Obama button sold at Texas GOP convention gets national buzz

While a number of speakers — such as Railroad Commission chairman Michael Williams and Mike Huckabee — have praised the advance of Barack Obama and what it means towards a colorblind society, at least one vendor hasn’t gotten the message.

At the Republican state convention, a booth hosted by Republicanmarket was selling a pin Saturday that says: If Obama is President will we still call it the White House.

There were other pins that weren’t necessarily conveying the positive, inclusive, united front that has been portrayed during the convention. One said, “Press 1 for English. Press 2 for Deportation” and another, “I will hold my nose when I vote for McCain”

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A Better Oscar Mayer Weiner

Countless Americans have this classic ditty embedded deeply in their psyches: “I wish I was an Oscar Mayer wiener.”

But what it means to be an Oscar Mayer weiner is changing, because for the first time in 20 years, Kraft foods, which makes Oscar Mayer hot dogs, is altering its formula.

I went inside their top-secret test kitchen.

“We have even higher quality cuts of meats, a different unique spice blend to make it just the beefiest, juiciest hot dog that we’ve ever made,” said Sean Marks, Kraft’s senior marketing director.

To drive the point home, he added, “We are America’s favorite hot dog.”

So why change? The fact is, Kraft is in a neck-and-neck battle with Sara Lee and that company’s Ballpark Franks.

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