Essay 145

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• Guilty pleas were submitted for the couple that stuck a human finger in a bowl of Wendy’s chili as part of a scheme to extort the fast food company for a fistful of money. Wendy’s claimed it lost at least $2.5 million in sales from negative publicity. Anna Ayala and Jaime Placencia face jail terms of up to 10 and 13 years, respectively, for the plot and other assorted crimes. Wonder what the duo will inevitably find in their prison gruel.

• McDonald’s claimed the introduction of its Premium Chicken Sandwiches sparked August sales increases of 3.4 percent versus the same period last year. Anna Ayala and Jaime Placencia also deserve credit for increasing McDonald’s sales.

• It’s a miracle! Edgar Ray Killen can walk again! The ex-Klansman convicted of the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers was originally granted bail after convincing the judge he was ill and confined to a wheelchair. But sheriff’s deputies spotted the murderer out and about, strolling around like a happy camper. So the judge ordered Edgar Ray Killen to walk straight to jail, even accusing the KKKiller of defrauding the court.

• Starting this season, ABC plans to offer all its prime-time programming in Spanish. The network’s pioneering initiative indicates a clear recognition of the expanding U.S. Hispanic population. Also, it gives a whole new audience the opportunity to agree sitcoms like According to Jim and Hope & Faith are really shitty.

• Let them eat King Cake. Former First Lady Barbara Bush is still catching heat for her remarks regarding New Orleans evacuees during a visit to relief centers in Houston. The controversial comments included, “And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this...this is working very well for them.” Look for Kanye West’s mother to proclaim, “Mrs. Bush doesn’t care about Black people.”