The New York Times thinks the inmates have taken over the asylum in planning the Democrat Convention in Denver. It started out a week ago with the DNC Food Nazis telling everyone what they can and cannot eat (nothing new there). In this post, Idiot, Control-Freak, Do-Gooder Liberals, it was noted.
Warning to Southern delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver this August: it will be a no-fry zone.
As part of the effort to make the August 25-28 convention the greenest ever, the Democrats’ guidelines for food catering include one that strikes at the heart of Southern cuisine: no fried food.
No fried chicken. No fried catfish. No fried green tomatoes. No fried okra. No fried anything.
In promoting healthy eating habits, the Democratic guidelines say every meal should be nutritious and include “at least three of the following colors: red, green, yellow, purple/blue and white.”
Shockingly, the people in the food business, who have real jobs that actually produce something, think the politicians are a bunch of dolts (nothing new there).
And then there is the food: A 28-page contract requested by Denver organizers that caterers provide food in “at least three of the following five colors: red, green, yellow, blue/purple and white.” Garnishes could not be counted toward the colors. No fried foods would be allowed. Organic and locally grown foods were mandated, and each plate had to be 50 percent fruits and vegetables. As a result, caterers are shying away. [snip]
Some of the efforts are being ridiculed by many in Denver. City Councilman Charlie Brown, a political independent, has devoted his monthly newsletter to “Food Fight” over the color-coded rules for convention food . . .. [snip]
And caterers, expected to feed the 40,000 people coming to town, are throwing up their hands over the food requirements.
And in the midst of the food fight, Howard Dean is blowing cash like a drunken sailor.
Some of the Democratic missteps started soon after planning for the event began. The Democratic National Convention Committee decided not to take cheap office space and instead rented top-quality offices in downtown Denver at $100,000 a month, only to need less than half the space, which it then filled with rental furniture at $50,000 a month.
All this spending is teaching the liberals that crucial difference between spending taxpayer money and spending their own; theirs could actually, gasp, run out.
The Democratic convention is already running behind in its fund-raising. At last count, the convention was about $11 million short of the $40.6 million needed to stage the event — even before cost overruns were taken into consideration.
The DNC’s plans for a “green convention” have also gotten off to a great start.
Overly ambitious environmental goals [nothing new there – ed.] to turn the event into a “green” convention — have backfired as only three states’ full delegations have so far agreed to participate in the program.
That’s three states down and 54 to go.
Hippie infestation is also a concern.
Negotiations over where to locate demonstrators remain unsettled with members of the national news media concerned over proposals to locate the demonstrators — with their loud gatherings — next to the media tent. [snip]
“We are having people say that they will be leaving town,” said [City Councilman Charlie] Brown, who fears that the city could be in a no-win situation with the demonstrators — if there is insufficient police presence, the city could be overrun by them; if the police are overly aggressive, they will be criticized as overreacting.
But, alas, not to worry. We are reassured by the articulate spokesperson for the DNC, Natalie Wyeth, that things are proceeding on schedule.
We are exactly where we intended to be at.
Whew. I feel better.
Also find Bill Dupray at The Patriot Room
Nothing new for the ‘elitest’. They want so bad to appears as people of the world (immitate France) but can’t outrun the fact they are simply stupid. More evidence that it is a waste of money to send your children to any elitest college. They are all failures.
I’ve never seen a program started by the democrats to ‘help’ the poor that didn’t end up hurting the working class and putting millions of dollars in the pockets of the rich, but then the rich have figured out they can buy a BDS infected democrats vote really cheap. Actually nothing more costly than a promise that will never be delivered. Can’t get any cheaper than that.
Gotta love the “We are exactly where we intended to be at,” from the official DNC spokeswoman. It’s priceless, especially because if you go to the original NYT article, the spokeswoman gives a longer quote saying the same thing, except using proper English, but the Times cannot resist sticking it to her by adding the money quote.
Someone suggested that a mobile lunch van with McCain ad stuff painted all over it be parked as close as they can get to the Convention Center, and serve all that bad fried stuff to whomever at virtually cost. Maybe even two or three of them!
Which would win…principles or appetites???
Notice that the color RED came first in their food color choices??? Coincidence? I think not. They always have to separate people into categories, now even their food is discriminated against!
Watermelon, the perfect commie food. Green on the outside and red on the inside…
From what I can find, the Republicans will be spending $82 million for their convention. $69 million was spent in just security in 2004.
I’d set up a hamburger stand w/ french fries just outside the Pepsi Center. I’ll bet you’d rake it in. Can it get any more moronic from the left?
Every taco truck on 56th ave should deploy to the Pepsi Center. How can you come to Denver and not eat Mexican food?
#7 – Agreed. You can’t come to Colorado and not have Mexican food.
Down here in Colorado Springs, there’s a taco truck (more like a converted school bus) that also serves enchiladas and burritos. Very good eats.
“We are exactly where we intended to be at.”
be at?
It’s enough to make an English teacher cringe.
Wow, from a party that prides itself on diversity and acceptance, I like how they’ve gone into a place and made the rules up for them. I guess the perfect Liberal world would include properly colored foods only.
I find it hilarious that the protesters are to be located next to the media. That will make it easier for the scum of the earth to interview the really “unwashed masses”.
INRE colors of food… easy cure. Two words… “food coloring”. Throw a sauce over, colored for the occasion. Pink, for this crowd, comes to mind….
The biggest drawback isn’t colors, but cooking restraints… i.e. no “frying”. I’m guessing only deep fried, despite non-saturated healthy fats. But does this eliminate “saute” in the unhealthy hydrogenated polyunsaturated oils as well by the nanny leadership? I’ll take a deep fry in canola oil over saute in junk fats any day.
Personally I say, give ’em Denver fresh “sushi” myself… uh, that would be raw buffalo, of course. The “parts” being specially selected to suit the attendees, of course.
BTW, if you all don’t recognize Dupray’s oft mentioned name of the rebel city councilman, Charlie Brown, he is the guy who wanted to exit stage left with Rene Marie opted to be “black first and American second” during their State of the City event. He was the *only* one to speak out with such bold words prior to His Messiahship chiming in with a modicum of “criticsm”… ala if she was contracted to sing the US anthem, she should have sang the anthem”. ooooooo… *big* slap down, eh?
BTW, Fast? INRE your:
Don’t think that’s the case. Afterall, red = “red state”???
A good old fashioned circus! Darn I did not get any tickets either.
Dude, the Cracker Barrel’s in CO will be slammed.
And, Obama giving his acceptance speech at Invesco field. That takes smarts.
Invesco Field in late August, where it may be 100-110 deg on the stadium floor on a hot day. Or, perhaps a soggy mess if the summer monsoon is in full swing. Besides, the 75,000+ in the stands, he’ll want festival seating on the stadium floor to accommodate another 5,000 (just a guess). Broncos can’t be thrilled with this idea.