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Posted at 4:11pm on Jun. 25, 2008 The Greenest political convention in the Whole Wide World!
Dems seek biodegradable fanny packs.
By Mark Kilmer
Rupert Murdoch, a devout greenie himself, owns the Wall Street Journal, which reports that it's not easy being green. The WSJ tells us those Dems planning the Denver mob event convention "are discovering the perils of trying to stage an event that's also politically and environmentally correct."
The host committee for the Democratic National Convention wanted 15,000 fanny packs for volunteers. But they had to be made of organic cotton. By unionized labor. In the USA.
Official merchandiser Bob DeMasse scoured the country. His weary conclusion: "That just doesn't exist."
Ditto for the baseball caps. "We have a union cap or an organic cap," Mr. DeMasse says. "But we don't have a union-organic offering."
They blame Denver's Dem Mayor John Hickenlooper, who is both named 'Hickenhooper' AND has challenged the Dems to organize "the greenest convention in the history of the planet." So the Dems hired an environmental activist to be their first-ever Director of Greening. I'm not making it up.
Now, she must pull it off.
To test whether celebratory balloons advertised as biodegradable actually will decompose, Ms. Robinson buried samples in a steaming compost heap. She hired an Official Carbon Adviser, who will measure the greenhouse-gas emissions of every placard, every plane trip, every appetizer prepared and every coffee cup tossed. The Democrats hope to pay penance for those emissions by investing in renewable energy projects.
Perhaps Ms. [Greening Director Andrea] Robinson's most audacious goal is to reuse, recycle or compost at least 85% of all waste generated during the convention.
How does one reuse… oh, never mind. These people are freaks.
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