Now that Ben & Jerry’s has Yes Pecan for Obama fans, what about something for the Bushoids? Would you like some Freedom Vanilla ice cream on your Heckuvajob Brownie?
Now that Ben & Jerry’s has introduced “Yes Pecan” in honor of our new President, there’s a clear Fairness Doctrine case for having a Bush-oriented flavor as well. Some of the less obscene suggestions from a viral email:
Mission Pecanplished
Abu Grape
Cluster Fudge
Iraqi Road
Chock ‘n Awe
WireTapioca
Impeach Cobbler
Guantanmallow
ImPeachMint
Heckuvajob Brownie
NeoconPolitan
Rocky Road to Fascism
Grape Depression
Cookie D’oh!
Credit Crunch
Nougalar Proliferation
Death by Chocolate… and Torture
Chocolate Chip On My Shoulder
Nut’n Accomplished
Country Pumpkin
WMDelicious
Chocolate Chimp
Bloody Sundae
Caramel Preemptive Stripe
and, of course, the patriot’s choice:
Freedom Vanilla
I’d say Freedom Vanilla ice cream on a Heckuvajob Brownie sounds pretty tempting.
Update A reader points out that the above list inexcusably omits Chokealot Pretzel.
Author: Mark Kleiman
Professor of Public Policy at the NYU Marron Institute for Urban Management and editor of the Journal of Drug Policy Analysis. Teaches about the methods of policy analysis about drug abuse control and crime control policy, working out the implications of two principles: that swift and certain sanctions don't have to be severe to be effective, and that well-designed threats usually don't have to be carried out.
Books:
Drugs and Drug Policy: What Everyone Needs to Know (with Jonathan Caulkins and Angela Hawken)
When Brute Force Fails: How to Have Less Crime and Less Punishment (Princeton, 2009; named one of the "books of the year" by The Economist
Against Excess: Drug Policy for Results (Basic, 1993)
Marijuana: Costs of Abuse, Costs of Control (Greenwood, 1989)
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