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Obama Administration Urges Americans To Model The Meals They Serve In Their Homes After School Lunch Menus

Steve Tanko — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 05:00:23 +0000

The directives that have come from Washington about what can be served in the nations public school lunch rooms is now moving to your home. The USDA is urging Americans to model the meals they cook and serve in their homes after what is offered in the school lunch line. The official directive reads as [...]

Snickers Changes Candy Bar Size To Meet Obama Health Mandate

Steve Tanko — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:36:13 +0000

That Snickers Bar you pick up at the store is about to get smaller; And – you can thank Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! campaign. The company that produces M&Ms, 3 Musketeers, Snickers and Twix bars has vowed to stop shipping any Mars chocolate products that exceed 250 calories per portion by the end of 2013. [...]

Obama Flip Flops On Super PAC Issue

Steve Tanko — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:58:34 +0000

Similar to the reversal he made during the 2008 campaign – when he was first against public financing for the general election and then for it once he became the Democratic nominee, Barack Obama is again changing course mid-stream on one of his campaign issues. On a conference call with members of President Obama’s 2012 [...]

Obama Law Regulates Vending Machines

Steve Tanko — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:22:49 +0000

Counting calories or watching your fat grams has never been easy when you’re trying to make healthy choices. VendScreen – a vending company – is aiming to make it easier. VendScreen, a fancy touch-screen device, stores nutrition content information for all the goods stocked in a vending machine. Users can browse through all the items [...]

Obama Issues New Nutrition Standards

Steve Tanko — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:05:41 +0000

The Let’s Move! coalition rolled out their new nutrition standards today; The move will immediately effect public school lunches nationwide. According to The New York Times, the Obama administration recently announced the new federal nutrition standards for school meals. Michelle Obama and Agricultural Secretary Tom Vilsack released the standards at Parklawn Elementary School in Alexandria, [...]

Governor Brewer Felt "Threatened" By Obama; Follow-Up To Arizona Airport Exchange

Steve Tanko — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:58:04 +0000

As more information surfaces in regards to the "exchange" between Barack Obama and Governor Jan Brewer on the airport tarmac in Arizona, comes the detail that Brewer felt "threatened".
I felt a little bit threatened, if you will, and the attitutude that he had because I was there to welcom

Image Control For Barack Obama; Exchange With Arizona Governor Gets Tense

Steve Tanko — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:25:28 +0000

It was damage-control gone wrong – as Barack Obama scolds Arizona Governor Jan Brewer for a second time. Three months after she published her unflattering description of him, it appears President Obama is still miffed with Gov. Jan Brewer. The encounter on the tarmac grew terse with Obama taking Brewer to task for her portrayal [...]

Walmart Makes Cuts To Job Greeters

Steve Tanko — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:27:24 +0000

It’s a sign of the economy: Walmart is cutting greeter positions from it’s 3rd shift. The move will save money and ensure Wal-Mart has the right staffing levels during peak and non-peak hours, David Tovar, a spokesman, said in a telephone interview. For the past six months, Wal-Mart has been reassigning greeters at the company’s [...]

Average Age Of Vehicles On U.S. Roads Hits An All-Time Record

Steve Tanko — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:58:41 +0000

How old is your car? Chances are – if you’re like the average American driver, the wheels you’re behind are almost 11 years old. And, that’s an all-time record. The average age of a car or truck in the U.S. hit a record 10.8 years last year as job security and other economic worries kept [...]

More Than What's On The Surface As Obama Seeks New Powers

Steve Tanko — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:56:55 +0000

At first glance, Barrack Obama appears to be “making government work better” with his call for a change in his Presidential powers. You could call it “answering the electorate’s call for government efficiency”. Mr. Obama will call on Congress to give him a so-called consolidation authority allowing him to propose mergers that promise to save [...]

Jobless Claims Rise With The End Of The Holiday Season

Steve Tanko — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:51:03 +0000

So much for those “improving” unemployment numbers. Last quarter, the Obama administration trumpeted the statistical fact that jobless claims had leveled off and actually dropped – even as analysts pointed out that this was due to the holiday/seasonal hiring season. Guess what? Now that the holidays are done, jobless claims have jumped back up. The [...]

Obama Continues Transparency Mission With Media Coffee Klutch

Steve Tanko — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:33:56 +0000

Barrack Obama ran for election on a campaign platform of transparency. He vowed not to fall prey to party politics and to maintain equal access to the POTUS and the White House for all.

How then do you reconcile that with yesterday's one-sided media reception?
An all-star list of progressive and liberal media folks came to the White House today to chat with President Obama over coffee in the Roosevelt Room

Biden's Hidin': Transparency Meeting Closed To The Press By Obama Administration

Steve Tanko — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:04:15 +0000

The Obama administration rode into Washington with a battle cry of “governmental transparency”. Today, Vice President Joe Biden proves it by holding a Transparency Board Meeting that is closed to the press and the general public. Background briefings and closed-door meetings are common in every presidential administration, and White House aides insist there’s nothing to [...]

Lights Out For 100-Watt Incandescent Bulb

Steve Tanko — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:09:40 +0000

January 1, 2012 marks the date the you will no longer be able to buy 100-watt incandescent light bulbs. The "green" regulation that outlawed them will take effect as we welcome the new year.
It's part of the government's effort to move consumers away from inefficient energy-hog incandescents and toward energy-saving light sources, like compact fluorescent bulbs, halogen bulbs or LED (light emitting diode) bulbs

Obama Taxes Christmas Trees

Steve Tanko — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:36:36 +0000

With a feeble economy that’s threatening to derail the Christmas plans of many families across America comes this piece of news: The Obama administration has imposed a 15-cent tax on Christmas trees. According to the Obama administration this “board” is to run a ‘“program of promotion, research, evaluation, and information designed to strengthen the Christmas [...]

Obama's Diet Pays Off; Gets Clean Bill Of Health

Steve Tanko — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:07:41 +0000

The results of Barack Obama's recent physical have been released.
In a two-page report released by the “first doctor,” Dr. Jeffrey C. Kuhlman gave the president a strong bill of health, saying he was a physically active 50-year-old who eats a healthy diet (the president regularly cites the influence of the first lady, Michelle Obama, for that one), stays at a healthy weight and “on occasion drinks alcohol,” in moderation

No Ketchup For Students To French Schools

Steve Tanko — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:24:46 +0000

Schools in France are dictating the diets of students in an effort curb obesity and other health-related issues – and to keep their children “more French”. France’s government has essentially banned ketchup from primary and secondary school cafeterias. The all-American condiment will be rationed to children only when they are served with, what else, French [...]

Lety's Move! First Lady Attempts Guiness World Record For Jumping Jacks

Steve Tanko — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:51:06 +0000

Apparently state dinners and french fries aren't enough. First Lady Michelle Obama is attempting to set a Guiness World Record for jumping jacks.
The First Lady is teaming with National Geographic Kids to get into the Guinness World Records book for the most people doing jumping jacks over the course of a 24-hour period, reports the Associated Press

More Federal Dollars Go To Twinkies Than Fruits And Vegetables

Steve Tanko — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:56:27 +0000

Hear me out: I'm not against eating Twinkies. Hell - eat what you want. But somehow this story doesn't sound right.
In its efforts to curb the nation's obesity epidemic, the U.S. government seems to be taking inspiration from the infamous Twinkie diet, with more federal dollars going to subsidize the production of junk food than to growing fresh fruits and vegetables

Obama Says No French Fries For You; Olive Garden Agrees

Steve Tanko — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:40:27 +0000

You know – you work hard. You go to a restaurant. “Order anything you want”. Sure – why not; You’re paying for it – right? Not at Olive Garden. Following the edict handed down from the Obama administration, the Olive Garden has become the first restaurant chain to choose for you. No more French fries [...]