<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div></div><div>Courtesy of the Borowitz Report at:</div><div><br></div><a href="http://www.borowitzreport.com/">http://www.borowitzreport.com/</a><div><div> </div><div>------------------------------</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-size: 34px; color: rgb(1, 106, 170); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 38px; ">FDA Declares Rick Perry a Vegetable</span><br></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-size: 12px; color: rgb(99, 97, 88); line-height: 12px; "><p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.2em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); font-size: 12px; "><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.22em; font-weight: normal; "><span id="LabelSubTitle">Texas Governor Approved for School Lunches</span></h2></span></p><p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.2em; ">WASHINGTON – In a decision that raised some eyebrows in the nutrition community, the Food and Drug Administration announced today that it had declared Texas Governor Rick Perry a vegetable.</p><p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.2em; ">The decision, effective immediately, means that a serving of Mr. Perry would be approved for school lunches across the nation.</p><p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.2em; ">In an official statement, Mr. Perry said he was “surprised and honored” by the FDA’s decision.</p><p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.2em; ">“As a vegetable, I am honored to join the other three food groups,” said Gov. Perry. “Meat, dairy, and… nope, can’t do it. Oops.”</p><p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.2em; "><img src="cid:C2770E7B-43A9-4DF1-A5CE-EE9CEE99B025" alt="image.jpeg" id="C2770E7B-43A9-4DF1-A5CE-EE9CEE99B025" width="240" height="174" apple-original-width="240" apple-original-height="174"></p></span><div>------------------------------<br><br><div>Seeya round town, Moscow.</div><div><br></div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"If not us, who?</div><div>If not now, when?"</div><div><br></div><div>- Unknown</div></div></div></body></html>