Culture Wars
“The Only Way To Make Sure It’s Pure”
by Clay Staggs
That quote is from none other than the Director of Greening for the upcoming Democrat Convention in Denver, Andrea Robinson. What’s she talking about? I’m glad you asked.
She’s referring to the 900 volunteers who will be stationed at all of the garbage disposal stations to be sure that the attendees put all of their trash in the right receptacle - depending of course on whether it’s being recycled, composted, etc. But the duties of the volunteers don’t stop there. To be sure that the trash is pure, they’ll actually be going through every single bag by hand.
Anyone looking for anything besides political correctness at this shin-dig had better look someplace else. I’ve already blogged about their dietary and food prep requirements in “Please Pass Me A Compostable Napkin.” In addition to the neo-Levitical food laws, and the trash nannies, Ms. Robinson has:
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.
Organizers had wanted 1.500 fanny packs for various convention volunteers, and required that said fanny packs be made of organic cotton, in the USA, by union labor. Alas, the best that could be found was an organic fiber fanny pack made in the USA but with non-union labor.
It is a fallen world.
Posted by Clay Staggs at June 25, 2008 02:13 PM