Hey FTC surprise, fast food restaurants try to sell food to kids. In a a move that seems completely motivated by the meddlesome, nanny-wannabe attitude of our government officials, the FTC decides that they should investigate the marketing practices of 5 restaurant company giants. The two largest restaurant companies, the number 2 and 3 hamburger [...]
I was just reading today about a class action lawsuit that was approved to move forward in the courts. It seems that servers of Applebee’s are an approved class and the action is against Applebee’s International Inc. The suit alleges that servers are required to spend more than 20% of their time doing un-tipped work [...]
I was listening to one of my favorite talk radio show hosts yesterday on XM radio - Larry Elder. Since anyone who is heavily bent to either side of the political dial will probably know who that is, I may have just lost 50% of my audience, that’s OK. The 50% who stay around to [...]
I couldn’t help but notice that one of my plug-ins seems to be doing an incredible job. If you take a look at my post about Don Imus, you will see that my related post plug-in has found that the only related post (until I wrote this one and it got added to [...]
So, people really think Don Imus is a racist? Get real folks. He used some crude remarks that referred to the ethnicity of the Rutgers women’s basketball team - "nappy-headed hos" is what he called them. Now the usual suspects (Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson and others) are clamoring for Imus to be fired [...]
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My friend the Recruiting Animal has challenged me to a duel, and he did it right out in the open, in front of all my peers. OK, I’m not sure that any of them want to be considered my peers, but heck he includes a bunch of noted Internet personalities along with me.
Just [...]
I’m going to make an assumption that everyone knows who Michael Richards is, the guy who played Kramer on Seinfeld. If you haven’t seen the video of his meltdown at the Laugh Factory, or read any of the blogs discussing his awful behavior here are some links that you can follow: Integral Opinions Blog, [...]
from Nations Restaurant News
Wage-hike initiatives pass in six states
DENVER [Nov. 8] - Ballot initiatives mandating increases in the minimum wage were approved by voters in six states during Tuesday’s elections.
Despite strong opposition from operators, state restaurant associations and the National Restaurant Association, the minimum wage measures, which all tie future increases to the inflation [...]
I should have gotten this post up yesterday… Read about the history of Veteran’s Day, and then thank all the vets you know.
History of Veterans Day
Visit the Veterans Day home page.
World War I – known at the time as “The Great War†- officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June [...]
Today President Bush announced that Don Rumsfeld, the embroiled Secretary of Defense, will be stepping down as the head of the Pentagon and the war effort in Iraq. Perhaps Mr. Rumsfeld should mosey on over to JibberJobber and check out the blog carnival entries ‘cuz “Yikes! He just lost his job! He’s been [...]
