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| LTC8K6 | Feb 1 2010, 11:47 PM Post #1 |
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http://michellemalkin.com/2010/02/01/first-lady-drags-daughters-into-obesity-campaign/
I wouldn't be surprised if Mobama is making that up... |
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| kbp | Feb 2 2010, 12:08 AM Post #2 |
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"...getting “off track” in terms of body-mass" I guess we should shed a tear, "some time ago". |
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| Baldo | Feb 2 2010, 12:11 AM Post #3 |
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I am not so sure putting so much attention on a young girl's weight will be welcome by many in the woman's health community. |
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| Mason | Feb 2 2010, 12:19 AM Post #4 |
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They are desperate to draw anything away from the Budget and the failing economy. The money situation seriously looks bleak. I said before the election that Obama was exactly the wrong choice - AT THE WRONG TIME. I'd like to see Michelle and Barry undergo psych (or personality) testing. I'm willing to bet Barry even after 4 years will take zero responsibility for the economy - I wonder if he's capable. . |
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| kbp | Feb 2 2010, 12:25 AM Post #5 |
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The present economy is small taters compared to our future money worries. |
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| Mason | Feb 2 2010, 12:46 AM Post #6 |
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That's exactly what I'm worried about. I worried that we don't have people (leaders) that are capable of changing. Ironic, how what was sold as Change looks to be really Inflexible and vision challenged. |
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| brittany | Feb 2 2010, 08:20 AM Post #7 |
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THEY ARE LIARS! I know teenagers. The eldest daughter has her father's body frame (certainly not her mother's). That daughter is lucky if she has a BMI of 20. She was never fat. Michelle should put herself in an obesity commercial. To have her daughters sheltered from the press (rightfully so) and then put them in a campaign is disgustiing. Once again they never disappoint. Edited by brittany, Feb 2 2010, 08:21 AM.
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| Deleted User | Feb 2 2010, 09:11 AM Post #8 |
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The absolute worse thing a mother could do to her daughters is bring public focus to their weight. This is often how eating disorders have their origin. Think about how these girls feel going to school and having their mother blabbing about their body image. |
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| cks | Feb 2 2010, 10:23 AM Post #9 |
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How ironic - the family that wanted its girls "off limits" - a policy with which I totally agree - is now putting them front and center (if the report is true) in an anti-obesity campaign. From what one can tell, neither in the least bit has a BMI problem. Both are involved in sports (the oldest dances) - it is obvious that they get exercise and are doing more than sitting around playing videogames. To be honest, the anti-obesity campaign for children is going to be another government boondoggle. Recess should be restored at elementary schools; athletic sports complexes (the fields) should be opened so that they can be used on the weekends and summers by kids to play "pick-up games" as kids once did. Parents should encourage their children to get outside for a period of time each day - take a walk with one's child, swing a ball and bat, play touch football, etc. Those are all non-cost things that parents and children can do. Of course, an emphasis on eating sensibly is also important. However, we do not need the federal government spending monies which we don't have on programs that will be of minimal if any value. I would categorize this as one such program. |
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| kbp | Feb 2 2010, 10:30 AM Post #10 |
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I hesitate to say this, since the kids are innocent here, but my first thought is it's hard to believe that any being raised by Zero would experience problems associated with a lack of confidence in themselves. But, in Zero's case, it certainly could be a shield covering up insecurities and the next generation may not be quite as strong as him in dealing with it. On a related topic, I've also wondered if Zero's own expectations, after such a quick rise to being the ANSWER for all problems, could snap more than just his confidence as reality sinks in. |
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| Foxlair45 | Feb 2 2010, 02:15 PM Post #11 |
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I agree on the low-cost approach, but sadly, children don't seem to be allowed outside to have a pick-up game, run, play hide-n-seek, or any of the other stuff kids used to do. My observation is that you can drive through any surburban neighborhood and never see kids playing, even on a summer's evening or on the weekends. In asking younger parents about this, I am told that they are "afraid" to let their kids out, despite that most of them live in perfectly safe neighborhoods. A friend has a 12 year old, who, to the best of my knowledge, stays inside unless he has a "play date" and even then the kids play video games or watch tv. The boy does get some exercise skateboarding, but this is only when someone takes him to a skateboard park -- and he is definitely in the "stocky" size range. It's not that his mother doesn't care....she is a devoted and loving mother, but has been scared to death by the media with horror stories ranging from child abduction to swine flu. I will note that in the rural area where I live, kids do play outside, ride bikes and horses, help with farm work. |
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| cks | Feb 2 2010, 03:19 PM Post #12 |
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I would agree that the scare factor has contributed to the lack of children playing outdoors. Today, if a parent allowed a child to do what parents did routinely when I was a child, those parents would be charged with neglect. My brothers and I (this started when I was ten), would pack a lunch on Saturdays or days off from school and during the summer (when we didn't go to the pool) and take off on our bikes to just bicycle wherever. We had no set destination, we just traveled. We had to make sure that we were home in time for dinner or else. We did all sorts of things, hiked, played pick up sports, climbed into houses under construction to see how things were built, skipped rocks in creeks, fought each other, etc. We did not have to have someone entertain us - we entertained ourselves. No adult knew where we were - we were out and about. The freedom that we had (my husband also was raised the same way) we could not give our own children - one of our greatest regrets.....though when we lived out in the country they had more space and a wide number of things that they could do (they were much younger then) than when we moved into the suburbs. I think, as a parent, one of the hardest things to do is to give one's children freedom. So many guilt trips are lad on parents these days whenever something happens - it is seen as the parent's fault if little Johnny is injured - if he had been "properly supervised" no harm or injury would have befallen him. Couple that with the litigious nature of our society and one has an almost perfect storm. All that aside, however, parents can set an example by getting children out of doors. The tv can be turned off, the video games put up. It all depends on how much effort and time one is willing to put to that end. Each family situation is different - however, I would think that parents who are concerned that they may have a child who tends to put on weight, then a special effort across the board involving everyone would be undertaken so as not to single out that child but to instill in everyone in the family the habits of exercise, sunshine, and good eating habits. |
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| brittany | Feb 2 2010, 11:19 PM Post #13 |
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Mobama on Today show Wednesday about obesity. You can't catch a break of one day that these two are not onTV. Have they never heard the word "overexposure"?
Edited by brittany, Feb 2 2010, 11:23 PM.
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| wingedwheel | Feb 3 2010, 12:29 AM Post #14 |
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Foxlair45 and cks bring up some good points about the scare factor. I think tv and video games the biggest issue. Back when I was a kid we didn't have cable for a while. And when we first got it there wasn't all the channels we have now, there is at least 10 channels dedicated to kids on my Directv! And then there is video games. I didn't have a game system till I was a senior in high school but other kids in the neighborhood did. I could hardly ever get those kids to come out of their house to play. Now little kids have nintendo ds's! Also like other here I did stuff as a kid that parents probably wouldn't let their kids do today. I would ride my bike all over the place and had lots of wooded areas around my neighborhood to explore. If my parents would have known all I did back then they might have freaked out. As for kids now days I do see some kids playing in the neighborhood behind me a lot. But they are playing at the end of culdesacs. But I don't see many playing in my neighborhood or others I walk around. I think schools need to bring back PE. Make it every day and make them actually do something strenuous. Most kids in grade school wouldn't do anything unless they were forced to. When I got in high school PE was only required during your freshmen year and it was for half the year. Those kids hardly did anything. Now if you played football you were not so lucky. That meant running and working out all period. |
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| Carolyn says | Feb 3 2010, 01:22 AM Post #15 |
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First off, for a woman with an ass the size of hers, Michelle is really treading on thin ice when she starts talking about someone else's big butt. But more importantly, Michelle is just plain dangerous to her daughters. For her to start criticizing her vulnerable young daughters' bodies is catastrophic. EVERY adult woman who's suffered from bulimia or anorexia has always said that their illness started in their childhood when their parents damaged their self-worth by denigrating them for their body size, or else obsessed on their daughter's weight instead of the child's minds or character or accomplishments, etc. It doesn't take much to destroy a child's self-confidence. And when your own mother sneers at your weight, instead of boasting of how proud she is of you, etc., than the results are horrific. And when that slam of your mother is broadcast (by your own mother no less) to the entire country - than the results are even worse. And when it comes from a mother who's never displayed her pride in her daughters, than the effect is catastrophic for those children. I mean, come on - when have ANY of us heard Michelle brag about her daughters? When have any of us heard her praise them for their intelligence, their accomplishments, their character, their grace, etc.? I've heard nothing - nada, zilch. This is the first time I've heard her publicly discuss them - and it's to complain that her girls are getting fat. Now just think of the mindset of a mother that the only time she ever talks about her daughters in public is to ridicule them. Michelle's nasty character, unfortunately, is no surprise. I remember her being so snide and cruel about her husband during the campaign, sneering at him, demeaning him, etc., that finally his aides had to threaten her to stop it. Now it's clear that she'd turned that nasty attitude on her own kids. I wish I could say I was surprised at her cruelty - but I can't. If there is one hellish character trait of Michelle's that no one can deny, it is that look of hate glaring from her eyes. This is not a kind woman. It's bad enough when she turns that hate on America. It's unforgivable when she turns it on her own children. Okay, rant off. Edited by Carolyn says, Feb 3 2010, 01:23 AM.
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