Pious Pot Roast and Guilt Free Gelato
This is such an entertaining piece solely on its own, no editorial needed. It’s worthwhile to note that the author writes for the LA Times, usually a left oriented newspaper, so for an article like this to appear about the aftermath of Pelosi’s insanity is meaningful. Rumor has it that Toyota Prius cars sold in San Francisco cater to the zealots there by offering models without right hand turn signals. The amusing part of this article is the revelation that not only were the conservation measures not conserving anything, the emissions of methane from composting were actually more than any carbon residual. Not only that but,
“…It turns out that the composting program not only cost the House an estimated $475,000 a year (according to the House inspector general) but actually increased energy consumption in the form of “additional energy for the pulping process and the increased hauling distance to the composting facility,” according to a news release…”
Actually, the Chinese solved this problem a while ago. Only downside would be that everyone would have to learn to use chopsticks. People may want to think twice when some visionary decides it’s a good idea to make people contort their every day lives in pursuit of some quixotic green goal. For example, the technique of imposing a tax on bottles has the desired intent of making people return these items to the recycler rather than toss them in the trash. Sounds like a good idea, except that typically, people haul their recyclables to the depot in the trunk of their cars or SUV’s, burning gasoline and spewing emissions in the process. For the sake of getting 4 or 5 bucks back for bottles, you spend maybe half of that on gasoline to get there (also subject to rapacious taxes ) plus having to jostle with the lineup of others doing the same thing on a Saturday. This quickly gets tiresome and so eventually, you forsake the few dollars and just place them in the recycle bin for pick up. Net, another tax grab in the name of green.
The best part of the article describes the conscience assuaging descriptions of the food served during Nancy’s reign.
“…One sign reminded you that the beef in the hamburgers was “humanely raised” and “antibiotic-free.” Other placards touted “cage-free eggs” and “rBGH-free milk…”
I guess you have to take their word for it, but never underestimate the willingness of the naive public to masturbate their conscience. We’ve all been exposed by now to ‘free trade’ coffee, free range chickens and dolphin free tuna. It’s only a matter of time before restaurants capitalize on these sensibilities and offer meat that has been offered by animals voluntarily. We don’t know how Nancy structures her eating habits at home, but I would hazard to guess that a popular dish served is the Delusional Stew. This is probably washed down by organic wine harvested from grapes by union workers. Naturally, this will be expensive. Not everyone can afford such indulgence. For all the other believers, there is always Kool-Aid.