Democrats Want To Ban School Junk Food

February 8th, 2010 admin

The New York Times on Sunday reported that the Obama administration will soon introduce legislation to restrict junk food in public schools . Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is talking about the proposal in a speech in Washington, D.C., today. This sequence from the Times ‘ article caught my attention: Orange County High School has vending machines with Pepsi, Mountain Dew and Dr Pepper, but even more popular among students is a candy cart wheeled into the school’s central hallway three …


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JaneAprilia (Jane Aprilia)  : no!! junk food! not good for ur health! RT @blowyourbubble: LAPERR masa mesen MCD lagi -_____-..
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jwloh (Junwei Loh)  : It takes a lot and i mean a hell lot of determination for one to abstain from all the junk food around...
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