<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Its upsetting because one must have a PhD and strong <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-0><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">critical</SPAN></SPAN> reading <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-0>skills</SPAN> to be able to discern the difference between the real actions of members of Congress and the made-up <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-1><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">humorous</SPAN></SPAN> <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-2><SPAN>fictitious</SPAN></SPAN> ones.</SPAN></div>
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<DIV style="RIGHT: auto" id=yiv1878625902>This is funny because I didn't know that it was fake until well into the article. It is believable.<WBR><WBR>
<DIV style="RIGHT: auto" class=yiv1878625902gmail_quote>On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 7:43 AM, Ron Force <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:rforce2003@yahoo.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:rforce2003@yahoo.com">rforce2003@yahoo.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<WBR>
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Must Ban <SPAN id=misspell-4 class=mark>Falafel</SPAN>’ in School Lunches | The Daily Currant <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN> </B>Mon, Oct 8, 2012 3:39:45 AM <BR></FONT><WBR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Holy whatever!!! This woman is a complete nut case! Can someone just tell her she needs to shut her angel food cake hole? "Gateway food"? I think she needs a psych <SPAN id=misspell-5 class=mark>eval</SPAN> ASAP---30 day hold as a danger to self and others.....</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Or, by her lights: Stop medicine, math, astronomy, and everything else that came from "Arabia". Oh. Wait, those are "<SPAN id=misspell-6 class=mark>sciencey</SPAN> things" and probably should be banned. If anybody starts to THINK, the whole world is at risk!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="RIGHT: auto"><FONT style="RIGHT: auto" face=Arial>Maybe I will flee the country------or maybe I'll just start knocking on doors to educate the public before the election.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4"><B>From:</B> <A title=ghazi@uidaho.edu href="" rel=nofollow>S.M. <SPAN id=misspell-7 class=mark>Ghazanfar</SPAN></A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Fwd: <SPAN id=misspell-8 class=mark>Bachmann</SPAN>: ‘We Must Ban <SPAN id=misspell-9 class=mark>Falafel</SPAN>’ in School Lunches | The Daily Currant</DIV>
<DIV><WBR></DIV>Note: And there are so many items in the American/European cuisine that link with the Arab-Islamic world--there is coffee, for a starter (over 400 million cups consumed daily!); and there is <SPAN id=misspell-10 class=mark>bakhlava</SPAN>! And there are thousands of words (apricot, orange, candy, magazine, etc.) in our everyday vocabulary whose etymology links with the Arabic language. And there is guitar that originated with the Arabs. And so much of our heritage in various disciplines that links back to early Islamic world.<BR>Obsessed with such hate, <SPAN id=misspell-11 class=mark>Bachmann</SPAN> proposes to introduce legislation to, perhaps, ban all such foods...and that may logically lead to so many other things. <BR>Ignorance may be bliss...but so dangerous when it is 'learned ignorance.'<BR>------------<BR>
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<div><A href="http://dailycurrant.com/2012/09/28/bachmann-we-ban-falafel-school-lunches/" rel=nofollow target=_blank><IMG title="Bachmann
Falafel Statement" alt="" src="cid:1.953234686@web121804.mail.ne1.yahoo.com" width=250 height=159></A>Minnesota Congresswoman <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Bachmann" rel=nofollow target=_blank>Michelle <SPAN id=misspell-15 class=mark>Bachmann</SPAN></A> courted controversy today by claiming that <SPAN id=misspell-16 class=mark>falafel</SPAN> and other "<SPAN id=misspell-17 class=mark>jihadi</SPAN> foods" should be banned from school lunches in the United States.</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">In an interview with local television station <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KSTP-TV" rel=nofollow target=_blank><SPAN id=misspell-18 class=mark>KSTP</SPAN></A> in Minneapolis, <SPAN id=misspell-19 class=mark>Bachmann</SPAN> explained that after visiting a local elementary school she was shocked to find that <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falafel" rel=nofollow target=_blank><SPAN id=misspell-20 class=mark>falafel</SPAN></A> - a fried vegetable patty popular in the Arab world - was being served as a option on the vegetarian menu.<SPAN></SPAN></div>
<div>Ostensibly in the studio to discuss her close race for reelection against Democratic challenger <A href="http://jimgraves.com/" rel=nofollow target=_blank>Jim Graves</A>, <SPAN id=misspell-21 class=mark>Bachmann</SPAN> instead used the time to appeal for a nationwide movement against Arab cuisine.</div>
<div>Startled by the parochial nature of her statements, <SPAN id=misspell-22 class=mark>KSTP</SPAN> anchor Chris Johnson felt obliged to challenge her reasoning:</div>
<div>"I have to ask Ms. <SPAN id=misspell-23 class=mark>Bachmann</SPAN>, why is that a problem? I mean some children like the taste of <SPAN id=misspell-24 class=mark>falafel</SPAN>, what's wrong with that?"</div>
<div>"Chris, <SPAN id=misspell-25 class=mark>falafel</SPAN> is a gateway food," responded <SPAN id=misspell-26 class=mark>Bachmann</SPAN>, "It starts with <SPAN id=misspell-27 class=mark>falafel</SPAN>, then the kids move on to <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawarma" rel=nofollow target=_blank><SPAN id=misspell-28 class=mark>shawarma</SPAN></A>. After a while they say 'hey this tastes good, I wonder what else comes from Arabia?' "</div>
<div>"Before you know it our children are listening to Muslim music, reading the Koran, and plotting attacks against the homeland."</div>
<div>"We need to stop these terror cakes now, before they infiltrate any further."</div>
<div><B>God Hates Chick Peas</B></div>
<div><SPAN id=misspell-29 class=mark>Bachmann</SPAN> stopped short of advocating a ban on all Arab food, saying that "responsible adults can probably use Arab food safely in moderation."</div>
<div>However, she made clear that she was frightened by the pace at which the cuisine has permeated the U.S.:</div>
<div>"I have a friend in Texas who has to <SPAN id=misspell-30 class=mark>homeschool</SPAN> her children because her local public school forces students to eat hummus. Its everywhere now. This is really scary stuff."</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN id=misspell-31 class=mark>Bachmann</SPAN> then intimated that the widespread use of Arab foods in American schools could be the sign of a conspiracy that goes all the way to the top:</div>
<div>"I have no proof that President Obama is forcing our children to eat Arab and Middle Eastern food. But it would certainly fit the pattern."</div>
<div><SPAN id=misspell-32 class=mark>Bachmann</SPAN> has a history of controversial statements regarding Islam and the role of Muslims in America.</div>
<div>She says her first priority upon returning to congress will be to introduce a bill protecting America's children from the dangers of Muslim cooking:</div><WBR><SPAN class=yiv1878625902HOEnZb><FONT color=#888888>
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