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“The cost is costing us huge $$$$.” “desperately at least need to turn the Raw Peanuts on our floor into money . . . we have other peanuts on the floor that we would like to do the same with.”

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Stewart Parnell, CEO of Peanut Corporation of America, e-mail sent January 19, 2009 on findings of salmonella in the company’s product. The company has declared Chapter 7 bankruptcy. buy 10 mg cialis cheap viagra substitute

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“Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.”

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"No."

Posted on February 9, 2009 by mmjdiary

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“I am not some fuddy-duddy acting prudish. I am a professional who is shaking his head, thinking about Americans struggling to make ends meet and what they must think of a young multimillionaire like Phelps, who can throw it all away with one toke.”

Posted on February 9, 2009 by mmjdiary

Richard Laermer, owner of a PR firm and author of 2011: Trendspotting for the Next Decade.  Mr. Laermer, fear not the fuddy-duddy label, especially when you display such wisdom and insight. buy cialis online from canada order forms buy viagra

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“A person who tells the truth only 95% of the time is like a leaky bucket. The hole may be small, but it renders the entire vessel unworthy of its purpose. Unless the hole can be mended, the bucket is bound for the trash heap.”

Posted on February 3, 2009 by mmjdiary

Dallin Oaks, January 31, 1973, in a speech on academic honesty to BYU students.  buy 10 mg cialis cheap viagra substitute

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“We want them to continually understand that our legacy is not going to be how big our house is or what kind of car we drive. Our legacy is going to be the way we impact other people.”

Posted on February 3, 2009 by mmjdiary

Kurt Warner, Phoenix Cardinals quarterback, on what he is trying to teach his children as they work together on the family’s foundation and community service projects. Mr. Warner received the Walter Payton Man of the year Award on Sunday, February … Continue reading →

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“But when you see that message coming from the top, the impact on thousands of state employees, on people who do business with the state, it is huge. It creates an attitude.”

Posted on February 3, 2009 by mmjdiary

A veteran Illinois state government employee on the effects of the Blagojevich issues.  Well said.  It’s that “tone at the top” thing.

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“I think consumers and marketers will cut him some slack because tt’s ‘only’ marijuana, something that it seems like every other professional athlete gets arrested for every five minutes — not that that condones it.”

Posted on February 2, 2009 by mmjdiary

Bob Dorfman, author, on photo of Michael Phelps smoking marijuana.  Nothing like low standards and “who cares?” to keep the kids off drugs. 

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“He did not realize when he began the vetting process that this was an issue.”

Posted on February 2, 2009 by mmjdiary

Spokeswoman, Jenny Backus, on HHS nominee Tom Daschle’s failure to disclose his failure to pay $128,000 in taxes on car and driver services.  Indeed, and that’s why we worry. 

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“There will be a time for them to make profits . . . Now’s not that time.”

Posted on January 31, 2009 by mmjdiary

President Barack Obama.  Oh, Mr. President, we hope for profits.  Any time.  Markets recover because of them. We just want them to be real. 

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“I have done absolutely nothing wrong.”

Posted on January 31, 2009 by mmjdiary

The high ethical self-esteem of impeached former Illinois governor, Rod R. Blagojevich.  Perhaps “wrong” is in the eye of the beholder.

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“He’s an ‘old school’ lawmaker. . . they think less about charges occurring under their nose.”

Posted on January 22, 2009 by mmjdiary

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Place me behind prison walls–ever so high, ever so thick, reaching ever so far into the ground — there is a possibility that in some way or another I will escape; but stand me on a floor and draw a chalk line around me and have me give my word of honor never to cross it. Can I get out of the circle? No. Never! I would die first.”

Posted on January 18, 2009 by mmjdiary

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Clemens was determined to prove he wasn’t fading, and McNamee, having just arrived at the Show, was committed to staying there. So there would be injections, but with the first one the two men crossed a stark line into territory they would never escape. Clemens became a cheater, and McNamee became his enabler."

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