PHOENIX (AP) - "Dealing with a strict state law banning junk food and soda, creative educators have thought of a way to feed students chunks of potatoes that aren't fried.
Because of the new state law prohibiting fried food, soft drinks and junk food in K-8 schools during the school day, French fries are off-limits. But now, many school districts think banning French fries - a staple for many youngsters - is simply too much, and are whipping up imitation fries as a consolation prize."
While obesity in minority children has reached epic proportions, it's sad to see a state law banning fried foods. Won't do all that much good, as home cooked meals will still be a smorgasboard of grease, and since Arizona cannot fine the parents of fat kids proportionate to the amount of excess poundage they've heaped upon their children...
wait a minute...
Why NOT take the next step in Nanny-State'ery? Hells bells but cops in liberal cities can ticket pet owners for having obese dogs or cats, so why not kids too?
But fining them and expecting cash in return such as for a speeding ticket won't work. It'd just come out of our own pockets from welfare monies, then welfare recipients would need more and a vicious cycle would begin.
No, it would have to be something specific to the parents, something they couldn't live without but something WE haven't paid for.
By George, I think I've got it. For each obese child they crank out, hows about changing the name of that child from Lateeshalidealia to Helen, or Cathy, or Joan? For a time, anyway. The kid gets down to something under a quarter ton and the fractured-french name returns. For repeat offenders, the names can become quite mundane. Tonjaleesta becomes Magdalene, Brielamucouseta turns into Matilda.
It'd work. To them, nothing would be more odious than taking away their right to disfigure a child with racial sterotypical names.
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