Wasteful consumption?!

[alexpgp]

Via LJ friend mkay422, news comes that, after calling upon Britons to stop wasting food in order to address global shortages and high prices, Gordon Brown and the other G8 leaders ended their day with an extravagant eight-course dinner that included 19 dishes, among which were the following offerings:

• Corn stuffed with caviar


• Winterlily bulb and summer savoury


• Hos d'oeuvres that included kelp-flavoured cold Kyoto beef


• Milk-fed lamb


• A special selection of cheeses with lavender honey and caramelised nuts

This was, naturally, all washed down with a selection of fine wines and champagne from France, California, Hungary and Japan.

I expect Mr. Brown will realize the error of his ways and, in the future, make sure to make disclosure of what is eaten at such meetings a criminal offense, or perhaps grounds for being held without charges for several weeks.

The hoi polloi must, after all, not be distracted from its main objective.

There are times I think Europe is in jet-assisted free fall.

Cheers...

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[mkay422.livejournal.com]

That's mkay422 :))

[alexpgp.livejournal.com]

Oops! Pardon my untutored fingers! Will fix.

Cheers...

[rillifane.livejournal.com]

Hardly surprising. Whether of the right or left, the ruling and would be rulling class invariably is full of it. American liberals damn working class whites as racist scum for not wanting their children bussed but then send their own children to all white private schools. American right wing religous and political leaders who rail against the alleged immorality of others and then are caught patroning whores or soliciting sex in public restrooms.

Al Sharpton annointing himself as an advocate for the poor and then spending thousands of dollars a year having his hair done. Jesse Jackson finding racism everywhere and denouncing "corporate greed" but casually describing New York as "hymietown" and spending thousands on his mistresses. J.Edgar Hoover setting himself up as guardian of public morality while he entertains himself by wearing organdy dresses and fellating bikers with his "room mate" who happens to be second in command of the FBI.

Comrade Brown who is ostensibly the leader of a self defined Socialist Party eating caviar comes as no surprise.