[paraclete]

Naturally, the part where Australia supports nealy 800 McDonald's went right over your head.

Those stores as you call them come at the cost of many local small businesses but the availability of a car park and a tiolet make a difference. You want to know what part of Australia might be customers of McDonalds, those in a hurry and those who have no palate for something better. The last time I ate in a McDonalds it was to try something new on their menu and it convinced me not to go back again, it was absolute crap

[speechlesstx]

Those stores as you call them come at the cost of many local small businesses but the availability of a car park and a tiolet make a difference. You want to know what part of Australia might be customers of McDonalds, those in a hurry and those who have no palate for something better. The last time I ate in a McDonalds it was to try something new on their menu and it convinced me not to go back again, it was absolute crap

And you still miss the point.

[speechlesstx]

Obviously the left intends to stay the course that's gotten us nowhere for the last 4 years, raise taxes and regulate, regulate, regulate. Dingy Harry Reid even said yesterday that regulations have nothing to do with killing jobs.

Oh yeah?

Earlier this week I was disheartened to learn about the imminent closure of Il Mondo Vecchio, an acclaimed Denver, Colorado-area salumeria that has been producing a wide variety of artisanal cured meats—including Italian-style dry sausages and whole muscle salumi—since 2009.

Il Mondo Vecchio’s owner, Mark DeNittis—who’s followed the group I lead, Keep Food Legal, for some time on Twitter—reached out to me about his company’s plight after I tweeted about the pending closure of a Scottish bangery. (I don't know if that's what a Scottish sausage plant is called, but there's no doubt that's what it should be called.)

In the case of the Scottish sausage plant, Freshlink Foods, EU bureaucrats decided that the 30-year-old producer would have to comply with new EU cold-storage regulations.

One plant worker speaking to the British website Food Manufacture—presumably one of the 144 workers who will lose their jobs over the new regulation—characterized the costly new requirement as akin to mandating “a Rolls Royce engine in a Ford Escort.”

Il Mondo Vecchio's problem is a similar one—regulations run amok—according to a release prepared by DeNittis and his co-owner, Gennaro DeSantis, last week.

"In August, the USDA imposed additional requirements on Il Mondo Vecchio’s production methods. After two months of sharing information and collaboration back and forth between Il Mondo Vecchio and the USDA as well as various attempts to modify the production methods," the owners announced, "Il Mondo Vecchio has determined that the impact of the regulatory requirements on dry cured sausage products was detrimental to the quality of the product and therefore, Mark and Gennaro are forced to close the[ir] doors."

This conflict between modern regulations and traditional methods is something DeNittis thought for a time he could navigate.

"We adhere to Old World techniques of natural process while following New World regulations,” Il Mondo Vecchio’s website states.

When it comes to Old World methods, I think it would be hard to find a better example of a traditional, conscientious, sustainable, and local producer than Il Mondo Vecchio.

And then we have a Denny's franchisee in Florida that will be adding an Obamacare surcharge and making most of its workers part time, Papa Johns, Jimmy Johns and others already plan on reducing employee hours likewise. It's just beginning...

[tomder55]

They won't blame their faulty policies. They will blame greed .

[speechlesstx]

they won't blame their faulty policies. they will blame greed .

Yep.

If more businesses would just stop trying to make a profit we could turn this country around.

[talaniman]

So regulations that protect consumers, and tax payers is a bad thing because it hurts profits? So BP was a victim of the government regulations?

Now Denny's doesn't want to give it employees insurance and that a good thing? I think it petty pandering by lazy business owner who refuse to explore better options.

You guy just don't quit!! Its your business model that's broken, NOT the regulations. But you can't tell that to those that worship MONEY!!

[speechlesstx]

NOT the regulations. But you can't tell that to those that worship MONEY!!!!

LOL, right on cue.

[speechlesstx]

P.S. Tal, you can't have jobs if businesses don't make money. Ask Hostess Brands.

[talaniman]

You can't have a business without customers can you? They both have to be present to make a profit.

Supply AND demand, not just supply!

[tomder55]

In the halls of the White House Michelle is doing a Snoopy dance because Hostess is going down .

[Wondergirl]

in the halls of the White House Michelle is doing a Snoopy dance because Hostess is going down .

My dear friend's uncle was the one who invented Twinkies --- James Dewar. Hostess will survive. Twinkies will survive.

[speechlesstx]

You can't have a business without customers can you? They both have to be present to make a profit.

Supply AND demand, not just supply!!

All those exclamation points won't change the fact that you hate when others make a profit.

[talaniman]

All those exclamation points won't change the fact that you hate when others make a profit.

Not really, as long a they pay taxes like I do! They don't!

[speechlesstx]

And the liberal bleat goes on...

A dozen female members of the House staunchly defended U.N. ambassador Susan Rice against Republican criticism over her remarks on the deadly Sept. 11 Libya attack, suggesting the GOP lawmakers' comments were racist and sexist.

"It is a shame that anytime something goes wrong, they pick on women and minorities," Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, the next chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, told reporters Friday at a Capitol Hill news conference.

Republican Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham earlier this week called Rice untrustworthy and unqualified to be the nation's top diplomat if President Barack Obama chooses her to succeed Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. The two vowed to block any Senate confirmation if she is nominated.

The House women, a majority of them Africa-American, lashed out at McCain and Graham and demanded that they retract their criticism.

"To batter this woman because they don't feel they have the ability to batter President Obama is something we the women are not going to stand by and watch," said Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wis. "Their feckless and reckless speculation is unworthy of their offices as senators."

Blah, blah, blah RACIST! Blah, blah, blah SEXIST!

If you ask me that's all the more reason for Republicans to scrutinize Rice... and by the way ladies, one of those racist, sexist men is a lady, Sen. Kelly Ayotte.

[talaniman]

When you guys stop crying, maybe we will too. Need a hug?

[speechlesstx]

So, four dead Americans and an administration coverup means nothing to to you either.

[NeedKarma]

So, four dead Americans and an administration coverup means nothing to to you either.

hey listen just because those deaths mean nothing to you has no bearing on the rest of us who mourn them.

[speechlesstx]

hey listen just because those deaths mean nothing to you has no bearing on the rest of us who mourn them.

You're pathetic.

[NeedKarma]

No, you're coldness to those deaths are as cold as a person can get.

[talaniman]

So, four dead Americans and an administration coverup means nothing to to you either.

Means a lot, but I don't believe YOUR version of events, plain and simple.