Nancy Pelosi Takes Charge of Congressional Cafeterias

[Robert D]

From one of my favorite sites, Moonbattery.

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.

Melting straws will help save the planet.

[velvethammer]

I saw this story on Fox earlier. Nancy Pelosi makes me ill.

Red flag >"more environmentally friendly and socially progressive.

[Robert D]

Bela Pelosi and Dingy Harry can knock a buzzard off a gut wagon. I was gonna say.....well hey, this really does fit
Bela Pelosi and Dingy Harry could make a buzzard barf. (buzzards will barf if threatened or scared)

[SwampWoman]

Hey, make mine a bacon double cheeseburger and an order of fries.

Just kidding. I'll take the plain burger with 'mater and onion and a large sweetea.