Ben and Michelle...
Coming for the Cookies!
Healthy Hunger-free Kids Act
December 2010, Lame Duck Session: Ben Chandler threw in with Michelle Obama to pass the "Bake Sale-Ban."
Actually, brownies and other goodies aren't completely banned.
Bake sales may be allowed, but only with permission from the Secretary of Agriculture.
By new federal law, it doesn't matter what YOU permit your children to eat while at school.
The Secretary of Agriculture will now make those choices for you.
Michelle Obama explains that "we can't leave it up to the parents."
Or to local school boards either, for that matter.
Ben, anxious to indulge Michelle's desire to make other people live a restricted lifestyle, used his vote to turn her whims into federal law.
Meanwhile...
Michelle chows down on whatever her heart desires!
You get to pick up the tab.
Comfort Food is under attack!
May 5, 2011 The simple white potato is the lastest food item to be thrown under the big regulatory bus. The Dept. of Agriculture is proposing that spuds be severly limited on federally subsidized school menus.
Potato growers and marketers are reduced to having to sell spuds as a "gateway vegetable" that could lead to broccoli. Surreal, isn't it!
Okay, so here's the real skinny on the food situation...
The May 5 edition of the Harrodsburg Herald spelled it out plainly: Spuds, corn, peas, even LIMA BEANS are now considered dangerous substances. Schools may serve only 1 cup per child PER WEEK of these starchy foods.
An interview with the head Lunch Lady revealed the following:
Foods now served frequently will almost never be served under the new requirements. "We may use two half cup servings a week to give the kids fries. We'll probably never have corn because of the limits on starch."
(Note: Here's a great example of good ol' government central planning. Take the corn away from the kids so we have more to burn in our gas tanks...why eat corn when you can ignite it?)
The school can still serve chicken nuggets, but the breading has to be whole grain, or the nuggets must be made from soy. As for milk, only skim or 1 percent!
The new mandates require each student to take a fruit and veggie whether they want them or not, which will increase waste since the foods that aren't eaten will be thrown away.
Ms. Lunch Lady is worried that "if the kids don't like the new items, they will quit eating school lunches and start packing their lunches."
There you have it: Government subsidies creating healthier trash cans; and modern kids becoming acquainted with the joys of brown-bagging it!
"No Child's Fat Behind"
A Musical Look at Our Official Gub'ment Plate!!!!
Michelle Obama Wants to Know What's On Your Plate
"When it comes to eating, what's more useful than a plate?"
Eat Properly With MyPlate....Or Else!
Michelle and the handy-dandy federal food police came up with a new concept to help us all eat properly. It's called MyPlate, and here it is:
There have been a few suggestions, however, from others as to the contents of MyPlate:
And from Ted Nugent, a rock star and avid hunter, comes a suggestion tailor-made for the men in the room:
So there you have it: a MyPlate for everyone...each approved by, ummm, somebody.
Hat tip: Michelle Obama's Mirror blog