The Dumping Ground » marion barry http://ardvaark.net And who cares? Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:29:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Marion Barry: A Shot In Honor Of The Former Mayor-For-Life http://ardvaark.net/the-marion-barry-a-shot-in-honor-of-the-former-mayor-for-life http://ardvaark.net/the-marion-barry-a-shot-in-honor-of-the-former-mayor-for-life#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:25:00 +0000 Brian http://ardvaark.net/the-marion-barry-a-shot-in-honor-of-the-former-mayor-for-life It’s been a big news day for the former mayor-for-life.  The investigations into his use of earmarks have finally boiled over with the release of the Bennett Report.  The upshot?  His goose is cooked.

This seems an opportune time to introduce to a broader audience the shot we invented on this year’s Marion Barry Day.  I give to you: The Marion Barry.

  1. One part Stoli Blackberry
  2. One part Southern Comfort
  3. One part Blue Curacao
  4. One part grenadine
  5. Drink up, slam the glass, and holler in your best just-got-caught-with-crack-in-a-hotel-room voice, “Bitch set me up!”

The concoction is sweet and quite drinkable, and is rife with symbolism.  The Stoli Blackberry is because the marionberry is a subspecies of blackberry.  The Southern Comfort makes it in because the former mayor-for-life was born in Mississippi.  And the Blue Curacao and grenadine are there for flavor, and because together the purple hue they create reminds us of the purple velour jogging suit the elder councilmember has been known to sport from time-to-time.

Originally called “The Bitch Set Me Up”, we re-named it to be a bit more obviously associated with the man.

]]> http://ardvaark.net/the-marion-barry-a-shot-in-honor-of-the-former-mayor-for-life/feed 2 January 18th is Marion Barry Day http://ardvaark.net/january-18th-is-marion-barry-day http://ardvaark.net/january-18th-is-marion-barry-day#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:30:00 +0000 Brian http://ardvaark.net/january-18th-is-marion-barry-day January 18th is an inauspicious day for the citizens of the District of Columbia.  It marks the date of the arrest of Mayor Marion S. Barry, Jr. in a drug sting for possession of crack cocaine.  This year is the twentieth anniversary since the former Mayor-For-Life spoke his most famous of utterances, who has continued to serve in DC public office despite his ongoing run-ins with the law.

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