And before you think I’m being cheeky or satirical with the thread title, she really did say that.
Bachmann: ‘We Must Ban Falafel’ in School Lunches.
I have to agree with one of the commenters below the story: if falafel is the gateway food to terrorism, then tacos must be the gateway food to joining a drug cartel.
She…huh…wha???
She’s a cartoon character.
The Daily Currant is a satire site, like The Onion.
Woops.
Google is turning up a lot of conservative news sites claiming that this article is satirical. While I’m no fan of Bachmann, I’m inclined to believe this is satire - it’s simply too absurd to be real.
And evidence of God was really found on Mars?
Thank goodness.
What, did you see the headlines on the right and you don’t believe that the pope came out as gay, or that Obama plans to forgive all student loans?
Terror cakes?
Comedy gold.
ETA: Poe’s Law.
Aaahh, America…
the only thing keeping Allah from destroying you all is your sense of humour.
I don’t give a shit whether it’s true. She’s ridiculous enough in real-life that you can’t tell the difference between truth and satire anyway.
Mother’s milk is the gateway to EVERYTHING!
In other completely true non-satirical news from the Daily Currant Pope Benedict is Gay
Yeah, I had bet with myself that on mouseover I was going to get a Daily Currant URL. Read like pretty clear satire to me.
My thoughts also.
Holy shit, that is something I would expect from The Onion :eek:
More gateway drug for me then … 
Personally, I feel that food is a great way to sneak in education about other cultures in school - I used to have a little show and tell about medieval foods that I would help a teacher friend of mine with to show that our ancesters didn’t just eat brown glop. I would show up with a bunch of different stuff that was the medieval original version of modern stuff like loseyns/mac and cheese, gyngerbrede/gingerbread, Excellent Small Cakes/current buns - really anything that we figured would appeal to kindergarteners. Anything that can start a discussion is good, it shows how everybody has their favorite foods just like we did. It works for older kids - with them you can actually do a cooking class they can participate in and have handouts with recipes to try at home.
And this is the really sad part. Bachmann has said so many insane things that you could actually believe she would falafel-bash!
The article about Will and Jada Smith adopting a white orphan from Eastern Europe was hilarious.
Like this restaurant that was briefly featured today on Yahoo news, but seems to have fallen off the front page quickly.
Yeah, she’s a bit froot loops to say the least, but come now. Remember how we would poke fun at the conservative or fundie types who took the Onion seriously when it was clear satire (like remember the Harry Potter story?) This is the same thing. I mean, come on, does Bachman even know the word schawarma? 
There could be something to it. When I was a kid I remember going to a Chinese restaurant and today practically everything is made in China. Coincidence? Let’s not be naive.
Schools should only serve food from areas we want to support, like Scotland.