Congress pushes back on healthier school lunches

[boutons_deux]

absolutely not. VN convinced me never to trust again the WarMakers. St Ronnie's bull bully invasions, dubya 2 botched wars have proven my skepticism.

Ks, if not 10Ks, of ex-military are anti-war/anti-empire. The SuperCommittee is getting ready to them all hard and deep.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Which is worse surely is a point. Because, to most people, comparing feeding junk food to children and trying to put it on the same level of abuse as child rape is offensive. If you've ever worked with people that have been through something like that, you might agree.

I know more about it then you realize. Again you are trying to force it into the perspective of the effect on one child versus another. We are talking about this from the vantage point of policy making. As such you do not look at the individuals as much as you look at the whole.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Thing is, kids don't have the same open areas to run and play any longer. How many cities have "Urban Growth Boundaries" today? Also, instead of playing outside, they now have DVD's, X-Boxes, computers, etc. that were not around during past times. As technology grew, and kids became couch potatoes, they gained weight.

Sorry, I will not blame one meal. Parents can refuse the school lunch for the kids and pack them a lunch if they are concerned.

Do you like the Nanny state?

Dear god you are annoying. You do not even have the ability to keep up. This is something that is already happening. There are going to be schools and there are going to be lunches served at schools. The way its done right now is ed up.

Of course 10% of a childs total caloric intake is not the sole issue but it certainly is a big one.

[cantthinkofanything]

I'll bet he does only the 12 oz curls.

I bet he does 5 inch shuffles

[boutons_deux]

have fun, ladies.

I bet I'm bigger, trimmer, and fitter than any of you assholes.

[Winehole23]

go flex in the mirror then...

[boutons_deux]

my incredible brain is the least of my attributes

[Winehole23]

clearly

[TeyshaBlue]

clearly

[Drachen]

my incredible brain is the least of my attributes

low hanging fruit tbh.

[TeyshaBlue]

low hanging fruit tbh.

Sometimes its fun to smack the softball.

[Winehole23]

[Drachen]

oh yes, I agree. I would expect such a response even if a well respected posted said such a thing.

[coyotes_geek]

have fun, ladies.

I bet I'm bigger, trimmer, and fitter than any of you assholes.

[Winehole23]

low hanging fruit tbh.

Oh sure. The opportunity to demolish boutons by straightforward agreement was impossible for me to resist.




(A number of one word demolitions were available. Lately i've been favoring understatement, hence the somewhat bland and inocuous clearly)

[lefty]

my incredible brain is the least of my attributes

clearly

[LnGrrrR]

Comparing different types of suffering is a fools task. That said, anyone who tries to draw a parallel between, much less analogize, eating poorly with sexual abuse should be molested then given a McRib and asked if they're similar.

Exactly.

[LnGrrrR]

I know more about it then you realize. Again you are trying to force it into the perspective of the effect on one child versus another. We are talking about this from the vantage point of policy making. As such you do not look at the individuals as much as you look at the whole.

But we're not talking about overall "damage", we're talking about "abuse" which has a different connotation to it. And the author certainly was trying to equate the two of them as well.

Again, there were only a few people "tortured"... does that mean their abuse wasn't as bad as, say, everyone in the world who's ever had a hangnail? Trying to compare child rape to kids eating junk food is just ing re ed.

[Drachen]

Oh sure. The opportunity to demolish boutons by straightforward agreement was impossible for me to resist.




(A number of one word demolitions were available. Lately i've been favoring understatement, hence the somewhat bland and inocuous clearly)

one word demolitions (or no word in Darrins' case) are generally the best responses.

[boutons_deux]

BigAg and BigFood not only want to keep forcing their into the schools, their captured buddies in Congress are passing a secret food bill

http://www.ewg.org/agmag/2011/11/hel..._campaign=food

[FuzzyLumpkins]

But we're not talking about overall "damage", we're talking about "abuse" which has a different connotation to it. And the author certainly was trying to equate the two of them as well.

Again, there were only a few people "tortured"... does that mean their abuse wasn't as bad as, say, everyone in the world who's ever had a hangnail? Trying to compare child rape to kids eating junk food is just ing re ed.

This is just a fundamental difference in the way that we think. I am thinking in terms of the policy itself. If the policy is changed it has quite a widespread effect on the nation.

Would you rather get anally raped or have to eat public school cafeteria food every other day for the next 12 years?

[DarrinS]

Would you rather get anally raped or have to eat public school cafeteria food every other day for the next 12 years?

I know what you'd prefer.

[Agloco]

Which brings us back to my original point, in which I (bizarrely) agreed with DarrinS.

I felt compelled to play devils advocate for a bit because I couldn't believe it.

Sorry, I will not blame one meal. Parents can refuse the school lunch for the kids and pack them a lunch if they are concerned.

Do you like the Nanny state?

I like it for the same reason most folks like FDA oversight of x-ray technology for medicinal purposes.

lol one meal

[LnGrrrR]

Would you rather get anally raped or have to eat public school cafeteria food every other day for the next 12 years?

I think the rather obvious answer to the question is a smart rejoinder on why the author's analogy won't work for most.

[LnGrrrR]

In that case Fuzzy, you might as well say, "First, they allowed a child to be raped at Penn State. THEN, (insert harmful policy X)." The two don't share enough to be an effective analogy.