Eugene David ...The One-Minute Pundit |
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Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Speaking of idiots, the other day we mentioned this new fad of consumer-products companies spinning off brands because they'd grown too big solely to finance junk television. But with all the brands being bandied or prepared for spinoff -- Folgers, Maxwell House, Pringles, Duracell, Post, Unilever's U. S. laundry brands, Godiva chocolates -- one (say, a three-headed dog) could form a new P&G or Unilever which could gouge as much as before, and all to finance junk TV as much as before. Plus ça change....
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