No Lunch for You!

My favorite comedy series of all time is Seinfeld. No, I am not Jewish. And yes, I know about the show Friends. And no, I do not find it at all amusing. Why do I find myself in situations where people bring up and compare Friends to Seinfeld? This is my blog so you will get my opinion and my opinion is that Seinfeld is immensely better than Friends.

Any who, I have digressed, in fact, I haven't even begun to approach my main subject. So, back to the greatest comedy series of all time, (one last jab to you Friends fans) Seinfeld, there is a famous episode called the "Soup Nazi." In this episode Jerry and the gang traverse to a new soup cafe that opens up. They all experience the "Soup Nazi" one by one. The man that runs the soup cafe is an imposing figure of Arab descent with a dark complexion. His stare that protrudes from his deep dark eyes would make Chuck Norris snap to attention. Through his more Stalin-type mustache, his lips would utter the famous line, "No soup for you!" He would say that to the customers who would not follow his strict rules for entering his cafe, approaching the counter, and ordering soup. Hence, the nickname "Soup Nazi" was given to him.

"No Soup for You!"

I know what you are thinking. "Is this guy blogging about Seinfeld?" Yes and it is very relevant to our current climate created by our Government. Not only have the Utopian Statists wanted to regulate what light bulbs (http://blog.heritage.org/2011/07/12/morning-bell-lights-out-for-the-light-bulb-ban/) we put in our house, they now want to regulate lunches made by parents for their children (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/15/school-lunch-guidelines-p_n_1278803.html?ref=mostpopular.) Read the article and continue to search to get more info on this sad display of Government overreach and intrusion. 

A 4-year-old preschool student at West Hoke Elementary School in North Carolina had her lunch seized from her by school authorities because the lunch did not meet the Department of Health and Human services regulations. The lunch was prepared by her mother and an agent from the DHHS seized the lunch for not being nutritious enough according the strict rules of the DHHS. The lunch consisted of a turkey sandwich, chips, banana, and an apple juice. No, really...I'm serious. It wasn't Fugu, the poisonous blow fish (http://nymag.com/restaurants/features/46462/), but a turkey sandwich. It wasn't a bag of fries boiled in lard and oil with a deep fried Twinkie. It was a turkey sandwich which has protein and grains. The chips are not the best for you, but it was just a small bag. Furthermore, the lunch came with a great healthy fruit, a banana. I am not about to start arguing the nutritional value of the lunch. The mere fact that the Government is now taking lunches from children prepared by their parents and throwing them away is appalling. They are being "Lunch Nazis." Since when does the Government have the authority to determine a lunch prepared by the mother to be "not meeting the requirements" for a "healthy" meal? Now, I do understand the certain autonomy the Government has in the Public Schools; but to search/seize children's lunches and to replace it with their food, is just Marxist/Maoist/Leninist in nature.

Now, if you are already somewhat angered about this, try not to pull out your hair and bang your head on the computer desk you are sitting at when I tell you this. They replaced the girl's lunch with chicken nuggets. Chicken nuggets were deemed more healthy for the child than a turkey sandwich with a banana. I usually don't use curse words in my writing, but, what the hell? Does this make sense? Is this even logical? How about, is this right? The answer to all those questions, is an emphatic, "No!" I am reminded of a phone conversation between a Chinese-American man and a radio host. He spoke about this issue and said that in China they would inspect all the children's lunches too. Now, an "agent" of the DHHS who seized the children's lunches and inspected all of them is troubling. This sounds like a similar situation to the Chinese Communist agents searching/seizing little Chinese children's lunches. Sadly, America has sped up down this road because of the Obamas, especially Michelle Obama who has been pushing this type of health/food regulation through. Forget a simple road analogy, we are on the Autobahn and going 200mph down to a Utopian-centralized government that regulates even the lunches that parents make for their children. The "Lunch Nazis" of our Government have given their edict in the cafeterias to the children and their parents, "No lunch for you, when your mom makes it."