When will mainstream media start reporting what an absolute, complete, unadulterated flop Michelle Obama\’s crusade to force children to eat the kinds of food she deems acceptable has been?
Michelle Malkin has certainly noticed. And her latest column, which discusses how completely this force-feeding has failed, is devastating.
I urge you to use the above link and read every word. But meanwhile, here is a, er, taste:
Lookout, everyone: The nation\’s school lunch lady, Michelle Obama, ismad. With her federal nutrition program under fire across the countryand now on Capitol Hill, Mrs. Obama put out a “forceful”call to arms this week to “health activists,” according toThe Washington Post.
Progressivesblame kid-hating Republicans and greedy businesses for the revoltagainst Mrs. Obama\’s failed policies. But the truth is right aroundthe corner in your students\’ cafeterias. Districts are losing money.Discarded food is piling high. Kids are going off-campus to filltheir tummies or just going hungry.
Accordingto the School Nutrition Association, almost half of school mealprograms reported declines in revenue in the 2012-13 school year, and90 percent said food costs were up. Local nutrition directors aredemanding more flexibility and freedom. Look no further than schooldistricts in Los Angeles and Chicago.
AsI noted in 2011, the L.A. Unified School District pronounced thefirst lady\’s federally subsidized initiative a “flop” and a”disaster.” Principals reported “massive waste, withunopened milk cartons and uneaten entrees being thrown away.”The problem has only worsened. The Los Angeles Times reported lastmonth that the city\’s students throw out “at least $100,000worth of food a day — and probably far more,” which “amountsto $18 million a year.”
Draconianfederal rules dictate calorie counts, whole-grain requirements, thenumber of items that children must put on their trays, and even thecolor of the fruits and vegetables they must choose. Asked for asolution, LAUSD Food Service Director David Binkle told the Timesbluntly: “We can stop forcing children to take food they don\’tlike and throw in the garbage.”
Ms. Malkin goes on to point out that the real agenda here may be that Ms. Obama\’s demands have resulted in thousands of new jobs in the food services industries.
Hmmm, union jobs, thus union money for election years. Think that has any relevance here?
Malkin also points out that Ms. Obama\’s claim that her demands are causing less student obesity are fraudulent.
Now, in fairness to the other side, let us keep in mind that Michelle Malkin is a political conservative. A female political conservative. A female minority political conservative.
This, of course, means that it is open season on her 24/7/365 (366 on leap years), because the left cannot tolerate women, especially minority women, who do not toe the line on their agenda. In Leftwingville, you can stray on one, maybe two, issues and be tolerated. But anything more than that (a category Michelle Malkin most definitely fits in) and you are a __________ (fill in any epithet – actually any number of epithets – you like, including vile references to female genitalia that outrage women\’s groups to the nth degree….if they are used against non-conservatives. For Malkin, however, they are just fine…as are slurs based on her Philippine heritage).
Look, the idea of getting children to eat healthy is an excellent one. And if it were as easy as just ramming healthy foods down children\’s throats, Michelle Obama\’s way of doing things would be wildly successful.
But it isn\’t and her way is wildly unsuccessful. All it has accomplished is to fatten the coffers of food service unions, cause untold waste of food, and leave children hungry because they don\’t want to eat what is put in front of them.
When do mainstream media join Michelle Malkin in talking about this? Don\’t hold off on your next meal waiting for it to happen.
