Wednesday, February 15, 2012

You;ll eat what we tell you kid ...

The Nanny State - one regulation away from total bliss                       

“unhealthy” lunch replaced with cafeteria nuggets

 

Res Ipsa Loquitur

A preschooler was fed chicken nuggets for lunch because a state worker felt that her homemade lunch did not have enough nutritional value ...

The West Hoke Elementary School student was in her classroom when a state employee who was inspecting lunch boxes decided that her packed lunch — which consisted of a turkey and cheese sandwich, a banana, apple juice and potato chips — “did not meet U.S. Department of Agriculture guidelines.”

The student’s mother was charged $1.25 for the cafeteria tray, from which her daughter ate three chicken nuggets.

Prediction - we're not far from Nanny States finding it necessary to arm Child Protective Services employees—  Hell, all gummint employees, for  protection against the  unruly, unappreciative, and recalcitrant  citizenry.




7 comments:

Jess said...

In the natural progression of this type of event, the next phase will involve attorneys, school board denial and a psychiatric examination to determine the impact of the event on the child.

Eventually, the school board will pay a settlement, after huge legal fees, and the taxpayers will pay the bill because some dumbass that read a phamphlet decided to flex their bureaucratic muscles.

I see a bond referendum in the near future.

Anonymous said...

I couldn't get past "inspecting lunch boxes." What? WHAT? We're paying a person to inspect lunch boxes?

mary

Mile 66 said...

I believe it would be fair for all gummint employees to become armed. We the People already are. But don't get me wrong, I am a firm believer that if I find myself involved in a fair fight, something went wrong on the planning stage.

WV: snatopen.... yesseree! Feb 14, that's a mandatory.

DougM said...

Well, now we know.
That " gov't free lunch" costs $1.25

Sure, you can comment on the irrationality of this crap;
but I see this as the same thing as anti-homeschool harassment,
except this is anti-home-made-lunch harassment.
Pretty soon, it'll be anti-home-influence harassment.
(What? Already is? Yeah, prob'ly right.)

Rodger the Real King of France said...

Hey, how about my Nanny State graphic?

Cheesy said...

The tables are turned:
http://iowntheworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/obamas54strip1.jpg

Anonymous said...

$1.25 for three reclaimed chicken chunks? Sure, just as soon as you pay me $5.00 for the turkey sandwich meal you stole from my daughter.
GrinfilledCelt

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