Comments on: Statism in a nutshell

By: Mike Devx

Mike Devx — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 06:19:17 +0000

For the first time in her adult life, Michelle Obama is proud of her cucumber.

Yes, I know, that is wrong on so many levels.

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 21:04:51 +0000

Martial arts are a great social activity for young kids.

I would recommend against attending ATA TKD schools or other schools that have a contract system or a black belt mass production philosophy. They are too commercialized for a long term time investment to be worth it.

By: David Foster

David Foster — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:38:26 +0000

A lot of liberal policies eventually come down to forms of collective punishment. Several years ago, I read a horrifying story about a housing project that was being plagued by vicious dogs owned by drug dealers. So instead of getting rid of the drug dealers, the administrators adopted a “no dogs” policy for all residents. And in the name of customer service, they provided a phone number that people could call to have their pets picked up and killed.

A perfect encapsulation of the casual cruelty of bureaucratic liberalism.

By: suek

suek — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 19:27:30 +0000

>>And a sign of a girl liking a guy is making him a home cooked meal from her, putting it in a box set, and giving it to him to eat at lunch break at school.>>

Hey…they used to do that in the old USA!! In fact, it was called a box lunch picnic, and was a way of raising money for churches, usually. The guys bid on the box lunches…and of course, there was a way a girl could make sure the guy knew which one was hers – if she wanted him to bid on it.

And I have read somewhere that a man doesn’t marry a woman – and a woman won’t marry a man – if he hasn’t fed her a meal (taken her out to dinner) sometime in their courtship. I don’t know about that one. It was attributed to the primitive need for a mate to provide food…but I could see that going either way. Besides – unless you marry after the second date or so – you have to spend time somewhere somehow, and no matter what you do to pass the time, at some point you have to eat!

>>4) The absolute collapse of physical activities, due to a number of reasons (over-scheduling parents, video games, down-playing of competitive sports, etc.).>>

Badda bing badda boom!! I think we have a winner! Absolutely no question in my mind that 95% of the problem is too much TV and other electronic devices, plus Moms working so no one home to supervise and reluctance to let the kids out to play without supervision, removal of “harmful” toys on playgrounds…in other words, too little physical activity. Kids are _supposed_ to have huge appetites – because they’re _supposed_ to be physically active enough that they burn the energy all off. Cut out the physical activity and you get fat kids.

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:49:41 +0000

I think that our parents have a right to expect that their kids will be served fresh, healthy food that meets high nutritional standards.”
Obama also said that kids should attend public school to “make it better”. So parents don’t need vouchers.

But what does Michelle do? She ends his kids off to private school in DC.

Bunch of hypocrites, as usual.

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:47:35 +0000

Looks like not only will Obama make you work, but Michelle has said she won’t leave it up to the parents. She will make the decisions. You’re just a subordinate.

By: Libby

Libby — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:43:59 +0000

Shirleyelizabeth, I agree that Michelle Obama needs to butt out. This only enables parents to take less responsibility.
I have a friend here in Denver who taught Kindergarten in an inner-city school (she purposely chose this school because she felt there was more potential for her to “do good” than in a wealthier neighborhood). The school provided free breakfast before class to ensure that the kids ate a good breakfast (which a lot of them weren’t getting at home) and could concentrate during class. Well, the parents who couldn’t be bothered to feed their children before sending them to school also couldn’t be bothered to get them to school early to receive a free meal. In fact, a lot of the kids were dropped off at school in their pajamas.
The sad fact is that you have to deal with issues directly: If a child is obese, it needs to be addressed by the parent(s) and the pediatrician. If a child is not well fed and it is affecting their school performance or behavior, the teacher needs to talk to the parents, and get other involved if it is a case of neglect. All of these feel-good programs of showering all students with free food, or implementing restrictive rules on everyone because of a few overweight kids is not only unproductive, it is a power grab.

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:29:13 +0000

Suek, in Japan there are high schools that have cooking clubs. And a sign of a girl liking a guy is making him a home cooked meal from her, putting it in a box set, and giving it to him to eat at lunch break at school.

By: shirleyelizabeth

shirleyelizabeth — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:16:14 +0000

I’m pretty sure the system works that the more responsibility you try to take away, the more drug-addled parents you’ll have.

I would really prefer for Michelle Obama to stay out of my community. I’m very certain we are capable of determining our own needs.

By: Danny Lemieux

Danny Lemieux — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:14:31 +0000

The problem is that childhood obesity really has very little to do with what children are eating, at school or anywhere else. What is more important are these interrelated variables:
1) The frequency with which they eat (ad lib grazing or snacking versus three meals a day on a fixed schedule)
2) The amount they eat (the constant availability of high calorie foods like soda pop, chips, etc.)
3) The very American cultural norm of providing food at every social occasion possible (sports events, movies, cub scout outings, church events, etc.).
4) The absolute collapse of physical activities, due to a number of reasons (over-scheduling parents, video games, down-playing of competitive sports, etc.).

In the end, a calorie is a calorie is a calorie. Obesity is the result of too many calories, not enough burning of calories. It’s really not that hard to grasp.

Michelle Obama can change cschool lunch menu options all she wants. She won’t change a thing, except perhaps to make children and their parents miserable.