Seattle Mayor Pardons Tofurky

[Ben]

Okay then.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/11/22/seattle-mayor-pardons-tofurky-because-its-seattle/

[vaskidmark]

“‘I, Mayor Murray, pardon Braeburn the Tofurky,’ the mayor proclaimed in the atrium of Seattle City Hall.” ....

The Tofurkeys will be donated to the Rainier Valley Food Bank, which doesn’t really sound like they’re getting pardoned at all.

Like pretty much everything else there, things are not what they seem.

stay safe.

[BlueStarLizzard]

This just takes all the fun out of choosing Thanksgiving dinner...

[230RN]

Gem:

In short, all the stereotypes of politically correct, coffee-slurping, nature-loving, Birkenstock-wearing hippie-dom come to life in a single city are true.

Will steal, copyrighted material notwithstanding.  Reminds me of Boulder, Colorado.  Lived there 30 years, watched it transform into exactly that.  Enough was enough.

The "nature-loving" was OK, but when it became "nature-worshiping" and part of the leftist catechism... enough was enough, again.

I'm not signing this one so nobody will know who posted it.

[Perd Hapley]

Murray’s office is challenging the city council to a food drive; the winner gets doughnuts.

Locally sourced, organic, and gluten-free.

[Boomhauer]

Keep Seattle Weird indeed...

[Andiron]

How very.. Seattle of them.

[zxcvbob]

Gem:
 

Will steal, copyrighted material notwithstanding.  Reminds me of Boulder, Colorado.  Lived there 30 years, watched it transform into exactly that.  Enough was enough.

The "nature-loving" was OK, but when it became "nature-worshiping" and part of the leftist catechism... enough was enough, again.

I'm not signing this one so nobody will know who posted it.

I was in Boulder just over a year ago, helping with flood cleanup.  I found it very difficult not to be judgmental; not so much against the people I met, but against the community as a whole.  Priuses and electric cars and bicycles everywhere, and every jogger had an attractive dog.  I don't think I saw an ugly dog the whole time I was there :D  There was also a vague evil presence I could sort of feel... but that might have been me.

[mtnbkr]

There was also a vague evil presence I could sort of feel... but that might have been me.

You were the "vague evil presence"?

Chris

[zxcvbob]

You were the "vague evil presence"?

Chris

I thought that was subtle enough it might go unnoticed.

[Unisaw]

Seattle -- a constant source of embarrassment for the rest of the state.

[BlueStarLizzard]

Seattle -- a constant source of embarrassment for the rest of the state.

so what's that make Portland?

[41magsnub]

so what's that make Portland?

Same embarrassment for a different state?

[BlueStarLizzard]

yeah, I am a dumbass.
 

*sigh*

[wmenorr67]

yeah, I am a dumbass.
 

*sigh*

Nah just took your Geography lesson from Mr. 57 States.

So how you pardon something that most normal people won't eat anyway?

[tokugawa]

Tofu is OK.... as long as it is deep fried with spicy Szechuan green beans!

[TechMan]

Nah just took your Geography lesson from Mr. 57 States.

So how you pardon something that most normal people won't eat anyway?

He didn't really pardon it anyways, as it was sent on to a foodbank to be used.  I really feel sorry for the poor soul that gets that at the food bank.

[Boomhauer]

Tofu is OK.... as long as it is deep fried with spicy Szechuan green beans!

You can have all you want buddy.

I really feel sorry for the poor soul that gets that at the food bank.

Just picture somebody truly down on their luck, at their last wit's edge...struggling to decide if life is worth living or not...then they get a tofurkey for Thanksgiving...yeah that poor bastard is jumping off the next bridge he comes across.

[BlueStarLizzard]

He didn't really pardon it anyways, as it was sent on to a foodbank to be used.  I really feel sorry for the poor soul that gets that at the food bank.

True Historia: http://youtu.be/Z86m9UPLSmc