Kellogg's Rip Off

I asked my daughter to go to the store yesterday to get cereal, among other things. My list had "cereal-lrg BAG". She came back with two boxes. "They were on sale... two for $6" (snort. sale...yeah. But oh well... if you want something done a certain way you have to do it yourself. I didn't want to go to the store, so my bad.)

The cereal in question is Kellogg's frosted mini wheats. Blueberry and Strawberry. 16oz.

The boys each had a bowl yesterday and a bowl this morning and the box is now empty. Four bowls of cereal for $3. WTF? Granted, they were adult size bowls and they were very full... but still, four bowls? If they each had one bowl a morning, I would have to buy 15 boxes to last a month. 15 boxes of cereal at $3 each comes to $45.

Well, I won't be buying any more mini wheats. Let the boys eat eggs. I'll throw in some pine cones for the fiber.

And next time my daughter goes to the store with my money, I will be stressing BAG...BAG of cereal only!!

BOOOOO Con-way Freight Company!!

from a local news story:

"About 200 local workers will lose their jobs to mostly people in India as a local company prepares to ship their jobs overseas.

The freight company, Con-way in Northwest Portland, will be outsourcing IT and administrative positions."

Its always about the bottom line.... the profit margins.... to hell with them! Why don't they save a real bundle of money and outsource their CEO position. Outsource their CFO, their accounting jobs, everything. Ship it all over to India, damn it. Get the hell out! Soon there will be no need for a trucking business to ship products.... there's no one left to purchase anything!!

Tax the crap outta 'em!! Oh wait.... republicans don't want any taxes on businesses. We can't tax the crap out of them. They claim taxes costs jobs, but its really greed that costs jobs.

Con-way is no doubt owned by republicans and damn it, they want their profits!! Untaxed profits, thankyouverymuch. Apparently its the American way. (my apologies to Canada, Mexico, and Central and South America for using the term 'American way'.)

Any business operators reading this? No? Well, I'm gonna say it anyway. Let your contract with Con-way run out, move to a company that operates in the USA and then publicize it. Great PR!! Especially now days.

The arrogance of ignorance

Have you heard about the christian minister in Miami who is planning on burning the Quran on Sept. 11th? Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center. I think Terry needs a reality check.

Apparently he doesn't care that publically burning the Quran would put our service people in harms way. Why should he care? He's here and they are on the other side of the world. What's he got to be concerned about? After all, he's special. He's a christian.

"Jones, author of a book called "Islam is of The Devil," told CNN's "American Morning" show that the burning was designed to send a message to radical Islam."

And what would that message be, Terry? That Americans are intolerant of others? That you in your wisdom know what's right for everyone else in the world? That you are one stupid piece of luggage? Or could this be more a matter of trying to sell your book so you can make a buck? Perhaps its all of the above.

If he does burn the Quran maybe that will end up reducing the number of ignorant people on this earth by one.

"But when he was asked about the views of Gen. David Petraeus, the U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, Jones said: "We are actually very, very concerned of course; we are taking the general's words serious. We are continuing to pray about the action on September 11. But we don't know, how long do we back down?" "

What the hell is HE backing down from? 'How long do we back down'... WTF? By burning a book you won't be backing down any more? I repeat.... WTF?

So Terry, have you even read the book? Do you even know what it says? Have you ever read ANY book? Have you even REALLY read the bible?

What a tool. Just what the world needs.

(full msn article here.)

Did I Just Get Spammed? A Qwest Response

(Added later...I think I might have just gotten spammed. Shit! Now they have my phone number and address. Time will tell. damnit, damnit, damnit!)

(2nd added comment.... maybe not. maybe not scammed. Hope a hope a hope. I'm so paranoid. It seems like we're living in a world of thieves, though. Sigh.)

In case you are like me and normally do not read blog comments I thought it only fair to point out that Qwest responded to my rant (see post below for rant.) Imagine my surprise to see a comment from Steph Lake, Manager of 'talk to us' dept. at Qwest. (I wonder if Steph is a real person or just a name used. Doesn't matter to me, though. I was just wondering.)

Great PR and marketing tool... that personal touch. And completely unexpected since its coming from a large corporation. It impressed the heck outta me!

Qwest as IPS

SUCKS!!!

I just spent 20 minutes trying to watch a 3 minute video. My attempt lasted 20 minutes because after that I gave up. gggrrrrrr

Residentual customers don't mean squat to the big giant asshole, aka qwest. But I'm not telling you anything new, now am I.

I just needed to GRRRRRRRRR. And remember... whenever you see one of their ads just remember that whatever its touting that its their poorest service. Its like AOL saying they have great customer service. BWAH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA. I crack me up sometimes!

Good ole Mel... its time to go!

That arrogant bastard, Mel Gibson, needs his ass beat with the baseball bat he threatened his girl friend with.... he needs his teeth knocked out, he needs to be humbled, and humbled good.

I'll never watch another movie, tv show, or commercial that has anything to do with that jerk.

The alcohol has eaten too many brain cells. Maybe he'll drown in his own alcohol induced vomit.

They've Done It Again

Congress. They've done it again. You know... the politicians who claim to be looking out for our good. They defeated the bill that would allow unemployment benefits to be extended, cause everyone knows you don't give money to poor people. They just waste it on food. Then they repealed the bill that reduced the fees doctors could charge patients and we all know how much doctors need money. After all, those malpractice insurance premiums cost a pretty penny. (No need to stop the malpractice and get rid of the incompetent doctors... just buy more insurance.)

And don't get me started on the Bush/Cheney war. We're in year nine, I believe, going on ten. Ten years of war. Mission accomplished.