Most Predictable Headline Ever

9 Comments

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   QueerReader on July 11, 2009 at 11:58 pm

   Thanks for the chuckle, BooMan.  Very enjoyable.

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   boran2 on July 12, 2009 at 12:02 am

   Pity the poor millionaires.

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   Roodster on July 12, 2009 at 1:08 am

   My favorite line: “The ABA announced Friday it had formed a coalition – called Americans Against Food Taxes – to oppose the soda tax.”  Wow, I wasn’t aware that obesity and diabetes (among other things) were the result of partaking in a major food group.  Are there in fact minimum daily requirements for Coke, Pepsi and Jolt products?

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     CabinGirl on July 12, 2009 at 7:40 am

     Let me guess: members of the Americans Against Food Taxes include the corporate bigwigs at Coca-Cola, Pespsico, Kraft, General Mills, etc.

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       Roodster on July 12, 2009 at 12:34 pm

       I was commenting on the self-creating snark of having “food” and “soda” in the same sentence.  But your comment goes straight to the heart of the matter.

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         CabinGirl on July 12, 2009 at 2:53 pm

         Yep, the manufacturers of what should rightly be referred to as “edible food-like substances”…which is not food as we would prefer to know it.  🙂

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   robertdsc on July 12, 2009 at 4:42 am

   Why not a financial services tax? Put the heat on Wall Street for a change? Every share that gets traded has a tax of a dollar per share. It would raise millions, even in a highly regulated market, which we won’t have.

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   Oui on July 12, 2009 at 8:44 am

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   Levi Johnston: Palin resigned to cash in on fame

   (AP) Asked if he would vote for her if she ran for president, Johnston said: “I think she’s a great lady, but after seeing what she did now, you know, leaving Alaska, I would have to say, ‘no.’ Obviously she’s stressed out as governor. I mean moving up to the vice president or president is huge. I just don’t think anymore that she’s cut out for the job.”

   Johnston is pursuing his own book deal and movie deal while working as a carpenter.

   VIDEO of interview  

   "But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."

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     benjamink on July 12, 2009 at 9:22 am

     I am sure, like Palin, he is looking to cash in, but I got to give the kid credit. Picking a fight with Sara Palin, now that is running with the big dogs!