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Hold the Brownies! Obama Set to Sign Bill Limiting School Bake Sales

WASHINGTON (AP) — Don’t touch my brownies!

A child nutrition bill on its way to President Barack Obama — and championed by the first lady — gives the government power to limit school bake sales and other fundraisers that health advocates say sometimes replace wholesome meals in the lunchroom.

Republicans, notably Sarah Palin, and public school organizations decry the bill as an unnecessary intrusion on a common practice often used to raise money.

“This could be a real train wreck for school districts,” Lucy Gettman of the National School Boards Association said Friday, a day after the House cleared the bill. “The federal government should not be in the business of regulating this kind of activity at the local level.”

The legislation, part of first lady Michelle Obama’s campaign to stem childhood obesity, provides more meals at school for needy kids, including dinner, and directs the Agriculture Department to write guidelines to make those meals healthier. The legislation would apply to all foods sold in schools during regular class hours, including in the cafeteria line, vending machines and at fundraisers.

It wouldn’t apply to after-hours events or concession stands at sports events.

Public health groups pushed for the language on fundraisers, which encourages the secretary of Agriculture to allow them only if they are infrequent. The language is broad enough that a president’s administration could even ban bake sales, but Secretary Tom Vilsack signaled in a letter to House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller, D-Calif., this week that he does not intend to do that. The USDA has a year to write rules that decide how frequent is infrequent.

Margo Wootan of the Center for Science in the Public Interest says the bill is aimed at curbing daily or weekly bake sales or pizza fundraisers that become a regular part of kids’ lunchtime routines. She says selling junk food can easily be substituted with nonfood fundraisers.

“These fundraisers are happening all the time,” Wootan said. “It’s a pizza sale one day, doughnuts the next… It’s endless. This is really about supporting parental choice. Most parents don’t want their kids to use their lunch money to buy junk food. They expect they’ll use their lunch money to buy a balanced school meal.”

Not all see it that way.

Palin mocked the efforts last month by bringing a plate of cookies to a school speech in Pennsylvania. Rep. John Kline of Minnesota, the senior Republican on the House Education and Labor Committee, said the federal government “has really gone too far” when it is deciding when to hold bake sales.

Some parents say they are perplexed by what the new rules might allow.

In Seminole, Fla., the Seminole High Warhawks Marching Band‘s booster club held a bake sale to help send the band’s 173 members to this year‘s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in New York. One of the bake sale’s specialties: New York-style cheesecake, an homage to the destination they’d pursued for 10 years.

“Limiting bake sales is so narrow-minded,” said Laura Shortway, whose 17-year-old daughter, Mallory, is a drummer in the band. “Having bake sales keeps these fundraisers community based, which is very appealing to the person making the purchase.”

Several school districts and state education departments already have policies suggesting or enforcing limits on bake sales, both for nutritional reasons and to keep the events from competing for dollars against school cafeterias. In Connecticut, for instance, about 70 percent of the state‘s school districts have signed on to the state education department’s voluntary guidelines encouraging healthy foods in place of high-sugar, high-fat options.

Under those rules, bake sales cannot be held on school grounds unless the items meet nutrition standards that specifically limit portion sizes, fat content, sodium and sugars. That two-ounce, low-fat granola bar? Probably OK, depending what’s in it. But grandma’s homemade oversized brownie with cream cheese frosting and chocolate chips inside? Probably not.

One loophole in Connecticut: The nutritional standards apply if the food is being sold at a bake sale, but not if it’s being given away free, such as by a parent for a child’s birthday.

“If a mom wants to send in cupcakes to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, that would not be subject to the state guidelines,” said Thomas Murphy, a spokesman for the state’s education department.

In New York City, a rule enacted in 2009 allows bake sales only once a month, and they must comply with nutritional standards and be part of a parent group fundraiser.

Wootan says she hopes the rules will prompt schools to try different options for fundraising.

“Schools are so used to doing the same fundraisers every year that they need a strong nudge to do something new,” she says. “The most important rebuttal to all of these arguments is that schools can make money other ways — you don’t have to harm kids health.”

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Associated Press writer Stephanie Reitz contributed to this report from Hartford, Conn.

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  • lpc
    Posted on December 3, 2010 at 7:52pm

    OK enough is enough. We have more important things to worry about than banning bake sales…..
    give me a break. We are losing our freedoms for gosh sakes and this is the best Obama has to worry about!!!!

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    • Slayer
      Posted on December 5, 2010 at 1:15am

      This is not a small issue. It ultimately leaves the SEIU in control of the food industry. That’s what Me-Chelle is up to here.
      1) Invent crisis.
      2) Publicize crisis.
      3) Offer heavyhanded government solution for crisis.
      4) Once government in control of crisis, bring workers in industry under Federal umbrella.
      5) Unionize workers through SEIU.
      6) A portion of every paycheck and every food sale goes to the SEIU, and now the DNC.

      And it all started because the Left had the best of intentions for your children and you agreed.

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  • jbl8199
    Posted on December 3, 2010 at 7:51pm

    “The time has come, execute order 66″ ~ Emperor Palpatine

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  • uncivilized
    Posted on December 3, 2010 at 7:50pm

    No, really. Please, save our children from the evils of homemade brownies or cheesecake at school.
    Never mind about the dismal quality of the teachers in these schools. Or the pathetic content of the textbooks. Seriously – you obviously know more about prioritizing things that we do, Mrs. Obama. So – please. Carry on.

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  • booger71
    Posted on December 3, 2010 at 7:48pm

    Schools should just opt out, and tell the feds to shove it

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    • PITMASTER
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 9:36pm

      Amen. These “people” are off the hook. When will someone stand up to these morons and say, “shut up and sit down.” IT’S PERSONAL CHOICE, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

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  • MozarkDawg
    Posted on December 3, 2010 at 7:48pm

    One loophole in Connecticut: The nutritional standards apply if the food is being sold at a bake sale, but not if it’s being given away free, such as by a parent for a child’s birthday.

    “If a mom wants to send in cupcakes to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, that would not be subject to the state guidelines,” said Thomas Murphy, a spokesman for the state’s education department.

    *************

    Fine, sell tickets to something like a rally with the band playing, then give the cupcakes and brownies away to the students.

    You have GOT to be kidding me, this woman who can’t pass a scoop of ice cream without digging her teeth into it is going to determine what the liberty-loving people in this country may or may not eat? “Let them eat pie.” KMA, Mrs. Obama.

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    • Shocked
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 11:12pm

      you probably can‘t do that either cause of the garden bill they are going to pass if you can’t give away the produce you grow yourself what makes your cooking safe… lol

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  • Michigan Detective
    Posted on December 3, 2010 at 7:48pm

    How about writing a bill to curb welfare obesity?
    Or even better yet.. Federal Government obesity?? That is the real threat to the nation’s health

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  • alienguns
    Posted on December 3, 2010 at 7:47pm

    OMG…what next

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  • cognitivedissonance
    Posted on December 3, 2010 at 7:46pm

    “It wouldn’t apply to after-hours events or concession stands at sports events.”

    Don’t most bake sales happen after hours anyhow? I can’t imagine selling baked goods to the school kids is a huge money maker, it’s at sports events and other events like that where I think you would make the most money from bake sales and such.

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    • Andrea RA
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 8:03pm

      So then what’s the point?

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    • donedunn
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 9:13pm

      No. it is fairly common for Student government and other clubs to have bake sales to raise funds on a weekly basis. These may happen “after school” but before students have left campus,so they would fall into the regulated bake sale category.

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    • aLinedog
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 10:38pm

      Why the purpose dear Lady is to make you and I comfortable with being told what we can and cannot do. Where we can and cannot go. To make us all good, quiet, efficient automatons.
      The hard parts are finished, teaching us how to think and speak in a manner pleasing to the State. Although, some are resisting. We are the ones they really wish to turn into good droogs, all complacent and quiet, waiting to be wound up.
      “Take a number”, then get used to those digits as they will be all that you are become.
      -Line

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    • Kalidor835
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 7:47am

      @cognitivedissonance, the school bake sale at my kids’ school during the annual Christmas program is the biggest single money making fundraiser they have and happens during school hours. The bill would ban it.

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  • lpc
    Posted on December 3, 2010 at 7:46pm

    We have so much more important things to put our time and energy in than banning bake sales.
    Come on people……get real. Enough is enough.

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  • Maximus
    Posted on December 3, 2010 at 7:46pm

    And they better damned well have a permit for anything that they are allowed to sell.

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  • neverending
    Posted on December 3, 2010 at 7:46pm

    we have never had a more disgusting Anti-American president. It pains me to call him president. His real birth certificate probably says hitler. Two more years of this – can’t imagine how we can survive. If he is out of there in 2012 – where does one start to turn all this garbage around??? It is just mind boggling – and that is just the stuff we know about.

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    • kryptonite
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 9:32pm

      Hitler was extremely nationalistic, in his own psychotic way. This Marxist-Muslim traitor didn’t even know how many states were in the Union until he ran for president. I will never refer to him as such.

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  • troyvar
    Posted on December 3, 2010 at 7:43pm

    No bake sales. Your money must be begged for, from Washington.

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  • JohnQTaxpayer
    Posted on December 3, 2010 at 7:42pm

    All you have to do is rename the baked goods “Comrade Cakes” or “Socialist pies” or “Mao cookies” then they will be able to sell them tax free.

    Problem solved

    JQT

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  • NO_POTTERSVILLE
    Posted on December 3, 2010 at 7:42pm

    The way I see it, if the Government stops kids/schools from raising money, the schools will have to become more reliant on Government money. Besides, aren’t the parents the ones who buy all the cakes, etc. at these bake sales?

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  • Michigan Detective
    Posted on December 3, 2010 at 7:42pm

    Are you flippin kidding me???

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    • EP46
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 5:55am

      Did you see that Wooten says “They need a strong NUDGE”….. Cass Sunstein’s book Nudge, we are all Homer Simpson

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  • Maximus
    Posted on December 3, 2010 at 7:42pm

    This is ridiculous! Let them eat cake!

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    • panz
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 8:35pm

      No, now the cake is going to be regulated. You can only eat it when the Queen approves and after the elite class has had their fill.

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    • barbaraw62
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 10:52pm

      Hey… she said having pie on Thanksgiving was okay…… LOL…. wasn’t that nice of her? moooo shell… my bellle…….

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  • Country
    Posted on December 3, 2010 at 7:42pm

    King Obama

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    • snowleopard3200 {mix art}
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 8:02pm

      No, Tyrant Obama with Pelosi or Hillary right behind him.

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    • Country
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 4:05pm

      I think King Obama sounds better. BTW it was the American people who put him in this position. I still hear smart, rich famous people saying his is smart and wonderful. He has had his way since he was elected and NO one in the press asks him any hard question. Just give him one more Supreme Court Justice in place then he can finish what he is doing.

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  • ktmae1229
    Posted on December 3, 2010 at 7:42pm

    Oh, look, it’s the Center for Science in the Public Interest again! I’m surprised they have time to work on this project – they’ve been busy promoting S510. Great group. They want the federal government to ban & limit & regulate all sorts of things they disagree with.

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  • snowleopard3200 {mix art}
    Posted on December 3, 2010 at 7:41pm

    God help us now; we elected these idiots of the lame duck society, and are reaping the final whirlwind before they (hopefully) will be checked. This goes beyond ridiculous and ludicrous and hopefully some one will challenge these legislation’s in court and win against them; or have them overturned within the congress.

    Pray the Almighty will see us through the night; for the storm is now at hand and making landfall.

    What is the next step now? The fed’s will mandate people shacking up with someone they chose for you, and to have x# of kids with?

    Will not surprise me at the least.

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    • staythecourse
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 11:58pm

      This bill is more dangerous and more sad than people realize. It is about STEALING kids from their families. It is about destroying the family. It is not about nutition. The health care act empowers the state to take over full responsibility and authority for the ‘adult formation of children”. Providing breakfast, lunch and dinner takes a child away from the family for nuture and nutrion. WATCH OUT PEOPLE. THE CHILDREN NOW BELONG TO THE STATE. Part of the health care regulations being established by Herr director of Health and Human Services is to mandate that every child has a pychocological eval every year to find “mental health” issues before they become problems. What that means is that they will be seeking out those kids who dream dreams of freedom and squelching them. THIS IS NOT ABOUT FREEDOM…NOT ABOUT NUTRITION…NOT ABOUT HEALTH CARE. IT IS ABOUT TYRANNY.

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 9:32am

      I agree this is about the children and it has been for many years
      maybe one day they will pass laws to kill everyone over 33 yrs old
      remember the movie Logan’s Run ?
      If I had young children I would home school them.

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  • SICKANTIRED
    Posted on December 3, 2010 at 7:41pm

    This Guy really needs to go !!!!!!!

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    • JD Carp
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 4:08pm

      What happened to the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of cup cakes?

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  • Rick300
    Posted on December 3, 2010 at 7:41pm

    Are you kidding me??? Hey Wootan…what other fundraising options would you suggest? Bail Bonds? Kidnapping? Extortion? Murder for Hire? Maybe they can raffle off a can of soda or maybe a better grade in home economics? Stop the insanity and let kids be kids! Parents: take responsibility for YOUR CHILDREN…it is YOUR FAULT if they are eating unhealthy, not theirs.

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    • tierrah
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 9:50pm

      Can we not hold our bake sales at the local churches? Advertise it as a class benefit for such and such and hold the sale away from the school premises. Or just move off school property a foot or two to accomplish the goal. I’m trying to express a way to “beat them at their own game” NOT support such a bill. I think this bill violates our right to freedom!!!!

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    • FedUP
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 10:12pm

      That’s my question too. I can’t believe this. Schools are already way over their budgets. When I was a kid I played sports because there usually wasn’t a fee and if there was it was not much. Today. only the rich can afford to allow their kids to play multiple sports. But, with this new law (should it pass the senate will be the final nail in the coffin for a lot of sports. With more kids not playing sports, more kids will get fat. So, I don’t know how this is suppose to help. I am at the decision point, I may be pulling my kids from the public school system.

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    • BlueStrat
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 9:08am

      @ Tierra

      Not a bad idea, nice job thinking out of the box!

      I would worry that they may seek to quash that tactic by claiming that, because it was in any way associated with a Christian church (Mosques would probably be A-OK though…), those funds earned cannot be used toward any school-related function or even any function that occurred on or used school grounds or facilities due to “Separation Doctrine” issues.

      They are doing this to discourage local population’s participation in, and attention to, how their children are educated. It broadens the scope of their control over our food supply. It also adds tension and distrust between the people and government which they hope will create an incident they can use to declare an emergency and suspend individual rights.

      Most every little “nudge” (she actually said that in the above piece) the Progressives implement have multiple effects on multiple levels, and even multiple simultaneous goals. Every move must be looked at from many various angles, and one cannot halt analysis of a move they’ve made at just the “main goal” and one or two…even three, four or more…”sub-goals”.

      I wonder if anyone ever asked any of these Progressives, particularly the ones in Congress and this administration, if they are dumb enough to actually believe they would be allowed to live if the Progressive/Socialist/Communist movement they work so hard to advance actually succeeded in taking over? In all history, men in their roles were *always* executed/imprisoned after the revolution despite any previous promises of safety whether the takeover was a success or not.

      History. Ignorance. Repetition.

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    • untameable-kate
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 11:03am

      “Schools are so used to doing the same fundraisers every year that they need a strong nudge to do something new,”
      How about just nudging thier fat little asses out for some PE? The problem isn’t what they eat in school it is what they eat at home sitting on thier butts watching TV or playing video games all day. The kids should get lunch in school and that’s it, the parents who are taking advantage of lunch breakfast and dinner on our dime need thier asses kicked.
      It doesn‘t help that these ne’er do wells get food stamps that allow them to buy any food on the planet, and if a parent is too lazy to support thier child you know they are buying TV dinners and crap. Give them food boxes with healthy crap in them instead of stamps and see how many of them all of the sudden start finding the money to buy thier own darned food.

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    • tierrah
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 3:51pm

      @Blues: Again, we can circumvent that by allowing the benefit holders to purchase whatever the school needs or for whatever the “bake sale” was implemented. They did say we could give “GIFTS”, didn’t they?

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  • NHABE64
    Posted on December 3, 2010 at 7:40pm

    Maybe Obama is the one who should be baked ? Ha!!

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    • heavyduty
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 5:00am

      What you talking about? Obama is already half baked now. Here the unemployment is still rising, we in debt up to our eyebrows. He’s wanting to raise taxes, make the government bigger, spend more money, play golf, and take vacations. What’ he worried about? Brownies. I am sorry but this one dumb president.

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    • EP46
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 5:46am

      He is HALF baked……..half white…half brown

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  • TXPilot
    Posted on December 3, 2010 at 7:37pm

    Well, I see the nanny state is coming along nicely. Won’t be too long til you cant even breathe without a government permit. .Brownies and other goodies can and should be defended with deadly force, if necessary.

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    • tobywil2
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 8:32pm

      ARMED REBELLION, CERTAINLY NOT:

      Recently, some of my Facebook friends have posted messages hinting that armed rebellion might be necessary to free us from the tyrants. Violent revolution might well free us from the current crop of tyrants but would almost certainly mean the end Of the American Revolution. The result would most likely be a new dictator who promised free elections as soon as order could be restored. Look at history. That was Castro’s promise and Cuba is still waiting for him to restore the Constitution and provide free elections.

      In all of history is only been one George Washington! There have been many revolutions and without an external intervention all had degenerated into a dictatorship. There has been only one “George Washington” ready, willing and able to create a constitutional republic. If violence erupts in our country, in an attempt to dispose of the tyrants, the result will almost surely be a dictatorship and the world will sink back into the Middle Ages. http://commonsense21c.com/

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    • TXPilot
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 8:40pm

      Calm down TOBYWIL2, trust me, I won’t use my brownie as an excuse to forment revolution and overthrow the government……….now, if they try to take my donuts…….eh….maybe…..lol

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    • kryptonite
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 8:54pm

      tobywil2,
      “If necessary” means just that. How about giving thoughtful consideration to the flip coin of your terminator scenario. Those who have allowed the tentacles of tyranny to consolidate power in their countries have lost their freedoms forever. If we fight wisely there’s a chance we will emerge victorious — and with renewed ideals. The alternative is total surrender. You want that?

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    • kryptonite
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 9:04pm

      Gimme my brownie back! Dont tread on my black snack, idiots!

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    • komponist-ZAH
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 9:41pm

      @Toby–

      Where may the wearied eye repose
      When gazing on the Great;
      Where neither guilty glory glows,
      Nor despicable state?
      Yes –one–the first–the last–the best–
      The Cincinnatus of the West,
      Whom envy dared not hate,
      Bequeath’d the name of Washington,
      To make man blush there was but one!

      –Lord Byron, Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte, final stanza

      (The whole poem is worth a read; you can find it here: http://theotherpages.org/poems/2001/byron0101.html)

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    • komponist-ZAH
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 9:43pm

      Sorry, that link won’t work; here, this will: http://theotherpages.org/poems/2001/byron0101.html

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    • Taquoshi
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 9:45pm

      Our local school district went down this road a few years ago and, let’s just say that the most polite description of the outcome was “it did not end well.” Just a friendly word of advice to Mama Obama – “Don’t go there, girlfriend.”

      It ended up affecting band uniforms, school field trips, sports equipment, sports meets, and alot of the after hour school clubs and events. The food service staff was busy jumping through hoops trying to make food that looked attractive, and actually tasted better than pine bark. One parent was whining so much that the head of the food service company actually came to one of the Board meetings and said, “Look, you don’t want sugar, you don’t want salt. Fine, but give the dietitian and the staff some time to figure out how to adjust the recipes. They’re working on it.”

      One of the nearby towns busted a student who sold a candy bar to another student. God’s truth. They called the police and had the kid arrested and suspended. BIG LAWSUIT.

      Actually, I think the administration should be open, transparent and honest about all this. They should issue orange jumpsuits to all the inmates – I mean students and remind everyone that once those kids set foot on school property, they lose all their rights.

      Oh, yeah, are they planning on busting the kids who bring their own lunches? Peanut butter is already restricted. Now it’s going to be chocolate?

      And what about the teachers? Are they going to be required to be sugar free, too? No sugar in the coffee, no chocolate for the women when they need a little boost? Oh, it will be just glorious, you’ll see.

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    • diesel71dan
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 11:45pm

      @TOBY
      I am in no way advocating an armed overthrow of the government BUT if absolutely nessesary it is a last resort option. It is our DUTY to protect liberty at all cost. It is what we are SUPPOSED to do if all else fails. We have the right to arms for one reason and one reason only!! The second ammendment has NOTHING to do with duck hunting nor does it have anything to do with protecting your house from burglars. The SOLE purpose of the 2nd ammendment is to protect against a TYRANNIC GOVERNMENT. The way I see it the only one that should have a problem with me bearing arms against a tyrannic government IS a tryrannic government. I dont want to see it happen but as a last resort to protect liberty it is our DUTY!!!!

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 9:30pm

      shot down in a blaze of glory
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfmYCM4CS8o

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  • General K
    Posted on December 3, 2010 at 7:36pm

    But how about his big bootied wife? No bake sales? Now what?

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    • neverending
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 7:46pm

      They’re banning it in our schools so she will have more.

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    • OBOZO
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 8:06pm

      That butt is from too much lobster.

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    • BenDover4Obama
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 8:11pm

      Wonder if the Sasquatch-tress beats Barry a$$ when sneeks out for a burger & fries with the boys.

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    • EOMASTER
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 11:19pm

      Someone needs to buy MIchelle a rear-view mirror! whats next? taxing my 5 year old lemonade stand on Saturday’s cause she uses REAL sugar?

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    • Kalidor835
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 7:35am

      @EOMASTER, they’ve already started shutting those down for not having permits.

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    • Reagan/Demint.deciple
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 9:18am

      Uumm, JZS ,, it’s called a choice.. you see, we conservatives realize that if you start to control OUR choice then you are taking OUR freedoms away, and we LOVE our freedom.. Bake sales and vending machines are NOT a “ requirement ” They are there to give a choice.. If you‘re a parent and can’t control your kid with what YOU want them to eat and set standards and rules to be followed then that is your problem but DON’T make the rest of us suffer for your failures as a parent.. And last thing, If you don‘t have money to take care of your kids then don’t have kids, period.. why should WE pay for your child to eat a dinner at school ? Now, I know people need help and fall on hard times, those things just happen, and I’m all for helping anyone that really needs help but, that’s what they have a welfare system for…

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  • guyperram
    Posted on December 3, 2010 at 7:36pm

    We must protect our children from the goodies those evil parents will bake for a sale. The state always knows best. Even when they don’t have a clue.

     
    • HKS
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 7:47pm

      How is that socialism working out for you? That’s great.

      HKS  
    • Sinista Mace
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 7:58pm

      You idiot, the people you think are here to protect you are putting URANIUM IN YOUR DRINKING WATER.

      V-MAN MACE  
    • crackerone
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 8:02pm

      Thinks it will stop her daughters from getting a can like hers.

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    • Redd
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 8:08pm

      The moochelle commies are now serving free breakfast, lunch, and dinner to the moocher society. How evil these commies are to not serve a midnight snack!!

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    • BenDover4Obama
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 8:09pm

      Thank your local DEMOCRAT for this one. BEN Dover here come more Obama BS

      Oh & thank the Sasquatch-tress too.

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    • dkhartman
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 8:11pm

      “thats not our intention”

      oh boy i feel better now!

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 8:11pm

      of course they are against bake sales. what about uranium in the drinking water ?

      The team learns that male birth rates are dropping all over the world. To find out why, Ventura & co. speak with radiation exposure expert Leuren Moret who drops the bombshell that uranium– yes uranium– is found in our drinking water and is triggering a mass-feminization in the population via a hormonal-chemical assault. The New York Times reported in 2009 that some 49 million Americans are drinking water contaminated with chemicals like arsenic or radioactive substances like uranium. Further, in 2010, the State of Texas was caught covering up dangerous and illegal levels of uranium in its water supplies that can cause cell mutations and cancer. Other chemicals including fluoride further raise suspicions about who is controlling what goes into our bodies, and why.
      http://www.infowars.com/shocker-feminizing-uranium-fluoride-lithium-in-water-to-be-exposed-on-ventura-tv-show/

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 8:14pm

      http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread636547/pg1

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    • kryptonite
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 8:22pm

      Michelle is not proud of her body, and she is transferring her frustration onto all American children. Once again America pays dearly for this autocratic couple’s warped upbringing.

       
    • Major Infidel
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 8:23pm

      There are some very young and unhappy (new) libertarians out there. Poor kids.

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    • silentwatcher
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 8:24pm

      another example of the federal government stepping in over the powers of the local governments, and to limit bake sales? fundraisers for a school,,,,,,they really, really stooping low. Why don’t they focus on the serious stuff, like ending wars and balancing budgets????

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    • hkyfan36
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 8:30pm

      Seeing as how ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION is “virtually legal” I think the new fundraiser should be an illegal immigrant auction. And if the illegal immigrant that you purchase has a back pack full of meth or coke well then bonus … instant diet for all the calories from past bake sales. Arizona could pack them up and ship them to a school district near you. The money that they make could off set there court cost for the bill they passed.
      I see no down side to this. Remember it’s for the kids. Barry could sign the bill with a flock of illegals in shackles while a band kid is standing next to him, playing a socialist national anthem.

      Government = when enough just isn’t enough.

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    • panz
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 8:33pm

      Hey folks…read the guys entire comment. guyperram was joking….It’s a joke.

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    • AmeriWoman
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 9:16pm

      The time is here. Axe the Dept of Education.
      They should’ve never been allowed the power they have and this is the reason….
      Not to mention the wasted taxpayer dollars, the union abuses, etc and so on.
      Huge report this year on how many billions wasted on preschool. With min ease
      you can find reports on waste all the way back to the late 70s.

      Get the government out of our childrens education. Defund and axe all of it.
      Let the states and local community handle how it’s ran.

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    • oriondma05
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 9:34pm

      @ Cracerone – Hahahhaahaha… I love it.

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    • LunchLady
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 9:40pm

      @Ameriwoman – This has nothing to do with the DOE. This falls under the jurisdiction of the USDA which is responsible for the National School Lunch Program. (Though I do agree with you – the DOE needs to go. I’ve been waiting for that to happen since Reagan was in office.)

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    • jds7171
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 9:44pm

      If you have your child at school long enough that they are getting served dinner. You should have your reproductive organs ripped from your body because you have no call to be a parent. Whats the point of having a kid if you are just going to send them to school for 10 hours a day.

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    • VApatriot2
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 9:55pm

      Don’t forget the sales tax. I’m sure the “state” will be demanding that also!

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    • jzs
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 11:23pm

      What is the argument here? This is a bill that provides food for the most poor children in our country, children that might otherwise have nothing to eat. Maybe churches should be doing that, but they’re not. They can’t.

      Why should the school system be required to provide fatty, unhealthy food to children? This is a classic example of conservative hypocrisy. Parent can take full responsibility for what their children eat: send their lunch in one of those little brown bags. Send them to school with ten Twinkies if that’s what you want them to eat for lunch.

      This is the “Nanny State” in reverse: “Yes, I could send my child to school with candy bars and sodas, and pay less than the vending machine price, but I want the Government to make those things available to my child. And I‘ll pay more of my income to let my my child eat candy bars for lunch provided I don’t have to think about it.”

      Parents who object to this kind of thing are relinquishing their responsibility as parents under the false banner of Freedom. They are unwilling to send their children to school with candy and sodas – although that’s more economical. They want the school system to make the unhealthy food available so they don’t have to have that discussion with their kids. Nanny State in reverse.

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    • independentvoteril
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 12:00am

      ROTFLMAO.. OK so the kids who aren’t allowed to buy real homemade bakery at these sales will go buy a box of twinkies.. the cake that lasts for years..LOL.. what a brainless idiot we have for a President and what a complete NUT we have for a first lady..The will go down in history as the only thing they accomplished was to take HOMEMADE BAKED GOODS from baby’s.. LOL.. Bet these kids WON’T grow up to vote DEMOCRATIC..

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    • CatB
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 12:16am

      I have NEVER in my LIFE seen such a group of control freaks .. tell me how many and how often are we allowed a bowel movement? Coming soon!

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    • anOpinion
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 12:42am

      This is just insane. I am absolutely for promoting healthy foods for kids; they get some much fast food advertising/programming that there needs to be something to counteract it. But promoting something is a whole lot different than banning something.

      Bans are absolutely wrong, the government has no right to do this.

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    • godlovinmom
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 4:23am

      seriously…how much “guidance” are we gonna get….bake sales of all things…America is really getting creepy!

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    • USA_Exceptionalism
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 4:44am

      If this bill passes I hope the ingenuity of Americans will find ways to circumvent this communist intrusion into our lives – In case anyone hasn’t notice MO could stand to lose a few pounds herself.
      What a hypocrite.

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    • heavyduty
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 4:55am

      I guess that girl scout cookies are a big no no. I figure what they don‘t know won’t hurt them. Texas has pretty much decided to ignore the Obambi’s bills until we find something we like. WHERE’S THEM SHOVEL READY JOBS OBAMBI. If you are going to screw us over at least have the gumption to kiss us first. In my books Obambi has Carter beat by a mile. Everything he touches turns to crap.

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    • CultureWarriors
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 7:04am

      This proof positive that we have children running the show. this is on so many levels the most idiotic idea I have ever heard. My god these people are dangerous. Nov 6 2012 you’re going to hear from the American people. They wont stand for this big brother intrusion into our freedoms. This administration is so much like Germany in the 30‘s it’s scary. Hitler was a socialist. That is an undeniable fact. Socialism is evil… and Socialist have taken over the Democrat party.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8DnA4Ro9tQ
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIoEUTqhYmA

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    • Kalidor835
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 7:22am

      @JZS, you missed the point. This isn’t about school lunches. The food nazis have already ruined those things. This is about school fundraisers such as bake sales and candy sales. My kids’ school uses both to help raise money to off set field trips and the like. How are they going to do that if they can’t hold what are the 2 biggest fund-raising events that they have? I for one don’t buy the whole, “We won’t target them,” BS, This is exactly what will be the prime target if you read how obscure the bill is and what the cow in the White House has said multiple times.

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    • UPSETVET
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 8:36am

      Forget the 9,8% unemployed in the USA, restriction of school bake sales is more important. Isn’t the POTUS doing a fabulous job in the oval office. The news breaks that the unemployment numbers have risen and Obama makes s sudden and unplanned visit to Afghanistan to review the situation there and talk with Karzai. Really? Well, he has to return to the Whitehouse sometime and the unemployment figures won’t be going down, up probably, but not down. What are you going to do Mr. President ? Where are you going to run to next ?

       
    • Reagan/Demint.deciple
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 8:56am

      A “ strong nudge ” huh, Ms. Wootan clan ? And what is next on Mrs. obama’s agenda list , beds and cots in the gym ? You know, for the “ needy children ” that have to sleep on the floor at home… geez!! It’s like THEY want to be the parents… BTW, Ms. Wootan do you happen to know a man named Cass Sustein ? anyway , nevermind..

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    • TonyDarrington
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 9:30am

      Kids shouldn’t need to have a bake sale to raise money for anything. Schools get $18,000 per year, per student. New schools are architectural masterpieces. Administrators drive Mercedes CLKs. Teachers drive Lexuses. But the kids have to pander for money with a bake sale, or sell candy bars door-to-door to earn money to buy something we are paying taxes to provide them.

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    • JKN
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 9:48am

      I want this federal government out of my bathroom cabinet, out of my kitchen pantry, out of my home, out of my backyard and out of my face! Police state or what?

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    • Cemoto78
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 12:37pm

      Watch out for the Federal cookie and cake police. What a joke. More Federal Government attempt at taking over everything. Time to take a stand and tell them to take a hike, this incompetent Federal Government can’t even control the borders and they think they have the ability to monitor and bust all the bake sales. What are they going to do, recruit snitches to tell on their fellow countrymen when a bake sale is going on? What’s next, neighbors telling on neighbors for having yard sales, etc. Look back into history sometime aroun d 1930′s Germany and see how that worked out.

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    • ->Click For Brain Enema<-
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 12:57pm

      How long until we all look at every issue as a state’s right issue and challenge everything from the fed

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    • ->Click For Brain Enema<-
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 1:08pm

      Thank you tower7femacamp. INFOWARS is always a good source misinformation and entertainment. Dont forget according to infowars(the leader of the war on information) 911 was an inside job, Hitler is still alive and the aides virus was developed by the us government to get rid of gays. Alex Jones and his ilk need to crawl back under a rock.

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    • tolyadmac
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 4:08pm

      When did “education” become “dictation”? All about parent’s choice??…they can choose not to eat it…and we can choose to eat it if we want..how about that for choice? Here is a novel idea…let the parents decide

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    • tbiz53
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 5:55pm

      Are you serious? It’s hard to believe that you would actually believe this?? The government should stay out of our lives other than doing the job they are there for! Do you really believe that bake sales are the reason for obesity? It starts at the home, and these measures won’t help the issue. You should really get the real facts on having large government. Unbelievable!

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    • SheriS
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 6:29pm

      Mrs. Obama has become a “nutcase” on what we eat, and seems to be focused on her own children’s bad habits! Stopping school bake sales, is another exhibit of how WHACKO this White House has become. Perhaps Mrs. O needs to focus on what she eats since she is getting a little on the hefty side since moving into the White House and eating the fantastic food that is served there! Mrs. O mind your own business and let parents decide what is right for their children and leave Americans alone! NOT YOUR JOB LADY, IT IS THE CHOICE FOR THE PARENTS—that is because they are the parents and know what is best for their children—NOT YOU!

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    • paperpushermj
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 8:25pm

      Ms Margo Wootan of the Center for Science in the Public Interest: When you say this……
      “She says selling junk food can easily be substituted with nonfood fundraisers”
      I strongly believe if you have children they have Never seen the inside of a public school.

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    • sixburgh_steelers
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 9:33pm

      omfg, i hope ur just being ignorant for ignorant’s sake.

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    • CYCLONE
      Posted on December 5, 2010 at 1:42am

      NO… we must the Presidents wife from having a roto-tiller a$$ that measures 74 axe-handles wide…

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    • JJ Coolay
      Posted on December 5, 2010 at 3:43am

      @ US Gov’t: GET OUT OF MY LIFE!!

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    • James
      Posted on December 5, 2010 at 8:13am

      Mrs. O. needs to stay away from the food. School bake sales are not the cause of childhood obesity, lazy parenting and inactive kids are the causes. As a matter of silent protest of the food nazi, I am off to get some donuts for my kids.

      http://crazyconservative,wordpress.com/

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    • gadgetcoder
      Posted on December 6, 2010 at 10:29am

      Round 2 of the Demoncrat* taking over of our lives is beginning. First the Food Safety Bill, now they are banning brownies. When the government feels like they have the right to decide what we can eat…and we LET THEM GET AWAY WITH IT – we are doomed. It is time to put a stop to this BULLS***!!!! They did not get the message after the election…

      * That was NOT a misspelling…

      – gadgetcoder

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    • jsbrodhead
      Posted on December 6, 2010 at 10:38am

      I sent my kids to school today with baggies of chocolate covered pretzels. Bakers of America Unite!

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    • Sneddog
      Posted on December 6, 2010 at 11:48am

      You’ve got to be kidding???? If you truly believe that well you should move to Cuba, China or some other Commie country because that’s what this bill is, pure unadulterated Socialism!!

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    • countryboy42
      Posted on December 6, 2010 at 2:03pm

      Hey, don’t worry, you can still have your bake sale. Just make sure it is glutten free, nut product free, sugar free, red dye # 5 free, taste free, ovo/lacto free, and all ingredients come from organic sources.
      “Here’s your bag of spelt, kid. That will be two bucks.”

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    • Roy Rees
      Posted on December 6, 2010 at 4:38pm

      We don’t want any part of our U.S. Government controlling what our kids eat. They have more important things on the docket….like lowering our National Debt and our taxes so the American people can get back to work! This great fat lady, I mean the First Lady, admitted before cameras, that she didn’t like America very much! So now she thinks we will let her un-American husband control what our kids eat! The only thing our kids need to do is to back away from the TV monitor and limit their game playing to one day a week. The American parents has the responsibility of fulfilling this task! NOT UNCLE SAM! These lazy Democrats put Obama in office and a lot of them still love him. But they are the ones that don’t care if we are a Socialized Government! They will always be wanting the government to take care of them! Now getting back to the BAKE SALES; Let’s all for a change, instead of sweets in our bake sales, lets all take baked PORK CHOPS instead! There are not fattening and taste very good! There are several ways of fixing them and our Pork Producers will love you too ! “It’s the “other” white meat”! Tell Mrs Obama to put that in her pipe and smoke it! We’ll show her what America is really about and
      she can LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT!

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