3.22.2006

News from the war on...pancake syrup?

Rutland Herald: Rutland Vermont News & Information:
“He is very proud of all of the maple producers who are contributing to the operation that we hope might, one day, eliminate fake syrup all throughout the world,” Gibbs said.
Gibbs is a spokesman for Vermont Gov. James Douglas who's just returned from a visit to Iraq where he found mess halls awash in the evil stuff. Imitation maple syrup. Yuck. A drive is underway to supply the real thing.

Vermont, home to the Vermont National Guard Mountain Warfare School and Mountain Battalion, is one of the highest per-capita contributors of National Guard troops to the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts.

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