a conspiracy of hogs

[robert l. bentham]

http://www.theawl.com/2011/11/a-conspiracy-of-hogs-the-mcrib-as-arbitrage

is there nothing left in america that has not been corrupted by corporations?

 

[the_leander]

http://www.theawl.com/2011/11/a-conspiracy-of-hogs-the-mcrib-as-arbitrage

is there nothing left in america that has not been corrupted by corporations?

Possibly mom and pop stores?

There was a program on over here some time back where a guy drove from one side of the US to the other using only independent gas stations and hotels. There clearly is a niche still for the indi retailers, albeit one that is shrinking.

 

[cecilia]

one of the efforts of the OWS movement is the get more local business happening. I've been a big fan of this idea for a long time

and I'm happy to say I've never had a mac rib....but then I avoid crap

 

[Robert]

There was a program on over here some time back where a guy drove from one side of the US to the other using only independent gas stations and hotels. There clearly is a niche still for the indi retailers, albeit one that is shrinking.

The Dave Gorman thing?

He couldn't quite make it all the way from coast to coast.

 

[the_leander]

The Dave Gorman thing?

Yes! That's the one!

He couldn't quite make it all the way from coast to coast.

I thought he made it to the coast, just not where he was planning on finishing? Seems like a lifetime ago since I watched it, so could well be wrong.