Dry Pea Shipment Leaves for Cuba

Newsday ^ | June 18, 2002 | JOHN K. WILEY -- Associated Press Writer

[Willie Green]

SPOKANE, Wash. -- For the first time in more than four decades, a shipment of dry peas from Washington state has been shipped to Cuba.

"Today is a historic day. For the first time in 42 years, we will be shipping dry green peas grown in Washington ... to the largest market in the Western hemisphere," Tim D. McGreevy, executive director of the USA Dry Pea and Lentil Council, said Monday at a tour of Spokane Seed Co., one of three area companies involved in the sale.

[Willie Green]

Cuba is the "largest market in the Western hemisphere" for dried green peas?

Good grief!!!

[DeaconBenjamin]

All they are saying is give peas a chance.

[redhead]

Visualize whirled peas...

[Jimmy Valentine]

"I eats my peas with honey!

Been doin' it all my life,

It makes them peas taste funny,

But it keeps 'em on the knife!"

Regards,

[Shermy]

Democratic U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer Practices 'baked Bean Diplomacy' With Castro

[snopercod]

Oh, this is the Barbara Boxer deal, isn't it?

You know, the one she negotiated on behalf of the United States without permission from the State Department in violation of federal law.

Barbara Boxer didn't disappear... She's in CUBA!

Yeah, I know what state she's from, but there were probably Washintonians there, too.

[Dick Vomer]

This is OUTRAGEOUS..... how can those communist bastards make their poor people eat dried urine..... I suppose that Fidel gets to eat regular food but noooooooo, not the people. They've got to eat DRIED PEE......... oh .... dried peas.......

NEVERMIND.

[snopercod]

Pea shortage up your way?

[Robert357]

Pea shortage up your way?

No, frightened Democratic Senators (Murray from the Shoreline area just north of Seattle, and Can't-vote-well from Montlake Terrace area, also just north of Seattle) trying to build bridges with eastern Washington and the farm vote.

The mood accross the country is changing and democrats are afraid that Bush's popularity is going to rub off on other elected officials. Can't-vote-well and tennis-shoes-Murray have been labled as liberal, Seattle, urban politicans, who are out of touch with the rest of the state. This is one attempt to appeal to the pro-Castro liberals and to the eastern Washington farm vote.