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Posted on September 3 at 11:56 a.m. (Suggest removal)
This is truly disturbing. A story about a KFC coming to town gets 31 comments ... so far ... most expressing glee that another franchise fast food company is being added to the already saturated mix? This is barely newsworthy. This is not important.
IT IS JUST FAST FOOD! What does this say about what our culture values?
Besides, Yum! Corporation, the owner of KFC and a host of other chain restaurants already littered throughout this town, is a sketcy (at best) company, according to consumer advocate, The Responsible Shopper. Go to this website to see the numerous human rights lawsuits and lack of climate-friendly practices they employ.
http://www.greenamericatoday.org/program...
Here's one headline from the site: Yum! Brands scored a one out of 100 in "The Climate Counts Company Scorecard Report." Just what we need
Seriously, do not support Yum! Corporation when you have the option to support local. Yum! Coporation's track record speaks for itself.
Posted on February 11 at 10:56 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Wow, mnnative, what a complete debbie downer comment. I personally know the student who is heading this up and many of the wondeful students who are jumping on board to help. Let's encourage them in any way we can. The How To Help info box that accompanies this story is very important to read. Please consider giving to this wondeful cause.
Posted on January 23 at 3:09 p.m. (Suggest removal)
A side note on jcorey's side note: Michael Reagan mentions his father not only in every column (without him he'd have nothing to write about), but also dubs himself "the elder son of the late President Ronald Reagan" in his endnote. That's because he is nothing without his father. Though it was nice of him to prop up business owners, those born without a name to stand on who work darn hard just to find measures of success. They work hard, but something tells me this president will not protect the wealthy and powerful, but be a voice of the underdog and the forgotten, which, like column writing, is something "Ronald Reagan's elder son" knows nothing about.
Posted on November 7 at 5:55 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Wow, we need mgoodmanson to post more often. He put some embarrassing burns to Virginian.
Posted on October 21 at 4:45 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Great column, TIm. I teach across the hall from a baby boomer and he doesn't recall the 1960s in any fashion that resembles the fancy stories you hear. Of course, he spent some of that time on a farm in Hayward, Minn, at the time and his college years at a private school in Iowa. I don't doubt those crazy stories of rebellion happened. They just didn't happen to everyone. Every generation has rebellion, but the 60s counter-culture sure has been romanticized. Nothing is ever as good in real life as it is in your memories, or the memories that have been created by such mediums as documentaries, TV specials, radio specials.
Posted on October 14 at 8:47 p.m. (Suggest removal)
The Christ that Duane Hateli claims to worship would never approve of such of such hate speech and partisan rancor. Christ himself was a Jew, and open to the idea of other religions besides his own. He would never talk so negatively about the muslim faith. This is just another example of the type of judgmental Christianity that is turning so many away from this once-proud religion.
Posted on October 14 at 8:25 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I see Mr. Murtaugh is a 'Candidate for Mayor.' Hey, 'Mike,' what are the 'quote' marks around 'Candidate for Mayor' for? Is Candidate for Mayor 'code' for something, or a double 'entendre' with which I'm not 'familiar?' Anyone else remember the "Friends" episode where Ross teaches Joey about air quotes, and he goes around misusing them all episode?
Posted on October 7 at 9:22 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Ah, it's actually 43 different versions of CSI, not 42. Get your facts straight, Mr. Newspaper Editor.
Posted on October 2 at 12:46 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I completely agree with the comments about Habitat For Humanity and other great volunteer activities. It's great that Extreme Makeover: Home Edition brings this kind of excitement about community activism to town. But what about when TV's bright lights are gone?
Call me a negative skeptic, but it has to make you wonder why there are so many people so gung ho about this project. Is it the community service aspect or the chance to be on TV for a milli-second?
We could accomplish things like this year round. Maybe not on this grand of scale, but it could happen.
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Posted on September 5 at 8:22 p.m. (Suggest removal)
amauer, it's not just the health factor. It's well established that KFC's parent company, Yum!, mistreats its workers and its poultry. Do not support inhumane companies.
On KFC chain to return to Albert Lea