Democrats ban frying for the DNC Convention
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dainthomas
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Sometimes, good ideas, like eating healthier, aren't as sexy as big bombs and stuff.
I guess that's one of the differences between the parties.
The democrats seem not to rely on government as much to entertain them, to give them big adrenaline rushes, they are perhaps more 'down to earth' - their programs tend to address real issues such as creating opportunity for Americans by battling corruption at the top and poverty at the bottom, and fighting only wars we have a good reason to, the main exception being Vietnam (which leading democrats, such as RFK, soon turned againt.)
The Republicans seem to rely on their party to tell them how 'moral' they are, how they 'stand up' for morality and to make them feel powerful with the mighty US military running around dominating anyone who is 'evil'. They seem to feel empty without some enemy to kill, some enemy to hate, and the government for its own (well, its big donors') interests, uses that for its policies, the price to the voters being only to hand over their money and their childrens' money (and sometimes their children).
I guess that's one of the differences between the parties.
The democrats seem not to rely on government as much to entertain them, to give them big adrenaline rushes, they are perhaps more 'down to earth' - their programs tend to address real issues such as creating opportunity for Americans by battling corruption at the top and poverty at the bottom, and fighting only wars we have a good reason to, the main exception being Vietnam (which leading democrats, such as RFK, soon turned againt.)
The Republicans seem to rely on their party to tell them how 'moral' they are, how they 'stand up' for morality and to make them feel powerful with the mighty US military running around dominating anyone who is 'evil'. They seem to feel empty without some enemy to kill, some enemy to hate, and the government for its own (well, its big donors') interests, uses that for its policies, the price to the voters being only to hand over their money and their childrens' money (and sometimes their children).
dainthomas
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wtf dude? they list all these foods that are banned because they are "unhealthy" but the entire list is composed of traditional black foods. it's quite obvious that this is a weak attempt to make blacks at the convention less "stereotypical" or something.
Your comment was out of the blue as I read it, so if you didn't mean what it appears, I'll retract the reaction.
But your second post is still unclear - what in the world do you mean that serving 'lots of traditional black food' - I'll put that aside - makes 'blacks seem less stereotypical'?
You're the one who made the connection between the food and blacks - so hopefully you have some relevant point about that?
You understand why, with a mixed-race nominee, there's some sensitivity about racial comments with him, and how racists use little 'dog whistle' phrases like this as attacks.
What, no freedom fries?
I think they should have ALL fried foods at the DNC convention. Freedom chicken, Freedom steaks....
I think they should have ALL fried foods at the DNC convention. Freedom chicken, Freedom steaks....
dainthomas
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Why were fried catfish and fried okra among the four items specifically mentioned? Wouldn't things like hamburgers, fries, or corndogs be MUCH more common at any convention (would fried catfish even be sold at CES or Macworld?)
I just found the choice of foods used as examples to be somewhat curious. Seems like either the mayor of Denver or the author of the article is the one being racist.
Fern
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I see your point.
It is an odd list, but the author is taking a Southern slant to the story for some reason. I don't fully understand why, as all parts of the country (and prety much the entire world) have fried foods.
The only reason I can think to ban fried foods in the convention is because it's messy, a fire hazard and the odor of grease gets into everything. I've run a bunch of festivals and we have to isolate those vendors who fry foods. Now we have to comply with new rules mandating a wide (open) space between those booths because of the fire hazard. The loss of booth space cuts down on your revenue that these vendors pay. And they pay a lot.
So, I can see some practical reasons for it beyond all this PC nonsense of "healthy foods" crap.
But mandating colors? WTH? Bwuhahaha PC tards.
Fern
Vic
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Fried foods are frequently banned at indoor conventions for cleanliness and fire hazard reasons. And unless I read the article wrong, this is the mayor dictating terms, not the party.
Yet Another Queasy Spin Thread. Or... how to pretend you're telling the truth while lying out your ass.
Yet Another Queasy Spin Thread. Or... how to pretend you're telling the truth while lying out your ass.
Come on now we need a sense of false outrage. Screw you man am turning on FOXNEWS to get my daily dose of false outrage.
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Originally posted by: ZeroIQ
If they are concerned about keeping them alive then they should probably stop aborting them...
Don't forget euthanizing them.
I don't know why panties are getting bunched in this thread. If you can't laugh at yourself sometimes, then you've got problems.
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Originally posted by: ZeroIQ
If they are concerned about keeping them alive then they should probably stop aborting them...
don't worry, as long as they're paying young women to have babies there will be plenty of people to vote democrat!
edit: stupid
smileyand then they'll take 3-6-9 oil capsules to get more oil in their diet.
what's wrong with vegetable oil ? no one's ever gone to war over plant oil.
everybody will just sneak out and go to McDonald's to get some proper fries.
unless they got some good Quiche or something.
what's wrong with vegetable oil ? no one's ever gone to war over plant oil.
everybody will just sneak out and go to McDonald's to get some proper fries.
unless they got some good Quiche or something.
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