Comments on: The Great Super Bowl Chicken Wing Panic of 2009

By: Glenn E.

Glenn E. — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 07:09:20 +0000

Chalk this up to another repercussion caused by investors like Morgan Stanley, raiding the commodities market. And forcing the price of gas and grain, to go up. The ethanol excuse just doesn’t account for it, when the price of gas, just as rapidly fell back in the fall. A whole lot of flex fuel vehicles just didn’t stop running, did they? When the mortgage market was going bust. Morgan and other institutions, probably switched to the Commodity Futures market, exclusively. And though the farmers aren’t making significantly more money now, than two years ago. The price of food keeps going up, regardless of gasoline’s price falling. Wheat based cereals (that’s what I eat) are still being sold in thinner boxes, at higher prices than a few years ago. Wheat’s got nothing to do with Ethanol. So why are these products just as costly, as corn based products. And potato chips bags are down to 3 3/4 once, for their cheapest unit. They don’t make green fuel from potatoes! But I’ll bet Morgan Stanley bought up a lot of potato crops, cheap, and then jacked their selling price up.

By: Ah_Yea

Ah_Yea — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:45:57 +0000

After staring at the pic for 5 minutes or so, I was able to look up and realize the lovely in the middle was wearing a chicken head.

I wonder if I’m the only guy who noticed?

By: BigBoyBC

BigBoyBC — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:39:31 +0000

NO CHICKEN WINGS FOR THE SUPERBOWL!!!!

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, SOMEONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!

Is is wrong that I don’t give a rat’s butt about this issue?

By: Floyd

Floyd — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:16:44 +0000

No shortage of chicken wings here in the Southwest. Buffalo Wild Wings has them, as do other places like Hooters and Wing Basket.

By: Kanjy

Kanjy — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:54:33 +0000

#5—It’s “Obama”, with only one B. You gave me a good idea for a dance called the Obamba Rhumba, though.

What’s so great about chicken wings, anyway? There’s hardly any meat on them! And how can there be a wing shortage, but I’m not hearing about a shortage of other chicken parts?

By: Barack McCain

Barack McCain — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:34:09 +0000

If Hooters runs out of wings, they’ll just have to sell some breasts.

By: Mr Diesel

Mr Diesel — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:48:21 +0000

#4 Mr Fusion

I didn’t say blame Obomba, I said are you all going to blame Obomba when he continues to do the same thing. I don’t think so.

Obomba has actually done a few good things since he took office and I judge a man by his actions and deeds. As for his idiotic plan to save the economy in my mind it will be his first black mark and no I didn’t agree with bailing out the banks either.

As for who else is to blame for the food supply problem I’d probably agree that it could have been Republicans pushing for it from out West but as much as you would have to agree that the Democrats don’t want us to use our own resources to reduce our dependence on foreign oil.

By: Mr. Fusion

Mr. Fusion — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:34:40 +0000

#2, Diesel,

You can blame the former administration but are you going to also blame the current administration?

Go ahead and blame Obama for the high costs of food. The facts remain that unfettered speculation among commodities was the major inflation factor in not only foods, but energy, metals, and almost anything else you can name excepting wages. That was done during Bushes Administration, not Obama. Obama is the one who has to clean up the mess.

Bio fuels in themselves are not the problem. But using almost as much energy to obtain energy from corn is a problem looking for an answer. And yes, those Republican Congressmen from the Mid-West that pushed through the flawed energy bills are also to blame.

Bio fuels are the future and had a big influence on the cost of food. But we must get off our dependence on foreign oil.

By: Olo Baggins of Bywater

Olo Baggins of Bywater — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:40:56 +0000

Chickens are up in arms!

…I have a freezer full of wings.

By: Mr Diesel

Mr Diesel — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:33:00 +0000

For the things that former President Bush screwed up I make no apologies and I liked him. He exhibited more class than Obomba did on the 20th. I said exhibited, not had more.

The reason that corn products are so high is because we are converting too much of it into a failed Ethanol program. You can blame the former administration but are you going to also blame the current administration? I doubt very much that anyone is going to criticize Obomba when he continues the trend of fucking up the food supply with a failed policy of thinking corn will ever give us energy independence.

By: Mr. Fusion

Mr. Fusion — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:17:30 +0000

Yes, chicken wings have risen. So has all food stuffs.

Almost anything made from corn has seen huge increases. I used to buy coffee creamer (Coffee Mate) at the Dollar Store for $1.00 lb. About two months ago it suddenly jumped to $1.00 for 11 oz.

These are just the end fallout from the failed Bush policies coming home to roost. Expect the regular Bush apologists to deny their asshole had anything to do with this.