Feb 28 2011

Snark from Blumenauer

Published by at 4:24 pm under Oregon

Representative Earl Blumenauer is opinionated enough, but not ordinarily especially snarky. But this . . . is styrofoam.

From a Blumenauer tweet this morning:

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New majority has brought Styrofoam back to House cafeteria. I can hardly wait for the lead paint. Maybe we can ask China for other ideas.

h/t the Portland Mercury’s Blogtown, which added, “Egads! It’s true. One of the first actual boots-on-the-ground things the new GOP majority has done is roll back the environmental measures introduced to the House cafeteria since 2007. So goodbye compostable utensils and trays, which some complained were leaky and flimsy, hello styrofoam!”

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  1. # markon 28 Feb 2011 at 7:27 pm

    The lead on this story in the Guardian: “A bit like the Republican party, they are white, seemingly indestructible and bad for the environment.”

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