For the “Can’t we all get along” files, from The Moderate Voice:
Members of Congress returning to the Capitol this week are being confronted by transformational happenings that have shaken the building to its foundations: Democrats have hired a new company to run cafeteria services. Naturally, this has caused an outbreak of partisan skirmishing.
“I like real food,” proclaimed Republican leader John Boehner when asked about the new menu by a producer for another cable news outfit. “Food that I can pronounce the name of.”
Boehner is now forced to wrap his lips around such phrases as “broccoli rabe and shaved persimmon,” “balsamic glazed butternut squash,” and “calico pinto beans”…all on this afternoon’s menu, along with the downright patriotic “American Regional Yankee Pot Roast,” which, even Boehner would have to admit, kind of rolls right off the tongue. On Fridays, there is a real sushi bar tended by a bona fide Japanese sushi chef. Gone are such grade-school cafeteria specialties as Salisbury steak and fried chicken, slathered in gravy and served with a side of chips. Debate rages among regulars about the merits of the new offerings. One consensus downside: the prices have gone upscale right along with the fare.
Another image from my deranged mind: Queen Pelosi, saying “let them eat persimmon”.
You’d think that the pro-business GOP Congressmen would have the good sense to use the free market to express their displeasure: If you don’t like what’s being sold, go elsewhere.
Apparently the shift is a byproduct of Pelosi’s laudable mandate for Congress to go Green. However, you’d think that the Capitol caf could also be used to highlight practical ways Americans can go green and be healthier, rather than going the full-blown, expensive frü-frü food route.