Archive for February 14th, 2012

In a Friday column written from the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., Byline host Brian Lilley commented that he found the speeches “refreshing” because

Unlike so many Canadian politicians or spinmeisters, the people taking to the podium at CPAC speak their mind and they speak it clearly. There were politicians willing to stand up and declare that theywere pro-life, against affirmative action, in favour of increased oil exploration in the United States and, of course, many speaking out in favour of the Keystone pipeline. These politicians didn’t merely announce their positions, though, they were willing to defend their views and explain why it was the right one to have.

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Oh boy. We need to invent a whole new level of nannyism for this.

A preschooler at West Hoke Elementary School ate three chicken nuggets for lunch Jan. 30 because a state employee told her the lunch her mother packed was not nutritious.

The girl’s turkey and cheese sandwich, banana, potato chips, and apple juice did not meet U.S. Department of Agriculture guidelines, according to the interpretation of the agent who was inspecting all lunch boxes in her More at Four classroom that day.

The Division of Child Development and Early Education at the Department of Health and Human Services requires all lunches served in pre-kindergarten programs — including in-home day care centers — to meet USDA guidelines. That means lunches must consist of one serving of meat, one serving of milk, one serving of grain, and two servings of fruit or vegetables, even if the lunches are brought from home.

When home-packed lunches do not include all of the required items, child care providers must supplement them with the missing ones.

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There are no clear restrictions about what additional items — like potato chips — can be included in preschoolers’ lunch boxes.

That’s OK. Give the bureaucrats a chance to catch up with those awful parents sending kids to preschool with a small bag of M&Ms.