'Concerned 8-Year-old' Rips Michelle Obama In Handwritten Letter

[big_dog]

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Source: Tampa Bay Sun Times

This isn’t your standard commentary on the state of affairs in the United States.Instead, it comes from an 8-year-old, named Peter, who has some strong words for First Lady Michelle Obama. While his major beef starts out with a complaint about school lunches and the limit of one ketchup packet per student, it also touches on a number of other important issues.

“We found it on his desk,” said his father. “He started it in October, but did not finish it until a couple weeks ago. He said he was ‘too angry’ to go on.” Even though the boy attends a private school, making the ketchup limit a non-issue for him, he told his mother he wanted to “give a voice to the voiceless.” That includes the kids with a pile of fries and only some ketchup residue left on their trays. In the letter, he says the ketchup rule is “taking away from our patriotism toward America.” He also weighs in on the Middle East and Syria, while suggesting the president “needs to work on his speeches."

Here’s the full text of his letter: Dear Michelle Obama, My name is Peter. I am eight years old. I love studying history of the U.S.A. I have enjoyed learning about the great choices the USA has made … And then their was your husbands election. I think you should rethink your idea that takes us to one ketchup packet per meal. I feel it is taking away from our patriotism toward America. I also think you should stop doing nothing and go send some troops to the Middle East. I also think your husband needs to work on his speeches. He also disappointed millions of Americans by not bombing Syria. If you do not know thousands of peoples homes are destroyed by ISIS in the Middle East. You should also get the UN to send troops to Ukraine. Also may I ask you, is the White House comfortable?

Thank you for your time and consideration Signed, A concerned 8 year old citizen, Peter

Read more: http://national.suntimes.com/national-world-news/national-politics/7/72/979576/concerned-8-year-old-rips-michelle-obama-handwritten-letter/

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this definitely will turn out to be a tea party hoax I am sure

[arcane1]

1. Is this really "Late Breaking News"?

This is Lounge material, at best.

[jehop61]

2. And, of course,

you felt it your duty to alert us all to said hoax

[niyad]

3. suuuuure, an 8 year old wrote this!

[big_dog]

5. it took him six months to write this...

[louis-t]

4. Sorry, this is not the work of an 8-year-old.

If it is, maybe he will be the first to volunteer for military service when he's old enough.

[HockeyMom]

6. Why are ketchup packets limited?

No, it not for dirty trays (commercial dishwashers). It isn't really for health reasons either. Kids take handfuls of them, use a few, and the rest go in the garbage. It is wasteful and a money issue.

We always told them take one or two packets, and if you need more, you can always go back and get more.

[big_dog]

9. exactly, no one is limiting how much they can get

heck their conservative hero Ray-Gun reclassified Ketchup as a vegatable back in the late 80's!

[B2G]

17. They are limited to to calorie limitations

If they were concerned about waste, they wouldn't force them to take fruits and veggies, because a large percentage of those are going in the trash.

[LeftInTX]

7. Fox News has a new star!!!

Move over Cliven Bundy

[BeyondGeography]

8. And we can always count on the OP to promote him/her/it/them

[JI7]

10. stop posting stupid shit like this

Belongs in lounge if anywhere

[Blue_Tires]

16. +1000

[Fred Sanders]

11. Hoax/The Onion grade material..something many DU'ers are apparently not much immune to taking seriously.

Or sarcasm...in which case it makes sense because the letter of an 8 year old is identical to actual adult Republican Party ideology and beliefs.

[underpants]

12. Yeh but that doesn't mean I won't see it on Facebook

And see it for a long time and in many different forms.

[FSogol]

14. Complete with GOP grammar, spelling, and maturity of thought....

[Capt. Obvious]

13. Why doesn't the image show the entire letter?

Only the part about the ketchup and nothing about world news he doesn't understand.

[brooklynite]

20. You mean this one?

[Sunlei]

15. why does a "private school" only give kids one ketchup packet? do they need more voucher money?

I love French fries

[Arkana]

18. Horseshit. If this wasn't an illiterate screed

written by some teabagger fuck in the middle of one of their impotent rages, then I'm the Queen of England.

They don't know how transparent this is, do they?

[LannyDeVaney]

19. My concerned dog just produced something equitable to this note ...

a big steaming pile.

[TexasTowelie]

21. Locking thread.

Post the latest news from reputable mainstream news websites and blogs. Important news of national interest only. No analysis or opinion pieces. No duplicates. News stories must have been published within the last 12 hours. Use the published title of the story as the title of the discussion thread.

ETA: Suggest placing this in Weird News.

[SoapBox]

22. So the Sun Times is a bogus link?

I love all the outrage about this not being in the correct area, that it's not late breaking, blah, blah, blah...

If it's bogus...please prove it.

It sounds to crazy too be honest and true but it would be great to find it came from the parents or that they forced the kid to write it or that the "dad" doesn't even have kids.