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    Bob balks after union forces Hostess to shut down

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How they get that creamy filling into the middle of appointees take a Hostess Twinkies takes fruit -- and cupcakes yeah.

You -- fresh snacks when -- -- -- -- middle.

All for a while -- -- end of an error as opposed removes a big group drinking it up.

And -- to Ruger and competitor -- -- -- -- -- -- We're perfectly and he made already lots this segment.

We have lots.

And you can't distract you so much awaited event.

Made -- positive for the company to make it up quickly and I look.

Thank you what's odd that a union man all my life ended on July you have to break -- your brother over certain things the fact the strike has crossed the end of twinkies.

Now they're very few things that feel better that he drinking he baggage we want -- that build better than -- -- regular.

Now it's high.

Note what they need -- the -- we -- in -- I.

Pop -- solid deal and I -- -- -- -- -- -- What did a wedge real kick back and boring.

This is an important moment because Bob is making an important -- -- -- he's he's he's a pro union guy who you are now saying you're gonna lead the union.

Because they got rid of something you liked the -- but I also wanted to might happen.

That could have a vote all of our fans out there who like -- he's I'm starting a marched on hostess headquarters.

Which combines -- -- that you kids.

Not twinkies got hostess -- yeah.

Tim Connecticut anyway all anybody wanna join me -- also tonight on the individual -- -- -- without.

-- candles are great and I'm gonna -- and we have by a storage place -- a -- put a thousand page and then there and can I just the big point that you're you're -- alluded to.

The unions are what brought a host has found there were that these six say dozens -- 181009.

-- plays it's gonna cause the taxpayers of around 5450 million bucks here -- -- put them on I'm not.

Benefits but.

The point -- -- they voted 92%.

To to strike down the deal -- -- -- analysts say if you strike it down.

We're going out about a foot -- did you argue that my good job I think -- equally blame me I got it back -- -- but I.

-- watch a ball out promises did to hate the unions that is.

It's not like today -- you really.

It's incredible that they could not come to this agreement over how we we did a story about there's about eight months ago when it was first commitment -- first having problems.

That they could not come to an agreement -- week before Thanksgiving and now nearly 20000 people have found out that they're going to lose their jobs because they couldn't come to -- -- and got -- That's the Keebler elves are they gonna strike fired up and -- no fire bomb their tree you know what else is going to be lost this cup kicks -- -- -- it's important.

These -- about not enough.

Can we points on the -- that produces don't want us to eat all those twinkies because I don't -- that urban legend going around right now that these twinkies are selling for 8000 dollars apiece.

I gonna say -- on.

About calling BS on some there's no way.

Yeah well it is -- between on salon dot com proxy group that wrote the story that said it.

They have a hostess twinkie cake adult cost -- that's 46 dollars 69 cents -- my interest in mapping a -- vigil tonight.

How cute and I realize that they made those fruit cake they -- then I don't you know.

So I just seriously -- for those of us who grew up -- -- and the fact.

That's what I promised my first ball when I was proceeds of tricky and you grabbed one of the break.

I hated that because I need to think the only open one -- even devouring it like beastie likes I had to grabbing being so mean to me I'm not if you are -- with -- okay.

Crying now -- that was so funny.

I say let us live about the open that -- -- I couldn't get Jerusalem -- -- -- know we could you know Obama should step in and make twinkies free.

I that's a good idea and out to be paid.

Irons are actually went and how well it all -- I -- -- out or is it a twenty -- but -- that what else.

I don't like you know this.

This is very popular don't you think somebody's gonna pick up the business to take off with a.

Eric -- might be on the right -- you make no immediate think it could be a profitable business like -- a -- somebody will try to put out this flatly stocks and it -- that Bob -- -- flared and ate together.

Here's what they could have done they could have gone through structured bankruptcy.

Broke the union deals and come back non union all the -- That's -- -- to -- the good.

On -- -- Could forget any hearsay your Bob Ronnie and I coming turn around a -- I -- -- running the easy job now so maybe he could but the -- the fact this is -- choose sides and I don't break with the unions on this because I do you think they should have reached an agreement.

But that these measures need comes it will -- reach an agreement to and they didn't I insert her blaming other union I know -- even -- the union and I blame both them and the management.

And and -- other guys take a lot.

Not at all well I -- a lot of -- 35 grams of bad show in Atlanta the calories.

This -- Eric knows when I'll.

You can and is usually -- 290.

Calories does not so fat.

And what party a 49 grams of -- of cards.

That a lot of a lot of -- is it that you just healthy and -- men's health.

Nice evening.

-- -- it it's not healthy but it's wonderful it's wonderful so I'd love life.

Doesn't -- I don't like Asia yet found a pox at all your house one more thing that they thousand dollars thousand -- out of -- -- you can afford it took me.

-- see -- what what -- is that okay yes and -- argument about it.