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Hostess: Done In By Diversity???
Michelle Obama's Mirror ^ | 11-17-2012 | MOTUS

Posted on 11/17/2012 10:16:44 AM PST by NOBO2012

The news is bad:it’s not just Twinkies.It’s the whole line of Hostess bread and treats.

(snip)Let’s review:a few years back the Health Police declared Wonder bread,while basically nutritious,not healthy enough(snip)Hostess felt compelled to mix it up a bit.

What else can you do when Health Police edicts give preference to other breads that aren’t as white?(snip)

Wonder-Bread-coupon

(snip)They began offering everything from plain old white to 100% Whole Wheat and every shade in between.

(snip)What started out on the bread line moved quickly into every other division of Hostess. First to be “improved” in the delicious snacks division was the iconic white Snoball:

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Apparently white ones were no longer good enough, so they stared to make pink, blue -even lavender(snip)

Next, came the iconic Twinkie. They couldn’t even let the the little cream-like filled sponge cake retain it’s exclusive claim to “vanilla,” and had to add a chocolate and raspberry variety to the brand to make it hip.

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Oh well, frankly Twinkies haven’t tasted the same ever since they replaced the lard in the filling with Crisco.(snip)

So I’m not sure just exactly where to place the blame for the loss of these 18,500 jobs:

      Hostess_bakeries_BCTGMho ho strikers

(snip)I leave that up to others:

For my part, I just take solace in knowing that there will be no shortage of Twinkies, Ding Dongs or Ho Ho’s in Washington...Continued

(Excerpt) Read more at michellesmirror.com ...


TOPICS: Humor; Politics
KEYWORDS: hostess; obama

1 posted on 11/17/2012 10:16:46 AM PST by NOBO2012
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To: NOBO2012
When we 1st got a TV in the 50's I can remember this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xu-9FZWUjo

2 posted on 11/17/2012 10:22:21 AM PST by TruthWillWin (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
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To: NOBO2012
So I’m not sure just exactly where to place the blame for the loss of these 18,500 jobs:

UNIONS!

3 posted on 11/17/2012 10:23:44 AM PST by 41Thunder (The SUPPLY of Government is GREATER than the DEMAND of the people)
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To: NOBO2012

UNIONS: Let’em eat cake !!!!!! Now they’ll get to see how the other half has been living . Serves them right to suffer . I can adapt to almost anything ,,, but these spoiled naves deserve the full brunt of it . Sometimes you CAN’T have your cake and eat it too .


4 posted on 11/17/2012 10:24:07 AM PST by Lionheartusa1 (-: Socialism is the equal distribution of misery :-)
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To: TruthWillWin

We have a much larger population now than in the 50’s. With a popular product like Hostess baked goods there should be plenty of excellent sustainable business even in a slightly less than normal economy. BaWreck OblahMao’s awful economy and complicit greedy Union goons have conspired to kill the Hostess Co. after all these decades. Pox on them all.


5 posted on 11/17/2012 10:43:08 AM PST by tflabo
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To: 41Thunder

Unions are claiming the company was stripped clean of their bank accounts by investors who took it over and supposedly THAT was why they had problems, not the union.

I don’t think that story is the truth, but they always have excuses and this is the one they’ll be talking about while collecting two years of unemployment and 20 years of welfare.


6 posted on 11/17/2012 10:46:23 AM PST by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: NOBO2012
No more Ring Dings, Yodels, and Devil Dogs, either.

-PJ

7 posted on 11/17/2012 10:47:41 AM PST by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: Lionheartusa1
UNIONS: Let’em eat cake !!!!!!

It will have be Tastykake cakes and pies! "Nobody bakes a cake as tasty as a Tastykake"

When I lived in N.J. I loved their small single lemon and peach pies! Walking home from school I would stop by a neighborhood store and buy one.

Glad that the UNIONS screwed themselves on this one!

8 posted on 11/17/2012 10:52:52 AM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: A CA Guy
"Unions are claiming the company was stripped clean of their bank accounts by investors who took it over and supposedly THAT was why they had problems, not the union."

Basic logic tells me this is pure bullshit. Either a company makes a profit or not. How much cash reserves they have doesn't affect if they are making a profit unless they are relying on interest income. And then if they are they don't need the business. Just close it and make money on interest.

Hostess was unprofitable. The judge reviewed the bankruptcy and he ordered a pay cut but in way of compensation the workers would get a stake in the company. The union refused the offer and now they are all out of work.

Bottom Line: The union played chicken and lost.

9 posted on 11/17/2012 10:54:01 AM PST by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: NOBO2012

I can already see it coming. Big Dick Trumpka is going to start a union for the unemployed to allow his union Neanderthals to conduct “collective bargaining” for those on welfare and gubmint “disability”. It’s coming! Look for it.


10 posted on 11/17/2012 11:24:49 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (We need Comprehensive Election Reform, NOW!)
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To: Mad Dawgg

Or, if Michelle didn’t veto it, the government would put a billion dollars into Hostess, guarantee the pensions of union members, and give ownership of the company to the unions.


11 posted on 11/17/2012 11:39:58 AM PST by AZLiberty (No tag today.)
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To: TruthWillWin

Thanks for your post. It brought back lots of memories.


12 posted on 11/17/2012 12:07:37 PM PST by Sunshine Sister
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To: NOBO2012

Perhaps Michelle Obama’s food police could come up with product similar to Hostess’ Ho Ho cupcakes. It could be made from healthful, high fiber beans and kale. In honor of Michelle Obama it would be called a MO MO. The greenish-brown cupcake would be topped with a swirl of speckled tan icing.
The package would feature a cartoon picture of a grinning donkey.


13 posted on 11/17/2012 12:08:04 PM PST by Irish Queen ("Don't fence me in")
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To: NOBO2012

A reporter on HLN reported the Union side, saying how proud the workers are of standing up to a loss of benefits and other such nonsense. They were saying basically that having no job is better than one with reduced benefits. And, of course, the reporter did not question their lack of logic.


14 posted on 11/17/2012 12:36:37 PM PST by Jane Austen (Boycott the Philadelphia Eagles!)
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To: NOBO2012

Thanks UNIONS for Killing Twinkies...and wonder bread!!


15 posted on 11/17/2012 1:11:45 PM PST by ExCTCitizen (More Republicans stayed home then the margin of victory of O's Win...)
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To: Red_Devil 232

,,,,, as Rev Jerimiah Wright might say ,,,, “ the UNIONS chickens are comin’ home to roost “ . Dog Damn the unions ,,,, dog damn the UNIONS !!!!!


16 posted on 11/17/2012 5:17:00 PM PST by Lionheartusa1 (-: Socialism is the equal distribution of misery :-)
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To: 41Thunder

Agreed! For all the workers who are losing their jobs who were NOT Union, think they’ll run join one now? It’s
like trading one dictator for another! I worked 43 years
and never once had to join a union to get treated fairly.
Or do anything else! When decency in the workplace gets
thrown aside and replaced with corporate greed - this is
what you can expect.


17 posted on 11/20/2012 8:30:03 AM PST by TxGGMom
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To: TruthWillWin

Thanks for this, “TWW” - it’s not like I would want to go back to the 50’s - but I sure wish we could go back to the 50’s. I remember people as being more compassionate.


18 posted on 11/20/2012 8:58:36 AM PST by TxGGMom (Those were the days)
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