Democratic convention to be no-fry zone

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[Sub-Driver]

Democratic convention to be no-fry zone By Scott Shepard Cox News Service Article Last Updated: 06/26/2008 08:45:08 PM MDT

DENVER — Warning to Southern delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver this August: it will be a no-fry zone.

As part of the effort to make the August 25-28 convention the greenest ever, the Democrats' guidelines for food catering include one that strikes at the heart of Southern cuisine: no fried food.

No fried chicken. No fried catfish. No fried green tomatoes. No fried okra. No fried anything.

[Sub-Driver]

how PC - bunch of nanny state fools.....

[Ouderkirk]

Yep, they’ll be abnging down the doors of the local pubs to get their fix.

[Tex Pete]

Yet another reason for me to never become one of THEM.

[Tamar1973]

I guess that means no stir-fry either, which would discriminate against their Asian delegates, too!

[Oldeconomybuyer]

DNC is also insisting on Birkenstocks only.

[Rick.Donaldson]

No fried chicken. No fried catfish. No fried green tomatoes. No fried okra. No fried anything.

I think I will go up to Denver and set up a "Fried Food trailer" outback. LOL

[quark]

In honor of B. Hussein, the ‘Rats should serve sheep's brain and goat eyeball...it's what his Muslim relatives eat, is it not?

[FlingWingFlyer]

There goes all the “hope” I had for the country’s new wild and wacky “biofuel” program. First the floods take out the corn crop and now the ‘RATS aren’t going to be frying food for their convention. We better DRILL HERE, DRILL NOW AND PAY LESS. It’s our only “hope!” The “alternative fuel” gig just doesn’t seem to be working out.

[AU72]

Load up the fry-o-later in the pick up and head to Denver to deal illicit fried chicken and fries.

[lormand]

How consistent they are. Liberalism is all about telling you NO, or what you cannot do.

[r_barton]

This also means no deep fried Snickers Bars or deep fried Twinkies. How can they call it a Party? That’s what happens when you go to Nanci Pelosi’s house for dinner. ;-) No thanks!

[Arrowhead1952]

What? No fried tofu?

[KantianBurke]

“it will be a no-fry zone.”

While an outwardly commendable move - eating healthy is a smart thing to do - what about allowing those idiots who like to eat trash to do so? Are any and all fried venues verboten?

[patriot08]

Or any pork products...or does Hussein use taqiyya to get around this?

[Taffini]

You mean BirkenDorks don’t you?

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Very fitting. Modern-day liberalism has a lot of hair-shirt to it - you’re hurting yourself, you’re hurting other people, and you’re hurting the planet, just by the simple pleasures and ordinary modern conveniences you enjoy. Eat boiled turnips and bike to work while Laurie David jets around to conferences in which ordinary people trying to live their lives are the featured problem that must be solved.

[mnehrling]

You know, this could be fun. They are being so PC and trying to give into every single special interest, that we could mess with them.

For starters, Tofu is made from genetically modified soybeans, which are bad, therefore, anything with tofu or any other soybean product cannot be served.

Next, all fruits and vegetables that are not picked with fair trade union labor cannot be served.

Nothing but fair trade coffee can be served.

No coffee can be served because it may or may not cause high blood pressure.

Nothing that uses sugar products as the growth of sugar cane destroys natural wetlands.

Toilet paper is out. It fills up sewage treatment plants and destroys the environment.

There will be no serving of bottled water, nor will any bottles be allowed from the outside.

Nothing will be allowed made from petroleum byproducts, including but not limited to:
Artificial Limbs
Bags (garbage bags, shopping bags)
Balloons
Bandaids
Candles
Clothing (polyester, nylon)
Combs
Computers, calculators
Crayons
Credit Cards
Dishwashing Liquids
Disposable Diapers
Eye Glasses, Sunglasses
Fertilizers
Fishing Rods
Flooring (linoleum, tiles, carpets)
Garden Hose
Hand Lotion, Cream, Petroleum Jelly
Helmets (bicycle, hockey, etc.)
Heart Valves
Helmets (bicycle, hockey, etc.)
Insect Repellent
Insecticides
Life Jackets
Milk Jugs
Paint Brushes
Panty Hose
Parachutes
Patio Furniture
Pens
Perfume
Rope (nylon)
Safety Glass
Shampoo
Shower Curtains, Shower Doors
Soft Contact Lenses
Soft Drink Bottles, Plastic Bottles
Tape (clear, masking, etc.)
Tapes - (cassettes, vcr tapes)
Telephones
Tennis rackets
Tents
Toys, Dolls, Model Cars
Tires (synthetic rubber)
Toothbrushes, Toothpaste Tubes
Trash Bags
TV Cabinets
Umbrellas
Unbreakable Dishes
Waterproof Jackets, Boots, Pants

No electricity will be used unless it was sourced from green energy. Solar energy is not accepted because solar panels are made from petroleum byproducts. Wind and hydrothermal are out for the same reasons.

Clothing optional.

[bk1000]

"Yep, they’ll be abnging down the doors of the local pubs to get their fix.

I hate when they do that. It stuns my beeber to no end!

[dandelion]

I especially like how the DNC forces it’s followers to eat as their elite leaders dictate - and calls it “the new patriotism” .

So, will the delegates be blacklisted as unpatriotic for eating refried beans? Will the food police follow suspected eaters and charge them with “non-com-fry-ance”? Will the DNC’s Food De-Fryers demand that those who are found to be unpatriotic be punished with granola?

They need a name for this new movement, in the spirit of Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (HRC)...

“Watch The Food!” (WTF)

[mnehrling]

Updating 18, a full list of products Made from Oil that should not be allowed anywhere near the convention.

Ink	Dishwashing liquids	Paint brushes	Telephones
Toys	Unbreakable dishes	Insecticides	Antiseptics
Dolls	Car sound insulation	Fishing lures	Deodorant
Tires	Motorcycle helmets	Linoleum	Sweaters
Tents	Refrigerator linings	Paint rollers	Floor wax
Shoes	Electrician's tape	Plastic wood	Model cars
Glue	Roller-skate wheels	Trash bags	Soap dishes
Skis	Permanent press clothes	Hand lotion	Clothesline
Dyes	Soft contact lenses	Shampoo	Panty hose
Cameras	Food preservatives	Fishing rods	Oil filters
Combs	Transparent tape	Anesthetics	Upholstery
Dice	Disposable diapers	TV cabinets	Cassettes
Mops	Sports car bodies	Salad bowls	House paint
Purses	Electric blankets	Awnings	Ammonia
Dresses	Car battery cases	Safety glass	Hair curlers
Pajamas	Synthetic rubber	VCR tapes	Eyeglasses
Pillows	Vitamin capsules	Movie film	Ice chests
Candles	Rubbing alcohol	Loudspeakers	Ice buckets
Boats	Ice cube trays	Credit cards	Fertilizers
Crayons	Insect repellent	Water pipes	Toilet seats
Caulking	Roofing shingles	Fishing boots	Life jackets
Balloons	Shower curtains	Garden hose	Golf balls
Curtains	Plywood adhesive	Umbrellas	Detergents
Milk jugs	Beach umbrellas	Rubber cement	Sun glasses
Putty	Faucet washers	Cold cream	Bandages
Tool racks	Antihistamines	Hair coloring	Nail polish
Slacks	Drinking cups	Guitar strings	False teeth
Yarn	Petroleum jelly	Toothpaste	Golf bags
Roofing	Tennis rackets	Toothbrushes	Perfume
Luggage	Wire insulation	Folding doors	Shoe polish
Fan belts	Ballpoint pens	Shower doors	Cortisone
Carpeting	Artificial turf	Heart valves	LP records
Lipstick	Artificial limbs	Hearing aids	Vaporizers
Aspirin	Shaving cream	Wading pools	Parachutes

[CholeraJoe]

You forgot “No Condoms.” They are made with latex which can cause allergic reactions.

[Humble Servant]

I wanna go sit in the gallery with a whole shopping bag full of pork rinds and ol’-fashioned palm oil theater popcorn, munching away and blowing the smell around. Also walk around in a trench coat and fedora and sunglasses asking people if they want a good deal on “da best onion—SSSHHHHH!!!! (I’m tellin’ ya, da BEST onion rings you evah had—) I got ‘em right here—no, don’t let no one see ya!! Sheez, ya want us to spend the week in the hooscow?

[Master Shake]

Well, their tiny little brains are already fried, so they didn’t want to over-do it....

[avacado]

DNC Approved Snack Bar...

[what_not2007]

nothing fried?

No lard, huh? Guess Gore won’t be there, then.

[colorado tanker]

Ruh, roh. Most of the soul food joints around here feature fried chicken. Is this a disguised swipe at African Americans???

And do they realize fry bread is a Native American staple???

And no huevos rancheros for breakfast or crunchy tacos for lunch???

And no falafel balls for Jews???

Racists!

[massgopguy]

Are they clamoring for the bars to stay open until 4:00 in the morning like they did in Boston?

[Red Badger]

Just fried brains...............

[what_not2007]

“Are they clamoring for the bars to stay open until 4:00 in the morning like they did in Boston?”

probably...with Kennedy in the lead.

[Red Badger]

I guess they won’t be having any refried beans, either............

[MEGoody]

I guess they can always go out to the local restaurants and eat.

Or they can just shut up and suffer the consequences of belonging to the lunacy party.

[kromike]

I think I will go up to Denver and set up a "Fried Food trailer" outback. LOL

If the GOP had any sense of humor, they'd surround the "No-Fry Zone" with a circle of Fried Food Wagons.

But, alas, the GOP wants to be loved by everyone except conservatives, so sense of humor is allowed. After all, that might hurt Keith Olbermann's feewings.

[mkjessup]

I’m here to tell you that any enterprising soul that can set up a KFC on wheels outside the convention center will sell every piece of chicken they can provide and make a small fortune doing it.

[TribalPrincess2U]

Look out MickyD.

All show, as usual. So laughable.

[ltc8k6]

The elite leaders don’t eat that way, though.

They just tell the riff-raff to while they go right on eating their fried catfish and fried chicken out of public view.

[TribalPrincess2U]

i just read your tag line.

That is very funny. Wish we could.

[politicalwit]

No fried chicken. No fried catfish. No fried green tomatoes. No fried okra. No fried anything.

With brains already fried why add to the confusion?

Wanna bet there will still be donuts?

[Allegra]

You know, this could be fun. They are being so PC and trying to give into every single special interest, that we could mess with them.

I think you should send that list to the DNC. They'll probably freak and start implementing most of those rules. They're so easy...

[JerseyHighlander]

The DNC Convention Host Committee has been putting out PR news releases regarding their multimillion dollar funding shortfall for the convention. The cheapest way to get protein on the plates of several thousand politicos and media people is to fry the protein. Yet they won't do that.

What a bunch of pretentious bastards.

[calex59]

While an outwardly commendable move - eating healthy is a smart thing to do - what about allowing those idiots who like to eat trash to do so? Are any and all fried venues verboten?

Outwardly commendable? Please, it is just stupidity personified.

[dandelion]

Actually, it’d be great PR... pull up in a bunch of food wagons loaded with Funnel Cakes, Fried Pickles, Deep Fried Corn, Hush Puppies, Fried Catfish, French Fries, Belgian Waffles, Burritos, Fried Cheesecake/Twinkies/Oreos and anything else from the State Fair of Texas Food Court. Heck, offer Buy One Get, One Free! Make sure to advertise that all proceeds from sales will be donated to charity.

Then make sure to watch the expression on their faces as they empty their paper plates and see the printed message under the food (in food safe ink of course)...

“Thank You for Supporting FreeRepublic!”

[calex59]

Toilet paper is out. It fills up sewage treatment plants and destroys the environment.

Nice comment(the total comment)but I have a solution for the no toilet paper thing. We can use things like shammys to wipe our backsides and then have them dry cleaned. This would save millions of trees and save clogging our sewer systems with toilet paper. I am glad you brought this to my attention!(BTW, if you take me serious, you need to have an IQ test).

[Trueblackman]

Okay since none of you won’t say it, I will.....”There goes the Black Vote!”

There now I said what many of you were thinking.

[556x45]

This is hugely funny and sad all at once. I bet almost to the man (oh sorry...person) these folks would eat and enjoy fried food given the chance. All this really amts to is pompous posturing to make them out to be some how better than us bitter little people. What the heck is that about? Hey, life is short why waste it w/ this sort of nonsense?

[KantianBurke]

Eating fried foods is healthy for an individual? Who'd u consult for that nugget of widsom? This guy?

[libstripper]

OMG, in Colorado, home of one of the world’s finest delicacies, pan fried brook trout.

[Clemenza]

BWAHAA!!! That was my first thought when I saw the headline.

If they exclude pigs feet, whatever Muslims they bring in will be more than offset by the loss of black Americans AND Polish Americans.

I'm sure bean pies will be allowed, being vegan. I am probably the only white guy in the US who gets a hankering for a good bean pie every now and then.

[mc5cents]

You left out cell phones! No communication allowed. Those nasty telepromters too. Obama is doomed without them.

[mnehrling]

BTW, if you take me serious, you need to have an IQ test

IF I read this on DU, I would think you were being serious... but here we know you..