Michelle's Veggies, Obama's Foreign Policy and Snowden Talks
Rarely do we get three competing issues deserving of equal attention, but the First Lady's fight for a healthier tomorrow, the President's ideas for future international engagement and more of Edward Snowden's revelations, certainly qualified today.
Firstly, with Michelle Obama recognizing the unhealthy lifestyle being live by America's youth and making it her mission to do something bold to change the trajectory of an unhealthy, inactive and underachieving future, she is being met with stiff opposition dedicated to serving up high profit, low nutritional food groups to the country's youth citing budgetary concerns. Hence, Michelle Obama leads our hottest issues today, as she's facing political heat for personal efforts to drop a few pounds off America's waistline.
Emanating primarily from small-minded short-term thinking GOP hacks looking for any line of attack, they've launched a series of challenges to water down school lunch standards for the nation's children. Citing surveys that indicate many kids have opted out of the program or are just trashing healthier options for their favorite fried fats and liquid sugars as a reason to give school district the option of dropping out of the program too, they've chosen to ignore the fact that changing eating habits is a long term prospect.
When one considers American children are inundated with advertising targeting their taste buds, living with parents ill informed and ill prepared to provide proper nutrition expecting a child to choose a serving of broccoli over a bag of extra salted chips is a ludicrous. Turning around decades of consuming processed and addictive food additives will take time.
One could even argue, the so-called "millennial" may already be lost to the life long lure of tater tots, Kraft's Mac and Cheese and Chicken Nuggets, but that's hardly a reason to give up on the nation's youngest. They still have a chance to be reeducated. Education and patience is the key to any efforts in making difficult changes. Visiting Europe with regularity as of late, I've been immersed in the European lifestyle. How they live eat play and spend their free time in this writer's opinion, will be envied by most, once observed and appreciated. Studying the European's approach to food consumption and physical activity could give Americans an example to follow. Bottom line: If you want to enjoy Paris, eat your veggies. More in the Podcast!
Secondly, President Obama gave a "surprisingly" bland, rather predictable, uneventful and non-newsworthy explanation of his foreign policy philosophy, while outlining America's commitment to remain engaged on the world stage at West Point yesterday. But considering the Obama doctrine for international engagement won't last 30 seconds into America's next presidency, it failed to amount to more than a big yawner of an experience for all in attendance. Bottom line: Somebody get a fork; this duck may not be quite lame, but many think Obama is done. More in the Podcast!
Lastly, Super spy/American hero and patriot Edward Snowden responded cooly and calmly to more than a year of character assassination efforts by high level US officials claiming he was no more than some low level hacking hack. Artfully and impressively articulating his true credentials, as well as his reasons for his actions, Mr. Snowden appeared far more credible than any of his detractors, bar none. Answering charges of treason with cold facts supported by the United States Constitution, while challenging the US Intelligence community to show what harm his revelations caused, beyond well deserved embarrassment and humiliation was more than hawks of the surveillance state could handle. More in the Podcast!
Bottom line: From School lunch to Foreign policy, to the United States of Surveillance, we've got you covered like a warm blanket on a cool evening. Enjoy and share as you please
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