Eisboch wrote:
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
...
On Jan 15, 8:44?am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
have lost touch with America, read this.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0108/7888.html

Unbelievable.

????

I suspect you may not have read the entire article as carefully as you
normally would do.

House members *pay* for their own lunches. This isn't a public
expense. Furthermore, (from the article itself):

"House officials explained that the fresher and more varied foods were
indeed more expensive but that they had tried to preserve low-cost
alternatives such as pizza, sandwiches and prepared salads, which
remain around the same price."

So any Democrat or Republican House members who think that a 1000
calorie slice of pepperoni, fat and cheese and a 700 calorie glass of
fizzing sugar water (combo priced at $4.50) is a better idea at lunch
time than the seasonal veggie plate and a serving of fresh-squeezed
juice (at $5.75) are still in business.

I'm not sure how offering greater opportunity for personal choice
represents a "loss of touch" with America. To me, a loss of touch with
America would be: "On the menu today is split pea soup. Your choices
are small, medium, or large portions of split pea soup. You will eat
it. You will like it. Any complaints about the split pea soup will be
heard in the 'free speech zone', eight blocks from the
cafeteria." :-)


Well, at least Pelosi can claim she got *something* on her agenda
accomplished.

Eisboch




The food in the house dining room was better when Tip was Speaker.