bonnie Posted February 16, 2011 Posted February 16, 2011 Maybe Barack Obama should make Michelle run the many stair in the white house. She has gotten a little broad across the beam. She can keep her elisted mentality out of my business,what I feed my children and how much I weigh. I didn't have to lie to my boys to prevent obesity.Maybe I just wasn't as smart as the Obama's “Let’s Move?” or “Let’s Lie?” Michelle Obama’s latest public service announcement I see a woman who couldn’t be proud of her country that wants me to lie to my children. I can say with confidence that not only will I refrain from such trickery, I will teach my children that our President’s wife is wrong to encourage it. by I am Leah Dear Moms of America, I’ve got great news for you! Here you were, wringing your hands, worrying like crazy about how to get Dick and Jane off the couch and outside for some good old fashioned fresh air. Well, our First Lady had you in mind while coming up with the idea that you could lie to your children to get them to excercise. I can picture you tapping your forehead with the heel of your palm while thinking, “Why didn’t I think of that? Here I was attempting to teach my children morals, while actually posessing a few myself.” On Friday February 11th, during the Tom Joyner Morning Show, our own Mrs. Michelle Obama shared that some “really cute” Public Service Announcements would be airing over the next few weeks and throughout a few more months. In one of them, while the radio hosts chuckle, she states that we need to be creative when suggesting exercise – especially when a child is being raised in an inner-city where things are not as safe as we’d like. A commercial is then shown where a child in a NON-inner-city home asks a NON-inner city mother for a dollar. The mother looks right at her wallet, and then proceeds to lie to the daughter, sending her on an active wild-goose chase throughout the home for the elusive billfold. Following is the link to the Morning show sound bytes and the commercial. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw3wETtDDsk Great! Now, thirty-three thousand media outlets will tell mommies everywhere to hide the truth from their children to make them climb the stairs. If my kids want a dollar I ask them to help with an extra chore. I don’t make them look for “the phantom purse“! While leafing through the pages that summarized the various sorrows our children deal with, the First Lady chose to focus on single-handedly slimming down America. Now she wants us to help her by deliberately deceiving our children and she says its a “cute idea”. It isn’t a cute idea to deliberately deceive your child. This commercial is built on the premise that it’s okay to lie if the conditions fit your personal parameters. Isn’t this what is plaguing society today? The ”little white lie”? This country’s leadership has an issue with the truth. Everyone tries to avoid it when caught in a sticky situation, and when they’re forced to take a good look in the mirror, but it doesn’t mean the truth shouldn’t be embraced. Truth is a noble thing that is rare, and when spoken it is health and life to us. Why would we look to tiny deceptions to be our aide when attempting to raise quality men and women who will run this nation when we are gone? There are more serious issues than exercise when considering the very real dangers that our children face; child trafficking, homelessness, the juvenile system, the foster care system, and even the abuse that takes place in some of those homes, and I could go on. These warp the developing minds of our little ones while they are in their most vulnerable state. The abuses that many children suffer will affect the lives of their future spouses and the children they will have themselves when they grow up; if they wait to grow up to have children. Why wouldn’t we as mothers, fathers, and teachers be teaching our children how to embrace the values that will enrich their character so that they can better face the hardships that fate so faithfully throws our way? Don’t we want them to live healthy and effective lives that will benefit their fellow man as well as themselves? While Michelle Obama preaches against the fat cell during school assemblies and then climbs into her limousine to head home, our school children ride the bus back to whatever hell they may have come from. It is you and I, my friend, who will have to take up the baton to help them through the real challenges of life. Maybe the one in six girls, and the one in thirty-three boys that suffer sexual abuse at the hand of the “friendly” neighbor or “affectionate” uncle, (or worse) can comfort themselves with the fact that at least they’re not fat, while they attempt to fall asleep - riddled with anxiety at what may happen next. When I look at Michelle Obama, I still see a woman who grew up in a country whose very freedoms and wealth provided her with advantages that thousands of others can only dream of, standing in front of a gigantic crowd – stating that she was never proud of her country until that magic moment. This was nothing more than an unprecedented display of ungratefulness for every suffering the civil rights activists endured as well as the men and women who sacrificed their lives in a war that earned freedom for the sorely mistreated African-American. Now, when I see her, I see a woman who couldn’t be proud of her country that wants me to lie to my children. I can say with confidence that not only will I refrain from such trickery, I will teach my children that our President’s wife is wrong to encourage it. It isn’t funny. It’s nothing more than a display of lesser morals and we all know that children learn more from what their parents do than from what their parents say. I’m going out on a limb here, but perhaps the mother in the commercial would like to go for a walk with her daughter. It’s possible that the daughter may be the one in six who has been looking for an opportunity to open up about what happened with the neighbor. Quote Everything you do is based on the choices you make. It's not your parents, your past relationships, your job, the economy, the weather, an argument, or your age that is to blame. You and only you are responsible for every decision and choice you make, period ... ... Wish more people would realize this. Quotes by Susan Gottesman
carolaa Posted February 16, 2011 Posted February 16, 2011 I tend to agree with the writer, but I have to wonder if she thinks it's ok to let kids believe Santa is real. Just so we're consistent... Quote
bonnie Posted February 16, 2011 Author Posted February 16, 2011 I tend to agree with the writer, but I have to wonder if she thinks it's ok to let kids believe Santa is real. Just so we're consistent... No my kids were not told their was a Sanata Claus,nor a Easter Bunny. They knew what the word no meant.Treats were not handed in abundence out so My kids would end up fat.They did not sit in front of the the TV. They were active .If not enough on their own I could figure out ways to make sure they were. Quote Everything you do is based on the choices you make. It's not your parents, your past relationships, your job, the economy, the weather, an argument, or your age that is to blame. You and only you are responsible for every decision and choice you make, period ... ... Wish more people would realize this. Quotes by Susan Gottesman
Dr. Shane Posted February 16, 2011 Posted February 16, 2011 Michelle Obama is fantastic. I love this first lady. And what a great PSA! Too bad Glenn Beck has to come along with his "The Blaze" and try to mischaracterize what this loving mom is doing. One can call it a lie... but we know she was just playing with her daughter. And the daughter was let in on the game at the end of the PSA. Fantastic job. We need more of this. The Obamas are a fantastic role model for our nation. Too bad Glenn Beck has to be so negative and try to find something wrong with everything the Obamas do. I guess that tells us more about Beck than it does the Obamas. Quote Pastoral Family Counselor... Find me at www.PostumCafe.com Author of Peculiar Christianity
Dr. Shane Posted February 16, 2011 Posted February 16, 2011 You truly are deluded Shane.... I kind of feel the same way about Glenn Beck. But I won't mind if his mansion is next to mine in heaven. We can laugh about how wrong he was. Quote Pastoral Family Counselor... Find me at www.PostumCafe.com Author of Peculiar Christianity
bonnie Posted February 17, 2011 Author Posted February 17, 2011 Michelle Obama is fantastic. I love this first lady. And what a great PSA! Too bad Glenn Beck has to come along with his "The Blaze" and try to mischaracterize what this loving mom is doing. One can call it a lie... but we know she was just playing with her daughter. And the daughter was let in on the game at the end of the PSA. Fantastic job. We need more of this. The Obamas are a fantastic role model for our nation. Too bad Glenn Beck has to be so negative and try to find something wrong with everything the Obamas do. I guess that tells us more about Beck than it does the Obamas. While it may have been in the blaze that is hardly the one and only place you can find it.Glenn Beck is not where I first heard it.To bad you have such a hatred for Glenn Beck It wasn't about playing with her daughter.It was about tricking children into being more active. Maybe she is that dumb that she believes the only way to instill good eating habits or anything else is to lie. If she is so worried about over weight she may want to lose a little extra she is carrying Neither of these two would ever have been allowed to influence my children at a vulnerable age. Quote Everything you do is based on the choices you make. It's not your parents, your past relationships, your job, the economy, the weather, an argument, or your age that is to blame. You and only you are responsible for every decision and choice you make, period ... ... Wish more people would realize this. Quotes by Susan Gottesman
Dr. Shane Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 Sometimes when I pass gas I blame it on the cat. So I guess I am lying to my children. Quote Pastoral Family Counselor... Find me at www.PostumCafe.com Author of Peculiar Christianity
bonnie Posted February 17, 2011 Author Posted February 17, 2011 Sometimes when I pass gas I blame it on the cat. So I guess I am lying to my children. I can see why you are so obsessed with Michelle Obama.The mentality? seems very similar Quote Everything you do is based on the choices you make. It's not your parents, your past relationships, your job, the economy, the weather, an argument, or your age that is to blame. You and only you are responsible for every decision and choice you make, period ... ... Wish more people would realize this. Quotes by Susan Gottesman
Guest Posted February 18, 2011 Posted February 18, 2011 Originally Posted By: Shane Sometimes when I pass gas I blame it on the cat. So I guess I am lying to my children. I can see why you are so obsessed with Michelle Obama.The mentality? seems very similar As long as it was a good lie and not a bad one. Or as long as you have good intentions behind it, then it's ok to lie. After all, the road to heaven is paved with good intentions, right? Quote
carolaa Posted February 26, 2011 Posted February 26, 2011 Some people don't get joking. Seriously. Quote
Dr. Shane Posted February 26, 2011 Posted February 26, 2011 A loving mother will always joke around with her children. Michelle is awesome! Hard to find much wrong with that fabulous woman. She is a fine example of what American women should be. Quote Pastoral Family Counselor... Find me at www.PostumCafe.com Author of Peculiar Christianity
doug yowell Posted February 26, 2011 Posted February 26, 2011 A loving mother will always joke around with her children. Michelle is awesome! Hard to find much wrong with that fabulous woman. She is a fine example of what American women should be. Nonsense,she's not an Adventist!! Quote
bonnie Posted February 26, 2011 Author Posted February 26, 2011 Some people don't get joking. Seriously. Most did not take her as joking. When you need clever tricks that are dishonest it really isn't much of a joke. Let her put her own health tricks to work on herself first.I could care less if she is fat,skinny,tall or short. But if she is going to get in the face of the american citizen she best take a look behind and see what she is dragging along. She is getting more than a little broad in the beam.Maybe Obama should make her run the stairs a few times Quote Everything you do is based on the choices you make. It's not your parents, your past relationships, your job, the economy, the weather, an argument, or your age that is to blame. You and only you are responsible for every decision and choice you make, period ... ... Wish more people would realize this. Quotes by Susan Gottesman
bonnie Posted February 26, 2011 Author Posted February 26, 2011 Originally Posted By: Shane A loving mother will always joke around with her children. Michelle is awesome! Hard to find much wrong with that fabulous woman. She is a fine example of what American women should be. Nonsense,she's not an Adventist!! Doug,you should understand the equivalent of a high school crush. Would not want my daughters to follow in her shoes Quote Everything you do is based on the choices you make. It's not your parents, your past relationships, your job, the economy, the weather, an argument, or your age that is to blame. You and only you are responsible for every decision and choice you make, period ... ... Wish more people would realize this. Quotes by Susan Gottesman
SivartM Posted February 26, 2011 Posted February 26, 2011 I'm sure that parents are now going to start lying to their children to get them to exercise. Uh-huh. And they would never have thought of it if it wasn't for Michelle Obama. Uh-huh. I'm not sure which is more gullible, believing everything you see on TV, or believing that other people believe everything they see on TV. Quote "Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much." - Oscar Wilde�Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you. This is the essence of all that is taught in the law and the prophets." - Jesus
bonnie Posted February 26, 2011 Author Posted February 26, 2011 I'm sure that parents are now going to start lying to their children to get them to exercise. Uh-huh. And they would never have thought of it if it wasn't for Michelle Obama. Quote Everything you do is based on the choices you make. It's not your parents, your past relationships, your job, the economy, the weather, an argument, or your age that is to blame. You and only you are responsible for every decision and choice you make, period ... ... Wish more people would realize this. Quotes by Susan Gottesman
SivartM Posted February 26, 2011 Posted February 26, 2011 Listening to Michelle Obama there was not any doubt.She thought it funny to be lyng to her children.How about some common sense parenting instead Actually, she said that there were some cute commercials. But I guess since she's an Obama she must be out to corrupt us all, right? Quote "Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much." - Oscar Wilde�Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you. This is the essence of all that is taught in the law and the prophets." - Jesus
bonnie Posted February 26, 2011 Author Posted February 26, 2011 Originally Posted By: bonnie Listening to Michelle Obama there was not any doubt.She thought it funny to be lyng to her children.How about some common sense parenting instead Actually, she said that there were some cute commercials. But I guess since she's an Obama she must be out to corrupt us all, right? No,actually she said more than that.Please quit adding your words and making them some like mine. Before Obama's and their cronies decide to not only tell americans how to eat and what,let her take care of her more than ample backside. Take a look at the unhealthy menues for their continual parties and the barbacue ribs. I can take care of my own salt intake myself without some overweight self important person deciding how much I can have. I figured out as a young mother how to keep my kids healthy and active. Anyone that is truly interested will do that without someone that is constantly munching on unhealthy foods and their very expensive parties dictating thru laws passed. It would be far more impressive to see her have that same concern for all the black children that end up in a incinerator in a hospital basement.How to reach those young mothers before they reach that situation Quote Everything you do is based on the choices you make. It's not your parents, your past relationships, your job, the economy, the weather, an argument, or your age that is to blame. You and only you are responsible for every decision and choice you make, period ... ... Wish more people would realize this. Quotes by Susan Gottesman
doug yowell Posted February 26, 2011 Posted February 26, 2011 . Would not want my daughters to follow in her shoes But if she became a fully committed SDA Christian don't you think there's be lots of changes------for the better? Quote
bonnie Posted February 26, 2011 Author Posted February 26, 2011 Originally Posted By: bonnie . Would not want my daughters to follow in her shoes But if she became a fully committed SDA Christian don't you think there's be lots of changes------for the better? I am not holding my breath.We can all make changes for the better.Better for me is if I am engaged in something such as other people's diets I have control of my own. I don't know if that comes from being a SDA. I did have a SDA woman chew me out for that unhealthy piece of cocunut cream pie I was eating.I am very close to the weight of 112 ,same as when I married.This woman had to be at least 250,go figure Quote Everything you do is based on the choices you make. It's not your parents, your past relationships, your job, the economy, the weather, an argument, or your age that is to blame. You and only you are responsible for every decision and choice you make, period ... ... Wish more people would realize this. Quotes by Susan Gottesman
Dr. Shane Posted February 26, 2011 Posted February 26, 2011 Actually, she said that there were some cute commercials. And she is right. Those were some really cute commercials. I don't watch much TV that isn't Adventist so I don't know how often those are running but I hope they are getting a lot of air time. Our first ladies in this nation are so awesome. They always find a non-political cause and do so much good. Michelle is following in a great tradition and she is doing a great job. Those that stoop so low to criticize her for her good work tell us more about themselves than about her. If Michelle keeps doing this great work she may tempt me to vote for her husband again just to keep her around. But, being the fantastic and committed woman she is, I am sure she will keep up the great work even after leaving the White House. Quote Pastoral Family Counselor... Find me at www.PostumCafe.com Author of Peculiar Christianity
Moderators Jeannieb43 Posted February 26, 2011 Moderators Posted February 26, 2011 I'm sure that parents are now going to start lying to their children to get them to exercise. Uh-huh. And they would never have thought of it if it wasn't for Michelle Obama. Uh-huh. I'm not sure which is more gullible, believing everything you see on TV, or believing that other people believe everything they see on TV. Well spoken, Siv. Quote Jeannie<br /><br /><br />...Change is inevitable; growth is optional....
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