Tater Nots: Gov’t Eyes School Lunch Potato Ban
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GLEED, Wash. (AP) — Potato growers are fighting back against efforts to ban or limit potatoes in federal child nutrition programs, arguing the tuber is loaded with potassium and vitamin C and shouldn’t be considered junk food.
One Washington man is so exasperated by the proposals that he’s in the midst of a 60-day, all potato diet to demonstrate that potatoes are nutritious.
“We‘re just really concerned that this is a misconception to the public that potatoes aren’t healthy,” said Chris Voigt, head of the Washington Potato Commission. “The potato isn’t the scourge of the earth. It’s nutrition.”
Healthy food advocates said they’re not anti-potato, but they think children need a greater variety of fruits, vegetables and whole grains to fight a tripling of child obesity rates in the past 30 years.
“The potato is the most common vegetable,” said Diane Pratt-Heavner, spokeswoman for the School Nutrition Association. “My impression is that the goal is to increase the amounts of fruits, vegetables and whole grains. I don’t believe anyone is specifically attacking the potato.”
With that in mind, the Institute of Medicine, the health arm of the National Academy of Sciences, recommended that the U.S. Department of Agriculture stop participants of the federal Women, Infants and Children program, known as WIC, from buying potatoes with federal dollars. The institute also called for the USDA-backed school lunch program to limit use of potatoes.
Under an interim rule, the USDA agreed to bar WIC participants from buying potatoes with their federal dollars. Potatoes are the only vegetable not allowed. Next year, the agency will roll out a final rule on the WIC program, which last year served 9.3 million children and pregnant and breast-feeding women considered at risk for malnutrition.
The WIC program is a supplemental food program, and the determination was made that consumption of white potatoes was already adequate, said Christine Stencel, spokeswoman for the Institute of Medicine.
“The recommendation was made to encourage consumption of other fruits and vegetables,” she said.
Jean Daniel, spokeswoman for USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service, said the WIC program was updated for the first time in 30 years after a study showed more consumption of leafy greens and other veggies was needed.
The USDA is expected to release changes to the federal school lunch program by the end of the year. The program subsidizes lunch and breakfast for nearly 32 million needy kids in most public schools and many private ones, and those schools must follow guidelines on what they serve.
Whatever the USDA decides, potatoes won’t disappear from school lunches, although they might become less common, Daniel said,
“It’s an opportunity to make healthy eating choices as varied as possible, and it‘s a learning lesson for children about how to put a plate together that’s healthy and balanced,” she said.
At Naches Valley Primary School, which sits in the agricultural hub of central Washington, some 7-year-old students weren’t so sure.
“No potatoes?” second-grader Madison Nunley asked incredulously.
“That would be bad.” Chimed in schoolmate Leah Marko, “That would be so not cool. I love tater tots.”
The Institute of Medicine made its school lunch recommendation late last year after determining that standards for the federal lunch program don‘t match up with the government’s own dietary guidelines, calling for lots of fresh fruits and veggies and more whole grains.
This hardly marks the first time that potato growers have felt targeted. Low-carb diets, such as Atkins and South Beach, prompted the U.S. Potato Board to allocate $4.4 million for an 18-month public relations campaign in 2004 to stress the nutrition factor in potatoes.
Growers note that potatoes have more potassium than bananas, and that one serving provides roughly 45 percent of the daily recommended value for vitamin C. They also offer some fiber and other minerals and vitamins.
However, they also are high in carbohydrates — and calories, depending on how they are cooked — which can be a losing combination for couch potatoes.
Voight said he’ll add spices and a bit of cooking oil to his 20-potatoes-per-day diet, but he won’t heap on any butter, sour cream, cheese or any other tasty tidbits.
He acknowledged his all-potato diet was a publicity stunt, but he said only wants to promote the nutritional value of the spud.
“It‘s not like we’re going to increase sales,” he said.
Frank Muir, president and CEO of the Idaho Potato Commission, said it’s wrong to single out potatoes.
“You don’t have to eliminate any food. You just eat everything in proper balance, a variety of colors and focus on fruits and vegetables,” said Muir, whose state leads the nation in potato production. “Obviously, I think potatoes should be the foundation vegetable.”
But Muir isn’t lining up just yet to join Voigt.
“If I didn’t like chocolate chip cookies, I’d probably give it a shot,” he said.
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MinuteSnake
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 8:25amWashington DC is becoming a side show. So they are going after Salt, Sugar, Happy Meals and now the Potato and just this morning on Fox and Friends they showed a school that is now serving dinner to students at a cost of over 5 million dollars and in the video the child had a nice stack of “FRENCH FRIES” on her plate!!! Go Figure.
Report Post »faires
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 6:45pmMinutesnake _Copy and paste__ Washington DC is becoming a side show.___Hear, Hear, and not even worth wasting gas to go see it!!!___A PITIFUL, PITIFUL BUNCH OF WASHINGTON ELITELISTS!!__-FAR AS I‘M CONCERNED THEY’RE ALL FIRED!!!
Report Post »angelcat
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 8:25amPotatoes are a legitimate part of a healthy diet. They don’t have to be fried. They can be baked or boiled or roasted. The problem is that most kids don’t like them that way. What the government doesn’t get (I tuaght and had cafeteria duty for 30 years) is that no matter what the cafeteria serves, if the kids don’t like it, they won’t eat it – even if they are hungry. In fact, they just bring what they want from home(yes, even those on free lunch. Mom and dad find the money when junior complains) or mom or dad brings fast food to lunch for them(you shuld have seen the line waiting for kids to come to lunch to give them their bag of fast food.) The district where I taught really pushed healthy lunches. Few kids touched the salads and, since they could only have fruit for dessert, they brought their own cookies and candy from home. I’ll never forget when suddenly they started being served trail mix with a large helping of prunes mixed in. Not ONE child I saw ate it. Every time it was served the trash can was filled with trail mix.
Report Post »Lonescrapper
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 8:22am“but they think children need a greater variety of fruits, vegetables and whole grain”
So their answer to more variety is to take one of the choices away? That’s quite a leap in logic.
Report Post »Waiting4George
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 10:55amReminds me of the Bill Cosby routine on parenting. The kid wants chocolate cake for breakfast. Not a choice. Kid throws a fit. Bill reasons it’s made with eggs and milk. Kid gets cake. Bill’s wife goes beserk.
Report Post »Proud American in Buffalo
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 12:45pmWhat do you expect from mind numbed marxist, we are more intelligent than you, and we will do whatever it takes. to put you in your place.
I hear the souds of Jackboots in the distance…
Report Post »Ford Prefect
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 8:20amEvery morning you get up and think the silliness will end and every morning you are wrong. Nudge, nudge, nudge ………
Report Post »faires
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 8:15amI‘d like to tell the progressives where to shove they’re bureaucratic IDEAOLOGY and to stay the hell out of our refrigerators at home and at school!!_MY GOD, WE’VE REALLY, REALLY HAD ENOUGH OF THIS CRAP!!_I swere, Washingtons pushing buttons, just to see how much we’ll take, before, we snap!!__-This is a plot to keep our minds off the elections in November!!___REMEMBER NOVEMBER!
Report Post »aesaac
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 8:10amget off your ass, go outside and play. get rid of the junk machines in school, school is not a place for companies to be doing business with students.
Report Post »onesoul
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 8:09amThe idea is:
Put everyone on food stamps then control what groceries you can get with them.
I’m sure the NO list has as many pages as the Obama care bill they passed.
Nudge nudge…
Report Post »Conservative Grinch
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 8:04amI hope that when the evil Republicans take over that the school lunch program is the first thing to go. The children can pack a sandwich and a fruit drink in a brown paper bag or lunch box. We had to! Does anyone remember lunch boxes?
And about child obesity. It is not about what the children eat. I hated cereal. I went through childhood with a steady diet of cookies, cake, pie, and three bottles of soda per day. I did not get fat because I ran and played. Plus, I was always mischievous so I had to be able run to run faster than some Joe that I nailed his car with a snowball. I don’t think parents think it is safe to let their children play outside at night.
Report Post »wingedwolf
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 8:49amIt isn’t safe to let them play outside anymore, at any time without supervision. Fifteen year olds are getting grabbed and thrown into cars, the littler ones are getting grabbed right out of their front yards and don’t have much of a chance to fight off abductors. That being said, your point is well taken. We didn’t much respect the food pyramid either, when we were kids, but we were out on bikes and playing games and swimming, you get the picture. There has to be a compromise between keeping kids safe from their would-be abusers and getting them active and moving.
Report Post »TrueGrit
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 1:45pmWingedWolf…
Just get the kids concealed weapons permits!
just kidding… maybe…
Wolverine
Report Post »Vanessalynn26
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 8:03amwhats next benning red meat just saying
Report Post »overlumber
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 8:02amKeep praying. Keep standing. Keep fighting. We are a long way from “done” with this group of “nut jobs”. What an apt description. Personally, I prefer to call them what they are: satan’s minions. Again, this is an all-out war for AMERICA. Get people to the polls to vote. Carry them there in your own cars. Beg people to vote FOR AMERICA. We are demonstrating in our little community each weekend…9-12ers with signs, balloons….putting our lives right out there. Join us, won’t you? GOD IS COUNTING ON US!
Report Post »Lonewolf2347
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 8:01amMichelle Obama looks like she sure enjoys the french fries!
Report Post »countryboy42
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 11:02amYep. She is starting to look like 10 lbs. of sausage in a 5 lb. casing.
Report Post »NC
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 7:58amBan whatever you want in the school cafeterias, just don’t ban the pizza!
NC (has his tongue stuck in his cheek)
Report Post »Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 7:57amThey can have my potatoes after I’ve passed them.
Report Post »CBMiller72
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 7:56amThe potato kept the Irish alive for a while. It can’t be that bad. As said before it’s all the junk you put on the potato. They go after Mac & Cheese, i’m starting a holy war.
Report Post »Not to mention, who can argue with Vodka. (LOL)
AU Patriot
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 7:52amI am adding 5lb of potatoes to my grocery list today just to protest another absurdity from our government.
Report Post »AU Patriot
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 7:50amPrivate school or homeschooling is sounding more and more appealing.
Report Post »Linda Vigliotti
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 7:47amThey want to limit potatoes what about all the cookies, sugar enhanced cereal. Potatoes are a good starch if cooked correctly meaning not fried in grease. Enough already we all know what is good for us, salads and fruits. Have you seen the price of them lately and that is going up each day. Who can afford to eat 5 helpings daily of fruits and veggies.
Report Post »SummerB
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 8:32amThe only thing that can be negatively said about a potato is it’s high glycemic value, but if you eat only 1 serving a day & combine it with another food of high fiber value, then, there isn’t any problem with eating potatoes. Over the generations there are many peoples who’ve had to eat uncooked potatoes for sustenance, so I say, “Thank God for the potato!” No, I’m not one of those who will ever be thanking the Earth for the potato.
Yes, I’ve seen the price of food lately. The prices have been steadily increasing & are still going up. Very rarely can find any fruits for 99-cents/lb. anymore, rather $1.79 or $1.99/lb. 2 years ago iceburg lettuce used to be 99-cents/head, now it’s $1.99 – 2.49/head & it’s predominantly all water & has no nutritional value. I know all the voluminous foods that should be eaten to provide a healthy diet, but who the heck can afford to eat healthfully. I’d love to be able to buy organic fruits & veggies, but I can’t even afford to buy the daily required servings of the pesticide-treated stuff. With the continuing devaluation of the dollar, the loss of 30% of our domestic food production because of the water being turned off in the San Wakeen Valley & natural occurring weather events, is it any wonder that many people HAVE to eat at fast food restaurants & buy all the cr#p packaged items like mac ‘n cheese for a buck a clip.
Report Post »subflavus
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 8:42amExactly, but that’s all part of the grand plan. After banning affordable foods, the “progessives” will implement price ceilings, which will run more private companies out of business. It’s all very predictable.
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 11:20amThis is the truth and it‘s the real problem with why so many people don’t eat healthy. The obesity problem is overstated using pseudo science and ever moving thresholds, but people are eating less healthy.
It used to be that shopping for your own groceries and preparing your own meals was the most affordable food option. Now the price of fruits and vegetables and unprepared foods has gone through the roof. The fast food industry has responded to the poor economy. They have kept their prices static or even lowered them. That makes them not only the most convenient meal option for a lot of people now but also the most affordable. Somebody can go get a decent meal for two dollars with the fast food chains all having their dollar menus now. And when I say decent I mean it satisfies a hunger not that it’s a healthy meal. There is no way you are getting the same satisfaction of hunger at the same price buying groceries and preparing your own meals. It just isn’t happening.
Report Post »bookhound63
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 7:47amThe potato is a starch, guess what, so are rice and corn. A meal consisting of 1 protein (meat) 1 starch and 2 vegetables is STILL a healthy diet.
Report Post »starman70
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 8:09amObama doesn’t like the food pyramid!
Report Post »DSN397
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 9:58amWhy wouldn’t Obama like the food pyramid, aren’t they found in the food desert?
Report Post »anOpinion
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 7:43amPotatoes are quite healthy; its when you serve them only as French Fries or Potato chips that they aren’t.
For schools that provide lunch for the kids, it would be refreshing to them prepare healthy nutritious meals (potatoes included).
Report Post »jbl8199
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 7:39amthey’re banning potatoes now? They might as well just ban everything and just let the people starve.
Report Post »starman70
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 8:06amAs food prices continue to rise due to the dollar being worth less and less, we probably will.
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 9:23amNo where does it say they are banning potatoes – they just want healthier choices for kids in school – haven’t you noticed – we have fat kids, fat kids have health problems, fat kids can develop diabetes, fat kids can die early – why are you so against teaching good eating habits to kids. It is obvious that the job isn’t getting done at home! http://maboulette.wordpress.com
Report Post »pscully17
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 9:27amyou do realize, stalin and the 15 other communist dictators through history banned food production, straved millions of their own citizens and executed those that rebelled….is ANYBODY paying attention? WAKE UP!!! FOR GOD SAKES, WAke UP!!
Report Post »Waiting4George
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 10:51amDear WalkWithMe1966,
Report Post »Once your bank account and health records are tied together under government control your food purchases will be limited. How do you like government control now?
DJ6ual
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 7:38amCodex Alimentarius?
Report Post »Bronco II
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 7:37amWell these idiots really don‘t know what their talking about a potatoe isn’t FATTENING it’s what you put on it like Butter,Sour Cream whatever but that’s up to me to decide not them and parents start taking back your role as parents did you have children to give them up to the government??????
Report Post »felina g
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 7:33amCheck out the anonymous “Ulsterman Interviews” coming from an insider at the White House. We are in deep doo-doo with bad juju.
http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2010/10/13/wayne-madsen-reports-obama-depressed-schizophrenic/
Report Post »snowleopard3200
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 7:55amMy God, if this is indeed true deep do-do is not just an understatement.
Think on this, if the President is found to be unfit for office and resigns then Biden is next in the line of seccession; however if by some means it can be made to that he is also unfit for the office guess who becomes the President…
Mrs Pelosi, and she will never surrender the power or the position upon obtaining of it.
Felina G, thank you for pointing this article via the link out. It may be the next move by Pelosi or the progressives getting ready for a power grab soon.
http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm (mix art)
Report Post »starman70
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 8:04amObama can’t believe that all the citizens are not falling down and worshipping him like they did during the campaign. Of course the mainstream media still continue to be his lapdogs and worship him. The American people have figured out that they don’t want a dictatorship. They don’t want to be told what to eat and when. This whole administration is about hypocracy!
This is an outstanding link you have provided.It is sad that so many Americans remain in the dark.
Report Post »America_First
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 8:51amFelina G…thanks for the link…lets pray he thinks he’s “SuperTurd” and jumps out a window…Please he takes Michelle with you…That makes me feel warm and fuzzy…
Enjoy the day…
Report Post »cboy1954
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 9:11amWhoa Trigger(the horse). Ya know this may not be true. If ya look at all the pics and listen to all the speeches by Obama, he looks and sounds perfectly sane.
Report Post »SummerB
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 9:40amAs far as this Ulsterman informant — I never trust anyone who answers questions with “I believe.” Either ones knows or doesn’t know & “I believe” means one doesn’t know.
Yes, the President is surely under a lot of stress, & with his inflated ego (most politicians have inflated egos so no surprise here) & genuine passion for what he thinks is right for America (albiet misguided) that he is also very angry & depressed that most of his Transformation of America Agenda will probably not (thankfully for us) be realized &, possibly, all of what he has accomplished will be (hopefully) reversed. What he didn’t count on was Americans waking up & grass-roots organizing. If you attained the Presidency & thought you were going to ‘transform America’ based on your vision & dreams, you, too, like any other human being would be angry & depressed — it’s only a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Not only this, but to be the 1st black president with the very real possibility of not being elected to a 2nd term has to weigh on him.
As far as day to day Presidential tasks: We all have known that they are just mundane distractions for him from his real transformation mission.
It’s absolutely absurd that anyone would think that Obama suffers from schizophrenic. Anyone who believes this or wants to believe this probably should consider becoming a MSNBC viewer for the sheer drama & ridiculousness of it. He’s certainly no paranoid Nixon.
I think that some members of his Admin. are being asked to leave because they are not good fits. I sense that others are leaving because they don’t believe in his agenda; I‘m sure many of them were taken by surprise just like the rest of us when it came to exactly what ’transformation’ meant. And I’m sure others are running for their political lives before they become less marketable; not wise to go down with an unpopular sinking ship. We all know from his sit down with the Repubs on HC & failing to incorporate even “1” of their recommendations in the HC bill shows that he is not open to any input, but, rather, has a unfaulting, closed mind-set concerning his vision.
Report Post »BeckFan1964
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 7:33amServe the potatoes whole and not mashed, fried or reconstituted. Banning food is wrong.
Report Post »jowolo
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 10:28amYou’ll have to pry my mashed taters from my cold dead hands!
Report Post »JonDaMan
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 10:42amIs there nothing that this government cant get their grimy little hands on?
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 11:02amSo now we are putting the potato farmers out of business? All that is in mashed potatos is potato and milk, what is wrong with that?
Report Post »MASHED POTATOS FOREVER!!!
SsgtRock
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 7:32amThis is what happens when you allow buerocrats to control your lives. Once they start they cannot stop. Remember we DO have inalienable rights granted by our creator…
Report Post »gopsnativeson
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 7:45amYes, but Im sure it’s right there in the constitution somewhere that our government can regulate potato consumption Right??
Report Post »snowleopard3200
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 7:51amAgreed, there is a constitutional place for government in our nation…
1. Limited government, kept as small and managable as NEEDED.
2. It answers TO THE PEOPLE.
I have been monitoring different news services about the world lately and am fastly becoming alarmed about events to happen soon…
1. There is no current budget approved by Congress.
2. No decision on the tax cuts due to expire at the end of 2010.
3. Come March 2011 the federal bonds will be coming for renewal or sales
4. Our National Debt ceiling is shortly to be reached.
I had been concerned about the Progressives launching a political coup during the lame-duck session and figure there is still an outside chance for it to happen in some form.
Yet it looks like they are also setting up the national suicide pact at this time, more precisely they already have. By doing nothing, they will do their best to take the whole country down in flames about them however it may be done.
American must stand strong in faith of the Almighty, the times are going to get tough with hard choices to be made – the storm is not coming, it is HERE, on the near horizon, and we still have a small window of time left.
Let us use it wisely dear Lord, and guide us through the night, and the storm unto a better tommorow for which all Americans can achieve.
http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm (mix art)
Report Post »freedom10
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 7:55amWe are all going to be eating more potatoes once Maobama has us standing in the soup lines.
Report Post »Anarcho Capitalist
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 8:01amIf we let them tell us we can have cocaine then why not let them tell us we cant have potatoes? Same issue this just upsets a lot more people. I guess Atlas Shrugged was a prediction, and a good one at that. Every day i hear something in the news about a new brilliant idea coming out of Washington or a state capital and i think to myself ‘wow, where have i read that before?’ whats worse is the consequences written about in Atlas seem to match that of reality.
Report Post »O well, Who is John Galt?
Oh, God!
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 8:12amOne potato, two potato, three potato, SCORE! (one for the government, zero for We The People)
Report Post »TONYR
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 8:29am“Under an interim rule, the USDA agreed to bar WIC participants from buying potatoes with their federal dollars” And just where in the hell do the feds get thier dollars?????????
Report Post »Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 8:57amWait…Our Creator? If that were true surely our President would have mentioned that. I’ve never heard him say such a thing. Are you sure?
Report Post »mexicanhasmyjob
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 9:06amwhats going to happen to all those jobs that the mexicans have? maybe we can retrain them.
Report Post »sickofitall
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 9:23amBeing a descendant of Irish immigrants, I find this to be a racially motivated plot against my potato loving peoples. Don’t see them banning burritos, B-B-Q ribs, or fried chicken.
Report Post »DSN397
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 9:28amOnce again they never pay attention to history. Have they never heard if the potato famine in Ireland?
Report Post »unionrockstar
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 9:29amJust another little detail that everyone will forget
Report Post »One regulation at a time
End Result — Just a little insignificant term called Communism
Pelosis_Nemesis
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 9:43am@sickofitall
well said….well said !
Report Post »Uncle Dave
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 9:53amThis is what happens when someone else pays your bills; they get to choose for you. If you’re on a Government program, the Government will make your choices. PERSONAL RESPONSABILITY … and make your own lunch.
Report Post »2010GOP
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 10:00amIts in the commerce clause, right next to where we are required to pay for healthcare sponsored by the government. I say potato, you say ……
Report Post »what4
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 10:04amGOD has NO PROBLEM with Tater Tots, the ******** are wrong again!
Report Post »Outland9
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 10:49amWE MUST maintain the separation of Spud and State – as listed in the first amendment. So saith the progressives, so must it be.
IF in doubt – the progressives will take this to the bench (court) where they will find a traitorous judge (w/lifetime appointment) who will decree it so.
Report Post »Rogue
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 11:03amThanks for the nudge, Sunstein. We are already a country that barely produces anything as it is, let‘s just put some potato farmers out of work while we’re at it.
Look, we ate all this same food when I was a kid, and obesity rates were not nearly as high. One big difference was we had an hour of PE every day where our teachers made sure every kid in the class was being active and participating in a real physical activity. Nowadays, you can’t force kids to participate, or to do something they aren’t good at – they might get thier feelings hurt. And after school, our parents made us play outside till dinner instead of playing video games or watching TV. It absolutely amazes me that the Government wants to put kids on a restricted diet when all could be remedied by a little more exercise and sound parenting!
Report Post »Bluegill
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 11:06amTip of the iceberg, the liberals have a great imagination when it comes to controlling others and new taxes. The possibilities are endless. Why should I pay for your healthcare if you sky dive, mountain climb, swim in the ocean with sharks eat candy bars, ice cream out of the question. It is an endless path of control and by all means we need plenty of gov’t workers to check up on us.
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 11:33amThis has gone too far. Enough! I don’t want my kids to be malnourished. OK, add more fruits and veggies that’s fine, but I don‘t think that’s what’s going on here. I believe they want a society that is nothing but skin and bones, on the verge of starvation. I think they want to ban potatoes. While it is true that obesity is unhealthy, it is also true that being undernourished is orders of magnitude worse. (for you liberals that’s factors of 10) I’ve listened to a liberal doctor, (Dr Edell), going on 30 years now, and he is constantly cautioning people about these extreme diets that eliminate whole food groups/types completely. He preaches moderation and eating a wide variety of foods. New studies suggest that when we are older, those with a little extra weight will live longer. The point here is liberals don’t even agree on things like this. Who the H are they … Anyway … When you eliminate certain foods, you starve the body of vital nutrients, which affects things like muscle and brain development. Well … there you go, that’s all you need to know about liberals. They’ve starved their brains to the point of being ignorant ;-) I guess that explains everything.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ3OxZhXKQ0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UtmTALMkU4
BTW being part Irish – is this some racial bias against us? ;-)
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Posted on October 20, 2010 at 12:00pmWhen You ban Potatos You die.
Report Post »Just ask the Vikings? You can’t.
They’re dead.
M31Sailor
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 1:59pmMr Potato Head
For Spud Czar
Report Post »SheriS
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 2:58pmI was thinking about having homemade potato soup and a baked potato for dinner. After this garbage, I know I with have them. The woman is obviously an example of compulsive disorder whose children will one day have some serious mental problems because of their mother. I grew up in the country when dinner was a meat, potato of some sort and another vegetable. Mom was a baker so there was always pie or cake or ice cream and cookies for dessert! My “nickname” was Skinny because I was the tallest girl in class and was very thin! I’m still thin and I love my potatoes, fruit, desserts, specially real ice cream. The First Lady is driving me nuts–as a teacher in primary and intermediate grades, twice a day the kids went outside for recess and ran off their energy–they also had gym class everyday! NOT SO TODAY! In the Summer you were outside playing and I only remember a couple of kid who were considered fat! Kids live your lives and ignore this nut!
Report Post »FIRED UP FREE MAN !
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 9:25pmMr. SOROS is an international criminal. Any government official taking money from this monster or those he supports should be brought up on treason charges. Anybody who takes money from this monster has sold his soul and our government to HELL ! GOD BLESS AMERICA AND THE LIGHT OF DAY! For only TRUTH and the light of day is what this country DESERVES. Democrats seemed to have been infected by this DEADLY parasite and his minions. This country will NOT rest until SOROS is in prison orange and handcuffs standing in front of a military tribunal in Guantomino Bay, Cuba
If you have any complaints about Mr. SOROS here are the names and addresses, maybe you can send them a line.
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Report Post »pogo524
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 10:08pmAn inalienable right…to spend your WIC $ on potatoes? I don‘t think you’ll find that in the
Report Post »Constitution. The Dept of Ag is trying to LIMIT potatoes
in school lunches in favor of better nutrition. Don’t
our kids have a right to eat well?
gracentruth
Posted on October 22, 2010 at 3:25pmAmen and Amen. Leave my tater tots and fries (American, French or German or any other kind) alone.
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