I know exactly one person who has ADD that was unfixable by behavior modification. In the case of both my younger boys, their elementary school teachers tried to tell me they had ADD and needed medication. Fortunately, I worked at a school of nursing at the time, and all the pediatric specialists there told me the teachers were not only unqualified to diagnose, they were full of crap. Turned out one boy is mildly autistic (which was not a huge surprise) and the other is doing just fine; neither has ever taken brain-chemistry-modifying drugs. I don't think ADD is fictitious; I do think it is horribly overdiagnosed, and most kids taking these drugs are being medically abused.

Sigh. Nice one, troll. Grow up and do something useful with your life, would you? You might start by digging some ditches.

Yep, there's a reason MREs have on average over 1700 calories in a single box. I question the timing of her sudden concern, since the military in a downsizing frenzy is looking for any reason to get rid of members and one tried and true way is to muster them out because of weight problems.

Federal and state prison inmates have more rights than military members. No, there is no organization that can protect the military from the president's wife unless he decides to man up and do it himself.

Not just recess, but more gym class, and real physical fitness standards with some homework. Partner schools with YMCA to get kids access to gyms, encourage fitness-based clubs, etc. It's not about what the kids are eating, but rather about the fact that they are sitting or standing around for 6-8 hours every day. She might want to talk to her personal trainer (the one she flies in from Chicago twice a week) to get a clue as to what the real problem is.

OMG, yes. As a military wife, I am and have been disgusted that we and our families are being used by the Obamas as a political beard. She has done NOTHING for military families. I have done more for military families in general (by teaching a class and providing FRG support) than she has done with all her flying hither and thither and providing a (rather large) shoulder for all those wives to cry on. To Michelle: You are not the Oprah of the military spouse! Either do something real, like help us find good portable jobs and reliable safe daycare, or get the he** off our bases.

My father abused me. I think the best thing I ever did was marry a fantastic man who is the best father to my children, sons and daughters both, that any man could ever be. He doesn't ever have to get me a Valentines Day gift; he IS my Valentine.

Child rape is heinous. Child rape and subsequent murder is worse. If you apply the ultimate punishment to child rape, why should offenders, who are amoral at best, stop at the rape? Put the death penalty on child rape without murder, and you will wind up with more child murders. Why should an offender leave a witness with DNA evidence on him alive when the punishment is the same if he's dead? I speak as a victim too, and as the mother of five children. While I'd like to see people who commit crimes against children strung up and slowly flayed, preferably over days or weeks, you protect more children by reserving the ultimate punishments for the ultimate crimes. In this area, logic must rule over emotion or more innocents will suffer.

Exactly what I thought! :)

Numbers 1-3 can also be said of Christianity in regard to Judaism, from which it was derived. #5 - Christianity added the New Testament. While I get the premise here, I think it is a false and overly-limited argument.