Texas commissioner: Having deep fryers in public schools is 'not about French fries, it's about freedom'

It turns out the real threat to America's children is that they don't have enough deep-fried food. Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller (R) wrote a letter to the editor of The Houston Chronicle on Thursday, calling for a 10-year ban on deep-fat fryers and soda machines in Texas public schools to be overturned. Miller wrote that the fight is "not about French fries, it's about freedom." In response to arguments about childhood obesity and health, Miller stated that school districts, not the ...