Now, I love Ah-nold

Fuck it, Arnold for Prez.

Taking the junk food out of the schools promotes health by helping prevent obesity, diabetes, etc. It diminishes the reach of the corporate food industry into the minds of our youngest and most impressionable. And it just seems like the right thing to do.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a longtime advocate of healthier food in schools, said Sunday that all "junk food" in vending machines on California campuses should be replaced with nutritious snacks such as fresh vegetables.

"I think we should use our vending machines in the schools — fill them with good food, with fresh vegetables, with milk and products that are really healthy for
the body," said Schwarzenegger, speaking at the annual fitness exhibition here that bears his name.

The governor's comments followed a question about what should be done to fight child obesity, which has become national preoccupation. Schwarzenegger told attendees that California was introducing legislation to ban all junk food in schools. His aides later clarified, saying
the governor is working on legislation that would substitute milk and juice for sugary soft drinks in school vending machines and introduce more fresh fruits and vegetables.

LA Times

In a time when parents work and don't have time for the tried and true rituals of family cuisine, kids are having their formative experiences with eating in school. We must play the parent. Because if we don't, the snack food industry is going to play the deceptive and sleazy uncle.