Oh Democrats, What Are We Going To Do With You?

Sometimes, my fellow Democrats really embarrass the hell out of me:

To test whether celebratory balloons advertised as biodegradable actually will decompose, Ms. Robinson buried samples in a steaming compost heap. She hired an Official Carbon Adviser, who will measure the greenhouse-gas emissions of every placard, every plane trip, every appetizer prepared and every coffee cup tossed. The Democrats hope to pay penance for those emissions by investing in renewable energy projects.

Bio-degradable balloons? Are you effing kidding me?

To police the four-day event Aug. 25-28, she's assembling (via paperless online signup) a trash brigade. Decked out in green shirts, 900 volunteers will hover at waste-disposal stations to make sure delegates put each scrap of trash in the proper bin. Lest a fork slip into the wrong container unnoticed, volunteers will paw through every bag before it is hauled away.

Seriously folks, this isn't an article from The Onion...this is the Wallstreet Journal. This reminds me so much of the "smug" South Park episode.