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Senate votes for unlimited potatoes in schools

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate threw its support behind the potato Tuesday, voting to block an Obama administration proposal to limit the vegetable on school lunch lines.

Agriculture Department rules proposed earlier this year aimed to reduce the amount of french fries in schools, limiting lunchrooms to two servings a week of potatoes and other starchy vegetables. That angered the potato industry, some school districts and members of Congress from potato-growing [...]

Here is a CLASSIC, NJ judge finds the state violated the law by cutting school budgets due to the economic crisis

by TK

NJ is actually ruled by a bunch of left-wing liberal judges for those of you who didn’t know. Well, this is a statement BY THE JUDGE:

“Despite spending levels that meet or exceed virtually every state in the country, and that saw a significant increase in spending levels from 2000 to 2008, our ‘at risk’ children are now moving further from proficiency,” he said.

DUH!! It’s not about MONEY – it [...]

More Worries For Next Week:

Defeat of jobs bill in Senate costly to California (“Some 200,000 jobless Californians have already lost their unemployment benefits, and that figure is expected to rise to 1.5 million”)

Greece Swaps Surge to Record, Signaling 68.5% Chance of Default

Europe Debt Crisis Hurts High-Yield Borrowers In The US

In China, Worries Over Municipal Debts (CNBC)

Freddie Mac holdings shrink, deliquencies mixed

British PM warns against ‘destruction’ of BP

Build [...]

The people are starting to take a stand.

New Jersey Voters Defeat Record Majority of School Budgets

“April 21 (Bloomberg) — New Jersey voters rejected a majority of school budgets for the first time in more than three decades, defeating a record 59 percent of the plans as districts sought to raise the highest property taxes in the U.S.”

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a8lOfoCwXbLo&pos=8