I Think I Need a New Name!
Posted by Sue | Posted in General | Posted on 25-06-2010
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Well it is happening again. They want to Sue McDonald’s. I type my name in a Google search and this is the type of search results I am getting.
‘June 24, 2010
Sue McDonald’s over toys in Happy Meals? Not necessarily, says CSPI director
By Caroline May – The Daily Caller | Published: Thursday, June 24th, 2010 | Updated: Thursday, June 24th, 2010
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Kids may be able to continue enjoying Happy Meals after all (AP)
“McDonald’s faces lawsuit over Happy Meals,” reports the LA Times. “McDonald’s and toy lawsuit: Are ‘Happy Meals’ tricking kids?” reads a CBS News headline. A Google News search turns up hundreds and hundreds of similar articles about a looming lawsuit over using Happy Meal toys to illegally market junk food to kids.
But the litigation director of the Washington-based advocacy group threatening legal action told The Daily Caller that his group doesn’t really want to sue.
“We are hopeful that McDonald’s will settle so that we do not have to go to court,” Stephen Gardner of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) said.
“The CSPI has never even seen the inside of a courtroom. They just use the threat as leverage,” Justin Wilson, senior research director for the Center for Consumer Freedom said in an interview. “This is just another in a long chain of frivolous lawsuits by the CSPI.”’
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2010/06/24/sue-mcdonalds-over-toys-in-happy-meals-not-necessarily-says-cspi-director/#ixzz0rog1lN8o


Well for me it was 678 beanie babies and Happy Meals that my EX collected. That was part of the beginning of the snowball of debt that incinerated my marriage. Wonder if there is a class action for all of us that have those collections of not too valuable beanies.
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Hi Tony
I will go and check your blog later today. Nice of you to visit. I am not a collector or hoarder but my husband and it can be very frustrating.
Regards
Sue