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(CBS News) Asinine Obama: "Our kids are too fat." Congress: "Our kids are not fat enough"   (cbsnews.com) divider line 313
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hubiestubert [TotalFark]
2011-11-15 09:34:35 AM
To be fair, this pretty much illustrates the problem that we face.

It's not a push to oppose the President on issues just because he's "wrong" on the issue, not on a matter of principle, not even that pizza and fries are MOAR AMERICAN! or a matter of choice, but a lobbying issue that has to be hidden in other language. It is a matter of preserving what amounts to subsidies to industries that lobby heavily. School lunches are much like textbook sales, and you can steer dollars to the "right" hands, or you can let the market actually work, and let companies that are agile and responsive deliver product. The brave folks who are looking to score points, while preserving valuable contributions will spin this as another issue, but deep down, it's about defending contributors, and potential contributors.

What's right and what's good for someone's pocket who you are indebted to, that's pretty much at the crux of these matters, and no amount of spin is going to change that, but for damn sure folks are going to try.
 
Wendy's Chili
2011-11-15 09:37:08 AM
Some conservatives in Congress have called the push for healthier foods an overreach, saying the government shouldn't be telling children what to eat.

Unless it's telling them to eat frozen pizza, salt, and potatoes, right?
 
Diogenes [TotalFark]
2011-11-15 09:45:33 AM
Liberty means never having to eat broccoli.
 
Rusty Shackleford [TotalFark]
2011-11-15 09:49:08 AM
The fell, starchy hand of Big Potato strikes again.
 
Adjective Bird Whiskey [TotalFark]
2011-11-15 09:57:25 AM
Our kids are a juuuuuust right.
 
ignatiusst [TotalFark]
2011-11-15 09:59:50 AM
Diogenes: Liberty means never having to eat broccoli.

Just remember all those kids that gave the ultimate price for your freedom, and ate their broccoli so that you wouldn't have to.
 
keylock71 [TotalFark]
2011-11-15 10:00:22 AM
www.proteinpower.com


On the bright side, when it all goes to shiat in this country at least we can feast on the fatty innards of the overfed, lazy kids.
 
mitchcumstein1 [TotalFark]
2011-11-15 10:00:48 AM
Jesus Christ, if he said the sky was blue they'd say it wasn't.

People aren't thrilled with Obama, but they farking hate Congress, wonder why?
 
Serious Black
2011-11-15 10:01:12 AM
hubiestubert: It's not a push to oppose the President on issues just because he's "wrong" on the issue, not on a matter of principle, not even that pizza and fries are MOAR AMERICAN! or a matter of choice, but a lobbying issue that has to be hidden in other language. It is a matter of preserving what amounts to subsidies to industries that lobby heavily. School lunches are much like textbook sales, and you can steer dollars to the "right" hands, or you can let the market actually work, and let companies that are agile and responsive deliver product. The brave folks who are looking to score points, while preserving valuable contributions will spin this as another issue, but deep down, it's about defending contributors, and potential contributors.

You should read Republic, Lost.
 
RolandGunner
2011-11-15 10:01:25 AM
I pack my kids lunches. Solved.
 
Grand_Moff_Joseph [TotalFark]
2011-11-15 10:02:37 AM
I know - god forbid we encourage kids to get healthy by giving them nutritional food at school! What's next - more recess time? More laps during gym class?!

When will it stop!
 
hugram
2011-11-15 10:02:40 AM
Damn Nzerobama... you just lost the fat kids votes.

*Looks at the GOP front runners*. You're still good for a landslide victory in 2012.
 
GoodyearPimp
2011-11-15 10:02:49 AM
Wendy's Chili: Unless it's telling them to eat frozen pizza, salt, and potatoes, right?

Starting to see this from the "libertarians" I know. They yell about free market, no socialism, no taxes, etc. I point out that things like the Hoover Dam are the result of lots of taxes not to mention the government stepping in to build something that would have been deemed unprofitable and not worth building by private industry, so would they be in favor of ripping all that "socialism" away? Oh, of course not. We can keep what we already have, just don't ask them to pay for any new "socialist" stuff. Right.
 
JLEM
2011-11-15 10:03:46 AM
Republicans want to hunt children for sport, but only obese, out-of-shape ones who are kept in small enclosures.

www.mamapop.com
 
The Homer Tax
2011-11-15 10:04:16 AM
Holy fark.

Just when I think that Republicans couldn't go any more Full Retard.
 
Hollie Maea
2011-11-15 10:04:27 AM
The salt industry? Really?
 
Heron
2011-11-15 10:06:24 AM
hubiestubert: To be fair, this pretty much illustrates the problem that we face.

It's not a push to oppose the President on issues just because he's "wrong" on the issue, not on a matter of principle, not even that pizza and fries are MOAR AMERICAN! or a matter of choice, but a lobbying issue that has to be hidden in other language. It is a matter of preserving what amounts to subsidies to industries that lobby heavily. School lunches are much like textbook sales, and you can steer dollars to the "right" hands, or you can let the market actually work, and let companies that are agile and responsive deliver product. The brave folks who are looking to score points, while preserving valuable contributions will spin this as another issue, but deep down, it's about defending contributors, and potential contributors.

What's right and what's good for someone's pocket who you are indebted to, that's pretty much at the crux of these matters, and no amount of spin is going to change that, but for damn sure folks are going to try.

Exactly. The article in question does a better job pointing this out than most reporting on politics by the Big Three networks.
 
FARTNOISE FARTNOISE JUNIOR
2011-11-15 10:07:24 AM
RolandGunner: I pack my kids lunches. Solved.

Does anyone else have this alt labelled as "fark you, I've got mine."? Seems to sum up his most cogent arguments.
 
Impasse
2011-11-15 10:08:29 AM
RolandGunner: I pack my kids lunches. Solved.

You have the audacity to think you know better about your children's health than factory food corps? Commie!
 
12349876
2011-11-15 10:08:38 AM
RolandGunner: I pack my kids lunches. Solved.

It's nice that you have enough money and care enough about your kids to do so. Not everyone is so lucky.
 
Lackofname
2011-11-15 10:09:32 AM
The Homer Tax: Holy fark.

Just when I think that Republicans couldn't go any more Full Retard.

Never underestimate the GOP's capacity for derp.
 
Arkanaut
2011-11-15 10:09:38 AM
mitchcumstein1: People aren't thrilled with Obama, but they farking hate Congress, wonder why?

"None of us is as dumb as all of us."
 
Shvetz
2011-11-15 10:09:46 AM
I'm not exactly a health nut, but even I don't classify the tomato paste in pizza as a vegetable. Honestly, is there any reason to vote Republican anymore? They've turned into absurd caricatures of what conservatives should actually be.
 
Lost Thought 00
2011-11-15 10:10:30 AM
Hypocrite. He denounces fatty children's foods, yet he hasn't divorce the overweight silverback he calls his wife.
 
KarmicDisaster
2011-11-15 10:11:45 AM
Is there a tomato paste lobby or something? Or is this just about maximizing corporate profits for school lunch providers? Corporations probably make more money off fattys anyway, providing them with more food, medical care later and charging them higher insurance rates. Lock them in for life early! Get some more Coke machines in there!
 
Kid Lester [TotalFark]
2011-11-15 10:11:46 AM
Hollie Maea: The salt industry? Really?

They didn't spend generations perfecting the sodium chloride molecule only to watch Saltbango shred their empire to ribbons.
 
sdd2000
2011-11-15 10:12:02 AM
Is ketchup still a vegtable?
 
coeyagi
2011-11-15 10:12:09 AM
12349876: RolandGunner: I pack my kids lunches. Solved.

It's nice that you have enough money and care enough about your kids to do so. Not everyone is so lucky.

It's nice that you have time enough to SAVE money on packing lunches (seriously, unless you are on the broke-ass lunch program, it is not cheaper).
 
LittleSmitty
2011-11-15 10:12:11 AM
God forbid we tell children what to eat. But there's no problem telling adults who they can marry, or that they can't posses a plant.

Pretty f*cked up mentality there.
 
odinsposse
2011-11-15 10:12:28 AM
Lost Thought 00: Hypocrite. He denounces fatty children's foods, yet he hasn't divorce the overweight silverback he calls his wife.

Despite pressure from conservatives I'm afraid not all Americans are into twelve year old boys.
 
Adjective Bird Whiskey [TotalFark]
2011-11-15 10:12:56 AM
Lost Thought 00: Hypocrite. He denounces fatty children's foods, yet he hasn't divorce the overweight silverback he calls his wife.

t2.gstatic.com
 
keylock71 [TotalFark]
2011-11-15 10:13:09 AM
Lost Thought 00: Hypocrite. He denounces fatty children's foods, yet he hasn't divorce the overweight silverback he calls his wife.

2.bp.blogspot.com
 
JLEM
2011-11-15 10:13:27 AM
Lost Thought 00: Hypocrite. He denounces fatty children's foods, yet he hasn't divorce the overweight silverback he calls his wife.

0/10
 
BunkoSquad [TotalFark]
2011-11-15 10:13:37 AM
It's really, really, really time for Obama to go on national TV and strongly come out against tying a plastic bag around your head with rubber bands.
 
Jake Havechek
2011-11-15 10:13:38 AM
Lost Thought 00: Hypocrite. He denounces fatty children's foods, yet he hasn't divorce the overweight silverback he calls his wife.

You classy cocksucker.
 
JLEM
2011-11-15 10:14:19 AM
sdd2000: Is ketchup still a vegtable?

Tomatoes aren't even vegetables. That is how dumb the GOP is.
 
Old enough to know better
2011-11-15 10:14:41 AM
Shvetz: Honestly, is there any reason to vote Republican anymore? They've turned into absurd caricatures of what conservatives should actually be.

Not for me. I gave up on Republicans years ago. Filthy creatures.
 
monoski
2011-11-15 10:14:46 AM
KarmicDisaster: Is there a tomato paste lobby or something? Or is this just about maximizing corporate profits for school lunch providers? Corporations probably make more money off fattys anyway, providing them with more food, medical care later and charging them higher insurance rates. Lock them in for life early! Get some more Coke machines in there!

Money is good motivation for most GOP actions but in this case it looks like Fartbongo is for it, GOP is against it.

//in related news Fartbongo cures cancer, GOP asks why does he hate Oncologists?
 
Wyalt Derp
2011-11-15 10:14:47 AM
If Obama had his way our kids would be forcefed arugula, lightly braised in a spicy mustard sauce and socialism.
 
dumbobruni
2011-11-15 10:14:50 AM
Lost Thought 00: Hypocrite. He denounces fatty children's foods, yet he hasn't divorce the overweight silverback he calls his wife.

i don't care if you are torlling or not, but that is very racist, you scumbag
 
Rapmaster2000
2011-11-15 10:15:00 AM
Hollie Maea: The salt industry? Really?

I prefer to call it Big Salty.
 
KarmicDisaster
2011-11-15 10:15:11 AM
LittleSmitty: God forbid we tell children what to eat. But there's no problem telling adults who they can marry, or that they can't posses a plant.

Pretty f*cked up mentality there.

You want to marry your cousin or something?
 
derpdeederp
2011-11-15 10:15:17 AM
Hollie Maea 2011-11-15 10:04:27 AM

The salt industry? Really?

Salt is a major industry in the US. I believe we are either the number 1 or 2 leading producer in the world.
 
JLEM
2011-11-15 10:15:57 AM
dumbobruni: Lost Thought 00: Hypocrite. He denounces fatty children's foods, yet he hasn't divorce the overweight silverback he calls his wife.

i don't care if you are torlling or not, but that is very racist, you scumbag

I don't even care if it's racist or not, it is completely nonsensical on several levels.
 
12349876
2011-11-15 10:17:31 AM
Lost Thought 00: Hypocrite. He denounces fatty children's foods, yet he hasn't divorce the overweight silverback he calls his wife.

t1.gstatic.com
 
KarmicDisaster
2011-11-15 10:17:34 AM
derpdeederp: Hollie Maea 2011-11-15 10:04:27 AM

The salt industry? Really?

Salt is a major industry in the US. I believe we are either the number 1 or 2 leading producer in the world.

A really great book is
"Salt: a world history" by Mark Kurlansky
Salt played a huge role over the years, including in the American Civil war.
 
coeyagi
2011-11-15 10:17:42 AM
LittleSmitty: God forbid we tell children what to eat. But there's no problem telling adults who they can marry, or that they can't posses a plant.

Pretty f*cked up mentality there.

There isn't as much money to be lost by saying to gheys to suck it, marriage-wise. School lunch programs, different story.

And what industry would line the pockets of Republicans in favor of gay marriage? Exactly.
 
ThatFoolMatt
2011-11-15 10:19:37 AM
JLEM: sdd2000: Is ketchup still a vegtable?

Tomatoes aren't even vegetables. That is how dumb the GOP is.

I refer you to Exhibit A (new window)
 
Skleenar
2011-11-15 10:20:02 AM
It's Congress' 999* plan.


*calories per serving.
 
coeyagi
2011-11-15 10:20:19 AM
Lost Thought 00: Hypocrite. He denounces fatty children's foods, yet he hasn't divorce the overweight silverback he calls his wife.

Republicans are hypocrites. They denounce in subtle ways all inferior beings and yet they haven't had the temerity to throw you in a wood chipper yet.
 
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