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Subway: The New King of Junk Food
http://www.organicconsumers.org/corp/subway071504.cfm; MSNBC advertisements ^
| 7/15/04
| Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman
Posted on 04/08/2006 7:29:41 AM PDT by Cvengr
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Yesterday morning, I flipped on the TV as I was getting dressed and happened to catch a Bayer Aspirin commercial that began with a young boy on an inner city playground, perhaps 10 yrs old, watching other kids play basketball. From my recollection, the scene shifted to a blue background with words reading, 'Overcome Homophobia', then the scene continued with a basketball rolling over to the boy's feet and he picks it up and joins the game. The scene changes to another screen with words reading, "Find freedom", then a nother montage of scenes and words indicating overcome heart disease, followed by an endorsement to take aspirin, follwed by the Bayer Logo.
I was shocked that Bayer would encourage homosexuality amongst preeteen adolescents and then have the nerve to associate their product with medical advise. I haven't found a copy of the ad to confirm the exact wording, but the message was clearly sent. Meanwhile, I discovered this intereting beit of trivia between the AHA and Bayer.
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posted on
04/08/2006 7:29:43 AM PDT
by
Cvengr
To: Cvengr; sure_fine
Crappiest sub I've ever had. 2 paper-thin pieces of roast beef, 1 piece of cheese, and a tiny amount of lettuce and tomato. No wonder that fat slob lost all that weight eating there. It's 95% bread. I've never gone back and never will.
To: Cvengr
But as at most fast junk food outlets, Coke machines, the rows of bags of chips, and the rubbery chicken and unappetizing beef were screaming unhealthy, stay away. Is anyone holding a gun to the customer's heads forcing them to buy the less healthy alternatives? You can get a diet soda and baked chips just as easily as the higher fat and calorie options.
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posted on
04/08/2006 7:40:03 AM PDT
by
garbanzo
(Government is not the solution to our problems. Government is the problem.)
To: Cvengr
Well, you can't blame Subway. They're just protecting their own interstests by paying off the shysters to keep them off their back.
Congress has no business concerning itself with what people eat. The American Heart Association is a sham.
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posted on
04/08/2006 7:40:45 AM PDT
by
Bob Mc
To: Cvengr
Subway donates considerable money to liberal causes. If you want to help support the democrat party then eat at Subway, because a portion of every dollar you spend there goes in the democrats political pockets and almost none in anything conservative.
The american public health association is one of the foremost liberal support groups in the United States. The work they do with grants keeps the liberal activists funded in your area as well as the rest of the country.
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posted on
04/08/2006 7:42:03 AM PDT
by
Modok
To: Cvengr
Subway sandwiches include such classics as Steak and Cheese, Subway Melt (a first class blend of turkey breast, ham, crispy bacon, and melted cheese) Italian BMT (pepperoni, genoa salami, and ham) and the Cold Cut Trio (turkey based ham, salami, and bologna) not your typical heart healthy sandwiches. Now I'm hungry
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posted on
04/08/2006 7:48:04 AM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
("If you go out there with an innocent heart, you're eaten." - David Attenborough))
To: Modok
Interesting.
Our WalMart Supercenter here in North Little Rock, is converting it's cafeteria area to a SubWay Franchise operation.
I don't know if this is a "trial" run or if all the WalMart Supercenters Nationwide will have Subway, but if so, they hit the jack pot!
sw
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posted on
04/08/2006 7:52:01 AM PDT
by
spectre
(Spectre's wife (Bush, we have a problem...a big problem)
To: Cvengr
I wish the busybodies would just open up their own cabbage, tofu, and brussels sprouts emporium and compete in the marketplace with everyone else.
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posted on
04/08/2006 7:54:10 AM PDT
by
sphinx
To: Modok
Center for Science in the Public Interest is the biggest mod of "progressive" anti-free enterprise scum around. Anyone who uses them as an authority is not consrevative friendly.
So "Yay Go AHA, It's your birthday!"
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posted on
04/08/2006 7:56:16 AM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(Red meat, we were meant to eat it - Meat and Livestock Australia)
To: spectre
Our WalMart Supercenter here in North Little Rock, is converting it's cafeteria area to a SubWay Franchise operation. I don't know if this is a "trial" run or if all the WalMart Supercenters Nationwide will have Subway, but if so, they hit the jack pot!
It appears to be happening nationwide . . .
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posted on
04/08/2006 7:57:03 AM PDT
by
filbert
(More filbert at http://www.medary.com)
To: Cvengr
Quizno's seems to have much better subs.
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posted on
04/08/2006 7:57:27 AM PDT
by
ikka
To: Cvengr
There may be more Subway locations than McDonalds', but I'll bet MickeyD's shows substantially more gross revenue. Just because you can open a Schlubway in every strip mall from here to Kingdom Come doesn't mean they make any money.
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posted on
04/08/2006 8:00:55 AM PDT
by
IronJack
To: ikka
I would say that Arby's has better subs then Subway and it isn't their main product.
I love Quizno's. Toasty!
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posted on
04/08/2006 8:01:10 AM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
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To: Cvengr
If the American Heart Association shouldn't be taking donations from Subway, the AIDS Coalition shouldn't be taking money from gays.
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posted on
04/08/2006 8:02:17 AM PDT
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Bend over and think of England.)
To: Cvengr
In addition to promoting his beloved Subway and making millions a year doing so, DeLuca wants to bring an Indian gambling casino to Bridgeport, Connecticut. This article is ostensibly focused on highlighting the 'evils' of cooperation between corporate fast food giants, the government, and the AHA. But, notice how deftly the propagandist switches gears between bashing Subway for the purported unhealthfulness of much of their menu, to bashing the CEO of Subway for the totally unrelated issue of his personal investment in an Indian casino opportunity.
Clearly the junk food angle in the article is a mere pretext for the true agenda of the author. These Commies are so predictable that it is laughable...
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posted on
04/08/2006 8:02:51 AM PDT
by
The Electrician
("Government is the only enterprise in the world which expands in size when its failures increase.")
To: Cvengr
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posted on
04/08/2006 8:04:18 AM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(Red meat, we were meant to eat it - Meat and Livestock Australia)
To: Cvengr
Subway sells bread and lettuce. There's no junk there because there's no there there.
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posted on
04/08/2006 8:08:06 AM PDT
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. Slay Pinch)
To: Cvengr
I think the commercial says "overcome hemophelia" or some other blood disease, totally different stuff.
As for Subway this writer uis a whiney jerk. Basically he's declaring Subway not healthy because, horror of horrors, you can eat unheathily there. Gloss over the fact that it't the easiest fast food place to eat smart at and jump all over the availability of chips and soda.
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posted on
04/08/2006 8:08:34 AM PDT
by
discostu
(raise your glass of beer on high, and seal your fate forever)
To: spectre
The Wall Mart in Clinton Mississippi
just recently closed one kind of eating place I don't
remember what and replaced it with a Sub Way.
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posted on
04/08/2006 8:08:38 AM PDT
by
WKB
(Science Fiction= Any science that omits God.)
To: Cvengr
Jared the Subway Guy approves.
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posted on
04/08/2006 8:10:07 AM PDT
by
FormerACLUmember
(No program, no ideas, no clue: The democrats!)
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