92.9 Jack FM -- Playing What We Want » Hostess http://929jackfm.com Playing What We Want Sat, 25 May 2013 21:30:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 There Is a Petition for Obama to Nationalize Twinkies http://929jackfm.com/twinkies-petition/ http://929jackfm.com/twinkies-petition/#comments Mon, 19 Nov 2012 23:45:38 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://thefw.com/?p=166999 When the US auto industry was in jeopardy four years ago President Obama stepped in with a bailout package. Now it's the American junk food industry that's in peril, with Hostess Brands closing up shop and heading for liquidation, and some want Obama to take an even more drastic step.

Daniel B. of Kansas City has started a petition for the president to "Nationalize the Twinkie industry."

]]> http://929jackfm.com/twinkies-petition/feed/ 0 Tim Boyle, Getty Images Why Pay Thousands For Twinkies? Here's The Recipe. http://929jackfm.com/why-pay-thousands-for-twinkies-heres-the-recipe/ http://929jackfm.com/why-pay-thousands-for-twinkies-heres-the-recipe/#comments Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:23:12 +0000 Dan Seitz http://thefw.com/?p=166740 In the wake of the closing of Hostess, many are worried that they won't be able to get Twinkies, and driving the prices of the snack cakes up to absurd degrees on eBay.

Good thing the recipe is easy to find, if you're not made of money.

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