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I bet the "initiative" includes plenty of studies and analysis reports -- for $millions !!
(CNSNews.com) - Barack Obama's vision as president is shaped by the fact that he knows what "it's like to take a subway or a bus just to find a fresh piece of fruit in a grocery store," Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan said last week.
Donovan seemed to be suggesting that the president had once lived in what First Lady Michelle Obama now refers to as a "food desert"--a place without a nearby supermarket. The First Lady has launched an initiative to eliminate these places.
“Why has all this work been such a priority for the president and every one of us in the administration?” Donovan said. “Because he knows what you know: He knows what it’s like to walk the halls of public housing because he’s worked there.”
“He knows what it’s like to walk the streets of some of our cities’ poorest neighborhoods because he’s lived there,” Donovan said. “What it’s like to take a subway or a bus just to find a fresh piece of fruit in a grocery store.”
Donovan also said the president had to “wonder” about whether he could “afford a college education or decent health care” or be “judged” unfairly.
Obama IS the expert !! re-elect Obama 2012
“And [Obama] knows what it’s like to be judged not on your merits or your talent but because of where you come from, what your name is or even what you look like,” Donovan said.
Well it's been two long years now. Is there any progress on this massive problem ?
In March 2010, Mrs. Obama announced what she called a $400-million-per-year Healthy Food Financing Initiative to eradicate "food deserts" in the United States.
"Right now, 23.5 million Americans, including 6.5 million kids, live in what we call 'food deserts," Mrs. Obama said in a March 10, 2010 speech. "These are areas without a supermarket. And as a result these families wind up buying their groceries at the local gas station or convenience store, places that offer few, if any, healthy options."
Mrs. Obama said her goal was "to eliminate food deserts in America within seven years."
“He knows what it’s like to walk the streets of some of our cities’ poorest neighborhoods because he’s lived there,” Donovan said. “What it’s like to take a subway or a bus just to find a fresh piece of fruit in a grocery store.”
In March 2010, Mrs. Obama announced what she called a $400-million-per-year Healthy Food Financing Initiative to eradicate "food deserts" in the United States.
Originally posted by Required01
reply to post by xuenchen
Dr. Phil needed to live of 2 dollar value menu's from Mc Donalds, and look how he turned out.
What's your point?
Originally posted by BrittanyLea
I remember the 49 cent cheeseburger from Mcdonalds when I was a kid. My mom had us eating those until the sale ended.
Poor, poor Obama.
Originally posted by xuenchen
Originally posted by Required01
reply to post by xuenchen
Dr. Phil needed to live of 2 dollar value menu's from Mc Donalds, and look how he turned out.
What's your point?
I can't make a point until I know more.
Who is Dr. Phil ?
And how Did he turn out ?
Originally posted by Required01
Originally posted by xuenchen
Originally posted by Required01
reply to post by xuenchen
Dr. Phil needed to live of 2 dollar value menu's from Mc Donalds, and look how he turned out.
What's your point?
I can't make a point until I know more.
Who is Dr. Phil ?
And how Did he turn out ?
LOL April Fools day is 2 weeks ago, no way that a person from Las Vegas has no clue who Dr. Phil is!
The big time tv Dr. who helps people with there lives etc. He was broke as hell when he grew up and he now is a big fancy doctor with millions.