Nature's
Candy
 I dislike
MallWart for a variety of what I consider very good
reasons, so it gives me great pleasure to always
spend my food dollars in my local Krogers rather than
in the MallWart
Supercenter just across the street from it. However,
I make one tiny exception to this rule.
Raisins.
I consider
the sweet little devils a superfood and put them in
almost everything I cook (Black bean burritos with
raisins
and walnuts.
Mmmmmm.) but Kroger's prices on raisins are borderline
usurious. Not only that but they're simply labeled
"raisins" with
no indication of port of origin. They could be Syrian
raisins for all I know. I'm comforted by the fact that
the generic MallWart boxes have the
words "California
Raisins" on them even though I'm pretty sure some
degree of indentured slavery in involved in the manufacturing
process.
So, cheap bastard that I am, every couple of
months I scurry into Satan's Superstore and
grab an
armload of nature's candy. Then I hustle for the exits
as fast as possible before I'm infected by whatever
odious potion
they spray in the
air
to make those people stumble around like zombies in
there.
Ewww.
But this past Monday, as I'm making a Raisin Run, I'm
on my way towards the self check-out and I pass one
of those
big orange carts, the kind usually piled with reject
groceries. Only this time
it's piled
to
the
top with cat food. Good cat food. The kind my guys
eat.
And it's 75% off.
I find a clerk (a miracle unto itself) and ask what's
the deal, and he says "It's a re-set". I don't know
what that means but it doesn't sound
like
"Poison Chinese cat food" to me so I grab
a cart and fill it up. I exit the store with the equivalent
of $160 worth of cat food in my basket, grinning maniacally,
knowing that with salaries and utilities factored in
I've personally cost MallWart a couple of cool George
Washingtons.
Now all I need is a few billion more cats and
I'll drive the Waltons to their knees.
=Lefty=
Oh, that Mitt.
 Mitt
Romney thinks "middle class" means someone earns
$250,000 a year.
Mitt Romney is an out-of-touch putz.
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President Obama's Top 50 Accomplishments
Number 23: Passed Credit Card Reforms
 Signed
the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure
Act (2009),
which prohibits
credit card companies from raising rates without advance notification,
mandates a grace period on interest rate increases, and strictly
limits overdraft and other fees.
For the full list of his 50 finest achievements read the Washington
Monthly story.
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And
now our Chart of the Day:
George Bush even sucked at raisin production.
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Republican Job Creation Update
 7-11-2012: The
House spent the entire day Tuesday debating the
repeal of the Affordable Care Act. This is the 33rd
time in 18 months that they've tried this. According
to the Congression Research Service these votes have
cost the tax-payers $50
million dollars. No jobs
were even remotely created.
For the full 2001-2012 list of Republican sloth
please visit republicanjobcreation.com.
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