Dem convention tries to spin their bizarre “greening” program
Via Captain Ed, I see the Dems are doing a little damage control about their fried foods ban. Even the Washington Post is still ribbing their requirements mercilessly:
…if you must know, for your own reasons, here they are:
“Lean: Half of the meal (or 50 percent) of the plate is made up of fruits and/or vegetables. A colorful meal — include at least three of the following five colors: red, green, yellow, blue/purple, and white (garnishes not included). No items are to be fried.
“Green: 70 percent or more of ingredients by pre-cooked weight are certified organic and/or grown or raised in Colorado. 70 percent or more of ingredients by pre-cooked weight are fresh (and not pre-processed).”
Mocking these standards would be wrong. Especially after the committee’s strong statement posted on its Web site, entitled “Fiction Fuels Frivolous Food Fight.”
As the committee’s Greening Director, Parry Burnap, explained in the statement –
Wait!
Greening Director? Is that like, Dancing Instructor? Or Tanning Protector? Or Programming Selector?
That piece is one of the funnier things I’ve ever read in the Washington Post, though that’s not a particularly high bar, I guess. But even the MSM has noticed that the Democrats–including convention planner Leah Daughtry–are taking themselves verrrrrrry seriously.
I noticed that still unaddressed by the Dems’ salad-spinning rebuttal (.pdf here) is Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper’s marvelously revealing statement that eating healthy is “the new patriotism“.
Because, you know, he actually said that. And the Dems ought to have to deal with it.
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Here’s a newsflash for the Democrats: modern pesticides and farming methods were developed over centuries for good reason. That reason is that if we switched over to “organic” farming we wouldn’t be able to produce enough food to feed our population.
Now, if the Liberals are volunteering to be the ones to starve then I’m all for this idea. Otherwise they need to STFU.
Organic Salad: $3.00
Free Range Tofu: $4.00
Having a 9% approval Rating: Priceless!
And they call themselves progressives… more like regressives.
*rolls eyes*
I guess this means that the DNC will never get to hold a convention in New Orleans.
Because somehow I can see the rich, white, PC snobs who run the DNC caring more about arugula than about bonding with the poor oppressed black people in the South.
Just remember folks, there’s still a salmonella outbreak going on! Watch out for those organic veggies!
It’s their party, I say let them have it catered how they want.
But what will Teddy Kennedy eat? If it’s not fried or soaked in beer before grilling, I doubt he’s ever tried it.
My wife plays hell trying me to eat vegetables. I need MEAT with every meal.
mmmmmmmmmmmmmm…Meat.
I am perfectly happy with the old patriotism and a cheeseburger.
Heard this on XM last week:
Reality must suck for the DNC.
They should serve ANWAR Polar Bear steaks at the Republican Convention just to pi$$ them off.
I second the polar bear steaks. Only send them to the Dems, since the bears will drown anyway. Wouldn’t want to polute the environment with dead bears!
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm … polar bear!
I feel like throwing an deep fried endangered species eat-a-thon. Deep fried polar bear, deep fried snail darter, deep fried gila monster, then everybody has to wash it down with Johnny Walker. Everyone there has to have pickwickian syndrome! Right next to their limp wristed convention! Bahhh!
That is Free Range Polar Bear isn’t it. I heard that the farm raised varity is high in cholesteral.
Hey! Knock it off about the salad spinning! You salad bigots just don’t appreciate fresh organic lettuce from the garden. Washing and drying it by hand is a pain. Spinning is very efficient so stop being a greens’ weenie!
Thank you Michelle I finally get to use my DNCC logo.
But just think how well the KFCs and McD’s and other fast food restaurants in the area will do! I bet these small business/franchise owners will make a killing when the conventioneers want some “real” food.
Sit down and shut up, we will tell you what to eat, we know better than you what you like.
Every time the comercial for Alpacas comes on the tube I think how tasty they look. Like lamb chops only bigger!
I want to set up a burger and fries stand about a block upwind from the party. Between the protester crowd and the closet junk food junky delegates I’d probably make a million bucks over the term of the convention.
Of course the mayor already has the concession permits tied up by relatives and city employees./sarc
Pssst, hey Democrats: When you’re at the convention, sitting in a boring policy seminar, feeeling a little weak from a diet of sprouts and tofu, sneak out, drive up to Cheyenne to the Lucky 7 Steakhouse. You’ll get the best darn prime rib in the country and there won’t be any PC police around to rat you out.
Sorry for the commercial plug Michelle, but the next time you’re in Cheyenne check it out & see what I’m talking about.
We served hamburgers, hot dogs, potato chips and beer for our Independence Day neighborhood gathering. We felt mighty patriotic…yum!
That info never passed to the Democrats. It was lost somewhere in a black hole during transfer.
It’s just as well that the DNC is against having meat at the Dem convention. Think of how many conservatives would have to volunteer to make the trip to Denver just to cut it into little pieces for the liberals.
The brown ray is more effective with a digestive tract full of veggies….
You’re right Southpaw, best steaks for miles around. Too bad it’s so far from Gillette. I try not to get that close to a big city unless absolutely necessary (unless, as I do ,you count Rapid City, SD as a “big city”). And only when it’s necessary, such as when I need something from Lowes or Menards, or I feel the need for Red Lobster.
You’re right Southpaw, best steaks for miles around. Too bad it’s so far from Gillette. I try not to get that close to a big city unless absolutely necessaryOnly someone from Wyoming would call Cheyenne a “big city.”
I say that affectionately, btw. I spent every summer between 5 and 17 with my father in Lusk or Guernsey.
Laugh. Yea, Laramie is a big city also. It even has a suburb, Tie Siding, population…um…is there anybody left in Tie Siding?
No, they all moved to Vinyl…
LOL. That’s hilarious, AlohaGuy.
Actually, it’s a different kind of “siding”:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_siding
http://www.over-land.com/tieside.html
Apologies to all you Easterners for drifting off-topic, but I have a suggestion (especially you Democrats going to Denver): Drive up to Tie Siding, Wyoming and sit outside the post office. Reality and your sanity will return in a few minutes. You might even become a conservative.
I’ve got some organic fertilizer they can use.
(it’s chemical-free; I’ve got a ‘test’ coming up)…
They should have deep-fried Oreo cookies. Yum.
I am sooooooo looking forward to watching the DNC convention sitting on my leather couch, eating bratwurst and fries. I may take a break between blatherings and go out and mow my lawn with my inefficient internal combustion engine mower, then use a gas trimmer to edge. Somewhere in there, I’ll work in a trip to grocery store two blocks away in my huge SUV to pick up some farmed chicken and bald eagle eggs with processed cheese for a delicious night-time omelet.
Provecho!
I thought in the Liberal universe not liking certain ethnic foods was tantamount to racism.
So if the DNC has barred many of America’s favorite fried dishes like fried chicken, doesn’t that mean they are bigots of some sort?
I’m all for the polar bear steaks too. I went into Panda Express the other day and guess what? They don’t serve Panda! I was quite disappointed.
I would love to hear what the Black Congressional Caucus has to say about that myself.
Normally some thing this stupid would be a parody. Sadly in democrat word, is makes sense.
Hope they are miserable eating tofu.
so its ok not to be organic if its grown in colorado .
and just because its organic dosnt mean its safer BT is just as toxic and deadly as DDT. Its just a bacteria not a chemical .