Subway has been ripping people off an inch a second since they first opened

What's in an inch? Apparently, enough missing meat, cheese and tomatoes to cause an uproar.
Subway, the world's largest fast food chain with 38,000 locations, is facing widespread criticism after a man who appears to be from Australia posted a photo on the company's Facebook page of one of its footlong sandwiches next to a tape measure that shows the sub is just 11 inches.
More than 100,000 people have "liked" or commented on the photo, which had the caption "Subway pls respond." Lookalike pictures popped up elsewhere on Facebook. And The New York Post conducted its own investigation that found that four out of seven footlong sandwiches that it measured were shy of the 12 inches that makes a foot.
The original photo was no longer visible by Thursday afternoon on Subway's Facebook page, which has 19.8 million fans. A spokesman for Subway, which is based in Milford, Conn., said Subway did not remove it.
Subway also said that the length of its sandwiches may vary slightly when its bread, which is baked at each Subway location, is not made to the chain's exact specifications.
"We are reinforcing our policies and procedures in an effort to ensure our offerings are always consistent no matter which Subway restaurant you visit," read an e-mailed statement.
The Subway photo - and the backlash - illustrates a challenge companies face with the growth of social media sites like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. Before, someone in a far flung local in Australia would not be able to cause such a stir. But the power of social media means that negative posts about a company can spread from around the world in seconds.
"People look for the gap between what companies say and what they give, and when they find the gap - be it a mile or an inch - they can now raise a flag and say, 'Hey look at this,' I caught you," said Allen Adamson, managing director of branding firm Landor Associates in New York.
Subway has always offered footlong sandwiches since it opened in 1965. A customer can order any sandwich as a footlong. The chain introduced a $5 footlong promotion in 2008 as the U.S. fell into the recession, and has continued offering the popular option throughout the recovery.
An attempt to contact someone with the same name and country as the person who posted the photo of the footlong sandwich on Subway's Facebook page was not returned on Thursday.
But comments by other Facebook users about the photo ran the gamut from outrage to indifference to amusement. One commenter urged people to "chill out." Another one said she was switching to Quiznos. And one man posted a photo of his foot in a sock next to a Subway sandwich to show it was shorter than a "foot."
"I've never seen so many people in an uproar over an inch. Wow," read one Facebook post. "Let's all head to McDonald's and weigh a Quarter Pounder," suggested another poster.
The Subway footlong photo is just the latest in a string of public relations headaches for that were caused by a negative photo or event about a company going viral.
Last year, a Burger King employee tweeted with a picture of someone standing in sneakers on two tubs of uncovered lettuce. Domino's Pizza employees posted a video on YouTube of workers defacing a pizza in 2009. And a KitchenAid employee last year made a disparaging remark about President Obama using the official KitchenAid Twitter account.

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From the NRA: Obama & Biden need to be removed

President Obama's agenda to reduce gun violence will be unveiled today at the White House, but the National Rifle Association is not waiting to react, preempting Mr. Obama's announcement with a hard-hitting ad that blasts the president as an "elitist hypocrite."
"Are the president's kids more important than yours?" the ad asks. "Then why is he skeptical about putting armed security in our schools when his kids are protected by armed guards at their schools?"
In the wake of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., the NRA proposed stationing an armed guard in every school in America to prevent school shootings, but the president has expressed his aversion to the proposal.
In a bit of a non-sequitur, the NRA's ad links the president's resistance to their proposal to his call for the wealthy to pay more taxes.
"Mr. Obama demands the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes, but he's just another elitist hypocrite when it comes to a fair share of security."
The result, according to the NRA? "Protection for their kids and gun-free zones for ours."
CBS News Political Director John Dickerson noted today on "CBS This Morning," the ad is "about hypocrisy, not safety," pushing emotional buttons unrelated to gun policy to stir up broader opposition to Mr. Obama's proposals.

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White House Press Secretary Jay Carney condemned the NRA's ad as "repugnant and cowardly," telling CBS News Chief White House Correspondent Major Garrett, "Most Americans agree that a president's children should not be used as pawns in a political fight. But to go so far as to make the safety of the President's children the subject of an attack ad is repugnant and cowardly."
And Mr. Obama's former press secretary and senior adviser, Robert Gibbs, also minced no words in reaction, calling the ad "disgusting on many levels" on MSNBC.
"It's also just stupid," said Gibbs. "This reminds me of an ad that somebody made at about 2 o'clock in the morning after one too many drinks, and no one stopped it in the morning."
The ad is reportedly airing on the Sportsman Channel, and the NRA has not ruled out buying air time on other networks.

From the White house: Executive orders all 23

1.Issue a Presidential Memorandum to require federal agencies to make relevant data available to the federal background check system.2.Address unnecessary legal barriers, particularly relating to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, that may prevent states from making information available to the background check system.3.Improve incentives for states to share information with the background check system.4.Direct  the Attorney General to review categories of individuals prohibited   fromhaving a gun to make sure dangerous people are not slipping through the cracks.5.Propose rule making to give law enforcement the ability to run a full back ground check on an individual before returning a seized gun.6.Publish a letter from ATF to federally licensed gun dealers providing guidance on how to run background checks for private sellers.7.Launch a national safe and responsible gun ownership campaign.8.Review safety standards for gun locks and gun safes (Consumer Product Safety Commission).9.Issue a Presidential Memorandum to require federal law enforcement to trace guns recovered  in  criminal  investigations.10.Release a DOJ report analyzing information on lost and stolen guns and make it widely available to law enforcement.11.Nominate an ATF director.12.Provide law enforcement, first responders, and school officials with proper training for active shooter situations.13.Maximize enforcement efforts to prevent gun violence and prosecute gun crime.14.Issue a Presidential Memorandum directing the Centers for Disease Control to research the causes and prevention of gun violence.15.Direct the Attorney General to issue a report on the availability and most effective use of new gun safety technologies and challenge the private sector to develop innovative technologies.16.Clarify that the Affordable Care Act does not prohibit doctors asking their patients about guns in their homes.17.Release a letter to health care providers clarifying that no federal law prohibits them from reporting threats of violence to law enforcement authorities.18.Provide incentives for schools to hire school resource  officers.19.Develop model emergency response plans for schools, houses of worship andinstitutions of higher education.20.Release a letter to state health officials clarifying the scope of mental health services that Medicaid plans must cover.21.Finalize regulations clarifying essential health benefits and parity requirements within ACA exchanges.22.Commit to finalizing mental health parity regulations.23.Launch a national dialogue led by Secretaries Sebelius and Duncan on mental health.

Impeach now

From the Washington Post
WASHINGTON, January 15, 2013 Today’s press reports promise that Round Two of the President’s latest charm offensive will commence tomorrow. On Wednesday, according to some accounts, Obama plans to eviscerate the Second Amendment with nineteen—count ‘em—executive orders geared toward relieving an annoying populace of its constitutional right to bear arms. Or at least getting this off to a running start. This morning, Drudge headlined the event “Gun Control Wednesday.”

U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese III declared in an exclusive Newsmax TV interview that President Barack Obama could easily be impeached if he bypassed Congress and enacted gun-control legislation by executive order.

Meese's comments came on the same day President Obama told the White House press corp at the last news conference of his first term that he was reviewing actions, including issuing executive orders, where he could take action without congressional approval to confront gun violence in the nation. Obama said he would present a plan within days.



The options include stronger background checks, a meaningful ban on assault weapons, and limits on high-capacity ammunition magazines, Obama said, conceding that was unsure how such steps could pass Congress.

It looks like The South is Rising again

States Would Nullify all Presidential Executive Orders Against the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and will arrest any federal agents who violate the constitution



Oragon says they will not partake in Federal gun ban


Click here to read South Carolina States Read South Carolina to Nullify

Wyoming passes law to arrest agents on federal gun ban

Kentuckey Governor to back Sheriff's decission to arrest Federal agents

The England Post 15 January 2013- The United States Joint Chiefs and heads of each U.S. Military branch call a weapons ban a unconstitutional order and if Obama passes it they will not enforce it as it will not be a lawfull order. The military even stated that exmilitary are asked to join the ranks and up hold their oath of office in which they took. Not only to protect and defend the constitution from foriegn and domestic enemies but the American people as well. The world is watching us and if we fall then it will show our enemies we are not a strong country but a weak one and then our enemy will want to invade us. We as a country need to protect our land.

Merchdise Mart: Man shot in head in the dock

Someone shot a man in the head near a loading dock at the Merchandise Mart about 6 a.m.
He suffered a graze wound, Chicago Police Department News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli said.
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Italian Singer Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta AKA Lady Gaga in court

Lady Gaga's attorneys want a federal judge in Chicago to quash portions of a courtroom discussion about whether she and Jennifer Lopez stole the same unlicensed music sample for songs they released in 2011.
Lawyers for Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Joanne Germanotta, have filed a motion asking that parts of a transcript from a hearing in Chicago last month be redacted, saying the public discussion involved confidential matters that both parties agreed to keep secret.
The motion was filed in a 2011 lawsuit brought by Chicago musician Rebecca Francescatti, who performs as Rebecca F and who claims Lady Gaga ripped off elements of her 1999 song "Juda" for Lady Gaga's 2011 hit "Judas." Both performers worked with recording engineer Brian Gaynor, who helped pitch ideas to Lady Gaga and is also being sued, Francescatti's attorneys said.
Lady Gaga came to Chicago in July during the Pitchfork Music Festival to be deposed for this case, said Francescatti's attorney Bill Niro. She was questioned for four hours at her attorney's offices, he said.
The singer and her record company have shown no interest in settling the case, Niro said. That could change if the lawsuit survives an expected motion asking a judge to dismiss the case.
"Right now, Lady Gaga's off having a wonderful old time, making millions of dollars," Niro said. "This isn't even on her radar screen. But if she has to put her meat dress in the food locker and show up in federal court, raise her right hand and swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, her attitude toward things might change a little bit."
The lawsuit has uncovered text messages between Lady Gaga and producer RedOne, whose real name is Nadir Khayat, that show Lady Gaga had also stolen another sample loop used in "Judas" and later in Lopez's song "Invading My Mind" without credit, Niro argued.
The texts and depositions from Lady Gaga and RedOne demonstrate that Lady Gaga knew she had stolen a sample for her hit "Judas" and, to cover her tracks, got Lopez to give her a producing credit on "Invading My Mind" even though Lady Gaga admitted she did no work on the track, Francescatti's attorneys said.
"It looks to me like a conspiracy of silence," Francescatti attorney Christopher Niro said at a Dec. 5 court hearing, according to a transcript. "(Lady Gaga) did nothing. No work."
But Lady Gaga's attorney Catherine Spector told Judge Jeffrey Gilbert that Christopher Niro's theory "just doesn't really hold up from our perspective" and said allowing him access to records involving Lopez's work would be "far outside the bounds of discovery" in the case.
A message left for Spector last week was not returned.
In the end, Gilbert agreed, saying the material would not be relevant to Francescatti's case, though he did allow her attorneys access to records on any "ongoing business activities" Lady Gaga has with the producers who are also being sued.
The case has opened a window into the making of a pop hit. Gilbert remarked that Christopher Niro has already demonstrated that Lady Gaga used a loop from reFX Audio Software without credit.
"My sense of this is … the way this music is composed is there isn't a musician within miles of this," Christopher Niro said, according to a transcript. "They're sitting at a computer. They're picking out segments. They're mixing them and mashing them and moving them around, and then they create this music. And when it comes out the end of the tunnel, nobody knows what elements went into that."
Both sides have hired experts to try to untangle the samples and determine whether Lady Gaga stole Francescatti's work. Discovery in the case is nearly complete, and Lady Gaga's attorneys are expected to file a motion asking a judge to dismiss the case, Bill Niro said.
Bill Niro said that while he disagrees that last month's transcript should be redacted, it is not worth fighting over.