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Thursday, August 13, 2009

what?

MORE scare tactics from big bid-nez. although, this time, it's NOT exactly what you're expecting. from the ridiculous to the sublime

start putting LESS sugar in our prepared foods why don't you? it's effing healthier for us! how about using alternative sweeteners? how about using FRUIT (grown in the us for example) as a sweetener? there are a MILLION things you can do. a lot of those things are FAR BETTER for us than refined sugar.

U.S. Food Giants Warn Of Sugar Shortage: Report
By REUTERS
Reuters) - Large U.S. food companies said the country could "virtually run out of sugar" unless the Obama administration eased import curbs, the Wall Street Journal said.

In a letter to Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack, the companies -- including Kraft Foods Inc , General Mills Inc , Hershey Co and Mars Inc -- said there could be a severe shortage of sugar used in chocolate bars, breakfast cereal, cookies, chewing gum and thousands of other products, the paper said.

The companies warned they would hike consumer prices and lay off workers if the agriculture department did not allow them to import more tariff-free sugar, the paper said..........


4 comments:

Malicious Intent said...

Can you see that? See it...? It's me rolling my eyes.

stray said...

Less sugar in breakfast cereal: Just one more piece of incontrovertible evidence that this country is spiraling irrevocably into godless fascist gay-loving gun-banning islamofeminazi pinko socialism...

You can have my Lucky Charms when you pry them from my cold dead fingers...

Unknown said...

actually mi, YES i can see you!

but stray, THEY'RE MAGICALLY DELICIOUS!

(as an aside, my friends have an irish pub. they have brunch on saturdays and sundays. they have bangin' foods and always a special. they fix me something on the side since i'm vegan. they even have mccann's oatmeal. don't know if you've ever had it but if not and you're an oatmeal fan YOU MUST TRY IT. anywayyyyyyyyyyyy, they also offer lucky charms. it is a hit with the young 'uns.)

Malicious Intent said...

crap, you found me? damnit. cover blown again.

I really suck at the undercover stuff.