Petition wants Obama to save Twinkies

[Gerry]

A new White House petition wants President Obama to nationalize the "Twinkie industry," saving the popular junk food from possible extinction.

"We the undersigned, hereby request Barack Obama to immediately Nationalize the Twinkie industry and prevent our nation from losing her sweet creamy center," a petition on the White House "We the People" website requests.

Hostess Brands Inc. — maker of the Twinkie, the Ding Dong and Wonder Bread — is preparing to shutter operations amid a labor strike and rising costs. Unionized workers rejected a major pay and benefit cut, sparking the latest strike.

Labor leaders say the standoff represents "Bain-style" vulture capitalism — a reference to former GOP nominee Mitt Romney's private equity firm.

"What’s happening with Hostess Brands is a microcosm of what’s wrong with America, as Bain-style Wall Street vultures make themselves rich by making America poor. Crony capitalism and consistently poor management drove Hostess into the ground, but its workers are paying the price," AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka said in a Friday statement.

A full shutdown of the company could result in as many as 18,000 job losses – though it's possible a buyer could be found for some of its dozens of brands.

The White House petition was posted Friday. It needs 25,000 signatures to generate an official White House response.


Found on Politico but placed in humor...precisely where it should be.

 

[doc24]

Twinkies Rule

 

[silentg]

Looks like Wonder bread is saved in Canada > https://www.facebook.com/Wonderbreadcanada/posts/497341363629564

 

[draggar]

Here you go, ONE BOX of Twinkies is selling for $212 now - with actual bids.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BOX-of-Host...696?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35c1ae0038

 

[Gerry]

A western themed Twinkie The Kid lunch box sold on ebay for $690. View attachment twinkiethekid.jpg With no bids at all for nearly a week, 58 bids came in once the stoppage was announced.

 

[ilovedomains]

Wait till those people find out what bankruptcy means. If the products were profitable, bankruptcy may just be be a way to get rid of the unions. Someone will buy the equipment and brand names, and just keep making them.

 

[DomainsInc]

they are going to sell the rights to make them. these people are wasting their time on something so dumb.

 

[Tia Wood]

Sad for the job loss but glad they are gone. No one needs to be fed that crap anyway.

 

[Theo]

Sad for the job loss but glad they are gone. No one needs to be fed that crap anyway.

I didn't like them deep-fried but did you ever dip them in mustard? Delicious.

 

[Gerry]

I had heard that they had a shelf life of 99 years, thanks to all the perservatives.

If you ate enough of them as part of your regular diet, you would not need to be embalmed.

 

[Raider]

Oh dear, no Twinkies or Ding Dongs? What will Patty do?

 

[Theo]

I had heard that they had a shelf life of 99 years, thanks to all the perservatives.

If you ate enough of them as part of your regular diet, you would not need to be embalmed.

It's a myth. Most twinkies will simply rot your teeth.

 

[ilovedomains]

Oh Oh... Can anyone tell me how to retract my bids on EBay?

US Tries To Wrest Control Of Hostess Liquidation As Management Seeks To Pay $1.75 Million In "Incentive" Bonuses
The company is “more attractive” to buyers without the unions, he said.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-...ion-management-seeks-pay-175-million-incentiv