Seriously, there is so much dumb in this thread, I can't even address it all.
But I'll try.
Nice how you worded that. And yes they were via the USDA and support from ag commish Vilsack. Her program was a highly pushed mandate that most schools across the country tried....at first. And it didnt end up being nearly as radical as her original mandate which did limit what foods they could bring. The schools mandated it and most have dropped the program now. A bill in congress actually limited the powers of the ag dept to force many of these stipulations. The original plan was to also eliminate pizza TOTALLY, and limit potato products to max of twice a week.
BULL. FUCKING. SHIT.
Show me a link. There was exactly one school that tried anything like this and it had fuck all to do with the government. You are lying about this based on some Glen-Beck-Orwellian fantasy perception of the Obamas takin' our freedoms. It is not based in reality whatsoever. I don't know what else to say besides
you're lying.
All of this has gone pretty far to move off of the topic of how outrageous this "human school bus" thing is to some of you. Not only have we moved on to other aspects of the FLOTUS's campaign for better child health, we've now entered fantasy science fiction accounts of the government confiscating potato chips out of kids' lunchboxes, which is so beyond absurd I seriously can't believe an adult is making that claim, and believes it to be true.
The biggest crime in all of this is the need for chaperones to walk to school in the first place. I walked/rode my bike to school from 1-5 grade and all I had for a chaperone was my older brother and all the other kids on the block.
It's a crying shame that the world is so dangerous now that we can't even let our kids walk to school by themselves
THANKS OBAMA!!! Love to see the logic that says this is Obama's fault. Your post proves exactly that
this is not some radical leftist agenda, this used to be called common sense. The chaperone is a bonus for parents to be able to feel safe walking to school if they don't already. It should go without saying at all, but for the 100th time, this is in no way a mandate or required in any way, shape, or form. You don't like it. Drive your kids to school.
#2. I have an issue on anything that isn't spelled out in the Constitution not being turned over to states to decide. I have an issue with federal tax dollars being spent on this, just say no campaigns, to study the DNA of a grizzly bear...etc...etc...etc. If the state of Alabama wants to do a walking school bus campaign, then so be it, even though I wouldn't be happy about it, but it should never have federal dollars attached to it.
WTF are you talking about? The states decide what?? This is not a requirement. The government is not requiring any school to do it, let alone your child participate it should your child's school choose to do this. We have gone into looney-bin territory with this thing.
This entails some commercials and endorsements. This is not a multi-billion dollar waste of money. It's actually productive to promote childhood fitness, which is a major problem in our country right now, and it costs next to zero money. You literally have to be an insane person to make the argument that this is government intruding on our everyday life.