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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 02:29 AM Original message |
OBAMA: What if instead of a toy in every Happy Meal, there was a book? |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 02:32 AM Response to Original message |
1. Recommend!! Right in the heart! What a great idea! nt |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 06:08 AM Response to Reply #1 |
31. Excellent idea! |
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Nailzberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 02:35 AM Response to Original message |
2. That's crazy talk. I want whatever stupid Pixar promotional toy is available. |
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neutron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 02:39 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. For a guy running the Smear Campaign |
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Nailzberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 02:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Where was Mark Penn mentioned? |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 02:38 AM Response to Original message |
3. I admit THAT is a terrific idea. |
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ThatPoetGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 02:39 AM Response to Original message |
5. Very cool. |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 02:44 AM Response to Original message |
7. Hey, now that's a GREAT idea. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 03:18 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Yes.....we do. Reading is more than the key to opportunity in this nation..... |
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here_is_to_hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:18 AM Response to Reply #7 |
37. You mean 'fun-damental'...n/t |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 03:17 AM Response to Original message |
8. Recommend for bon mots! nt |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 03:26 AM Response to Original message |
10. The food would still be poison. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 03:41 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Certainly....... |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 04:38 AM Response to Reply #13 |
23. I miss In-N-OUT burgers...I've been away toooo long. |
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JackintheGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 03:38 AM Response to Original message |
11. There's a house in my neighborhood that does that at Halloween |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 03:40 AM Response to Original message |
12. We'd have fat readers. A book in every meal, a chicken in every pot. |
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Apollo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 03:51 AM Response to Original message |
14. Every story would end with going to McDonalds |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 03:54 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I just thought that I would introduce some positivity |
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Apollo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 04:50 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Good call! |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 04:06 AM Response to Original message |
16. First Ronald Reagan and now praising Ronald MacDonald |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 04:10 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. But this time, he wants them to be "good" ideas..... |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 04:17 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. why that sly devil |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 04:18 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Just be careful with polls..... |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 04:21 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. i know its just been such a long time since we had any good news |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 04:22 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. If only I had wings I'd fly, to partake of Obama's pie in the sky; |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 04:36 AM Response to Original message |
22. I like a library card for new moms too |
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fortyfeetunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 04:13 AM Response to Reply #22 |
56. How about a book when the baby is born? |
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BrightKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 05:02 AM Response to Original message |
25. What if parents fed their children real food? - n/t |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 05:50 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. I think that a lot of them do. Don't you? |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 05:06 AM Response to Original message |
26. great idea |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 05:45 AM Response to Original message |
27. Toys are important, too. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 05:48 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Yes, those little "made in China" toys found in McDonald happy meals |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 06:05 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I know a kid that would have very few toys.. |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 06:20 AM Response to Original message |
32. The Corporate Aristocracy would never allow that. NEVER. |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
33. Then all the kids would want to go to Burger King instead. |
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2rth2pwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:19 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. Bingo. nt |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
34. They might become smart enough not to feed their kids junk food like Happy Meals? |
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jasmine621 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
35. Sounds like a great idea to me. But not thought through like his other ideas. |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
36. Thanks Frenchie! Nice post! |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
38. Kids would become little Ignatius Reillys |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
39. That's what they give ya at Chick-Fil-A here in texas. |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
40. Good luck finding a book the RW, Freepers and Xians wouldn't find deeply offensive |
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BenDavid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
41. obama now is the pander bear....first you got to have the parents |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Figures a Clinton supporter would come in and denounce expanding reading opportunities. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:26 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Oh, yes, because the Clintons are famously against literacy. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:28 PM Original message |
No, rather because Clinton supporters are too often kneejerk anti-Obama. |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
42. As a former Elem. teacher and remedial reading teacher |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
44. I'm a reader; I taught English. It's not like schools don't have books, or that library cards aren't |
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October (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. Good post |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #44 |
59. Well he did provide health care to IL children |
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jlake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
46. That is a great idea. |
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2rth2pwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
48. How about when you buy a Big Gulp at 7/11 |
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Madam Mossfern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
49. We have that already in our county park. |
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FunkyLeprechaun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
50. I remember when I was younger |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
52. There used to be something crazy called a Bookmobile. |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 01:39 AM Response to Original message |
53. Uuuummm it IS as easy to rent a book as it is a DVD |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 03:14 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. He was speaking to librarians in this speech....... |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 05:21 PM Response to Reply #54 |
61. Excuse me for pointing out factual errors |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 03:15 AM Response to Original message |
55. Thanks for the positive campaigning |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 04:20 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Wonder if the Obamas buy their kids Cheerios... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 05:53 AM Response to Original message |
58. What if people recognized "happy" meals for what they are? |
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Strawman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
60. What if instead of worrying about paying the bills every kids parents had a stable income |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
62. I would stop eating Happy Meals |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
63. people would just stop buying happy meals n/t |
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