Introducing the Royal Captain of Calorie Consumption

By Michelle Malkin  •  June 10, 2009 11:42 AM

Crikey. I was kidding yesterday when I joked about a food intake czar in the wake of Obama’s “Special Master of Compensation” appointment.

Now, it has come to pass. Introducing the Royal Captain of Calorie Consumption, via Politico:

President Barack Obama eats his vegetables and exercises every day — and he really wants you to do the same.

From the White House garden to his picks for top health jobs, Obama is telling America’s McDonald’s-loving, couch-dwelling, doctor-phobic populace that things are about to change.

Don’t be fooled by the presidential burger runs. Obama and Congress are moving across several fronts to give government a central role in making America healthier — raising expectations among public health experts of a new era of activism unlike any before.

Any health care reform plan that Obama signs is almost certain to call for nutrition counseling, obesity screenings and wellness programs at workplaces and community centers. He wants more time in the school day for physical fitness, more nutritious school lunches and more bike paths, walking paths and grocery stores in underserved areas.

The president is filling top posts at Health and Human Services with officials who, in their previous jobs, outlawed trans fats, banned public smoking or required restaurants to provide a calorie count with that slice of banana cream pie.

Even Congress is getting into the act, giving serious consideration to taxing sugary drinks and alcohol to help pay for the overhaul.

Dijon mustard will be mandatory.

Afterwards: Meditation.

Obama is great. Obama is good.
Let us thank him for our food…

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  1. #101
    On June 10th, 2009 at 1:33 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    The fact that George Bush had a healthy life style was one of the only good things about his administration.

    That and all those women in Afghanistan who are no longer under the thumb of the Taliban, and the jobs people still had, and the people in LA who weren’t killed by an airliner….but yeah, riding a bike is #1.

  2. #102
    On June 10th, 2009 at 1:36 pm, Elm Creek Smith said:

    I don’t want to move into any d*** light, and I have a .357 Magnum that says I don’t have to.

    Hope is not a plan; not all change is good. WE are the civilian national security force. Yes, I will have another helping of beef stroganoff, thank you. The resistance is here; the resistance is now. RESIST!!!!!!!!!

    ECS

  3. #103
    On June 10th, 2009 at 1:41 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On June 10th, 2009 at 1:17 pm, Ragspierre said:

    Exactly!! State’s rights and state’s sovereignty come first. Big government is so out of control, they think they have the say over every aspect of our lives…and screw what the individual states say. This shi# has to stop!! I am starting to think that some states leaving the Union is a smart idea to pursue.

  4. #104
    On June 10th, 2009 at 1:44 pm, granite said:

    On June 10th, 2009 at 12:08 pm, CleanGuy said:

    Can I please have a real president? Please?

    And especially a real American President (capitalized only because of referral to the office, not to the individual under discussion).

  5. #105
    On June 10th, 2009 at 1:49 pm, granite said:

    On June 10th, 2009 at 12:59 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    “We baked you a birthday cake! If you get a tummy-ache, and you moan and groan and woe, don’t forget we told you so!”
    - Moe, Larry, and Curly (ACHE IN EVERY STAKE, AN, 1941)

    “Where’s your cake, dear?”

    Poor Vernon Dent: “I’m wearing it!”

  6. #106
    On June 10th, 2009 at 1:54 pm, granite said:

    On June 10th, 2009 at 1:11 pm, englishqueen01 said:

    So about the only thing Obama doesn’t want to regulate….

    As I’ve posted in the past, The Beatles ~40 years ago were prescient in “Taxman” (excerpts):


    (if you drive a car) – I’ll tax the street;
    (if you try to sit) – I’ll tax your seat;
    (if you get too cold) – I’ll tax the heat;
    (if you take a walk) – I’ll tax your feet.


    Now my advice for those who die, (taxman)
    Declare the pennies on your eyes. (taxman)
    ‘Cause I’m the taxman,
    Yeah, I’m the taxman.

    And you’re working for no one but me.

  7. #107
    On June 10th, 2009 at 2:02 pm, granite said:

    On June 10th, 2009 at 1:13 pm, lgm said:

    nutrition counseling, obesity screenings and wellness programs at workplaces and community centers. He wants more time in the school day for physical fitness, more nutritious school lunches and more bike paths, walking paths and grocery stores in underserved areas

    How is this a bad thing? The fact that George Bush had a healthy life style was one of the only good things about his administration.

    Oh, man.
    It is beyond impossible to be polite with this fool.

    IT IS NOT THE GOVERNMENT’S GODDAMNED BUSINESS to force me to eat and live in a style which the arrogant government has decided is the healthy way to eat and live – whether the government is correct in that assessment or not.

    Got it, dangerous lemming?

  8. #108
    On June 10th, 2009 at 2:03 pm, englishqueen01 said:

    Only lgm could look at a massive, permanent intrusion by the federal government into our personal, private lives and see this as a good thing.

    Except, of course, for abortion or how many people I choose to sleep with (no matter what disease(s) or health issues I may contract from that behavior).

    There are limits to the government’s power, after all. :roll:

  9. #109
    On June 10th, 2009 at 2:04 pm, granite said:

    On June 10th, 2009 at 1:17 pm, bear1909 said:

    Does anyone else believe he is a Follower of Islam yet?

    Careful, Bear.

    The elitist, arrogant trolls might start mocking, ridiculing, and dismissing you.

  10. #110
    On June 10th, 2009 at 2:06 pm, granite said:

    On June 10th, 2009 at 2:03 pm, englishqueen01 said:

    Glad to see you, EQ.
    I just got back from a loooong meeting, and was getting caught up, when I
    started to wonder where everybody else went!

  11. #111
    On June 10th, 2009 at 2:10 pm, Ragspierre said:

    I take some pride in NOT being an alarmist.

    I generally snort at conspiracy theory…from any quarter.

    But I have had a growing realization, which I admit to resisting, that THE ONE truly is taking on dictatorial power, and that is his intent.

    That may seem like a “duh” moment, but I would like to have been shown wrong.

    Every day shows that conclusion is correct.

    Now, I have to decide how to deal with that reality, as do each of us who come to that conclusion.

  12. #112
    On June 10th, 2009 at 2:15 pm, granite said:

    On June 10th, 2009 at 2:10 pm, Ragspierre said:

    Correct.

    And, we have to be attuned to what is going on, and not be lulled by the somewhat gradual, salami-slice nature of what is, for all intents and purposes, the culmination of the socialists’ decades- and decades-long coup attempt.

  13. #113
    On June 10th, 2009 at 2:23 pm, englishqueen01 said:

    But I have had a growing realization, which I admit to resisting, that THE ONE truly is taking on dictatorial power, and that is his intent.

    I completely agree. Someone as narcissistic as Obama will not give up such power easily. And it’s clear he’s redefining the role of government to do whatever he wants it to do.

    I am of the mind that if, in 2010 or 2012 the Republicans win – be it Congress or the White House – there will be some sort of “crisis” and Obama will effectively, permanently, delay the installation of the new Congress or the new president until that “crisis” is over.

  14. #114
    On June 10th, 2009 at 2:24 pm, Ragspierre said:

    And, we have to be attuned to what is going on, and not be lulled by the somewhat gradual, salami-slice nature of what is, for all intents and purposes, the culmination of the socialists’ decades- and decades-long coup attempt.

    One thing that Patton understood, and I think is behind the actions of BIG BRO in this fateful juncture, if you have the momentum of battle, you press forward and never let resistance solidify.

    They are rolling America as we knew it up like an old carpet, and we have seen no effective resistance at all.

  15. #115
    On June 10th, 2009 at 2:25 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:
  16. #116
    On June 10th, 2009 at 2:27 pm, MBuck said:

    Rags, Granite, English, I can only say this:

    +100

  17. #117
    On June 10th, 2009 at 2:28 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    On June 10th, 2009 at 2:10 pm, Ragspierre said:
    I take some pride in NOT being an alarmist.

    I generally snort at conspiracy theory…from any quarter.

    But I have had a growing realization, which I admit to resisting, that THE ONE truly is taking on dictatorial power, and that is his intent.

    That may seem like a “duh” moment, but I would like to have been shown wrong.

    Every day shows that conclusion is correct.

    Now, I have to decide how to deal with that reality, as do each of us who come to that conclusion.

    George Orwell: To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.

  18. #118
    On June 10th, 2009 at 2:34 pm, fourstringfuror said:

    On June 10th, 2009 at 2:03 pm, englishqueen01 said:
    Only lgm could look at a massive, permanent intrusion by the federal government into our personal, private lives and see this as a good thing.
    Except, of course, for abortion or how many people I choose to sleep with (no matter what disease(s) or health issues I may contract from that behavior).

    There are limits to the government’s power, after all.

    Exactly.

  19. #119
    On June 10th, 2009 at 2:44 pm, melinda said:

    You mean the Royal Captain of Corruption?

    That fits Obama perfectly!

  20. #120
    On June 10th, 2009 at 3:11 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    They are rolling America as we knew it up like an old carpet, and we have seen no effective resistance at all.

    The Tea Parties are a start.
    Not quite “effective resistance” yet,
    but at least they are indications of resistance.

  21. #121
    On June 10th, 2009 at 3:14 pm, Ragspierre said:

    Pill, are you going to a TEA Party on the 4th?

    I need some people to help distribute STARVE THE BEAST and REFUSE TO BE EATEN stuff.

    Contact me at starvethebeast1@gmail.com, please.

  22. #122
    On June 10th, 2009 at 3:16 pm, englishqueen01 said:

    They are rolling America as we knew it up like an old carpet, and we have seen no effective resistance at all.

    Because, for all the outrageous things, we haven’t quite reached the tipping point yet.

    But there’s a reason sales of guns and ammo went through the roof at the end of 08 and through the beginning of this year. Resistance will come because Obama keeps pushing us to that tipping point.

  23. #123
    On June 10th, 2009 at 3:22 pm, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

    Obama may have been a Muslim until the age of seven, attending the mosque in Indonesia with his step-father, and learning the basic Arabic greetings and the muezzin’s call to prayer, which he can repeat in perfect Arabic, but I believe he is an atheist. Most Marxists are.

    Sure, he identifies somewhat with the Musselmen, but I doubt he is one anymore.

  24. #124
    On June 10th, 2009 at 3:29 pm, Ragspierre said:

    Sure, he identifies somewhat with the Musselmen, but I doubt he is one anymore.

    My own read is that he is a true apostle of Alinsky, which means he has no real affinity for any religion but will feign one any time it can be useful to consolidate power.

    Power is the alpha and omega for THE ONE.

  25. #125
    On June 10th, 2009 at 3:31 pm, granite said:

    On June 10th, 2009 at 3:22 pm, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

    Obama may have been a Muslim until the age of seven,….

    …the Musselmen, but I doubt he is one anymore.

    The problem is that, it does not matter what we think.
    What matters it what the Umma, and the Sharia-loving, murderous, barbaric loonies that make up an unknown percentage of it, and the most influential and dangerous part of it, think.

  26. #126
    On June 10th, 2009 at 3:46 pm, Adlib said:

    And I didn’t think eating at McDonald’s could be more tasty than it already was. I’m actually glad I got my lunch there today.

  27. #127
    On June 10th, 2009 at 3:51 pm, englishqueen01 said:

    And I didn’t think eating at McDonald’s could be more tasty than it already was. I’m actually glad I got my lunch there today.

    Enjoy it while it lasts.

    Tonight we’re having marinated sirloin steaks. Wonder how long it’ll be before that’s illegal…

  28. #128
    On June 10th, 2009 at 4:13 pm, graysonret said:

    Press conference

    Obama: “We have now a food czar, in order to force people to eat more fruits, vegetables and less red meat and fats. No questions, please. The secret service is just back from my McDonald’s run.”

  29. #129
    On June 10th, 2009 at 4:16 pm, Misscheryl said:

    Tonight we’re having marinated sirloin steaks. Wonder how long it’ll be before that’s illegal…

    well…studies are being done to measure the methane gas produced by cows. In an attempt to lower these gas levels, the lefties (in all their omnipotent wisdom) are going to change their diet and if that doesn’t work, it will be illegal to be a cow.

  30. #130
    On June 10th, 2009 at 4:27 pm, Ragspierre said:

    it will be illegal to be a cow

    Damn good thing I’m a bull…!!!

  31. #131
    On June 10th, 2009 at 4:33 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    it will be illegal to be a cow

    Poor Rosie O’Donnell, declared illegal.

  32. #132
    On June 10th, 2009 at 4:37 pm, Ragspierre said:

    Poor Rosie O’Donnell, declared illegal.

    My mind went to Cindy Sheehan…

  33. #133
    On June 10th, 2009 at 4:41 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    My mind went to Cindy Sheehan…

    I actually had a hard time choosing between Rosie and Joy(less) Behar. But, Rosie won… by a ton.

  34. #134
    On June 10th, 2009 at 4:42 pm, tarpon said:

    THis poor little fellow is so full of himself it reeks.

  35. #135
    On June 10th, 2009 at 4:46 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    I wanna be the Fish Czar! The Sturgeon General! I’ll work my bass off to make your life less crappie!

  36. #136
    On June 10th, 2009 at 4:49 pm, Misscheryl said:

    Dexter – that was funny!

  37. #137
    On June 10th, 2009 at 5:02 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    The president is filling top posts at Health and Human Services with officials who, in their previous jobs, outlawed trans fats, banned public smoking or required restaurants to provide a calorie count with that slice of banana cream pie.

    I’m sorry, but isn’t this friggin’ America?! If I thought there was a market for it, shouldn’t I be able to open a smoker-friendly restaurant called “Trans-Fats R’ Us” and serve sugar-coated deep-fried sticks of butter?

    This Nanny-state is going to kill us saving us from ourselves!

  38. #138
    On June 10th, 2009 at 5:22 pm, Ragspierre said:

    shouldn’t I be able to open a smoker-friendly restaurant called “Trans-Fats R’ Us” and serve sugar-coated deep-fried sticks of butter?

    Serve adult beverages, with a well-stocked humidore, and I’m all over it…!!!

  39. #139
    On June 10th, 2009 at 5:41 pm, skysoljr82 said:

    Rags,
    I’ve taken the liberty of forwarding you email addy to the organizer of the Tea Party in the Wausau Wis. area. Very classy lady. Meg Ellefson is her name and she organized the Tax Day Tea Party here in town on her own. She wasn’t expecting more than 150 or so people and on tax day, estimates were closer to 1500 people. I hope you hear from her. And thank you for all you are doing to support the Tea Parties.

  40. #140
    On June 10th, 2009 at 5:54 pm, Member-VRWC said:

    Obama and Congress are moving across several fronts to give government a central role in making America healthier…

    Yeah, like I’m going to pay any attention to what a fat-assed tub of goo like Barney Frank says about improving one’s nutritional intake. Ditto Ted (D-Chivas Regal) Kennedy.

  41. #141
    On June 10th, 2009 at 5:56 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    Serve adult beverages, with a well-stocked humidore, and I’m all over it…!!!

    What kind of wine goes with lard?

  42. #142
    On June 10th, 2009 at 6:01 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    What kind of wine goes with lard?

    Oh, of course, a gRiesling.

  43. #143
    On June 10th, 2009 at 6:11 pm, Common Sense said:

    So the left wants Christian conservatives to stay out of their bedrooms but I guess it’s OK for the Marxist Obama Administration to be in our kitchens, right?

    I can’t believe he’s only been president for 6 months, how much of America can he destroy in 4 years?

    As for food, I already make my own junk food because it’s too expensive. And my gormet dark chocolate candy bars are far better than what you can get in the store. And we don’t go out, even for fast food, because we can’t afford it. Pasta and potatoes are our mainstays.

  44. #144
    On June 10th, 2009 at 6:15 pm, Ragspierre said:

    skysoljr82 said:

    Thank you SO much! I will look forward to hearing from your friend. Please pass the word to anyone else you would care to.

  45. #145
    On June 10th, 2009 at 6:17 pm, Ragspierre said:

    What kind of wine goes with lard?

    I would have picked a nice Burgundy. Something STOUT.

    Several dark beers also come to mind…

    it must be getting close to dinner-time…

  46. #146
    On June 10th, 2009 at 6:39 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    On June 10th, 2009 at 4:46 pm, Dexter Alarius said:
    I wanna be the Fish Czar! The Sturgeon General! I’ll work my bass off to make your life less crappie!

    Go for it! What could happen? You either flounder, or you can make a lot of clams squid pro quo. But finish school first. Just for the halibut, did you run this by the alewife?

  47. #147
    On June 10th, 2009 at 6:41 pm, granite said:

    On June 10th, 2009 at 6:39 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Oh, man, the puns.

    I think I’m getting a haddock….

  48. #148
    On June 10th, 2009 at 6:59 pm, Ragspierre said:

    Cheddar truly knows no shame…

    I am convinced he did all that on porpoise, and with bass motives.

  49. #149
    On June 10th, 2009 at 6:59 pm, Misscheryl said:

    quit being so koy..and whale your at it, crab me a beer.

  50. #150
    On June 10th, 2009 at 7:06 pm, Ragspierre said:

    koy-ve…!!!

  51. #151
    On June 10th, 2009 at 7:28 pm, Southpaw said:

    I don’t give a carp what you say, the posters on Michelle Malkin are way more fun than the aholeholes at those liberal sites.Wahoo.

  52. #152
    On June 10th, 2009 at 7:44 pm, happyscrapper said:

    I can’t take any more! Will you guys please squid it??

  53. #153
    On June 10th, 2009 at 8:47 pm, joeblough said:

    .
    Is it time to start calling this nazi a nazi yet?

    I’m proposing the phrase new-nazi as distinct from neo-nazi, which inconveniently was taken by the old fashioned nazis.

    So it’s new-nazi. The new improved smiley face nazi. The Jew hatred is downplayed, and of course non-whites are OK. But as for freedom? Zeig Heil!

    Das Uberbama Furer.

  54. #154
    On June 10th, 2009 at 10:15 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    Well, there certainly is something fishy about this entire administration.

    Obama’s passing off a forged document, (which has a lot in common with “Haye I.B Ahphorgerie“), certainly was a whale of a fish story.

    And both the Associated Press and politically-connected-to-Obama Annenberg Political “Fact Check” lied on porpoise.

    Then, members of Congress were afraid to question his credentials (could they not have at least requested Obama go through e-Verify?) because they were afraid of being fish-slapped.

    It’s more shocking than an electric eel.

    The scales of justice are no longer balanced.

    This slimy Creature From the Black Lagoon is now Commander-in-Chief.

    Obama may have surfed in Hawaii, and eaten expensive steak in the White House, but this Surf & Turf is costing us more than we can afford.

    Fish and Democratic Socialists start to stink after three days.

  55. #155
    On June 11th, 2009 at 8:53 am, misterbee241 said:

    Bike paths huh? About 10 years ago, one of our main roads was widened and improved and a bike lane installed. I travel this road just about every day, and I have never seen even one bike in the bike lane. Phooey on Bama. If he quits smoking I might consider losing weight. Until then, MYOB.
    Oh, yeah, plain French’s yellow mustard has zero fat and zero carbs and tastes great on hot dogs.

  56. #156
    On June 11th, 2009 at 9:02 am, englishqueen01 said:

    Bike paths huh? About 10 years ago, one of our main roads was widened and improved and a bike lane installed. I travel this road just about every day, and I have never seen even one bike in the bike lane.

    Yeah, well that’s because Obama wasn’t president and couldn’t force people to use them. When cars are scarce, or not available at all, those bike paths will be crowded.

  57. #157
    On June 11th, 2009 at 10:00 am, spaceycakes said:

    What kind of wine goes with lard?

    I would suggest an interesting little Pinot Greasio

  58. #158
    On June 11th, 2009 at 10:49 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

    On June 10th, 2009 at 10:15 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    Obama may have surfed in Hawaii, and eaten expensive steak in the White House, but this Surf & Turf is costing us more than we can afford.

    As they say: “The fish rots from the head.”

  59. #159
    On June 11th, 2009 at 11:58 am, Laree said:

    Barack H Obama: “I Like Pie”

  60. #160
    On June 11th, 2009 at 2:09 pm, englishqueen01 said:

    Oh, and all I can say about this is BIRDS OF A FEATHER:

    The Venezuelan government of U.S.-critic President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday ordered Coca-Cola Co to withdraw its Coke Zero beverage from the South American nation, citing unspecified dangers to health.

    The decision follows a wave of nationalizations and increased scrutiny of businesses in South America’s top oil exporter.

    Health Minister Jesus Mantilla said the zero-calorie Coke Zero should no longer be sold and stocks of the drink removed from store shelves.

    “The product should be withdrawn from circulation to preserve the health of Venezuelans,” the minister said in comments reported by the government’s news agency.

    No wonder Obama’s all buddy-buddy with Chavez.

  61. #161
    On June 12th, 2009 at 2:41 am, ITookTheRedPill said:

    No wonder Obama’s all buddy-buddy with Chavez.

    Chavez’s Venezuela: Obama and Ayers

  62. #162
    On June 12th, 2009 at 10:34 am, misterbee241 said:

    What kind of wine goes with lard?

    As Justin Wilson would say, “What kind you got?”

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