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What ? They're helping them relax, to get past the fear of student jumps. I respect them for going the extra mile to take care of their students. They're Altruists ...

IF all of those references are true.... Then, this quote comes to mind: "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth a war, is much worse...A man who has nothing which he is willing to fight for, nothing which he cares more about than he does about his personal safety, is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Stuart_Mill Thank you for the inference that I am a liar... bless your little heart.. You go right ahead and fight for old Cliven.. I hear he needs all the support he can get. Remember now.... Our history is written in blood... those who do not learn from the mistakes made in history are doomed to do stupid shit yet again. I repeat: "A man who has nothing which he is willing to fight for, nothing which he cares more about than he does about his personal safety, is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." That description fits a number of blow holes on this site. Such POSs are not worth the time or energy to attempt discourse with. I'll not waste any more of mine, here...

SO . . . someone needs to sue her. Charge her with neglect and child endangerment. Set a precedence. Then the government doesn't have to over regulate every one else because of the few that can't handle life. That's an utterly unrealistic, BS reply. Never mind, Turtle. I think that shell has invaded your brain.

Guess again . Their names would be US. I think you're off on some of your food theatrics. It can be done better than the crap food situation, now. Agreed? Once the national fast food corporations sewed up all the contracts. I'm sure the prices started migrating northward... It might not cost all that much more than we're paying to keep worsening the obesity problem.

IF all of those references are true.... Then, this quote comes to mind: "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth a war, is much worse...A man who has nothing which he is willing to fight for, nothing which he cares more about than he does about his personal safety, is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Stuart_Mill

Well, first he finds a warm sandy beach to bury the eggs. It is a shame so many of the little babies get eaten by gulls and racoons and such when they hatch out... Don ...

I wasn't aware of that happening in Chiraq, but I'm not surprised. Rampant corruption & a school system that's only barely functional. I've been saying the same thing about parents not being able to stand there & watch what their kids are eating at school.

All of which is quite obvious. Where do you stand on the (still, barely) debate?

"When do the parents get to be held responsible?" OK. An example for you, then. Last week, I had a pediatric patient. A 6yoa Boy who was already obese, having health issues from it, & is on course to have life-long issues from it. The Boy's mother was a 450# freak, w/a major chip on her shoulder. I don't think that bitch would listen to baseball bat therapy... So, do we literally beat the 450# freak to death for being an idiot? That'd hold his idiot mother accounatable for the damage she's done. The little Boy would be better off, true. Don't think that approach would fly, though. Bottom line: a lot of people shouldn't breed, but they do. I'm guessing you wouldn't support forced sterilizations. So, how is this small, positive step a bad thing? Do you agree that the Govt. helped create the mess by letting their fast food buddies hyjack the public school food systems?

Poor Bart ...

I really don't get your animus. When did I give lousy parents a pass? How is removing shit food that your children would surely never eat anyway, so much of an inconvenience to you or yours? I pride myself on healthy eating practices. I've always eaten good foods. Even I get an occasional yen for a big plate of french fries. When I do. I don't buy disgusting fast food crap. I buy well made fries in a restaurant. Surely such a first class parent such as yourself, has taught your kids where & when to scratch that itch?

"That leave about 2/3s of the day that the parents need to step the FUCK up and deal with their creations of life." OK. Put down your timepiece, then. Rather than quibble over a few hours spent. Look at what else I wrote. For whatever reasons, the status quo clearly isn't working, correct? If a large portion of parents haven't been able or willing to do their jobs better. You think your telling them to step the F up is gonna change that?? Gonna make things better so all parents will have more resources, more time, & (in some cases) more of a clue? That'd be a damn fine trick, friend. Tell me. Are you a magic Turtle?? Gonna need a big Wand to pull that one off.

Been quite a few years, but let's see... School started about 7:20, & went until 3:30-4PM. Then, there were after school sports. I often wouldn't get home until 7PM. On the nights I didn't have a sports practice, I worked (& got home even later). So yes, Kids spend the majority of their time in school. If you have something useful to contribute. Please, do so. If you just want to be a d*^#? Go spread that over in SC... Oh. Never mind. Carry on, then.

Not so. You're aware that lots of kids eat two meals per day at their schools? Breakfast & Lunch are served to lots of children, nowadays. I hear what you're saying, but...Not every parent has a partner. Not every couple can afford for one of them to stay home w/the kids. &, quite frankly, not every parent is bright enough for the job... Whatever the causes are outside of school? It clearly isn't working. Childhood obesity isn't going away. Kids spend the majority of their time at school. Fast food corporations were allowed to turn school cafeterias into McDonald's etal annexes. That's done real damage. It needs to stop. This will help do that. I think you've read enough of my posts to know I want the Govt. the fuck out of my life. The Govt. created this mess, in part, by allowing their dirtbag fast food friends to take over the feeding of these kids. In this, at least, the Govt. is making a move back in the right direction.

Imagine what would happen if the parents took responsibility and quit making the nanny state take care of them. That's a separate issue. To be fair to Parents, though. They're not standing there in the cafeteria when their kids are buying some of the worst possible foods for them... I wish I remembered the name of that documentary I mentioned. It showed the problem very clearly. Many school cafeterias don't offer ANYTHING that's healthy, anymore.

I too, am dead set against the Govt. legislating in these areas of life, but... I'm really glad to see this. Something needs to be done to combat childhood obesity. I routinely see 10yoa kids who are already 200#s . These kids are facing life-long problems before even hitting puberty. I saw a documentary on food contracts for public schools across the country. It came out a few years ago. Turns out, national fast food suppliers had gotten contracts for almost every school in the country (?!). They showed what kids were eating. It made me sick. Kids were eating the worst possible garbage you can think of. I'm normally against Nanny Laws, but since the Govt. allowed the fast food companies to bring us to this juncture. It's now necessary to legislate proper nutrition. Older kids will probably miss their pile of greasy french fries w/nothing for lunch, but succeeding generations of kids will learn the benefits of proper eating from an early age. This is a very good thing.

You're sure about that? Turbines don't run on leaded aviation fuel? The thought of sucking in leaded exhaust all weekend isn't making me feel all warm N fuzzy... Turbines run on jet fuel, i.e. glorified kerosene. Thank You.

You're sure about that? Turbines don't run on leaded aviation fuel? The thought of sucking in leaded exhaust all weekend isn't making me feel all warm N fuzzy...

I assure you that I don't care one bit about you or your BS, any more.

Given that the entire thread is about closing for Easter Sunday, I assumed it had to do with closing for religious holidays. Did Easter stop becoming a religious holiday at some point and nobody told me? The discussion evolved to all major Holidays & random Sundays. I don't observe any organized religions. Easter doesn't mean anything to me.

As has been pointed out numerous times in this thread, what you consider being taken advantage of, some hourly workers might consider earning a living. You are advocating forcing employees to take off for a holiday that they may or may not believe in. Some of those employees were probably counting on those hours to do things like pay their rent. I am pretty sure Publix didn't give all employees a paid day off. So closing only hurts the hourly employees that need that money. I understand that many Christians, feel that everyone should be forced to obey their holidays, but some people would rather get paid than play with egg laying bunnies. Where have I ever posted that this was to get workers to honor any religious day? It's not about that. Multi-bazzillion dollar companies can pay decent salaries, & provide reasonable days off.

[Quote]And a swing and a missSlySly How many DAR Patriots might you have in your family tree??? No, I'd say it was definitely on the mark. A Hell of a lot more than are in your genes, obviously.

"At what point would my company be large enough that my employees taking a job requiring holiday work becomes a beef for you?" Dunno. I never really gave it a thought. I haven't worked for a small outfit since I as a kid. My sentiment in this is aimed at the large corporations w/very high revenues. They tend to hire a lot of folks w/very few options, & abuse them.

"No I would expect you to ask mommy.... now on the other hand.... Me I would prefer to get a LAWYERS advice before doing anything so fucking stupid..." I don't have or need a mommy... You'd ask armed attackers to wait while you call your lawyer for advice ??? Brilliant. Maybe you should just move back to Britain, & fawn over the royal TROG family? I'm eternally grateful that the founding fathers didn't share your sheeple values.

I prefer these crowd pleasers: http://www.jbropesupply.com/ QED. Not quite. I need a volunteer. An arrogant Academic would do nicely...