Michelle Obama says kids are fat ....

iVillage Member
Registered: 02-19-2008
Michelle Obama says kids are fat ....
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Fri, 10-02-2009 - 10:11am

so give Chicago the Olympic Games.

"We need all of our children to be exposed to the Olympic ideals that athletes from around the world represent, particularly this time in our nation’s history, where athletics is becoming more of a fleeting opportunity. Funds dry up so it becomes harder for kids to engage in sports, to learn how to swim, to even ride a bike. When we’re seeing rates of childhood obesity increase, it is so important for us to raise up the platform of fitness and competition and fair play; to teach kids to cheer on the victors and empathize with those in defeat, but most importantly, to recognize that all the hard work that is required to do something special."

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/We_Need_All_of_Our_Children_to_be_Exposed_to
_the_Olympic_Ideals/

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Community Leader
Registered: 04-05-2002
Mon, 10-05-2009 - 11:39pm

"Talk remains cheap."

Yes. Still waiting for proof.











iVillage Member
Registered: 09-02-2009
Tue, 10-06-2009 - 5:58am
Don't you think some agendas are so transparent that is seems nearly pointless to keep pretending faux outrage? The partisanship is blindingly displayed and in retrospect probably not worth responding to - kind of wish I had the time I spent reading the op back because I could probably find something more worthwhile to do with it!
Community Leader
Registered: 04-05-2002
Tue, 10-06-2009 - 6:57am
You know, it makes me sad to see a member of Congress attack the first lady just for trying to bring the Olympics to the US. That's the type of partisanship we didn't see in the past. Laura Bush would not have been attacked for something like that, by either party. I don't know what good it does the country to rile up the base and increase hatred by attacks like these.










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Registered: 03-26-2003
Tue, 10-06-2009 - 8:08am
Oh, that sounds yummy!!
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Registered: 03-30-2007
Tue, 10-06-2009 - 9:01am

It's called spite. They will all jump up and down at any thing the Obama's try to do, then fail. I just pray that the children are doing great in school. Or we will have a whole thread about their awful grades.

Reminds me of the saying; Cutting off one's nose to spite their face!

I can't say that I blame the Olympic Board. The way foreigners are treated here. The problems with past Olympic's here. Gangs, crime.
The decision was probably made long before this trip.

I can't wait to see the breath taking views from Rio.

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-23-2003
Wed, 10-07-2009 - 12:22pm

While I kind of felt sorry for Chicago, I was thrilled for Brazil.


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Registered: 03-26-2003
Wed, 10-07-2009 - 12:47pm

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I'm sure the bombing in Centennial Park here in Atlanta resonates through the Olympic Committee when it is deciding on locations.

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Registered: 02-19-2008
Wed, 10-07-2009 - 1:09pm
It probably didn't help the cause .... but then again neither did the debacle in 2007, I'm sure. (Chicago Marathon.)
Community Leader
Registered: 04-05-2002
Wed, 10-07-2009 - 3:01pm

Well, given that the IOC was impressed with her speech, that remains to be seen without any backing. Do you have any proof that the IOC considered the poorly run Chicago marathon in its decision? Or is that also another speculation.

I found George Will's column in the whole matter much better thought out than these baseless speculations. Personalized stories don't sell the Olympics nearly as well as what the country can do for the Olympics. Ask not what the Olympics can do for your country, ask what your country can do for the Olympics.











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