AP: Hold the brownies! Michelle Obama's Food Bill could limit bake sales

[Soul Crusher]

That's because everyone knows they shot their wad w the stim bill and have nothing left.

[240 is Back]

Should be a decision between the schools and the parents. Funny how quickly things get done when people rally together. Imagine if one parent took some time to actually round up forces to get their school district to change the food it sells.

this can't happen when the school district makes the decision for all 190 schools at the same time, based upon financials. 

it's not like they can have a PTA meeting and let the parents vote.  It's a corporate decision between very large districts and junk food companies. 



And the advertising... that's another thing.... Chips Ahoy ads on school buses.  WTF?

[Soul Crusher]

240 - do you still consider yourself a libertarian?

[240 is Back]

240 - do you still consider yourself a libertarian?

of course I do.  I also consider myself able to recognize when you attack me instead of "refudiating" my point

Kids aren't smart enough to make their own nutritional decisions.  Do you agree/disagree?

[Soul Crusher]

So you prefer michelle obama deciding these things foer you?

[240 is Back]

So you prefer michelle obama deciding these things foer you?

If the greedy ass school district boards are going to give themselves double salaries (yes, they can do that in FL, collecting their pension while continuting working) and other financial abuses---

and govt intervention won't allow them to continue exploiting students for their own financial benefit---

and said intervention will cost you and me FAR LESS in the future from diabetic 28 year old sloths...

Then yes, i'm okay with the govt telling the schools they can't get in bed with Pepsi and Frito lay


IMO, you are very wise in some areas man... but this particular topic is one that i have direct experience in - and IMO anything that limits the school districts from selling out kids (allowing them choice so they can get paid) if a very good thing.   I'd be happy if local mayors were stopping 11 year olds form being able to buy ten mountain dews a day... but if they won't do it, i'm okay with federal level govt doing it.

[Option D]

I am natural and bench 315 x 10 flat, 425 max, 315 x 7 incline, and own you in any lift. 

any pics of you?

[Soul Crusher]

The kids will only hog out after school. 

[Soul Crusher]

I already posted them.  Ill post the dieted down one w ronnie coleman for long ago later this week.  In person ronnie is ridiculous!   

[Option D]

I already posted them.  Ill post the dieted down one w ronnie coleman for long ago later this week.  In person ronnie is ridiculous!   
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link post please

[Soul Crusher]

I have a regular photo I have to take a picture of.  This was awhile ago but ronnie was a massive beast.  I was about 185 and look like a shrimp compared to him.

[240 is Back]

if the kids hog after school - it's under the parents' watchful eye.

at school, parents sure can't tell the teacher "you keep my 1st grader away from the cookie line".  And you can't trust a little kid to know what to do, or follow rules.  I mean, a cookie looks good, and a 1st grader has about as much self-control as a poodle.

[Soul Crusher]

Why don't we spent this amount of time focusing on what these kids are or are not learning in the classroom vs their abusing the teachers, getting preggo, pissing in the hallways, etc? 

[240 is Back]

wiat, i thought you wanted the govt to stay out of curriculum? 

[Soul Crusher]

You know damn well what I meant.

[240 is Back]

yeah, but i would rather the govt do a widespread act to prevent districts from selling out to junk food companies - at the expense of the health of an entire generation - than attempt to mandate curriculum which is legitimately managed more effectively at the state level.

[Soul Crusher]

And when this program fails.  Then what? 

[240 is Back]

And when this program fails.  Then what? 

and when a meteor ruins the whole earth, so what?

maybe it'll fail, maybe not.  if it means 1% fewer kids in america are eating shit (and handing you and me the healthcare costs), i'm down with it

[Soul Crusher]

Its all ok so long as its for the "children" right? 

[240 is Back]

i dont care about all that.

I care about the brutal healthcare costs I will have to absorb because 40 million d-bags grow up on 40 tsp of sugar a day

[Soul Crusher]

yeah, but i would rather the govt do a widespread act to prevent districts from selling out to junk food companies - at the expense of the health of an entire generation - than attempt to mandate curriculum which is legitimately managed more effectively at the state level.

 

[Parker]

Hell yes.   Cause I remember high school very well.  My first high school - a private catholic school - only had fairly healthy choices.  The worst we could possibly eat for lunch was dries.  no soda, no candy.

Then, my second high school was, of course, a public high school.  And everyone at my table would eat a bag of chips, 2 cookies, and a can of hawaiian punch every day.


So yeah, in the same way you'd never let a 1-year old choose if he wanted baby formula or chocolate milk all day... students just don't have the thought processes to do what is best for their bodies.


Adults - piss off.  let them eat whatever they want.  but allowing kids to eat shit all day, nope.  You multiply that times 40 million students and we have a major health crisis that you and I have to pay for, remember?    Remember it's self-serving that this whole generation doesn't grow up fat and diabetic.

My high school had a food court like in the mall...so you know what the kids ate...meatball subs, Chic-Fil-Aish nuggets, subs the size of a compact car...

But, something needs to give...the majority of parents don't regulate OR set good examples of good eating habits, we are a TRULY OBESE country...partly because we believe more is better, and the other part because we are a lazy nation...

[George Whorewell]

You guys are being unfair. Bake sales are the reason why this country is fat. This bill will encourage "Steamed Vegetable Drives" and increase life expectancy by over 34% in ways that are impossible to verify.

[240 is Back]

My high school had a food court like in the mall...so you know what the kids ate...meatball subs, Chic-Fil-Aish nuggets, subs the size of a compact car...

But, something needs to give...the majority of parents don't regulate OR set good examples of good eating habits, we are a TRULY OBESE country...partly because we believe more is better, and the other part because we are a lazy nation...

my public school was a little poorer.  you either got school lunch pizza/chik nuggets...

Or you went to the vending machines or snack booth - and got 3 for $1 chocolate chip cookies, a few bags of chips, and sugary drinks.

you are totally right - the majority of parents do'nt set good examples for a skill that is essential for a healthy life.  Imagine if ppl were complaining "the schools have no right to teach our kids to read - that is the paren'ts job!"

Remember you learn two sets of skills in school - and each state lists them.  The first is the academic, and the second is the functional life skills.  They're called Goal 3 standards in FL (at least they used to be).  the skills for academia were the sunshine states standards (math, lang arts, and other subjects). 

[Soul Crusher]

240  - this article is about bake sales and fundraisers, not the lunch counter.