Renew The Child Nutrition Act - The Senate Needs Help

by Ellinorianne

It's time to vote, or at least we may think it is time for the Renewal of the Child Nutrition Act and I've been following very closely for almost a year now.

This is important policy that affects the lives of thirty million kids a day and what may be the only source of nutrition they receive if they are facing hardships in their personal lives.  School food matters, what we chose to feed our children is a reflection of what our priorities are as a society.  Not only does it say how important do we think our children's health is, but it has been proven to have an impact on their ability to learn, thrive and succeed academically.

And the other issue at the forefront here is tied to health care, sustainable agriculture and where our Government puts its farm subsidies.  Boy, and you thought it was just school lunches.

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Tipping Point? ACLU "disgusted" by Obama admin.; Labor too? UPDATE

by Vtdblue

Given the light shone on the White House's disdainful views of organized labor after the recent pyrrhic Lincoln primary victory in Arkansas, we may be reaching a critical, and potentially perilous tipping point in Democratic support for the president.  This loss of support clearly now ranges well beyond "educated white progressives," and now includes increasing percentages of the traditional activist Democratic base. Yesterday the ACLU Executive Director, Anthony Romero appears to have opened a talk at the progressive America's Future Now conference with this statement, as tweeted by Marcy Wheeler:  "I'm going to start provocatively . . . I'm disgusted with this president." I see this as further evidence that president Obama and his White House advisers have entered a Beltway bubble that may end up costing it and the Democratic Party (and by extension, US) dearly both this fall and in 2012.

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