Maybe parents are a bigger problem than 'hunger'

Maybe parents are a bigger problem than 'hunger'
EDITOR:
I could barely contain my excitement upon reading the article in the April 21 Vindicator regarding the "Children's Hunger Alliance" and its recognition of the Youngstown school district's success in increasing the number of children receiving breakfast at school by 9 percent. That equates to roughly 326 additional children. This is truly something Youngstown schools can be proud of.
P. Ross Berry School requires all students to enter through the cafeteria doors every morning, helping "boost Berry's participation by 10 percent." Hooray. Perhaps in a few more years every single child attending school will have hot oatmeal and eggs thrown at them before they even enter the school building.
Those are 326 kids added to an aggregate total of 3,647 whose "parents" have abdicated their duty to provide for their children, chief among them is feeding them. Considering the multitude of federal, state, and local programs available to these parents, it's quite possible a box of corn flakes and a gallon of milk might find its way to the children's home. Between cell phone bills, jewelry, tattoos, nail decorations, 150 sneakers, and 1,000 watt sound systems, there just might be enough disposable income to purchase some Pop-Tarts, frozen waffles, or a loaf of bread. It's amazing how affordable and efficient electric toasters are these days.
The article also proved incredibly informative. Until reading it, I would have never thought that a hungry child could "face obesity." The Children's Hunger Alliance, obviously an adjunct participant in the further establishment of a "nanny state," makes additional claims that "hunger" also contributes to children "more likely to be sick, face obesity (I still giggle at that one) and other long term health problems, exhibit disruptive behavior, be tardy or absent and perform poorly on standardized tests." Gee, I guess they just about covered everything. The fact that your student is an ignorant, annoying, disruptive jerk who either skips class or arrives late is because he didn't eat his Count Chocula.
Despite these desperate excuses to alleviate the blame for a failing school system, it simply underscores the pathetic condition this society is in when a child has to rely on a school for breakfast. What's next? School dinner? Maybe these busy-bodies can tuck them in at night, too. If these parents can't manage to wake up, fill a bowl with cereal and pour milk over it, I doubt they are helping with homework, monitoring behavior or instilling sensible moral values in their offspring.
JOHN MORELL
Struthers
U.S. sovereignty is being bargained away by president
EDITOR:
I sit and wonder sometimes why our own government refuses to secure our borders? Then I read a book called "Fighting Immigration Anarchy." It states that open borders and illegal immigration are part of a larger scheme by the Bush administration to discard American sovereignty in favor of a regional government.
President Bush met in Waco, Texas, with the leaders of Mexico and Canada to form the "Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America." That represents a merging of the economies and political systems of the three countries of North America. As a result there will be no more illegal immigration since there will be legal migration. This means that Bush was quietly agreeing with the leaders of Mexico and Canada to erase U.S. borders and end American sovereignty after 230 years of independence.
This government (of, by and for the people) and their immigration and trade policies are trying to bring down the middle class, lower wages and erase our borders. All of G.W. Bush's policies are designed to serve the multinational corporations and the globalists.
Imagine if you will, the United States of America 25 years from now, if Bush gets his way. What's going to happen to our children and grandchildren? It's bad enough now, but just wait. Where's the protesters? Where's the Congress members demanding impeachment?
BUD McKELVEY
Hermitage