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[diogenes227]

Let them eat cake. Pie too!

First Lady Michelle Obama stopped at Mom's Apple Pie Company in Occoquan, Va. on Thursday. She ordered an apple and a sour cherry pie.
“I will be killed if I don’t come out of here with pie,” Obama said, according to a pool report.

Are you actually criticizing the Mrs. Obama for this nice drop-in in Occoquan? If so, for shame. This is truly an "upside down land" when the First Lady of the land can't drop buy a local little-town pie shop and buy a pie for her family without taking criticism for doing one of the nice things moms do all the time. For shame.

Obama's Occoquan visit was pleasant surprise

Pretty nice story in that link:

The owner of Mom’s Apple Pie in Occoquan was asked if she would be at the store Thursday afternoon to meet someone “interested in farming and food.”

“And that’s true,” said pie shop owner Avis Renshaw of Michelle Obama’s visit following the campaign event at the Veteran’s of Foreign Wars Post 1503 in Dale City earlier in the day.

Renshaw received an email this week about a possible event at Mom’s Apple Pie.
“I assumed it was a catering order,” she said. “I called and was told a group was coming through our store and they had hoped I would be there to meet them, that it was someone interested in farming and food.

“I really didn’t think that much of it except that I didn’t get any advanced notice and I usually do for these sort of things,” she said.

Occoquan Mayor Earnie Porta got even less notice, although he was asked a few months ago by state Democrats to suggest a place in Occoquan for the first lady to visit.

“When I heard she was going to speak at the Dale City VFW, I just assumed they weren’t coming here,” he said.

Porta was among the local Democrats invited to the VFW early to have their picture taken with the First Lady before she addressed the crowd.

He shook her hand, had the picture taken and Obama said, “We are going to go to Mom’s Apple Pie in Occoquan after this, OK?” Porta said. “And I said, ‘Sure.’

“As soon as I got out the door. I bolted. I didn’t wait to hear her speech. I felt I had to get back and make sure everything was all right in the town.”

As he was leaving the VFW, he was stopped by a mother and daughter who thought he was an official with the event. They asked him if there was any way he could get them in since people were being turned away.

“I said, ‘I can’t get you in there but the First Lady just told me that she might be going down to Mom’s Apple Pie in Occoquan,” Porta said. “By the time I got down there that mom and daughter were already there.”

Not getting into the VFW gave 6-year-old Sydney Trapp the opportunity to play her violin for Obama.

Obama may have left Occoquan with a couple of pies, but she left behind a lasting and positive impression on the people she met.

“She was amazingly gracious, stunningly beautiful and her hands were so soft. It was like a velveteen rabbit. I didn’t want to let go,” Renshaw said. “There is warmth that radiates from her.”

“She was really gracious and very friendly,” Porta said.

“The folks at Mom’s Apple Pie could not be better ambassadors for us in Occoquan. They were fantastic,” Porta said.

“It was really crazy. We had no idea what was going to happen until 30 minutes before hand,” and at least six Secret Service agents showed up, said Aaron Sorenson, an employee at store. He had worked a morning shift but returned to bring a sandwich to his sister Mandy who also works at the store.

There were about 15 customers in the store who were told if they wanted to stay around and meet the First Lady, they could.

“She came in and had her picture taken. Everybody wanted to hug her,” Sorenson said. “She is a really sweet person, so genuine. She gave off a good vibe.

“It was really, really nice,” he said.

“The real point was for her to meet some regular people and she got the opportunity to do that. The staff got to meet her and have their picture taken and they were extremely thrilled,” Renshaw said.

“I think it’s indicative of her genuineness for her to stop at a small local place."

[Rogerdodger]

We need to set the example for all of the obese children in America. She should have stopped at an organic vegetable stand and bought carrots, not a PIE shop. What's next? A stop for salt?

[diogenes227]

We need to set the example for all of the obese children in America.
She should have stopped at an organic vegetable stand and bought carrots, not a PIE shop.

What's next? A stop for salt?

Come on, Rog. I know you're trying to be sarcastic, but stop with ignorant Sarah Palin talking-points.

Yes, Mrs. Obama's for organic vegetables and against childhood obesity. That is as great and noble as any cause any First Lady had ever taken up, and over the long run if she succeeds probably even greater. But people can have fun too. People like pie too. I'm sure if Laura Bush dropped in on a local pie shop in a little town like Occoquan (pop. 759) all the people there would coo and gush and say how nice it was and how great it was to meet the First Lady, and that's just what happened here too. That six-year-old girl who got to play the violin for her, and certainly her parents, will remember that day and be talking about it the rest of their lives. She got to give a pie-shop violin recital for the President's wife! How absolutely great is that?! A little bit of America got set right side up in Occoquan, Virginia, on Thursday. Norman Rockwell could not have drawn it up any better.

So stop a minute and think. You're against that? Over the last 230 years or so I'm not sure there is all that much that can truly be called un-American (given our freedom of speech and all that) but if there is one clear thing that absolutely is -- it's being against mom and apple pie!

Give it up. Have some pie. Wont' call it "a la mode" -- that's probably too French for you -- but put some ice cream on it. You'll enjoy your weekend even more.

And...oh yeah... Call your mom. She may want to tell you to "eat your carrots."

[Rogerdodger]

When the State replaces the Parents, nothing good comes from it.
I love showing the hypocrisy of dictators and Statists.
Their results of their ever growing control and suppression of freedom are never questioned because they hide behind supposed good intentions.
But I'll let the results speak for themselves:

"The road to gastric hell is paved with first lady Michelle Obama’s nanny-state intentions. Don’t take my word for it. Schoolkids in Los Angeles have blown the whistle on the East Wing chef-in-chief’s healthy-lunch diktats. Get your Pepto-Bismol ready. The taste of government waste is indigestion-inducing.

According to a weekend report by the Los Angeles Times, the city’s “trailblazing introduction of healthful school lunches has been a flop.” In response to the public hectoring and financial inducement of Mrs. Obama’s federally subsidized anti-obesity campaign, the district dropped chicken nuggets, corn dogs, and flavored milk from the menu for “beef jambalaya, vegetable curry, pad Thai, lentil and brown rice cutlets, and quinoa and black-eyed pea salads.”
(No PIE?)

Sounds delectable in theory. But in practice, the initiative has been what L.A. Unified’s food-services director Dennis Barrett plainly concludes is a “disaster.” While the Obama administration has showered the nation’s second-largest school district with nutrition awards, thousands of students voted with their upset tummies and abandoned the program. A forbidden-food black market — stoked not just by students, but also by teachers — is now thriving. Moreover, “principals report massive waste, with unopened milk cartons and uneaten entrees being thrown away.” (Remember to ignore the results)

This despite a massive increase in spending on nutritional improvements — from $2 million to $20 million alone over the last five years on fresh produce.
This despite a nearly half-billion-dollar budget shortfall and 3,000 layoffs earlier this year.

Earlier this spring, L.A. school officials acknowledged that the sprawling district is left with a whopping 21,000 uneaten meals a day, in part because the federal school-lunch program “sometimes requires more food to be served than a child wants to eat.” The leftovers will now be donated to nonprofit agencies. But after the recipients hear about students’ reports of moldy noodles, undercooked meat, and hard rice, one wonders how much of the “free” food will go down the hatch — or down the drain. Ahhh, savor the flavor of one-size-fits-all mandates.

There’s nothing wrong with encouraging our children to eat healthier, of course. There’s nothing wrong with well-run, locally based, and parent-driven efforts. But as I’ve noted before, the federal foodie cops care much less about students’ waistlines than they do about boosting government and public-union payrolls.

In a little-noticed announcement several months ago, Obama health officials declared their intention to use school-lunch applications to boost government health-care rolls. Never mind the privacy concerns of parents.

Big Government programs “for the children” are never about the children. If they were, you wouldn’t see Chicago public-school officials banning students from bringing home-packed meals made by their own parents. In April, the Chicago Tribune reported that “unless they have a medical excuse, they must eat the food served in the cafeteria.” The bottom line? Banning homemade lunches means a fatter payday for the school and its food provider.

Remember: The unwritten mantra driving Mrs. Obama’s federal school-lunch meddling and expansion is: 'Cede the children, feed the state.' (and it's Union supporters)

Edited by Rogerdodger, 10 June 2012 - 10:15 AM.

[diogenes227]

What are you shouting about? You criticized Mrs. Obama for buying a pie. I didn't see anything wrong with that. In fact, along with the people in Occoquan, I thought it was sweet. This discussion was not about any "Nanny state", it was prompted by an American mom buying an apple pie (an apple pie!) from a local pie-shop for her family. I've never understood why anyone's been upset that this First Lady would like America's children to be healthier. Last I checked having happy, healthy children was a good thing. Maybe that's changed where you live.

When Nancy Reagan said "Just say no" to drugs, did everyone stand up and shout the "government can't tell us what to do"? Barbara Bush's cause was childhood and adult literacy. Did a whole segment of the nation rise up and trash her because she was concerned that many of America's children and adults suffered from dyslexia like one of her sons? When Laura Bush urged America children to read more, did any dumb Sarah-Palin type jump up and scream "the government is trying to tell our kids to not watch television anymore."

Come to think of it, when did the First Ladies become "the government"? Last I checked, First Ladies have never had any official governmental responsibilities (granted Mrs. Woodrow Wilson may have actually run the government for eighteen months or so after her husband's stroke but that was never official). Obviously, you think they do. And obviously facts don't matter much anymore is this "upside down land" but I'll mention it anyway -- it's a fact they don't.

So what is it about about this First Lady that grates on so many people? Sometimes I think it's just because she's smart, elegant black woman. But then I recall Hilary Clinton when she was First Lady used to be showered with the kind of vitriol that I don't recall ever being rained on Mrs. Reagan or the first Mrs. Bush or the second Mrs. Bush so maybe it's just because Mrs. Obama, like Mrs. Clinton, is the wife of a President who is a Democrat. Maybe there are just some people -- chatterboxes, gossips, a choir of all kinds of hypocrites -- who simply believe all Republican women are saints and all Democratic women are sinners. Could this be some superstitious religious thing? Like Reaganomics was a stick in pin in the middle class, could this be some kind of stick-the-pin-in-the-Democratic-woman doll voodoo?

I'm just baffled. If you can actually explain to me why people really do not like this particular lady I would appreciate it.

P.S. Maybe you should skip that pie and ice cream I suggested to make your weekend more enjoyable. I see Oklahoma is the 7th fattest state in the nation by one count and the 11th by another. I just checked those lists again. Hmm... what do you know? Most of the criticism Mrs. Obama gets comes from virtually THE TEN FATTEST STATES IN AMERICA. Maybe that's it! The fatties are all actually upset with themselves because they're fat and she isn't! They hate her because she actually talks about what bothers them the most? Boy, that would be a deep psychological conundrum if ever there was one!

[stocks]

French President Francois Hollande, the Socialist who was sworn in last month, has pledged to cut the retirement age to 60 from 62

French President Francois Hollande: "Make Layoffs So Expensive For Companies That It's Not Worth It"

The Welfare State End-game -- How will it all end?

In the US the conservative Tea Party is all for reducing government, but not Social Security and Medicare.
Sorry Tea Party. Government spending pretty much is Social Security and Medicare.

I expect European voters to vote for their entitlements. That is what the French just did. They voted for "growth" in government rather than austerity. Voters vote their pocketbooks, right up until the day that the government closes the banks and devalues the currency.

What you can get voters to do is vote against some minority that is looting the public purse. So in Wisconsin last week the voters voted for the guy, Scott Walker, that was taking it to greedy government employees. Voters will vote also against greedy bankers and greedy CEOs. What they will not do is vote to trim their own benefits.


http://roadtothemidd...e-end-game.html

[Rogerdodger]

You and Mrs. O would love Ethiopia.
Everyone's skinny, there is very little freedom and even less pie.
Ethiopia criminalizes SKYPE...
The country’s government recently ushered in new legislation that criminalises the use of services such as Skype, Google Talk and other forms of Internet phone calling.

We seem to be headed there, one law, one salt shaker and one 17oz Coke at a time.
If Popcorn is next to be banned, can Pizza be far behind?

Edited by Rogerdodger, 14 June 2012 - 11:39 PM.

[Rogerdodger]

Talk about self promotion! OUCH!

UPDATE: COPS: Hitchhiker writing book on kindness in America shot himself...

A West Virginia man who claimed to be the victim of a drive-by shooting along a rural Montana highway while working on a memoir called “Kindness in America” has confessed to shooting himself, authorities said Friday.
Valley County sheriff’s officials said they believe 39-year-old Ray Dolin shot himself as a desperate act of self-promotion, but they offered no further details.
Dolin, of Julian, W.Va., acknowledged he concocted the tale about the random shooting after he was confronted by investigators at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Miles City where he is recovering, said Sheriff Glen Meier.
Charges were pending, and the case remains under investigation. Dolin has not been arrested, but the weapon he allegedly used to carry out the scheme has been recovered, the sheriff said.
Dolin had claimed he was hitchhiking along U.S. Highway 2 west of Glasgow on Saturday when the driver of a maroon pickup pulled to a stop and shot him in the upper arm with no provocation.

Authorities later arrested Lloyd Christopher Danielson III, 52, and charged him with felony assault.
Meier indicated that Danielson denied any role in shooting after he was put into custody.
“I had the worst feeling he was telling me the absolute truth,” Meier said.

It looks like he was innocent, a victim of "Un-Kindness In America."

Edited by Rogerdodger, 17 June 2012 - 01:43 PM.

[stocks]

The Power of Cool

There is no Occupy Wall Street protest at Facebook headquarters. Just as there are none at Oprah’s house or the residence of Leonardo DiCaprio,
despite their take each year of between $50 and $100 million.

Comedy Central host Jon Stewart
regularly bashes American multimillionaires for their wealth while ignoring the awkward fact that he’s one of them.

The 49-year-old Stewart, born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz, makes more than 300 times the median American salary & owns three luxury homes.

But Stewart’s own income level brings him and his wife Tracey approximately $41,000 a day. The celebrity income-handicapping website Celebrity Net Worth lists his annual salary as $15 million and estimates his net worth at $80 million.


http://dailycaller.c...-him-in-wealth/

Edited by stocks, 18 June 2012 - 08:32 AM.

[salsabob]

The Power of Cool

There is no Occupy Wall Street protest at Facebook headquarters. Just as there are none at Oprah’s house or the residence of Leonardo DiCaprio,
despite their take each year of between $50 and $100 million.

Comedy Central host Jon Stewart
regularly bashes American multimillionaires for their wealth while ignoring the awkward fact that he’s one of them.

The 49-year-old Stewart, born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz, makes more than 300 times the median American salary & owns three luxury homes.

But Stewart’s own income level brings him and his wife Tracey approximately $41,000 a day. The celebrity income-handicapping website Celebrity Net Worth lists his annual salary as $15 million and estimates his net worth at $80 million.


http://dailycaller.c...-him-in-wealth/

Let me see if I can help you.

Not all multi-millionaires are sociopaths; however, a good number of them are.

This might help -

http://www.sociopath...hem-before.html