Mrs. Silky Pony joins her hubby in the loony club
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In a stunning display of personal sacrifice, Elizabeth Edwards, wife of Democrat presidential candidate and Breck Girl John Edwards, decided to do her part in saving the planet by swearing off of tangerines.
The Politico documents Mrs. Pony's move:
"We've been moving back to 'buy local,'" Mrs. Edwards said, outlining a trade policy that "acknowledges the carbon footprint" of transporting fruit.
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So why is she eating anything at all? I've yet to find a food store that raises their own cattle or grows their own vegetables on site. She claims she'll only buy "locally-grown" fruit. What about the rest of the stuff you eat, Liz? So unless Mrs. Pony decides to grow her own food, I think she's in for a very hungry future.
It just keeps getting weirder.
Moonbattery, I should say.
One can only hope she would join her husband in refusing to seek or accept any non-local jobs, as well.
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Gone 2500 years, still not PC.
she should be able to by locally grown winter collards on one end of the estate while still partaking of the summer citrus on the other.
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just stop breathing.
would he be called a racist by MALDEF/LULAC/La Raza for not helping support jobs for illegal immigrant fruit-pickers in TX/FL?
no amount of microphones too many, no absurdities too grotesque.
If Mrs Edwards wasn't ill how much attention would she be getting? Thanks John, with some luck one of the kids will come down with something, then you can push them on stage.
Gore set the precedent, decency, decorum, good taste, privacy, shame, nothing matters.
"a man's admiration for absolute government is proportinate to the contempt he feels for those around him". Tocqueville
because of her bizarre pronouncement. As a recently diagnosed and operated-upon cancer victim myself, I can definitely relate to her cancer problem, and I pray for her and her family in that situation.
But that doesn't make her immune from ridicule over her political activites...
...when they see me they'll say, "There goes Loren Wallace,
the greatest thing to ever climb into a race car."
...for purposes of sanctimony. Imagine the potential firestorm from the Conservative blogosphere if a picture were to surface showing Mrs Edwards scarfing a citrus after making this pious pronouncement.
However, with a tangerine, she can always claim it was an orange, a satsuma, or a tangelo. Or even a pygmy grapefruit.
It's such a fine line between stupid and clever. - David St. Hubbins
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your methane footprint...
...when they see me they'll say, "There goes Loren Wallace,
the greatest thing to ever climb into a race car."
Oranges were a seasonal treat and were rare at Christmas time which is why you might get one in your stocking in the 50s and 60s.
Also rare and maybe unavailable in the 50s and 60s: broccoli, cauliflower and sprouts.
It's true that bringing oranges, tangerines, broccoli, cauliflower and sprouts to my mid-Minnesota home off season raises my carbon footprint.
J.