House Dems Wage War on 'Stone Age' Styrofoam
In case you think the House of Representatives can only focus on the big issues right now, Debbie Siegelbaum of the newspaper The Hill corrected that notion on July 13. Once again, House Democrats are extremely agitated that the Republican majority is allowing the use of styrofoam cups.
Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) on Wednesday introduced an anti-Styrofoam amendment during an Appropriations Committee markup. The proposed legislation did not get far, however. Committee members voted on the amendment down party lines, with the majority torpedoing the measure 26-18.
Maybe they didn't "torpedo" it, but sort of ripped it up into annoying little Styrofoam shards.
The amendment stipulated that “none of the funds made available in this act may be used to obtain polystyrene products for use in food service facilities of the House.”
“The House of Representatives should serve as a model institution for others to follow,” Moran said. “Eliminating the use of polystyrene in our cafeterias is [the] responsible, environmentally friendly thing to do, but the new Republican House majority has again made clear they [couldn’t] care less.”
But Jim Moran, who represents territory including the MRC headquarters in Old Town Alexandria, is a piker compared to Democratic National Committee boss Debbie Wasserman-Schultz. She told The Hill in March that somehow Styrofoam was from the "stone age." If so, maybe it would have been the "Styrofoam Age"?
“This is a case of the Republicans being spiteful and stupid,” Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) told The Hill in March. “Not only are they harming the environment, they’re taking the Capitol, instead of being an example, back to the Stone Age.”
As if the Capitol was standing in the Stone Age? You might almost call that Styro-foaming at the mouth.
[Hat tip: James Taranto]
Earlier, from April: Today Show Features Dem Fight Over Styrofoam Cups in Capitol Cafeteria
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Extra rights for gays, bash
Submitted by ant on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 11:41am.
Extra rights for gays, bash Republicans and styrofoam, at least they've got their priorities in order.
What's the proposed replacement?
Submitted by bkeyser on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 11:49am.
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Paper
Submitted by ricklail on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 12:44pm.
that takes harsh chemicals to produce. And also it smells when they are making it. I live within 1 mile of a Weyhauser plant. When the wind blows from the southeast we really get. Then think about all the fuel that is burned cutting and hauling the wood. Then there are the wear and tear on the roads from the 80,000 lbs log trucks running them.
Rick
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 2:17pm.
I used to do a lot of road trips for work around the Franklin and Emporia, Va back roads. When the Union Camp mill was running in Franklin, it didn't matter if I had a map or not, I could always tell which way town was. Pretty nasty, but it WAS the smell of money.
On a more pleasant memory, I also worked a lot around Smithfield and loved being near the Smithfield & Gwaltney plants when the smokehouses were running.
Phil
Submitted by ricklail on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 3:59pm.
When I first moved here I asked someone what the smell was and they told me the smell of money. Some days you can drive right by and never smell it. It has a lot to do with atmospheric conditions. The only time I had smelled that smell was in Canton, NC. Champion Paper used to have a plant there. The worst stink has to be from a skunk. My uncle ran over one in the NC mountains one time. We had to smell that smell all the way home which was about 50 miles.
in the world of tyrants
Submitted by MidAmerica on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 11:53am.
no detail is too small.
After all, you can't be a tyrant unless you are tyrannical. Liberals are classic abusers. It's only when their victim shows pain do they gain their pleasure.
Gee, three years ago styrofoam was way cool
Submitted by SickofLibs on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 11:54am.
I'd say about 5 million cups worth of cool.
Passe
Submitted by Blonde on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 12:04pm.
Obama was hoping for a more permanent, stimulus funded marble palatial speaking venue, alas....he found out we really aren't shovel ready.
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Can you say "distraction" boys and girls???
Submitted by motherbelt on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 12:14pm.
Good everloving grief! They seriously don't have anything more important to worry about?
This sure makes me feel bad.
Submitted by ricklail on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 12:38pm.
This sure makes me feel bad. NOT I just bought 100 Styrofoam plates and a bunch of cups. It beats running the dishwasher.
Wait a minute!
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 12:39pm.
Cavemen invented Styrofoam?? Who knew?
By the way, weren't The One's Greek columns made of Styrofoam?
Personally I prefer real cups
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 3:57pm.
Personally I prefer real cups and plates and utensils, but when traveling sometimes we eat on the run and Styrofoam is used. Except in CA; in my trip to CA we were treated to loads and loads of paper with no Styrofoam in sight. The food got colder sooner or hotter depending on which state they started in.
A side not one of my distant relatives Uggg Styro invented the stuff by accident. He was getting chased by a dinosaur and tripped over this junk. The Dino ran past him so it most likely saved his life. But it was this foamy stuff in the ground and he was fascinated at its properties. It was cold outside and the foam seemed to keep his hands warm where it had adhered to.
Well he took some back to his cave and started to see how he could make some moola out of it. After a while he found it really keep his cactus juice nice and cool. So that is the story of old Styro discovering foam.