Mike Huckabee's memories of painful childhood showers with Lava soap didn't cause many at the Republican Convention to pull out their cell phones and schedule a session with their shrink! It wasn't that kind of audience.
“Heck, I was in college before I found out it wasn’t supposed to hurt to take a shower,” he said. Lava, occasionally confused with Magno, black glycerine soap, is a heavy-duty hand cleaner made by WD-40, first produced in 1893. WD-40 acquired the brand from Block Drug in 1999 who acquired it from Procter & Gamble in 1995[1]. It was originally developed by the Waltke Company of St. Louis in 1893[2]. Unlike typical hand soaps, Lava contains ground pumice, which gave the soap its name. The soap and pumice combination is intended to scour tar, engine grease, paint, and similar substances from the skin.
Now the fact that most in Huckabee's audience were not familiar with the pain associated with lava soap was not a bad thing. One of their own probably once owned or made a lot of money from the company. The product delivered as advertised; the fact that it caused pain around sensitive areas of the human anatomy would never register on the Republican radar. This is the party that rebounded by choosing Sarah Palin as the candidate for Vice President. Palin is a lifetime member of the NRA and enjoys hunting, fishing, Alaska history, and all that Alaska's great outdoors has to offer. Fully qualified to lead this great nation if required!
If I were to write the field manual for The Young Republicans (YRs) I would state that the party traces its roots to the first man who enclosed a piece of ground, and then said, "this is mine.". Finding enough gullible people to believe him, he was the true founder of civil society. Sure, people would have stopped many crimes and miseries if they had prevented him from taking that land. But in all likelihood, things back then had reached the point of no return.
Now the manual for young Young Democrats of America would be much different. This party would claim that two basic principles existed "prior to reason"—that is, before man is deformed by society and rationality. These are self-preservation and pity. Therefore a man will not harm another sentient (pain-feeling) being unless his own self-preservation is at stake. The duty not to harm others is based not on rationality but on sentience, the state of being able to feel. This gives animals at least the right not to be mistreated by man.
Rule number one in the Republican field manual is that once you have put up your fence, "Shoot first and ask questions later." Their choice for VP:
- "pit bull in lipstick"
- "I gotta admit, I kinda like her. I’m scared of her, almost as much as I am of Dick Cheney"
- "with little concern for science or ecology regulations. She’s not only in favor of the hunting of gray wolves in her state, but actually put a $150 bounty on their heads."
- " Meanwhile, she has heavily encouraged the non-sport shooting of wolves from airplanes."
- "This woman’s got an ego the size of Alaska"
- "Don't you think we made the right choice for the next vice president of the United States?"
- "What a beautiful family."
Now the Democrats are looking into Palin's voting record when she was mayor. As if 50% of this country cares! The basic reading matter of every would be Republican includes: “Liberalism is a Mental Health Disorder” by Michael Savage and “Let Freedom Ring” by Hannity. This is the party of “The O’Reilly Factor.” Ten days ago I thought that this race was over. I'll now be on the edge of my seat for the next sixty days. “Let Freedom Ring”
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Whether they are made of pork, as is most often the case, or of beef, veal, buck, goat, chamois, venison, sheep, wild boar, or horse, cured meats (salumi in Italian) were born of a need to conserve meat for months after the slaughter of the animal. Salting, smoking, and air-drying are the three processes by which fresh meat is transformed into a long-keeping staple.
While all meats are salted, some are smoked, and others are simply air-dried. Italians have been making an amazing array of cured meats for thousands of years using both noble and humble parts of the animals they raise. The ancient Romans prized the spicy pork sausages crafted in the southern region of Basilicata (called Lucania then, and giving rise to sausages named Lucaniche still eaten today). And, fond of intensely tasty foods, they smoked or salted whole pig thighs, yielding savory Prosciutti not unlike those still made in mountain villages across Italy.
Two thousand years later, pork remains Italy's favorite meat for curing. Pigs are especially prevalent in areas where there is a notable cheesemaking tradition: after all, wherever there is cheese, there is excess whey, which, combined with bran and corn, becomes perfect feed for pigs.
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