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January 15, 2008
Nancy Pelosi Takes Charge of Congressional Cafeterias
Just don't call it the Do-Nothing Congress:
A revolution is afoot at the deli counters, grills and salad bars of the U.S. House of Representatives. Newly ascendant Democrats may have hit roadblocks on Iraq and fiscal issues, but they have revamped congressional menus, replacing fatty, pre-made foods with healthier, gourmet alternatives. […] The menu transformation is part of Speaker Nancy Pelosi's "Greening the Capitol" plan to make the House campus more environmentally friendly and socially progressive.
As always, there is a downside to liberal social engineering:
"It's a big jump from high school cafeteria to fancy-pants gourmet. I just wish my pay improved," said Caryn Schenewerk, a staffer for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.).
A fruit and cheese side dish with two small wedges of brie and cheddar, six grapes, two saltines and one strawberry cost $4.95, for example.
Others object on ideological grounds. A Republican aide grumbles:
I really don't like Nanny Nancy telling me what I can and cannot eat for lunch.
Worse, the cloying enviromoonbattery could make even bureauweenies lose their appetites. Drinks come in "ecotainers." Dispensers release napkins only one at a time (let's hope they didn't apply this to the restrooms à la Cheryl Crow). Garbage must be sorted into four different recycling bins. The fish on the menu is "sustainable" — whatever that means. Even plates and utensils are biodegradable. Compostable straws melt as you stir your coffee. The salad bar is built of "green materials," ad nauseam.
The objective of this idiocy, according to a spokesman for the bureaucrat who oversees the cafeterias, is to "save the planet." While that's a little overambitious, anything that distracts Nancy Pelosi from trying to pass serious legislation must be seen as a positive — unless of course it's a foreign policy junket.
On a tip from V the K.
Posted by Van Helsing at January 15, 2008 12:06 PM
Comments
"Melting straws will help save the planet" Indeed. And don't forget to double-up on the "ecotainer" coffee cups because the coffee will burn your fingers and get cold really fast if you only use one!
Posted by: forest at January 15, 2008 1:22 PM
I feel it getting cooler already.
Just remember: it's not about health or saving the earth. It's all about control.
Posted by: Harris at January 15, 2008 3:13 PM
Yeah, it's food to be green. Oh, by the way, because of the record snowfall in the Cascades, the state of Washington has already exceeded its snow removal budget for the year.. Yeah, the leftards will say, "that's weather, not climate." But that's what they always say when the globe fails to catastrophe as they keep saying it will.
Posted by: V the K at January 15, 2008 3:50 PM
Too little, too late! We've already had about 4 feet of snow up here in Maine this winter...Poor Nancy, I don't think she has ever had to worry about warming anything up...There has been a decided chill in the air since she took over...BBRRRRR!!!!
Ted
Posted by: Ted at January 15, 2008 4:20 PM
But 46% of Michigan Repubs rank Bush very poorly, and America got punked in the Straits of Hormuz speedboat farce by an Iranian prankster, so something tells me Nancy will be serving up those deli platters for the unforeseen future...
Posted by: hashfanatic at January 15, 2008 4:41 PM
OT
Hey, it's just a choice of an equivalent lifestyle..
Not that there's anything wrong with that, of course. It's kinda like being left-handed.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at January 15, 2008 4:45 PM
Like the last sentence from the post about Nancy being distracted, if all she does is switch the Capitol to biodegradable stuff that's cool with me. I read the original article and it seems the old stuff is still available to eat. And if we quit using so much plastic there will be less crap in the water when I try to fish. There can be a thousand trash cans around and people will still throw trash all over the damn ground out of sheer laziness.
Posted by: Harris at January 15, 2008 5:16 PM
I can just imagine some DC big shot brown bagging it!
HASH,
President Bush is NOT RUNNING FOR OFFICE, he's ineligable! So you Liberals had better starte addressing the ISSUES.
Posted by: KHarn at January 15, 2008 5:31 PM
I am reminded of Jimmah Carter scheduling the Whitehouse tennis courts. People that are in way over their heads, tend to gravitate to tasks they can handle.
Posted by: CharlieDontSurf at January 15, 2008 5:38 PM
I'd be interested to know how much this gourmet, green upgrade is costing us, the American taxpayer...
“We have had a few people observe that [straw] phenomenon and we had to tell them, ‘Sip your coffee like a normal human being,’” Ventura said. “We’re trying to save the planet here.”
That's our Nancy...saving the world, one cup of coffee at a time.
It's times like these that make me proud to be an American.
Posted by: Pam at January 15, 2008 6:41 PM
Sorry, but this just can't wait...
Malaysia's Prime Minister blames the West for creating all the problems in the world - especially terrorism by Muslims againts Muslims in Muslim nations. It's all because of unprecedented Western imperialistic power-grabbing.
http://scottthong.wordpress.com/2008/01/16/badawi-blames-worlds-problems-on-western-conquerers/
I didn't vote for him.
Posted by: BUUUUURRRRNING HOT at January 15, 2008 8:17 PM
Who else are you supposed to sell defective goods to other then to the government or environmentalists.
Posted by: Eric at January 15, 2008 8:31 PM
"HASH,
President Bush is NOT RUNNING FOR OFFICE, he's ineligable! So you Liberals had better starte addressing the ISSUES."
I have, KHarn, even in these comments.
It's YOU whackadoodles who are obsessed about fruit platters and paper cups!
Posted by: hashfanatic at January 15, 2008 9:41 PM
And how exactly are we obsessed with fruit platters and paper cups? How many posts in the years of Moonbattery.com have been about fruit platters and paper cups?
Just because youre obsessed with fruit platters and paper cups doesnt mean that you have rub it off on everyone else.
This post is about how the Democrats have presided over the "do nothing congress". They are resigned to do the Republicans bidding by approving troop SURGE and NSA wiretapping legislation when they are dead-set against it.
So fruit platters and paper cups is the limit of their legislative power. Its a hilarious article and kills you.
Posted by: Freedom Now at January 16, 2008 7:13 AM
