Comments on: NY City nanny-staters ban school bake sales!

By: Anko

Anko — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:56:59 +0000

Nice job, Eli.

By: Glenn E.

Glenn E. — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 06:24:57 +0000

I think this was something that he NYC Grocery’s Association had to do with. No doubt they lose a ton of money to these “bake sales”. Malmart and Costco might even be in on it. If schools started making their own Soda Pop, you can bet Coke and Pepsi would chime in. Bake sales aren’t about kids getting too many calories. It’s about limiting grass roots America from making and selling their own food items. The corporate grocery chains don’t like the competition. So it suddenly becomes “bad for the kids”. Meanwhile, smoking and drug abuse issues are far from being addressed. But at least big gov. saved you from eating too much homemade apple pie. Not to mention (but I will) giving the profits directly to schools. Rather using taxes, thru the corporate and gov. middlemen leaches. That’s why Bake Sales work so well.

Bill Gates’ parents got Bill’s private school an expensive computer system, for the students to “learn on”, by sponsoring a “Bake Sale” for the other parent to kick in money for. Those must have been $100 cakes and pies. Because it think the computer cost $10k. And private schools don’t usually have huge enrollments. And no gov. bureaucrat showed up to say “No fair”, “Kids need more Football than they need a pricey computer”. Whereas my high school had plenty of Football, and zero computer. It wouldn’t have busted the school’s budget to get a couple Apple IIs, or even a used PDP. But Football was seen as a career move, back in 1974. And kids need to be skilled at it, before entering college. No wonder Japan and India is beat our asses at computer science. Ah, but we play better Football than they ever will. Pathetic.

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:56:17 +0000

We have a nutrition nazi at our kids school. But, the lunch room sells icecreem. And lets kids charge it to their lunch account, unless you opt out.
So for b-days we tell the office staff to stuff it, and also offer a cupcake (good-uns too).

By: nolimit662

nolimit662 — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:52:40 +0000

Not only that……..maybe they want to shut down bake sales so you have to go out and buy the more expensive pre-made grocery store cakes and cookies. Lots of money to be made there…..can’t have you just buying raw ingredients and making your own and trying to make a few bucks for the kids…..those profits belong to corporations!!

By: Rick Cain

Rick Cain — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:24:51 +0000

Home baked goods tend to be healthier than commercial products. People use sugar rather than corn syrup and a home baker doesn’t use the hundreds of ingredients that commercial bakeries use. Its generally salt, flour, water, eggs, sugar, maybe some fruit and vanilla and/or basic chocolate.

By: Ok

Ok — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:45:07 +0000

Really all that is needed to put a stop to this sort of bull feces, is some pissed off parents and kids, resulting in some politicians and school administrators covered in tar and feathers.

Im sure that would get the word out.

By: Cursor_

Cursor_ — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:10:27 +0000

So have the bake sale off campus.

Are people really that dim?

Cursor_

By: t0llyb0ng

t0llyb0ng — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:28:23 +0000

Time for bake sales to go underground, same as that dangerous Schedule I “narcotic” MJ

By: LibertyLover

LibertyLover — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:17:53 +0000

14 year old said “I mean, why can’t we have bake sales?”

Um, because you are educated by State? State is Mother. State is Father. If you take money from someone, they become boss. Now quit your griping and get back to your indoctrination.

By: gigwave

gigwave — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:17:42 +0000

14 year old said “I mean, why can’t we have bake sales?” Look around you pal. That’s why.