center. The center focuses on preschoolers from families with moderate and low incomes.
In June, the first lady announced a new national initiative called "Let's Move," designed to get child care centers to promote healthy eating and exercise habits. She promoted that initiative here after speaking at a fundraiser earlier in the day for the Democratic National Committee in New Orleans.
At the daycare center, the first lady read Denise Fleming's book titled "Lunch," about a mouse that eats vegetables and fruit. During the reading, she asked the children to raise their hands if they liked to eat corn. Many of the children raised their hands, prompting the first lady to declare: "I love corn."
On another page, the mouse eats green peas. "Do you know who likes these?" the first lady said. "President Obama."
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: visualizewhirledpeas
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posted on
11/01/2011 5:22:50 PM PDT
by
maggief
To: maggief
Imagine whirled peas!
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posted on
11/01/2011 5:24:36 PM PDT
by
DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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To: maggief
If you don’t eat your peas, you can’t have any pudding! How can you have any pudding if you don’t eat your peas?!
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posted on
11/01/2011 5:26:02 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Ah, the old Hope-a-Dope.)
To: maggief
I love peas. Put them in a nice health salad surrounded by a ton of mayonnaise, a bunch of bacon and a mountain of shredded cheese and you have a nice healthy salad.
To: Artemis Webb
Creamed peas on mashed potatoes is da bomb.
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posted on
11/01/2011 5:27:03 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Ah, the old Hope-a-Dope.)
To: Jeff Chandler
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posted on
11/01/2011 5:30:00 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Ah, the old Hope-a-Dope.)
To: maggief
I have a suggestion for what Big-a$$ Momma can do with her peas.
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posted on
11/01/2011 5:30:25 PM PDT
by
beethovenfan
(If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
To: Artemis Webb
Dayum, that looks good.
Recipe?
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posted on
11/01/2011 5:32:11 PM PDT
by
maggief
To: maggief
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posted on
11/01/2011 5:34:17 PM PDT
by
nascarnation
(DEFEAT BARAQ 2012 DEPORT BARAQ 2013)
To: nascarnation
Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!
To: twister881
Paraphrasing the late Johnny Cochran....
It the hips are wide, you must deride!
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posted on
11/01/2011 5:50:51 PM PDT
by
nascarnation
(DEFEAT BARAQ 2012 DEPORT BARAQ 2013)
To: beethovenfan
Which First Ladies may actually eat peas, and which one just talks about doing so?
(...and who the heck dresses her!?)
To: maggief
Uuuuuhhhh, where de green peas? /s
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posted on
11/01/2011 5:53:27 PM PDT
by
jennings2004
(Cain: An American.....not an African-American....his priorities resonate with me!)
To: maggief
On another page, the mouse eats green peas. "Do you know who likes these?" the first lady said. "President Obama." I know her mouse of a husband loves Greenpeace...
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posted on
11/01/2011 5:55:30 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(The Mouse that ROR'd)
To: nascarnation
But, but, this is in Africa...don’t want to create a diplomatic snafu with the locals, now do we? /s
Oh, and did you ever see a happier family?
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posted on
11/01/2011 5:55:33 PM PDT
by
jennings2004
(Cain: An American.....not an African-American....his priorities resonate with me!)
To: twister881
Uuuuuhhh, how low can you go?....
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posted on
11/01/2011 5:56:20 PM PDT
by
jennings2004
(Cain: An American.....not an African-American....his priorities resonate with me!)
To: Artemis Webb
You're right. I hate to agree with the Mooch but peas really are good eating and in salads for sure.
To: beethovenfan
Why do we have to hear or see anything this butt ugly and sick minded thing who thinks she is a first lady when she opens her pie hole.
Her face and stupid ideals are everywhere!
I vomit when I see her and her Bozo husband!
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posted on
11/01/2011 6:04:52 PM PDT
by
tiger63
To: maggief
Green peas and Japanese Wagyu Beef ...
And it always goes to her hips and butt.
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posted on
11/01/2011 6:06:15 PM PDT
by
HighlyOpinionated
(I am Roman Catholic, US Citizen, Patriot, TEA Party Alumni, Oath Keeper, Voter, Auburn Fan!)
To: HighlyOpinionated
Just what is with this food nazi of a “Worst Lady”? Leave the children alone...stop abusing them.
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posted on
11/01/2011 6:13:03 PM PDT
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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