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Cocoa strike may hit chocolate supply
The Toronto Star ^ | Oct. 16, 2006 | PAULINE BAX

Posted on 10/16/2006 12:05:37 PM PDT by fanfan

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To: fanfan

"Otherwise they should be approached with suspicion"

Always. Those depression people think poppy seeds are sugar. lol Poor babies!


101 posted on 10/16/2006 1:25:46 PM PDT by bonfire
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To: Bahbah

LOL


102 posted on 10/16/2006 1:27:51 PM PDT by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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To: Rte66

LOL


103 posted on 10/16/2006 1:28:02 PM PDT by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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To: Post-Neolithic
mentioned it in passing.

LOL

104 posted on 10/16/2006 1:28:46 PM PDT by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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To: bonfire
Those depression people think poppy seeds are sugar.

That was 'sweet' to them. They didn't have much sugar.

I have to admit I don't understand why they didn't make better use of the maple trees.

105 posted on 10/16/2006 1:36:59 PM PDT by fanfan ("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
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To: fanfan

Costly? Maple syrup and candy is pretty expensive.


106 posted on 10/16/2006 1:51:55 PM PDT by bonfire
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To: fanfan

Oh HELL NO!
Don't mess with my chocolate!
Send the Marines to take over the cocoa plantations!
Don't they realize what will happen if the females on this planet can't get chocolate?
Be afraid- be very afraid!


107 posted on 10/16/2006 1:54:10 PM PDT by ClearBlueSky (Whenever someone says it's not about Islam-it's about Islam. Jesus loves you, Allah wants you dead!)
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To: bonfire

Maple syrup is only expensive because very few people make it now.

90 years ago maple trees could have been a North American sugar cane.

It's still not chocolate.

;)


108 posted on 10/16/2006 2:01:51 PM PDT by fanfan ("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
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To: ClearBlueSky
Don't they realize what will happen if the females on this planet can't get chocolate?

LOL. Sometimes my son will go out and I'll ask him to bring some chocolate back. "There're treats in the house." he complains, not wanting to spend that big 89 cents on his mom.

"But they aren't chocolate!" I protest. I don't think he gets that nothing takes the place of chocolate when that's what you crave.

For a while I was taking a medication that affected the taste of the 2 things I love most - diet Pepsi and chocolate. I wondered how I could get so many bad sodas and candy until I read online that this was a common side effect. Thank goodness I don't take it anymore.

109 posted on 10/16/2006 2:13:34 PM PDT by radiohead (Hey Kerry, I'm still here; still hating your lying, stinking, guts you coward.)
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To: fanfan

The good news is ... it's October 16th and Halloween candy has been on sale for almost a month now.

We've had time to buy our Trick or Treat candy "for all the little Trick-or-Treaters" and then replace it 3-4 times! I just hate unwrapping all those tiny snack-size packages, lol.

Think of the poor children who will get Bit-O-Honeys and peanut butter taffy kisses - not to mention those candycorn-like tiny pumpkins or blecch, popcorn balls.


110 posted on 10/16/2006 2:22:59 PM PDT by Rte66
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To: stephenjohnbanker

You're "Coo-Coo for Co-Coa, too"? Myself!


111 posted on 10/16/2006 2:24:51 PM PDT by Rte66
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To: Rte66; GretchenM; savedbygrace; null and void

A little levity in an otherwise "bad" situation is always called for. :)


112 posted on 10/16/2006 2:33:03 PM PDT by Post-Neolithic
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To: fanfan
Time to stock pile.... A disruption in the supply of chocolate might lead to all manner of domestic unrest. Demand will increase as less and less chocolate is available. Prices will soar out of control, making chocolate all but inaccessible to the middle class. American women might grudgingly tolerate gasoline price hikes and shortages, but chocolate is a basic life essential not to be mettled with. Even more tragic is the fact the holiday season is fast approaching. The horrors of impending crisis can not be over stated.

I smell a conspiracy, events like this don't just happen. Manipulation of such an indispensable commodity at this strategic moment can not be overlooked. Let us not be naive, yes girls, Carl Rove is behind this strike in a desperate effort to distract the nation's attention from the Foley affair. Who could possibly care about depraved e-mails when one of life's essentials is threatened. One week before the election Bush annouce his plan to deal with the crisis, details of the plan will be somewhat obscure, but he will look like a leader and looks are what counts on election days.

Wait - wait on second thought - its the democrats, that dastardly Soros guy (I think his name has an "h" in it somewhere but couldn't figure out where) In a calculated effort to clinch the midterms, commercials will run in closely contested congressional contest blaming Bush by blasting his in ineffective leadership in maintaining a cheap and abundant supply of a national necessity....yes that's it.....then when the dems take control of the house and senate... the strike will be quickly resolved and chocolate prices and supply will return to normal. Anxiety will cease, nerves will be balmed. Democrats score a magnificent leadership victory for a grateful of 51% of the populace, thus setting them up for a presidential win in '08.

113 posted on 10/16/2006 2:44:01 PM PDT by reflecting
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114 posted on 10/16/2006 4:38:50 PM PDT by Lady Jag (I dreamed I surfed all day in my monthly donor wonder bra [https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate])
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To: Boogieman
Protesting low retail prices? I'm sorry, but the law of supply & demand will not take a holiday because organized labor throws a temper tantrum.

Not organized labor, the farmers themselves. And the law of supply and demand most assuredly WILL give them what they want.

They want prices to go up. In a capitalist world, there are two ways to achieve this. 1) Increase Demand. 2) Reduce Supply. The first option won't work because chocolate output currently meets demand, and it's hard to get people to love chocolate more than they already do. So they went the second route...slash supplies to drive prices up. So long as they can keep their increased costs BELOW the cost of producing them in a neighboring country, they can increase their income by manipulating output.

That's what the free market is all about. If I have an in demand product and want to make more money from it, there's nothing wrong with cutting production in half and tripling my price to capitalize on it.
115 posted on 10/16/2006 4:48:09 PM PDT by Arthalion
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To: fanfan

The fiends.

We need bipartisian talks and the UN.

Forget it, lets go it alone.


116 posted on 10/16/2006 4:53:29 PM PDT by art_rocks
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