On 2012-02-16 06:54, Slide wrote:
Sorry. You lost all credibility when you linked to a Fox news story. Link to a creditable and legitimate NEWS organization.

Fox news only exists to get dumb people rilled up.

On 2012-02-16 06:54, Slide wrote:

Fox news only exists to get dumb people rilled up.

On 2012-02-16 05:49, Woland wrote:
When Federal agents scrutinize the lunch a 4-year-old's Mother has lovingly packed for her, and determine it does not meet official specifications, and force the girl to buy a lunch from the school Caféteria --which she does not eat-- and send her mother the bill, you are no longer living in a free country.

On 2012-02-16 11:36, Woland wrote:
I interpreted that phrase, Payne, to refer to a Federal employee of the Federal Department of Health and Human Services. I will re-check to see if there is more detailed information, and get back to you on that one.

On 2012-02-16 10:54, Payne wrote:

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On 2012-02-16 05:49, Woland wrote:
When Federal agents scrutinize the lunch a 4-year-old's Mother has lovingly packed for her, and determine it does not meet official specifications, and force the girl to buy a lunch from the school Caféteria --which she does not eat-- and send her mother the bill, you are no longer living in a free country.

Where in the article did it state that there were Federal Agents involved in this. It plainly stated "that it was an agent from the Department of Health and Human Services at the state level." So this appears to be an issue in North Carolina and no where else. At least I haven't heard of G-Men bursting into schools and forcibly confiscating lunches. This seems to be a case of an over zealous and poorly trained state worker either on a power trip or over zealously interpreting the parameters of a state run program.

On 2012-02-16 12:23, Bill Hilly wrote:

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Recheck to see if there's more information? That is a direct quote from the article YOU linked to? Either you didn't even read your own source or you're just trying to stir up trouble as is your usual M.O.


As you see Slide, Woland's credibility was lost more than 400 posts ago.

On 2012-02-16 13:54, LobowolfXXX wrote:
I'd certainly have written it as "The North Carolina Department of Heath and Human Services."

On Tuesday evening, Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) posed a hypothetical question to Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan: If Congress passed a law that said Americans “have to eat three vegetables and three fruits, every day … does that violate the Commerce Clause?”

“Sounds like a dumb law,” Kagan replied.

…I think that the question about whether it is a dumb law is different from the question of whether it’s constitutional. And I think the courts would be wrong to strike down laws that they think are senseless just because they’re senseless.

COBURN: Well, I guess the question I’m asking you is: Do we have the power to tell people what they have to eat every day?

KAGAN: Senator Coburn, um…

I guarantee you this: when this program - whatever the devil it is - was first proposed, someone said it will lead to inspectors demanding to see what’s in kid’s lunches, and insisting they eat something else instead of what mom sent. And the critic got a cold, withering look from the good people in charge. i][Really. I think that’s a little overboard.[/i]

You could say: yank the kid! Private schools! But they’ll be next; there’s no possible argument left for letting some private institution wreak their havoc on juvenile constitutions, particularly if they partake of some governmental benefit, like “Streets” or “water” or perhaps clean air.

Yes, I know. Really. I think that’s a little overboard.