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1. #101
   On June 2nd, 2011 at 3:47 pm, Hiraghm said:

   Yea! Now I can go to burger king and have a balanced meal…

   Bun = grain (sesame seeds too?)
   tomato = fruit
   lettuce = vegetable
   cheese = dairy
   beef = protein

2. #102
   On June 2nd, 2011 at 3:49 pm, hawkeye54 said:

   The document to which you refer became obsolete on Jan 20,2009.

   It hasn’t been completely rendered obsolete…yet. Actually its been trending toward obsolescence long before this administration. Its pace of obsolscence has just been much faster since Jan 20, 2009.

3. #103
   On June 2nd, 2011 at 3:51 pm, Barred said:

   HarryBailey…. I think if you read the post, you will see a link to the official chart. As usual, just looking for something to complain about.

4. #104
   On June 2nd, 2011 at 3:52 pm, Common Sense said:

   No food plate is complete without the most important food group:

   CHOCOLATE

   70% cocoa or higher, preferably

5. #105
   On June 2nd, 2011 at 3:55 pm, hawkeye54 said:

   No food plate is complete without the most important food group:

   CHOCOLATE

   70% cocoa or higher, preferably

   Amen!

6. #106
   On June 2nd, 2011 at 3:59 pm, FuriousMob said:

   On June 2nd, 2011 at 3:33 pm, HarryBailey said:

   It’s basically the same thing, with the grains and vegetables sections a little bigger than the proteins and fruits. It’s still a joke.

7. #107
   On June 2nd, 2011 at 4:03 pm, stillontheroad said:

   On June 2nd, 2011 at 3:33 pm, HarryBailey said:
   I see the Racer adds his/her/its One Farthings worth of non-insight.

8. #108
   On June 2nd, 2011 at 4:16 pm, happyscrapper said:

   I haven’t had time to read the comments yet, so forgive me for any repeats. My opinion is this…WTF???

   The idea of a plate is actually a GOOD one! Show a plate with actual portions of each item. Protein should be a much small portion than fruit/veggies. And how does dairy even get shown accurately when it is set apart on its own? I don’t get it. What portion of your diet should be dairy? And where is ANY allowance for sweets? Come on folks, get real.

   At least with the pyramid, you had an idea of what you needed to eat the most and what you needed to eat the least.

   A good idea has turned into a bad product! Big Government again. Sigh.

   Now I will go back and read the comments and see how many people said the same thing!!

9. #109
   On June 2nd, 2011 at 4:21 pm, hawkeye54 said:

   Come on folks, get real

   Real? With left leaning bureaucrats involved, not hardly.

10. #110
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 4:27 pm, GuyInNH said:

    On June 2nd, 2011 at 2:29 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Michelle Obama … will unveil a new plate-shaped food icon

    Answers the question “What do you do with an Honors degree from Princeton?”

    The government’s version of Vanna White

11. #111
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 4:27 pm, Hiraghm said:

    On June 2nd, 2011 at 4:16 pm, happyscrapper said:

    I haven’t had time to read the comments yet, so forgive me for any repeats. My opinion is this…WTF???

    The idea of a plate is actually a GOOD one! Show a plate with actual portions of each item. Protein should be a much small portion than fruit/veggies.

    Maybe on YOUR plate… not on mine.

    Once the steak is on the plate, there’s little room for the baked potato or even ketchup…

12. #112
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 4:32 pm, Red State Skeptic said:

    On June 2nd, 2011 at 3:52 pm, Common Sense said:

    CHOCOLATE

    70% cocoa or higher, preferably

    What kind of American are you?? If you don’t eat Hershey’s milk chocolate, you are more of a commie than Sean Penn.

13. #113
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 4:44 pm, Flyoverman said:

    In preparation for Obamacare and the crashing economy, what food group does Soylent Green fall into?

14. #114
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 4:46 pm, Flyoverman said:

    On June 2nd, 2011 at 4:32 pm, Red State Skeptic said:

    If you don’t eat Hershey’s milk chocolate, you are more of a commie than Sean Penn.

    Easy their RSS. You are heading down a path that will result in your wearing a Palin 2012 button.

15. #115
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 4:47 pm, stillontheroad said:

    Flyoverman said:
    The People Catagory – after all, it is people!

16. #116
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 4:47 pm, Hangfire said:

    On June 2nd, 2011 at 4:32 pm, Red State Skeptic said:
    What kind of American are you?? If you don’t eat Hershey’s milk chocolate, you are more of a commie than Sean Penn.

    Milk Chocolate sucks, as does Sean Penn.

17. #117
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 4:49 pm, Hangfire said:

    Milk Chocolate is like Barry Soetoro.

    Not exactly white nor exactly dark.

18. #118
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 4:59 pm, happy2behere said:

    ILMC – No thank you, hogs are unclean meat, just like weiners.

19. #119
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 5:05 pm, AmericanGirl30 said:

    $2 million for THAT?! At least the food pyramid had nice graphics.

    It boggles the mind how we can be so broke and yet they still waste money on stuff like this.

20. #120
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 5:05 pm, spaceycakes said:

    JD–thanks

    and Rogue–LOLOL

21. #121
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 5:11 pm, spaceycakes said:

    my plate:

    cigarettes
    Perrier
    beans
    turnip greens
    Turkish Delight
    mango
    Beefeater Gin

22. #122
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 5:12 pm, spaceycakes said:

    oh, and the plate?
    Limoges

23. #123
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 5:18 pm, EROWMER said:

    Flyoverman, I thought the same thing. Soylent green looms, my friends, if we hold to the current course.

24. #124
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 5:20 pm, Bluefighter said:

    Why just a plate and a placemat? How are we going to eat without foods placed on them?

25. #125
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 5:20 pm, swede said:

    Red State Skeptic said:

    What kind of American are you?? If you don’t eat Hershey’s milk chocolate, you are more of a commie than Sean Penn.

    What kind of a Libro-union proletariat backing progresso are you? Hershey’s raked in $5.7 Billion last year (yup very large B) in ’08 Hershey’s closed their Smiths Falls and Oakdale plants, being replaced in part by a new facility in Monterrey, Mexico. They also opened new plants in São Roque, Brazil and Guadalajara, Mexico.

    Them was American union jobs, there Tex. Wanna talk about GE now?

26. #126
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 5:21 pm, Red State Skeptic said:

    On June 2nd, 2011 at 4:46 pm, Flyoverman said:

    Easy their RSS. You are heading down a path that will result in your wearing a Palin 2012 button.

    Hey I’m just your average Miller drinking, BBQ eating, Camel smoking, Pelosi loving, red blooded American.

27. #127
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 5:23 pm, Red State Skeptic said:

    On June 2nd, 2011 at 5:20 pm, swede said:

    Them was American union jobs, there Tex. Wanna talk about GE now?

    Are you defending dark chocolate and unions? Free trade is as American as pork rinds (which they eat in Mexico too).

28. #128
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 5:28 pm, Hangfire said:

    Friends don’t let friends drink Miller’s. So………..drink up!

29. #129
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 5:31 pm, kentroyals5 said:

    On June 2nd, 2011 at 5:28 pm, Hangfire said:
    Friends don’t let friends drink Miller’s. So………..drink up!

    Funny enough, Miller was the first non-bottom-of-the-barrel sh!t beer that I actually enjoyed. (still terrible)

    However, living in the Pacific Northwest, we have quite the selection of micro-brews that are outright delicious.

30. #130
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 5:33 pm, Hangfire said:

    On June 2nd, 2011 at 5:31 pm, kentroyals5 said:
    However, living in the Pacific Northwest, we have quite the selection of micro-brews that are outright delicious.

    {Sigh} I miss Oly and Henry Weinhard’s.

31. #131
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 5:37 pm, kentroyals5 said:

    On June 2nd, 2011 at 5:33 pm, Hangfire said:

    {Sigh} I miss Oly and Henry Weinhard’s.

    What were you up here for? Grew up here, school, military?

    I’m not too fond of the huge breweries around (Redhook, etc), but Portland seems to have some of the best. Full Sail and Deschutes. YUM.

32. #132
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 5:38 pm, spaceycakes said:

    pork rinds (which they eat in Mexico too).

    chicharones

33. #133
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 5:38 pm, Bluefighter said:

    Only a fork? Where is a spoon and a knife?

34. #134
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 5:41 pm, Scilicit said:

    All I can think of when looking at this “chart” is how high it can be piled with all these selections. All that training at salad bars can’t be allowed to go to waste. Vertical development is essential to volumes consumed. Can we expect specific updates to this chart on a regular basis? Gotta “save or create” those government jobs, right?

35. #135
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 5:45 pm, TooMuchTime said:

    No meal is complete without some kind of candy.

36. #136
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 5:54 pm, swede said:

    Are you defending dark chocolate and unions? Free trade is as American as pork rinds (which they eat in Mexico too)

    Focus grasshopper. If you’re a union type you need to hate Hersheys. That leaves more creamy milk chocolate for us conservatives. You may eat tofu-chocolate.

37. #137
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 6:00 pm, HarryBailey said:

    On June 2nd, 2011 at 3:51 pm, Barred said:
    HarryBailey…. I think if you read the post, you will see a link to the official chart. As usual, just looking for something to complain about.

    Why not put the actual image in the post? How many readers would click the link when there is already an image on the page?

    It’s called accuracy in journalism.

38. #138
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 6:15 pm, Ellyk said:

    On June 2nd, 2011 at 5:37 pm, kentroyals5 said:

    I’m not too fond of the huge breweries around (Redhook, etc), but Portland seems to have some of the best. Full Sail and Deschutes. YUM.

    Rogue – Brutal IPA

    “Fermentation may have been a greater discovery than fire.”

    – David Wallace

39. #139
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 6:21 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On June 2nd, 2011 at 6:00 pm, HarryBailey said:Why not put the actual image in the post? How many readers would click the link when there is already an image on the page?

    It’s called accuracy in journalism.

    When you write your own blog, you can make the rules. Until then buzz off.

40. #140
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 6:23 pm, kentroyals5 said:

    On June 2nd, 2011 at 6:15 pm, Ellyk said:
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 5:37 pm, kentroyals5 said:

    I’m not too fond of the huge breweries around (Redhook, etc), but Portland seems to have some of the best. Full Sail and Deschutes. YUM.
    Rogue – Brutal IPA

    “Fermentation may have been a greater discovery than fire.”

    – David Wallace

    Rogue is good; but so damn pricey. Have you ever had a Deschutes Jubelale? Definitely a recommendation of mine.

41. #141
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 6:23 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On June 2nd, 2011 at 1:36 pm, babiesgrandma said:
    WHERE’S THE FAT?!?!?!?!?!? Isn’t there a percentage of fat that should be in one’s diet?

    I finally had time to read the comments. I will answer a few of them. Regarding the fat. YES, there must be fat in everyone’s diet. Without it, you get very very constipated! Personal experience. So, leaving fat off the plan is dangerous and wrong. YOu can bet your bippy MO eats plenty of FAT.

42. #142
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 6:26 pm, stillontheroad said:

    HarryBailey said:
    Because it is called effort, the watch word here is effort to click the link. Now I do understand Welfare Slobs do not have that word in their lexicon but – from now on let Effort be your watch word. Learn it, live it, and love it.

43. #143
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 6:26 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    Milk Chocolate sucks, as does Sean Penn.

    Milk chocolate doesn’t suck, it’s best suited for kids with a somewhat less refined taste. Sean Pean is best suited for those with no taste.

44. #144
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 6:28 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On June 2nd, 2011 at 2:01 pm, Ilovemycountry said:
    Get back to work people – those hogs ain’t gonna’ slop themselves

    June 2nd, 2011 at 2:07 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 2:01 pm, Ilovemypenileimplant said:
    Hey Ma, what’s your favorite balloon animal?!

    These two comments almost ended my life. I am not joking! First, I laughed like crazy reading ILMC’s. It struck me so funny! Then Cheddar comes up with his penileimplant and balloon animal post and I just lost it! I couldn’t get my breath! My husband had to slap me. Well, that last sentence was a lie, but you get the point.

45. #145
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 6:29 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On June 2nd, 2011 at 2:17 pm, rowsdower said:
    Actually the “dinner plate” looks like a 4-color condom.

    123…is that you?

46. #146
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 6:30 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On June 2nd, 2011 at 3:27 pm, stillontheroad said:
    And then we have the Sock Puppet and friends food groups:
    Lobster, Japanese imported Beef, Burgers, Ice Cream, BBQ Ribs, More Lobster with a Imported Steak Chaser.
    It do feel good to be a Gangsta!

    You forgot waffles.

47. #147
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 6:31 pm, PD Dave said:

    I think everyone will be as amazed as I was if you visit the USDA website. I thought it was mostly about helping farmers but here are their priorities:

    Secretary’s Priorities
    Agricultural Production
    Civil Rights
    Conservation
    Energy
    Food
    Safety
    Nutrition/Hunger
    Rural Development
    Trade

    They also administer WIC (Women, Infant, Children) program and here’s a good one: SNAP–that’s the new name for Food Stamps (Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program). Basically this is just a huge federal welfare agency under the guise of promoting agricultural production.

48. #148
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 6:31 pm, happyscrapper said:

    One food group you military folks forgot.
    Shi#.
    Remember SOS? We actually still have that occasionally.

49. #149
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 6:32 pm, kentroyals5 said:

    On June 2nd, 2011 at 6:28 pm, happyscrapper said:
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 2:01 pm, Ilovemycountry said:
    Get back to work people – those hogs ain’t gonna’ slop themselves
    June 2nd, 2011 at 2:07 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 2:01 pm, Ilovemypenileimplant said:
    Hey Ma, what’s your favorite balloon animal?!

    These two comments almost ended my life. I am not joking! First, I laughed like crazy reading ILMC’s. It struck me so funny! Then Cheddar comes up with his penileimplant and balloon animal post and I just lost it! I couldn’t get my breath! My husband had to slap me. Well, that last sentence was a lie, but you get the point.

    Thank goodness! I thought I was the only one who laughed at that comment by ILMC. I have no idea why it made me laguh. Good to see you in good spirits today! I’ll be enjoying some good spirits soon! I lie, it’ll be beer.

50. #150
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 6:33 pm, kentroyals5 said:

    On June 2nd, 2011 at 6:29 pm, happyscrapper said:

    Actually the “dinner plate” looks like a 4-color condom.

    123…is that you?

    123 actually uses 7 for all his girlfriends he keeps at the same time.

51. #151
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 6:34 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    Remember SOS? We actually still have that occasionally.

    I have friends who cherish that as a comfort food and regularly enjoy it for dinner about once a week. I could never see the attraction.

52. #152
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 6:38 pm, Ellyk said:

    On June 2nd, 2011 at 6:23 pm, kentroyals5 said:

    Rogue – Brutal IPA

    “Fermentation may have been a greater discovery than fire.” – David Wallace

    Rogue is good; but so damn pricey. Have you ever had a Deschutes Jubelale? Definitely a recommendation of mine.

    Definately, Jubelale is an annual tradition around here. I like their Black Butte Porter. Good stuff.

53. #153
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 6:42 pm, kentroyals5 said:

    On June 2nd, 2011 at 6:38 pm, Ellyk said:
    .
    Definately, Jubelale is an annual tradition around here. I like their Black Butte Porter. Good stuff.

    Their porter is probably one of my favorites. But in the summer I have a hard time wanting to down more than 2 of those.

    Now that we’re talking about beer I need to go pre-funk before the Mariner’s game. Yay expensive PBR and Coors Lights!

    Have a good one, everyone!

54. #154
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 7:16 pm, Michael said:

    The information, while expensive to produce, is still good solid guidance on how to slim down. America is already too fat, and pretty soon half of all Americans will be overweight or obese. Obesity does not care what your political party is, it only cares to make you unhealthy and prone to other complications.

    Will the people who need to see the site actually see it, read it, and act on it? That will be the test of whether or not the money was well spent. Unfortunately, I do not believe the right people will see it. That is sad.

    What will happen is it will be used by the nanny state to force people to change their eating habits.

55. #155
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 7:19 pm, TomB said:

    That’s not a plate, that’s a pot pie. MY pot pie.

    Clearly they did not consult Bear Grylls when designing the pot pie.

56. #156
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 8:09 pm, conservoman said:

    Since when it protein a food?

    ****ing morons, if I didn’t know any better I’d think it was some type of parody.

57. #157
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 8:15 pm, StaceyOfLiberty said:

    That old food pyramid really was a disaster. It recommended 6 to 11 servings of bread/cereal/rice per day. WTF? Maybe they envisioned very small servings or something, but that wasn’t clear. I really think it did contribute to the rise in obesity.

58. #158
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 8:42 pm, mattm said:

    Great, another government suggestion I have to ignore.

59. #159
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 11:01 pm, ChapBix said:

    $2 million? Are you serious? They could have come up with this for a fraction of the money they spent. $20,000 to the six grader that designed it would have been a win-win for us and the sixth-grader that drew the winning design for their school.

60. #160
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 11:08 pm, ChapBix said:

    On June 2nd, 2011 at 5:20 pm, swede said:

    Red State Skeptic said:

    What kind of American are you?? If you don’t eat Hershey’s milk chocolate, you are more of a commie than Sean Penn.

    What kind of a Libro-union proletariat backing progresso are you? Hershey’s raked in $5.7 Billion last year (yup very large B) in ’08 Hershey’s closed their Smiths Falls and Oakdale plants, being replaced in part by a new facility in Monterrey, Mexico. They also opened new plants in São Roque, Brazil and Guadalajara, Mexico.

    Them was American union jobs, there Tex. Wanna talk about GE now?

    The Brazilian and Mexican public wanted the Hershey Park experience. Visited the Hershey, PA factory last October. Quite an upscale improvement over our visit in 1999. Our daughter had a wrapper made for a chocolate bar with her photo on it and a slogan she came up with on her own.

61. #161
    On June 2nd, 2011 at 11:32 pm, OK_Loyalist said:

    Anyone remember when poor people used to be skinny ?

62. #162
    On June 3rd, 2011 at 12:33 am, swede said:

    ChapBix said:

    Visited the Hershey, PA factory last October. Quite an upscale improvement over our visit in 1999. Our daughter had a wrapper made for a chocolate bar with her photo on it and a slogan she came up with on her own.

    What was your daughter’s slogan? We did the Hershy factory in…geez ’87 I think. Very impressive. This is a prime example of American entreprneurial free market success I try to rub in RSS’s face but he won’t bite.

    OK_Loyalist said:
    Anyone remember when poor people used to be skinny ?

    Wachutalkinbout Willis?
    “Hey, hey hey…it’s Fat Albert!”
    “E be O Tay Buh Wheat”

63. #163
    On June 3rd, 2011 at 12:36 am, Republicanvet said:

    What you people don’t realize is this is only the first version of Moochy’s pie plate.

    These marxist thugs get another four years, and the next version will come with a pointer. Spin the plate, and that is what they are directing you to eat that day.

64. #164
    On June 3rd, 2011 at 12:43 am, happy2behere said:

    Not my plate, I’d rather it be Belleek with Waterford on the side, call it Celtic snobbery.

65. #165
    On June 3rd, 2011 at 3:27 am, Mark Jaquith said:

    That’s not the graphic. Eek. The actual one looks much better.

66. #166
    On June 3rd, 2011 at 6:31 am, Retiredtopo said:

    “Fat Dumb and Stupid in 2012″ Pick your GOP candidate to add to slogan. Currently None of the Above is polling best.

67. #167
    On June 3rd, 2011 at 9:20 am, GadsdenRattlers said:

    Notice anything missing from this new chart?

    That’s right. The word “Meat”.

    Can’t have the little kiddies thinking that eating meat is a good source of protein now, can we?

68. #168
    On June 3rd, 2011 at 9:27 am, John Deaux said:

    On June 2nd, 2011 at 5:21 pm, Red State Skeptic said:
    Hey I’m just your average Miller drinking, BBQ eating, Camel smoking, Pelosi loving, red blooded American.

    Miller’s not an American beer anymore, traitor. Try Yuengling or Sam Adams. And you better darn well be watching Nascar now that the hogs are fed.

69. #169
    On June 3rd, 2011 at 10:18 am, spaceycakes said:

    happy2behere said:
    Not my plate, I’d rather it be Belleek with Waterford on the side, call it Celtic snobbery.

    lol–like my #118 above, where I mention Limoges

    We have a new kitten, and she broke one of my Belleek items. I don’t know how mrcakes wasn’t wearing kittenbritches the next day, but she survived.

70. #170
    On June 3rd, 2011 at 12:24 pm, StaceyOfLiberty said:

    Also, I’m assuming the round dairy thing is a wheel of Brie, right? I love this chart!

71. #171
    On June 3rd, 2011 at 12:36 pm, spaceycakes said:

    StaceyOfLiberty said:
    Also, I’m assuming the round dairy thing is a wheel of Brie, right?

    nah, that’s a cup of fauxghurt

72. #172
    On June 3rd, 2011 at 12:59 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    Also, I’m assuming the round dairy thing is a wheel of Brie, right?
    nah, that’s a cup of fauxghurt

    I just figured out that round dairy thing is where your glass of dairy product, in my case, Irish Cream, goes beside the divided plate.

    This chart will soon be availabe as a set of place mats which can be ordered from the USDA (sales tax and shipping apply, please expect 6-8 months for prompt delivery) as a guide for those who need contiued nutritional education indocitri.. er, reinforcement.

73. #173
    On June 3rd, 2011 at 1:26 pm, flameinhair said:

    Tobacco is a grain? I’ve been smoking
    grain? Oh dang, maybe I should swich
    to herb.
    Dr. Post said the USDA,(another dept. on my ‘hit list’), HAD spent about
    (they don’t know how much they spent?),
    $2 MILLION to develop and blah blah?
    Where the HADES did they get $2 mill?
    OH…that’s right. Dr. Post went to the
    feds money tree….how silly am I?

74. #174
    On June 4th, 2011 at 1:09 pm, Danceswithdachshunds said:

    My version.

75. #175
    On June 5th, 2011 at 2:33 pm, happy2behere said:

    OMG, broken Belleek! My condolences.

76. #176
    On June 6th, 2011 at 4:22 pm, FirstSkirt said:

    OMG….I read somewhere today that this stupid scheme to make Michelle “O” look like she is relevant just cost the taxpayers $22 MILLION.