A War on Fluff
Kudos to Schoo Me! for being the first edublog on this developing story out of Massachusetts on a ridiculous moronic amusing battle over everyone's favorite lunchtime treat: the Fluffernutter. For the uninitiated, a "Fluffernutter" is a sandwich comprised of peanut butter and Marshmallow Fluff (a marshmallow spread) on (usually) white bread. Well a Massachusetts State Senator Jarrett T. Barrios has introduced an amendment to a junk food bill that would limit the number of times lunch rooms could offer the Fluffernutter (this is after backing off of an initial amendment that would have banned the sandwiches outright).
What did the Fluffernutter do to incur the wrath of Sen. Barrios, you ask.
Well one was served to his son at school and when his son asked for such a sandwich at home he saw the four horsemen of the apocalypse all hell-broke loose the Senator decided to act.
Now I don't mean to make light of a serious issue--childhood obesity--but this is a most ridiculous incarnation of the classic case of attempting to cure the symptom instead of the illness. There have certainly been some positive strides taken in this area recently, but this amendment doesn't seem like it qualifies. The great irony in this crusade-- and the thing that most compounds the questionable decision to single out a specific product--is that the company that makes Marshmallow Fluff is located in the Sen. Barrios' district! You don't have to be Karl Rove to figure out that this might not be a good idea. On the positive side of things, at least you can't accuse Barrios of being a "do-nothinger" like some elected representatives out there.
Comments
hahahah good one E
Posted by: Aaron | June 21, 2006 04:24 PM
Yikes! I hope all Georgia congressman aren't like this!
Alan
Georgia (3rd Congressional District)
Posted by: Alan Moore | July 24, 2006 09:17 PM