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Posted By cptnkrk 1 year, 6 months ago in NewsThe Dems discover the cost of a sutainable convention! Convention organizers hired the first-ever Director of Greening, longtime environmental activist Andrea Robinson.
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cptnkrk1 year, 6 months ago
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This is great stuff!!
"To test whether celebratory balloons advertised as biodegradable actually will decompose, Ms. Robinson buried samples in a steaming compost heap. She hired an Official Carbon Adviser, who will measure the greenhouse-gas emissions of every placard, every plane trip, every appetizer prepared and every coffee cup tossed. The Democrats hope to pay penance for those emissions by investing in renewable energy projects."
No wonder they are deep in the hole.
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cptnkrk1 year, 6 months ago
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More from the Article:
"No fried food. And, on the theory that nutritious food is more vibrant, each meal should include "at least three of the following colors: red, green, yellow, blue/purple, and white." (Garnishes don't count.) At least 70% of ingredients should be organic or grown locally, to minimize emissions from fuel burned during transportation. "One would think," says Mr. Burns, "that the Democrats in Denver have bigger fish to bake -- they have ruled out frying already -- than mandating color-coordinated pretzel platters."
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stephen-johnson1 year, 6 months ago
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"No fried food. And, on the theory that nutritious food is more vibrant, each meal should include "at least three of the following colors: red, green, yellow, blue/purple, and white." (Garnishes don't count.) At least 70% of ingredients should be organic or grown locally"
Just a taste of how we'll all be forced to eat if the government takes over the health care system.
Oh, well - all of the Fritos will be made into ethanol, anyway.
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cptnkrk1 year, 6 months ago
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Then you try to help but you're not wanted:
"But it's almost inevitable that principles, politics and profit will conflict. To wit: Coors Brewing Co., in Golden, Colo., will donate biofuel made from beer waste to power the convention's fleet of flex-fuel vehicles. A green star for the convention -- but it has rankled die-hard liberals, who boycotted Coors in the 1960s and '70s to protest hiring practices that they said discriminated against blacks, Latinos, women and gays."
Way to go Coor's trying to help out when we all know you are just a bunch of haters! LOL
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lovemylibs1 year, 6 months ago
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FTA:
"No matter, grumbles Anna Flynn, a longtime union member from Denver who objected to the donation. "Any way you put it, it's still Coors," she says."
This is the kind of respect for change we Democrats need to support. Hope and change except when it's from someone or some corporation we despise.
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