[chance33_98]

and accountable to no one in particular

Oh, I am sure someone would be if people boycotted them enough. Problem is, people just don't seem to care - and when you don't care companies and politicians alike can get away with anything they want.

As far as this subject is concerned though, dosen't really bother me - it does make me wonder that the image is they want for marketing though, should be interesting.

[Revolting cat!]

Well, the name "Jimmy Dean" is meaningless to most people today. It's been, what, 40 years since his last hit. So what I predict we'll see is a transformation of Jimmy Dean a real person into Jimmy Dean a fictitious person like Betty Crocker. How else are they going to get out of this riddle if they are to keep the brand name?!