The media doesn’t like food much these days. Papa John’s Pizza founder John Schnatter is the latest individual in the food industry to draw fire from the left; in his case the he made the mistake of discussing the economic effects of Obamacare on his company. Outlets from the Colbert Report to the Boston Globe savaged Schnatter for having the effrontery of publicly explaining basic economics. In a conference call with shareholders last week, Schnatter (who is a Romney supporter) said:: “Our best estimate is that Obamacare will cost 11 to 14 cents per pizza, or 15 to 20 cents an order from a corporate basis.” He also assured listeners that, “If Obamacare is in fact not repealed, we will find tactics to shallow out any Obamacare costs and core strategies to pass that cost onto consumers in order to protect our shareholders best interests.”
In some ways they got the democrats to give in by giving agency flexibility. i don t know if it hurt the democrats because we stopped the delays at the airport and we re still making cuts that will somehow help our massive deficit and debt. that is win for both parties. moving forward it s not clear over whether they will do this again for other agencies. i think that is where we re headed right now. we re going to do it a piecemeal approach dealing with agency cuts. i don t think for democrats it s not necessarily bad thing for them. heather: give them all a little more flexibility. i saw an article an opinion piece in the l.a. times written by paul whitefield. he said that is how you get congress to spend money, you cramp their vacation plans. it was interesting that they were all leaving for this one-week furlough, this week recess. they ll take to the airports and head home to their families on time as a result of what they ve done in washington.
0 with anymore. gregg: molly, thanks. heather: we have more on one of our top stories for you now. a new arrest in the ricin mail attack that targeted president obama and others. they are reporting that 41-year-old everett dusky is now facing charges of attempting to use biological weapons. elizabeth prann has the latest from washington. authorities searching the home and former business of 41-year-old everett dusky this week. he is now in custody. they arrested the martial arts instructor without incident in tupelo, mississippi. authorities say this arrest is in connection with the ricin laced letter sent to president obama, senator roger wicker and a mississippi judge. we have heard no response from his attorney bus they said he has no involvement. he denies any wrongdoing. continue to push ahead in the boston bombings case trying to piece together dozens of details in the united states and abroad, we are now hearing from the chopper crew that played a vital role in capturing t