posted November 23, 2014 10:56 AM            

Take this lunch and shove it
I ain't eatin here no more.

"First lady Michelle Obama’s quest for healthy school lunches sparked a backlash today from the very people who are served the grub in cafeterias across America.

The campaign went viral when students took photos of their lunches and shared them on Twitter using the hashtag #ThanksMichelleObama."

"Had a very #healthylunch today. The apple definitely made up for the "mystery mush" #ThanksMichelleObama"

"Yum school lunches #thanksmichelleobama"

"#ThanksMichelleObama"

"#ThanksMichelleObama just what a 16 year old girl needs"

"This is a hot dog bun with cheese on it. #ThanksMichelleObama"

"my school lunch today #ThanksMichelleObama"

"Grilled cheese and plastic for lunch..yummy" 😒😑😷

"Smh..Went to a school luncheon for thanksgiving and this is the crap they are serving children? #ThanksMichelleObama"

posted November 23, 2014 11:06 AM            

Of course many kids would rather eat pizza....loaded with sugar and flavor "enhancers"... and drink pepsi... does that make them nutritious?

A lot of people think healthy food is more expensive than junk. Its not but it doesn't disguise poor cooking as well. People eat fast food because they don't have time or motivation to cook. Not because its cheaper!

But hey, its Michelle's fault, after all her nose is too long for your tastes, right?

posted November 23, 2014 11:12 AM            

Michelle Hussein O'Bomber should get her long bony busybody nose out student lunch choices.

posted November 23, 2014 12:37 PM            

Are you suggesting that sending her kids to private school means she shouldn't try to educate poorer peopk e about food? Or that schools should be funded well enough to run a decent kitchen?

posted November 23, 2014 12:48 PM            

I work at an elementary school in a large city in Texas. This is not representative of what I see. I am a conservative, generally vote Republican and I am not a cafeteria worker. I have lunch duty with the Kindergarteners every day. Our cafeteria workers are wonderful and they do a great job (but the food does come from a central kitchen each day). The worst thing I can say about the food is that it isn't properly seasoned (because it might have some GASP - SALT in it) and often the vegetables are too soft from overcooking/sitting over a steam table waiting to be served. Daily I see things the kids like to eat - chicken nuggets (not fried), cheeseburgers made with lean meat, nachos, quesadillas, chicken/rice bowls, pasta, pizza, etc. They are supposed to take an entrée and 2 or 3 sides, but they don't always do what they're supposed to, although they are reminded. I guarantee you that the small-looking meals you see in the photos are not ALL the food the child could have taken from the options offered. I will tell you, though, what DOES disgust me is the stuff that parents send from home - lunchables EVERY DAY (salt, fat, empty calories), "juice" drinks, candy, "hot chips", fruit snacks (which shouldn't be allowed to be labeled with the word fruit), sodas, bottled caffeinated sweetened TEA (for KINDERGARTENERS). I worry much more about what the parents are sending with their kids (although that is their right, of course) than what is being served from the cafeteria line.

posted November 23, 2014 03:07 PM            

"Daily I see things the kids like to eat - chicken nuggets (not fried), cheeseburgers made with lean meat, nachos, quesadillas, chicken/rice bowls, pasta, pizza, etc."

posted November 23, 2014 05:56 PM            

The food at my Secondary school was terrific... there were all of 200 of us! Everyone had cake on their birthday ... real cake. My grandson barters with his homemade lunch for cafeteria items.

posted November 24, 2014 11:13 AM            

As usual, long nosed busybody meddlers got it wrong.

Children aren't overweight because of the fat, sugar and protein they eat. They're overweight because they don't get enough physical exercise. PE...physical exercise should immediately be reinstituted and required daily for all school grades through high school senior classes.

posted December 15, 2014 12:14 AM            

By making herself queen of the school lunchroom, Michelle Obama has managed to screw things up almost as badly as Obamacare has screwed up health insurance, albeit on a smaller scale. The Twitter hashtag #thanksmichelleobama accompanying pictures of inedible school cafeteria slop is evidence that a generation of nanny state-hating youngsters will eventually enter the voting booth, just as many of their parents are turning on Democrats over Obamacare. And like Obamacare devastates family finances with high deductibles and cost increases for many, the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act that Mrs. Obama pushed so hard is devastating the finances of school lunch programs.

Paul Bedard reports in the Washington Examiner:

More than half of the nation’s school cafeteria workers expect to lose money selling low-salt, low-fat meals pushed by first lady Michelle Obama, a “serious” problem that threatens the programs, according to a survey of food providers.

The School Nutrition Association, which is planning to demand changes to the meal requirements to make the food more attractive to students, found that 50.35 percent of cafeteria officials surveyed expect that serving the food will “exceed revenue” next year. (snip)

As a result, the group plans to ask the administration to let schools ease up on the low-salt and fruit and vegetable demands. In fact, they plan to seek a recess from being required to put fruit and veggies on meal trays, according to a draft proposal.

Michelle Obama is the very image of an out-of-touch do-gooder, heedlessly creating problems in her efforts to do something “nice.”***Make that a long nosed meddling busybody!***

By the way, her own children are not subject to the act she pushed on the rest of us. Take a look at the menu at the ultra-expensive Sidwell Friends School attended by Sasha and Malia, uncovered by the Daily Caller:

For Tuesday, Dec. 9, the scrumptious, bountiful lunch menu for both the middle school and the upper school at Sidwell Friends is:

Potato Sausage Soup; Firecracker Slaw; California Chef’s Salad; All Natural Jamaican Jerk Chicken Wings; Sweet Potato Black Bean Bake; Sautéed Local Greens; Gemelli Alfredo; Sliced Pineapple

This menu of completely free lunch items certainly sounds delicious and nutritious. Also, to be clear, it’s for a single day, not the entire week.