Food cop Michelle Obama should practice what she preaches, according to Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI), because her rear end is looking quite large these days.
While the Wisconsin politician isn't Mr. Olympia himself, he makes a great point. The first nanny-in-chief is always being photographed wolfing down fatty foods. How many ice cream cones will the first lady consume during her 17-day Hawaii excursion?
There's nothing wrong with enjoying a rich diet, but don't lecture everyone else about their gastronomic preferences. Apparently, Sensenbrenner was overheard talking on his cell phone at an airport Wednesday in Washington, D.C., about Obama's backside. He was heard by a Democratic operative saying she had a "large posterior," and bashed her for lecturing Americans about dieting.
What's more, the congressman didn't deny the conversation. When contacted by the press, his spokeswoman said, "Mr. Sensenbrenner was referring to the first lady's healthy food initiative (Let's Move)."
How can children take Obama seriously when she was caught in July downing a 1,700-calorie meal at the opening of a Shake Shack in Washington, D.C.? Obesity is a legitimate problem in the United States, but it should be addressed in the home, not by the federal government.
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Federal policy contributes to obesity via corn subsidies. So it is already addressed by the federal government - just not in a beneficial way for public health and medical costs.
Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" program is endorsed by the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, and even Wal-Mart.
Secretary Napolitano Announces Expansion of "If You See Something, Say Something" Campaign to Walmart Stores Across the Nation
http://www.dhs.gov/ynews/releases/pr_1291648380371.shtm
I will not call you a moron as you so disrespectfully referred to the President and his wife as being. However, I will point out that The Health Care Reform Act bill was passed in 2009 and it would take a ***** not to know that !!!
john: "Robin is just a little brainwashed Scott , we must sympathize .
She also has a little problem with English ."
I see what you mean. I think her problem might be a little more serious than with just the English language, though.
Btw, if you've been to an airport in the last ten years, you've probably heard a similar message to report any suspicious behavior. Robin linked an article above re: a similar message being introduced to WalMart. To think of this as "snitching" is very strange. Of course, there is a very active "gang" culture, "anti-snitching" creed. I wonder if Robin has been influenced by that cultural theme.
That's a good one - accurate too.
As long as there is a divided Congress NOTHING will get done. Democrats didn't and don't want to work with republicans, Republicans don't want to work with Democrats, and in the end its people like my husband and I that suffer. because there are no damn jobs, because teh economy isn't getting better.....because we are struggling to make ends meet, and because we face losing everything if he doesn't find work soon.
I am losing faith in the politicians in DC because they can NOT get work done. And it seems NONE OF THE SERVING POLITICIANS HAVE THE BEST INTEREST OF AMERICA AT HEART!
Congress did a study on the jobs that the stimulus created, and in the article I read, don't remember where, it said that the stimulus failed to meet expectations,
Here is what needs to happen in my opinion I'm conservative, but I'm independent.
1. We need Glass -Steagall reinstated.
2. We need NAFTA Repealed
3. We need Obama Care repealed and overhauled. If its anything like Romney care, if my understanding and reading is correct, the country is in trouble and it will bankrupt the nation.
4. We need politicians that will work together and get work done.
5. We need politicians not to apologize for our actions and make us seemingly inferior to them
6. We need to make it more expensive to manufacture overseas than in the U.S, and we need to bring the tech jobs home as well.
7. We need to stop making shaky loans to countries like Brazil.
8. We need a decision on Keystone Pipeline which would create thousands of jobs.
9. Politicians as a whole need to cut back on spending ALL PARTIES
10. We need to cut the national debt, and quit sending pork back to states.
That'll do for a start.
You've actually got a few good ideas here. I can agree with 1, 2, 4 and, 9 and 10. The rest, however is your usual ill-thought, poorly informed frightwing drivel.
Ali,
I could support a candidate from the left if I could believe in them. I'm not about left or right, its why I call myself 'Independent' sure I'm conservative, but these ideas come from reading sites as liberal as Huff Post, and as Conservative as WND, and I formed my own opinion.
I don't listen to Rush, Beck, Hannity, Limbaugh etc.
I will explain my thoughts on number 7. The U.S 'Loaned' Brazil 2 Billion for offshore oil exploration. I have read and I can not find the sources but I read one article in the Wall Street Journal that stated the amount that China had loaned, around 800M, and that Brazil had a history of loans being forgiven because of its inability to repay them. Not based on left or right, but an opinion based on sources that I read. I'm willing to debate what I think, because I can tell you why I think that way. And its not because someone tells me how to think.
On number 7, you're just plain wrong.
And it's obvious you haven't done your homework on the XL pipeline either.
No one has gone around the world apologizing for the US; that's just more frightwing noise.
You can't make it possible to manufacture things cheaper here than overseas in countries with minimal worker and human rights and no regulations. However you can have trade policies that equalize the marketplace as we had before Reagan started destroying them.
And the Affordable Healthcare act, when fully implemented, will lower medical costs, not raise them.
Now on the apology remark, I've seen the arguments for and against it, and Reading Obama's words I do think in a round about way it was an apology. But its all in how one interpret what he says....
Health care. Again reading independent and conservative sites how Massachusetts is struggling financially and possibly in some articles reported to be considered cutting care, it causes me great concern about the long run of Obama Care.....making me think the whole thing needs to be overhauled. (Ok its my opinion, I'm not a scholar on politics I get my opinions from reading....and I do try to read all sides and make a judgement based on what I have read). Now I am looking for the article that says Brazil has been forgiven loans by countries in the past.......Hopefully I can find it......
Mooch
Did you even read the Politifact article? WE DID NOT LOAN BRAZIL 2 BILLION DOLLARS! That renders all of your other contentions moot.
There were no apologies to other countries, except in the minds of people who operate on the level that they would criticize the First family's Christmas cards.
I never said the Affordable Healthcare plan was perfect: but Massachusetts has about the same jobless rate as Texas, which has none.
Now on the offshore oil drilling
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203863204574346610120524166.html
Now other articles say they can get the money if they need it, but even so if they are as cash rich as one article states they are they should NOT need the loan....so the whole thing is confusing.... I don't know what to think anymore, I'm getting a headache......
Now for Mass. Health care I can't get to the article because I refuse to pay for it or subscribe to their paper
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/03/02/mass_healthcare_reform_is_failing_us/
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/05/has-mitt-romneys-massachusetts-health-care-law-worked/
http://www.phillyburbs.com/blogs/working_my_butt/massachusetts-reform-hasn-t-stopped-medical-bankruptcies/article_3b3e20c2-4a5e-11e0-93ab-0017a4a78c22.html
The Wall Street Journal headline is simply wrong: I posted the links to refute it, including the FACT SHEET from the entity responsible for the line of credit. Reposting it doesn't change the fact that you keep repeating an already discredited and disproven frightwing conceit.
You missed my saying I was wrong, and maybe I worded it badly, but given the last link you sent me, and YES I did read it, and it seemed a credible link that my point was I don't want to hear a bank griping about default on a loan IF it happens.
Right now I have a headache, and I was trying to explain how I came to the conclusion, not saying i'm right wrong. And somehow the first post got posted and botched before I could finish posting hence the second post afterwards. I was trying to read, write, and multi task at the same time As you can see the posts were consecutive, meant to be together, but yet posted separately.....
Merry Xtian Xmas.
This country is really out of whack when it comes to education about healthy eating and nutrition. Diets are imposed, mostly on women, to make them lose weight, not to make them healthy (the two are not always the same). The goal is to become skinny and to look like photoshopped models and unrealistic celebrities. You don't have to eat celery and carrot sticks all the time to start making balanced, healthy choices and cut down your risk for diabetes and heart disease.
I mean, geez- what is with the all or nothing mentality?
You think so?
It didn't go well for him, by the way. The audience he thought would smirk along with him reacted with a "sort of a stunned silence" instead, at least according to one report. (Source.)
To his credit, he sent Mrs. Obama an apology.
There was a study done years ago that showed the more homophobic and outwardly critical a man was of gay men the more likely they were themselves gay and in denial.
Really? How so?
Especially by a man who's chin devolves into his tie. This is not Mr. Universe. In fact, if he showed up on the beach in a speedo, he should be busted.
And I am now, finally, convinced that Scott should come out of his closet immediately, and have some dignity and peace with who he really is.
Wilka
Suckazz repubs. I will never understand them. Not sure, anymore, that I even wish to try.
When talking about Republican "leaders", especially the champions of "Family Values", the evidence all points to "yes".
The one you should call a bigot is that untidy slob, Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner.
NBA
Kaiser Permanente
WalMart
American Medical Association
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Heart Association
American Diabetes Association
American Association of Family Physicians
YMCA
The republican congressman may be ridiculing the size of Mrs. Obama's rear end, but all he's really demonstrating is the smallness of his mind.
Yeah - nothing like providing leadership on "a legitimate problem in the United States", right congressman?
hm. Jim, it's obviously not being addressed in the home because the problem has continued to grow, endangering our ability to pay for our own medical treatment. How do you suggest we get "the home" to address this issue, without having anyone in a position of public visibility to discuss the topic? Cast a spell, maybe? :)
Literally! Wonder what the republican congressman's contribution to the problem might be. What farm subsidies (especially corn) has he voted for. Has he ever voted for a tax on junk food? Has he ever voted for a tax break for a gym membership? Oh, he's dealing with it at the federal level - just not in a real productive way.
No R.F.,
I don't care. I really don't. But I love to get lefties all riled up and I couldn't help myself.
I do realize that excess weight is bad for your health and that we ought to try to teach children to eat wisely. Even so...
Stay classy, Teapublicans.
JING!
I imagine even the healthiest eaters have eaten at McDonald's once or twice in their lives, if only that.
It's kind of funny that you're worked up about this. Do you really have nothing better to worry about?
Thanks for the chuckle!
The "government" is in your food pantry more than you can ever imagine. It's the reason you're not eating rotten meat, chemical laced rice and salmonella on your melons. Of course, being a Teapublican, you'd cut the FDA so your wealthy puppet masters could buy an extra BMW.
Yeah - never mind all those medical costs that are handicapping American business, and bankrupting medicare. And never mind that government subsidizes corn heavily - you know the stuff that corn syrup is made out of - you know the stuff in most every cheap food you buy.
The side of this thing that (so-called) "conservatives" never seem to want to look at is this. Corporations control our lives much more than government could dream of doing. They buy politicians and write the legislation. Then the buy a corporate media outlet, and pump a significant segment of the population full of the same kind of crap that they pump into the food supply.
I take very good care of myself, exercise and eat a balanced diet. According to realage.com, my real age is ten years my chronological junior.
But because of corporate-pushed, government subsidies (ask Chaz Grassley about corn subsidies), I have to pay higher taxes so that Iowa farmers can poison the soil with petrochemicals to produce genetically modified corn - squeezing a little more yield out of every acre of space (I won't call it dirt) they own. Then I have to pay higher insurance premiums and medicare/medicaid taxes, because people eat cheap, fat-laden diets. And (so-called) "conservatives" NEVER address the issue of how irresponsible lifesyle choices (which they call "freedom") basically steal money from those of us, who do take responsiblility for our health.
It has nothing to do with freedom. It has everything to do with irresponsibility, insanity, and being a drain on society.
From where did you extract this dubious figment of your imagination?
Ali look in this article alone she ate a 1700 calorie meal in public. And that was just one meal. I am sure that wasn't all she ate that day either. The normal recommended calorie intake is 1200 calories. So she ate 500 more calories in ONE meal than is recommended to eat in one day. That sounds very hypocritical to me.
I hope you never see three Indians walking in single file.
First lady Michelle Obama ordered a whopper of a meal at the newly opened Washington diner Shake Shack during lunch on Monday.
A Washington Post journalist on the scene confirmed the first lady, who’s made a cause out of child nutrition, ordered a ShackBurger, fries, chocolate shake and a Diet Coke while the street and sidewalk in front of the usually-packed Shake Shack were closed by security during her visit.
According to nutritional information on Shake Shack’s Web site, the meal amounted to 1,700 calories. But it was impossible to tell whether the first lady intended to eat the entire order, or share with friends (the latter seems a tad more likely considering the two drinks).
The first lady’s office did not comment on the subject.
Obama, who launched the “Let’s Move” campaign to combat childhood obesity last year, has previously admitted to having an “obsession with french fries,” which she says are fine to indulge in occasionally. “It’s all about moderation,” Obama told reporters.
Most nutritionists interviewed for a story on the subject by ABC news said that there was no harm in a one-term junk food splurge.
"While the goal for healthy eating is to limit choices like fries and shakes, occasional treats won't hurt. The problem is that many Americans do this more than occasionally," said Connie Diekman, director of university nutrition at Washington University in St. Louis, told ABC. "It is good to see that even someone as committed to health as the first lady knows that healthy eating is about balance not perfection."
Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/44/post/michelle-obama-has-1556-calories-meal-at-shake-shack-outing/2011/07/11/gIQAgwPE9H_blog.html
This is just one instance of this happening. I am sure there have been many other instances of this happening. Who knows what she eats behind closed doors.
That's so impressive.
It doesn't change anything.
Read this again. To quote myself.
"So in other words, based on one meal she ate in public, you make that sweeping generalization that she has an unhealthy diet? That's the most tacitly absurd observation I've seen in months.
I hope you never see three Indians walking in single file. "
You'd have to know the difference between FACT and OPINION for me to debate you.
You've posited an unsupportable statement, and you keep repeating it like that will somehow transmute lead into gold. In reality, you've got nothing.
Come back when you learn what a statistically invalid sample is.
And when you learn the difference between facts, conjecture, and opinion. Until then, you're wasting the time of everyone here.
I know the difference between a FACT and an OPINION.
You keep working on that.
Let me break it down to you using your own words.
""She preaches eating healthy." That's a FACT.
"Yet she eats more crap than any of us do. " That's OPINION.
" I am sure there have been many other instances of this happening. "
That's CONJECTURE.
According to your lack of reasoning, A sunny day in Seattle means that Seattle is a sunny city, despite the FACTthat Seattle only averages 71 sunny days a year.
Try again, Ryan, see if you can fit my examples into a logical framework.
Your opinion and $10 would buy a cup of coffee at McDonald's. It would cost $1 for anyone else.
The FACT is that she ate ONE unhealthy meal. Your OPINION, based on SYMU, is that her diet is unhealthy, based on one meal.
That would be like saying that all conservatives are uneducated because I read ONE of your post, and you at least pretend to be a conservative.
Again, see if you can LEARN the difference between FACTS and OPINIONS. FACTS have a basis in reality. SYMU apparently has none. Your OPINION is a net negative.
I'd like to say that Sensenbrenner's remarks are a fine example of the depths to which political discourse has descended these days. Unfortunately I was a history major in school. As far as I can tell, it's par for the course. Julius Caesar, a man of robust and catholic physical appetites, was called "Every woman's husband and every man's wife" by his detractors. :)
I can't believe it's just so round, it's like,
out there, I mean - gross. Look!
She's just so ... black!
So... healthy.
So, not.
"H.R. 3962 is the wrong prescription for America. This bill makes care more expensive and less available, while hurting Wisconsinites and harming Wisconsin businesses."
"Less available"? I wonder how he explained that one. (I suppose someone did ask.)
But yeah, he could shed a few pounds too while we are on the subject.
Would we prefer Barack himself to preach on obesity? That would be almost unfair. the man is so slender it is obvious that he does not even feel tempted to overeat a la Gingrich and Clinton.
[Intro]
Oh, my, god. Becky, look at her butt.
It is so big. *scoff* She looks like,
one of those rap guys' girlfriends.
But, you know, who understands those rap guys? *scoff*
They only talk to her, because,
she looks like a total prostitute, 'kay?
I mean, her butt, is just so big.
I can't believe it's just so round, it's like,
out there, I mean - gross. Look!
She's just so ... black!
[Sir Mix-a-Lot]
I like big butts and I can not lie
You other brothers can't deny
That when a girl walks in with an itty bitty waist
And a round thing in your face
You get sprung, wanna pull out your tough
'Cause you notice that butt was stuffed
Deep in the jeans she's wearing
I'm hooked and I can't stop staring
Oh baby, I wanna get with you
And take your picture
My homeboys tried to warn me
But that butt you got makes me so horny
Ooh, Rump-o'-smooth-skin
You say you wanna get in my Benz?
Well, use me, use me
'Cause you ain't that average groupie
I've seen them dancin'
To hell with romancin'
She's sweat, wet,
Got it goin' like a turbo 'Vette
I'm tired of magazines
Sayin' flat butts are the thing
Take the average black man and ask him that
She gotta pack much back
So, fellas! (Yeah!) Fellas! (Yeah!)
Has your girlfriend got the butt? (Hell yeah!)
Tell 'em to shake it! (Shake it!) Shake it! (Shake it!)
Shake that healthy butt!
Baby got back!
(LA face with Oakland booty)
Baby got back!
[Sir Mix-a-Lot]
I like 'em round, and big
And when I'm throwin' a gig
I just can't help myself, I'm actin' like an animal
Now here's my scandal
I wanna get you home
And ugh, double-up, ugh, ugh
I ain't talkin' bout Playboy
'Cause silicone parts are made for toys
I want 'em real thick and juicy
So find that juicy double
Mix-a-Lot's in trouble
Beggin' for a piece of that bubble
So I'm lookin' at rock videos
Knock-kneeded bimbos walkin' like hoes
You can have them bimbos
I'll keep my women like Flo Jo
A word to the thick soul sisters, I wanna get with ya
I won't cuss or hit ya
But I gotta be straight when I say I wanna *fuck*
Till the break of dawn
Baby got it goin' on
A lot of simps won't like this song
'Cause them punks like to hit it and quit it
And I'd rather stay and play
'Cause I'm long, and I'm strong
And I'm down to get the friction on
So, ladies! {Yeah!} Ladies! {Yeah}
If you wanna roll in my Mercedes {Yeah!}
Then turn around! Stick it out!
Even white boys got to shout
Baby got back!
Baby got back!
Yeah, baby ... when it comes to females, Cosmo ain't got nothin'
to do with my selection. 36-24-36? Ha ha, only if she's 5'3".
[Sir Mix-a-Lot]
So your girlfriend rolls a Honda, playin' workout tapes by Fonda
But Fonda ain't got a motor in the back of her Honda
My anaconda don't want none
Unless you've got buns, hun
You can do side bends or sit-ups,
But please don't lose that butt
Some brothers wanna play that "hard" role
And tell you that the butt ain't gold
So they toss it and leave it
And I pull up quick to retrieve it
So Cosmo says you're fat
Well I ain't down with that!
'Cause your waist is small and your curves are kickin'
And I'm thinkin' bout stickin'
To the beanpole dames in the magazines:
You ain't it, Miss Thing!
Give me a sister, I can't resist her
Red beans and rice didn't miss her
Some knucklehead tried to dis
'Cause his girls are on my list
He had game but he chose to hit 'em
And I pull up quick to get wit 'em
So ladies, if the butt is round,
And you want a triple X throw down,
Dial 1-900-MIXALOT
And kick them nasty thoughts
Baby got back!
(Little in the middle but she got much back) [4x]
Michelle Obama dresses very tastefully sometimes, and other times I wonder, what she was thinking in choices of style and color, but that's me.
I thought her inauguration gown was very pretty and flattered her.
But, with that being said, she doesn't have to account for anyone what she does wear doesn't wear and how she looks......
However, I do think that the government should not be on our backs about what our children do or do not eat.