[quote=Blogstar]Stage political stunt garden. Like the Bush’s reading to grade school kids when the cameras were on. First lady image stuff.
Really though , congratulations to Michelle if she is out there tending an nice “pottage”! Who dug all the beds for her? That costs a lot in either energy or time to get built maybe Obama broke out the rototiller?
On the rest of it you are shirking and pointing fingers again ,B.[/quote]
I’ll point fingers here … at the “elephant in the room.” Hint: it’s NOT about a particular race.
Religion
Michelle Obama is a Protestant Christian. She was raised Methodist and joined the Trinity United Church of Christ, where she and Barack Obama married, performed by Rev. Jeremiah Wright. On May 31, 2008, Barack and Michelle Obama announced that they had withdrawn their membership in Trinity United Church of Christ stating that “Our relations with Trinity have been strained by the divisive statements of Reverend Wright, which sharply conflict with our own views.”[51]
The Obama family has attended several different churches since moving to Washington D.C. in 2009, including Shiloh Baptist Church and St. John’s Episcopal Church. At the 49th African Methodist Episcopal Church’s general conference, Michelle Obama encouraged the attendees to advocate for political awareness, saying “To anyone who says that church is no place to talk about these issues, you tell them there is no place better – no place better, because ultimately, these are not just political issues – they are moral issues, they’re issues that have to do with human dignity and human potential, and the future we want for our kids and our grandkids.”[52]
As the First Lady, Michelle Obama is surely allowed to take up a cause for which she is passionate about. In fact, it is her duty to do so. Being a native of Chicago’s south side, she knows the culture of “flyover country” like the back of her hand. She has seen the effects that cultural mores and customs have on the society she grew up in, first hand. Kids can still be molded … they aren’t yet entrenched in the local and regional customs that their parents and elders are. I find it admirable that she is taking on the lofty goal of educating children on proper nutrition for their continuing health into adulthood and avoidance of childhood obesity . . . weight of which is EXTREMELY HARD to shed as these children become adults and significantly lowers their self-esteem needed to be successful in life . . . regardless of educational level attained.
I see it several times per week as I pass through National City, CA. Many of the kids walking on the street are HUGE . . . different culture . . . same story. The culprit?? LARD and, to a lesser extent, SUGAR. Yes, these particular cultures DO cook at home – it doesn’t matter which region of the country they reside in. ESPECIALLY if they have an grandparent living with them. The problem is cultural and it affects Whites (in flyover country) as well.
I support any community education on nutrition which educates the public on the medical problems that high cholesterol and obesity can cause and teaches recipes and food prep on how to avoid them. Scripps and Sharp in San Diego have such free public information classes in place here in the South County (and likely elsewhere in the county, as well) located at easy-to-reach shopping malls.
And btw, many of the Ferguson lots exceed 10,000 sf and even 1/2 AC (even if there is only a permanently skirted double-wide mobile home situated on them). There’s plenty of room for a household to have a garden there. MANY Ferguson residents no doubt grow their own veggies (or some of them), ESPECIALLY if there is an elder in the house (grandparent/aunt/uncle). It’s what the household DOES with the food they grow that continues to exacerbate the entire family’s poor health, which I’ll address in a subsequent post.
