I used to write at a libertarian website called United Liberty before finding the more comforting home of Gonzo Times. While there I wrote on a book by S.E. Cupp called Losing Our Religon:
Cupp’s diagnosis of why hostility towards religion exists is on its face ridiculous. As the author of the new book Losing Our Religion, she asserts that “liberalism is uncomfortable with a fixed value system like Christianity” that subscribes to “an inherent moral judgment.” While it is true that you’ll get moral relativists in the darkest depths of the most absurd remnants of academia, to assert that such a doctrine is endemic among those who are critics of religion misses the mark badly.
S.E. Cupp is an atheist who adamantly supports established religion. I am a believer in an ordered universe, Karma, Tao, whatever you want to call it who is still much of a square peg to fit in a round hole.
I’ve done some more reading since then and have come to a bit of a realization that I had not previously. It is not organized religion necessarily that is the problem, nor is it public education that is at fault for the failures of school districts.
Within the Catholic church and within public schools, you have bad treatment of children and adults presiding over children with impunity. One is religious, mired in tradition while the other is secular and frigid in its structure instead of tradition. What is it about these two institutions that allow for guilds of protection against corruption and abuse of those they are supposed to protect?
Bigness.
Humanity cannot do big. Every time it does it fails. Corporate empires that stretch too big fall apart. Celebrities burn out. Military empires collapse. Humankind doesn’t do “big” well – be it big governments, big corporations or big religious institutions. They all inevitably fall to corruption, lack of oversight and other evils. Even science seems to validate this. The universe is demonstrably grand and humankind small and feeble. For us to jump past that and lurch toward the big results in disaster.
Milk ‘n’ Cereal promises breakfast nutrition in a bite
The Beacon News – Aurora (IL) March 26, 2003 Breakfast bars, once considered an alternative to a bowl of cereal in the morning, are now popular throughout the day with flavor varieties that appeal to all ages. General Mills, a leader in the breakfast bar category, has a Milk ‘n’ Cereal Bars Variety Pack the entire family can enjoy, with flavors including Honey Nut Cheerios, Cocoa Puffs and Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
With harried household schedules and varied tastes in eating, getting a nutritious meal is harder than ever for today’s families. Milk ‘n’ Cereal Bars provide the nutrition of a bowl of cereal with milk and are an excellent source of calcium. Each Milk ‘n’ Cereal Bar contains 13 essential vitamins and minerals, a nutritional benefit you can’t find in many breakfast bars. The average retail price is $2.89 a box.
The conclusion: Moms with kids gave these a thumbs up, but the adult-only households said they would pass. cinnamontoastcrunchnow.net cinnamon toast crunch
George Ziegler of Aurora, food frontiersman and freelance cartoonist “Nick-knack Paddywhack give a dog a bone …uh, bar…” That’s what these reminded me of: Newfangled Milkbones! Or perhaps they should rename them “Kitty-knibblers” because even cats love ‘em! I sort of categorize breakfast bars along with rice cakes in the appeal department. They don’t to me. I didn’t find the variety pack, just the Cinnamon Toast Crunch (which not only supplies the vitamins and minerals, but an ample dose of sugar). They seem better than other bars though, as I compared nutrition info against those that lack calcium. Perhaps these may be a bigger hit with kids’ sweet tooths, as one did not satisfy me and was a bit too sugary. At six to a box, these are not the greatest value. But if this is your thing, these are certainly worth a try. I’ll only keep them on hand when the Meow Mix runs low.
David Chrestenson of Oswego, husband and cooking enthusiast General Mills is pushing these as “The Nutrition of a Bowl of Cereal with Milk,” presumably hoping that you will buy these instead. Not likely. They do taste pretty good for what they are, all three flavors consist of outer layers of cereal, stuck together with a corn-syrupy conglomeration of flavoring and stickiness, with a center of marshmallow- like filling. The cereal is different in each of the three flavors, but you can’t tell it by the time they smoosh it all together; the center is common to them all. While I’m not sure they could be called healthy, they are low in sodium and the like, and have lots of vitamins and other things that are good for you. Also sugar. I actually liked them, and there is no doubt that, from a health perspective, they are far preferable to a regular candy bar, but they are certainly no substitute for the pleasure of setting down to the breakfast table with a big bowl of cereal and milk. Still, if you are late for work in the morning, these aren’t a bad replacement. Occasionally. in our site cinnamon toast crunch
Julie Fagerholm, single mom, writer and bookkeeper I have indulged in these breakfast bars prior to the assignment. My kids love these and I like them as well, only not for breakfast.
When I first tried them, I would only buy the Cheerios ones. I figured that the good old Cheerios would be the only truly nutritional choice. I don’t let my kids have the extremely sugary cereals. Yes, they clamor for the Lucky Charms and the Fruity Pebbles but we instead have Berry Cheerios, and Berry Special K and the like. I know that a lot of these sugary cereals are vitamin fortified, (and maybe this is just a psychological remnant from childhood), but I don’t feel like they are really having a good breakfast with these. I remember as a kid, eating these very sugary cereals and feeling like a truck had run over me about a half hour later.
So this time around, I chose the multi pack which had two of each flavor. These bars tend to stick to your teeth when you are eating them and they are pretty sweet. There is a lovely amount of calcium within these bars and so your bones and you can feel good about that fact.
My kids like these and think that they are a treat. They have some nutritional value so this works both for me and for them. Both of my children favored the Cocoa Puff kind and I have no desire to start their day or mine in a chocolaty fashion so here is how I let these bars in my life. They are invited in as a desert or a snack, but these bars are banned from our breakfast fare.
Christine Wahlgren bookkeeper, farm wife, mother of four OK, we were ready for these. My kids think I’m a fanatic about breakfast. Every morning I tell them its the most important meal of the day. So, something this fast and easy was looking good. And they were anxious to try these as they love cereal.
I bought the variety box and these did not last long at all. My kids LOVED these, my husband thought he would “just stick to cereal in a bowl” and I didn’t think they were bad for a quick bite out the door. My daughter did think they could use more filling (frosting as she said).
We are on our second box with only one left in the box. I liked the Cheerios one the best and hope they come out with regular Cheerios flavor; right now they have HoneyNut, which is OK, but not my favorite. If your children like cereal, you hate to mess with breakfast on school mornings and want vitamins and minerals all in one, THIS IS FOR YOU. And the price is great, in comparison to a box of cereal. We will continue to buy these, and I’m starting to see other flavors on the market now.
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