Posted on 02/13/2011 11:40:47 PM PST by Innovative
But the GOP has succeeded in short order in one critically important venture: getting rid of the "compostable" cornstarch-based knives, forks and spoons that were a universally - and bipartisanly - hated feature of the House cafeteria operation.
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 from Lungren.
Lungren's stick-a-biodegradable-fork-in-it (if you can) stance toward a linchpin of Pelosi's grand green plan marks the latest skirmish in a lifestyle war that may on its surface seem purely partisan: GOP global-warming skeptics versus a Gaia-worshipping Democratic Party. But I'd say the battle lines are really between an elite determined to impose upon a captive populace its notions of what is good for it - cost be damned - and the populace itself, which would rather not be coerced.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Econ 101. If it costs more money, this is your first clue that it is not more "green". It costs more in energy, materials, handling, something, or it wouldn't cost more.
Under Pelosi’s watch the national debt skyrocketed.
Under Pelosi’s watch Congress adjourned without passing a budget for the first time since 1974.
Under Pelosi’s watch the democRAT party was handed its biggest losses in generations.
Under Pelosi’s watch the number of women in congress was reduced to numbers reminiscent of the 1970s.
By any reasonable or measurable standard, Nancy Pelosi, as a leader, was a colossal failure.
She was great at one thing though, creating jobs for Republican lawmakers.
It should be easy to find one program per day like this that is highly wasteful, and makes the public love the GOP. Go cut stuff!
There really is no substitute for metal used in eating utensils. Except for porcelain spoons, especially the Chinese kind, which are really cool.
Silverware is better than recyclable: It’s reusable!
Silverware I would think would be something they could handle.
I use that when liberals say how great a leader Nancy Pelooser was. Most are unaware, which makes sense, of course, as they would never be exposed to such facts while watching Keith Olberman Or Christy Matthews.
Silverware needs polishin'.
Stainless is more practical.
And that, sir, is the crux of the matter.
Now, with a GOP House and divided government, there seems to be a return to normalcy, and it's beginning with the promise of knives and forks that work.
Love it!
Pure silver wouldn’t tarnish, but it would be awfully soft. The sterling silver out of which precious utensils are made is an alloy of silver with about 8% copper. It’s harder but it tarnishes badly.
There’s something that rankles about using disposables in Washington — unless it’s an apt commentary on the politicians. I’d imagine that metal utensils would disappear as people sneaked them out as mementos.
Our cafeteria at work has metal utensils, and I gather there’s a fair amount of “shrinkage,” to use a retail euphemism, even though it’s essentially dollar-store stainless.
“Id imagine that metal utensils would disappear as people sneaked them out as mementos.”
Maybe they could put metal detectors at the door, or even the full body X-ray machines like they have at the airport, then get some TSA guys to man the machines and make sure no one takes anything out they didn’t come in with.
They could even give the congress critters full body searches just like at the airports.
Compostable, cornstarch-based forks? Do they crumble when you try to use them?
See my tagline (distressingly applicable to just about every current story out of Mordor-on-the-Potomac).
Don’t forget Unemployment, from 5.4 to a ‘seasonally adjusted’ 9.8.
You just have to ask yourself what Nancy uses to dine with at her pad? And is that gin in the drink she’s drinking compostible?
I thought exactly the same thing...do they CRUMBLE when you try to use them to cut something!!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.