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May 1, 2008
Beat 360° - 5/1/08
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Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., seated next to Vice Chair Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., holds up a loaf of bread on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, during the Joint Economic Committee’s hearing on rising food prices.

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Jay, Denver CO   May 1st, 2008 3:27 pm ET

“Can we put this in peoples’ gas tanks?”

Traci- Warren, MN   May 1st, 2008 3:29 pm ET

I said I wanted bologna not Maloney.

carolyn hunter   May 1st, 2008 3:29 pm ET

‘Mrs Maloney do you have the boloney to go with this’?

CAMERON COX   May 1st, 2008 3:30 pm ET

MALONEY SANDWICH?

CAMERON COX
WINNIPEG, CANADA

Joseph Kowalski, North Huntingdon, PA   May 1st, 2008 3:32 pm ET

What do I hear for this loaf of bread? We’ll start the bidding at 100 dollars.

Jenny   May 1st, 2008 3:32 pm ET

In addition to that chicken inevery pot we also guarentee one loaf of bread and one jar of peanutbutter.
or
PB@J for everyone!!!!

Jenny Rome GA

Cindy   May 1st, 2008 3:33 pm ET

Sen. Schumer: Trying to work out this economy mess turned out to be my bread and butter!

Michael, NC   May 1st, 2008 3:34 pm ET

So let me get this straight…this is the last remaining loaf of bread from Zimbabwe? How much can we get for this on Ebay?

CAMERON COX   May 1st, 2008 3:34 pm ET

POLITICIANS LOAFING AROUND IN WASHINGTON.

CAMERON COX
WINIPEG, CANADA

Susan   May 1st, 2008 3:34 pm ET

The cost of yeast is why his bread is rising.

Susan
Phoenixville,PA

Cindy   May 1st, 2008 3:37 pm ET

Schumer: OK Maloney…I brought the bread so let’s stop all of this “baloney”! We all know the economy is fine!

Albert S (Toronto, ON Canada)   May 1st, 2008 3:39 pm ET

No need for a lunch break. I’ll just fix myself a Maloney sandwich.

Cindy   May 1st, 2008 3:39 pm ET

Hey…we are cooking up a plan to make the economy rise just like this loaf!

Jermaine Johnson   May 1st, 2008 3:40 pm ET

My friends, it not that bad its only a couple cents raise, wont hurt my pocket certaintly wont hurts yours.

Jermaine
Miami, Fl

Albert S (Toronto, ON Canada)   May 1st, 2008 3:41 pm ET

We’ve got the bread, now all we need is some of that government cheese.

donna   May 1st, 2008 3:42 pm ET

Who will give me five dollars for this loaf of bread, or five dollars for a gallon of gas? Sold.

Jermaine Johnson   May 1st, 2008 3:42 pm ET

Bread tastes so good and a couple cents more is all its worth.

Travis, Los Angeles CA   May 1st, 2008 3:43 pm ET

I tell my aide Pepperidge Farm, and do I get my Milanos? No, bread!

Jermaine Johnson   May 1st, 2008 3:43 pm ET

Bread tastes so good it will make you smile.
jermaine
miami, fl

Albert S (Toronto, ON Canada)   May 1st, 2008 3:43 pm ET

Alright, who put this on my chair. Real mature.

Allan Nkoba   May 1st, 2008 3:43 pm ET

Is This Orville Redenbacher’s Brand?

Ivan Freeman, New York   May 1st, 2008 3:44 pm ET

This is the greatest thing since, er, sliced bread.

Albert S (Toronto, ON Canada)   May 1st, 2008 3:45 pm ET

Worst prop-comic ever.

Allan Nkoba Boston,MA   May 1st, 2008 3:45 pm ET

It must be Orville Redenbacher’s

Cindy   May 1st, 2008 3:46 pm ET

To eat or not to eat…if we can’t get these prices down THAT will be the question!

Travis, Los Angeles CA   May 1st, 2008 3:47 pm ET

It’s guns or butter. Hand over the butter, or I’m getting my gun.

Marilyn; Latham, NY   May 1st, 2008 3:47 pm ET

“We need to get a lot done today, so instead of taking our regular lunch break, I’ll be handing out sandwiches.”

Jane, Detroit, MI   May 1st, 2008 3:48 pm ET

What I am trying to say, fellow Senators, is that Americans don’t have the bread to buy this bread anymore!

alice   May 1st, 2008 3:48 pm ET

I can afford this loaf of bread but can everybody?

Kristien,Antwerp, Belgium   May 1st, 2008 3:50 pm ET

“I thought that Loafersluch ment that I had to bring a loaf to lunch…”

Dori in AZ   May 1st, 2008 3:50 pm ET

Macroeconomics 101. The world is like a loaf of bread & each slice represents a single country. . . .

CAMERON COX   May 1st, 2008 3:50 pm ET

BREAD AND CIRCUSES.

CAMERON COX
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA

Kathie   May 1st, 2008 3:51 pm ET

Another example of pliticians loafing around

Dori in AZ   May 1st, 2008 3:52 pm ET

One of the few products still sold in the United States that wasn’t made in China!

Nick   May 1st, 2008 3:53 pm ET

I did not get this loaf from Rev Wright !

linda., bella vista, ar   May 1st, 2008 3:53 pm ET

Pepperidge Farm double wrapped with pretty print….hmmmmm. Got any elitist baloney to go with that?

Dori in AZ   May 1st, 2008 3:55 pm ET

Best low-leaded bread on the market!

Lynn Lake County, CA   May 1st, 2008 3:55 pm ET

The price rises-the content shrinks

Kathie   May 1st, 2008 3:58 pm ET

Anyway you slice it food prices are rising .

Ivan Freeman, New York   May 1st, 2008 3:58 pm ET

Madam Chairwoman, my esteemed colleagues on the Committee, and my fellow Americans: I shall now consume my entire weekly fiber requirement in one bite!

Tim Lovell, Manton,Michigan   May 1st, 2008 3:59 pm ET

Hey, I can show you what is high priced and has to go in to the tank, and it will not take chauffered limos to do it.

suman bathina   May 1st, 2008 4:00 pm ET

Loaf of bread on Auction,survival of the richest!

suman ,
Los Angeles,CA

Kathie   May 1st, 2008 4:00 pm ET

Is this what they mean by a WRY sense of humour ?

michael in california   May 1st, 2008 4:00 pm ET

I’d like to remind everyone that today’s session is sponsered by Pepperidge Farm.

Tracey Anderson - Boston   May 1st, 2008 4:03 pm ET

Let them eat cake

Megan D.   May 1st, 2008 4:03 pm ET

we need more bread to buy about $1.00 dollar, we can’t afford economy to save gas. we are poor and no money to pay food. :)
Megan D.
Shoreline, Wa

Mark - Los Angeles   May 1st, 2008 4:12 pm ET

Ladies and Gentleman…

Our NEW… Improved… Fortified American Currency!

Cindy Georgia   May 1st, 2008 4:12 pm ET

What is that stale bread from the Food bank? My face would crack if I bite that!

john latrobe pa.   May 1st, 2008 4:12 pm ET

“You’re gonna be toast !”

Kent, Illinois   May 1st, 2008 4:13 pm ET

Get the baloney Mrs. Maloney ……….I need a samich.

Damian - Atlanta, GA   May 1st, 2008 4:14 pm ET

You’ll take this loaf out of my cold dead hands!!

Damian

Denise Gradwell   May 1st, 2008 4:16 pm ET

I remember when you could buy a loaf of bread for fifty cents a loaf. Now you have to practically take out a second mortgage on your house to buy groceries like this.

john latrobe pa.   May 1st, 2008 4:17 pm ET

“Do you know what kind of a jam you’re in?”

Betty Ann   May 1st, 2008 4:18 pm ET

Excuse me, but if someone could turn my water into wine we could give the senate a much meeded cleansing.

Betty Ann
Nacogdoches,TX

Damian - Atlanta, GA   May 1st, 2008 4:18 pm ET

I believe the American people care most about the bread and butter issues. Now, can I interest anyone in a turkey, ham, and swiss?

Damian

Louie Alvarez   May 1st, 2008 4:18 pm ET

This Joint Economic Committee hearing brought to you by our friends at Pepperidge Farms.

Daniel, Westminster CA   May 1st, 2008 4:24 pm ET

That is not funny! Who put this in my seat? Do you how much this stuff is worth? Mrs. Maloney you’re they only one smerkng!

john latrobe pa.   May 1st, 2008 4:24 pm ET

TOO MANY LOAFERS IN THE SENATE

Michelle   May 1st, 2008 4:27 pm ET

In today;s economy , how can Americans
be breadwinners ?

Michelle, Virginia

Jon - Raleigh   May 1st, 2008 4:28 pm ET

Why Light Syle bread Mrs. Maloney? Are you trying to tell me something?

Lloyd in TX   May 1st, 2008 4:30 pm ET

Thank God, Passover has ended.

john latrobe pa.   May 1st, 2008 4:30 pm ET

“….It’ll take more bread than this to buy a U. S. Senator !”

Lloyd in TX   May 1st, 2008 4:30 pm ET

What’s the whitest thing in this picture?

Lloyd in TX   May 1st, 2008 4:32 pm ET

This is what works for me, but my wife prefers that Aptivia yougart.

Lloyd in TX   May 1st, 2008 4:33 pm ET

The one of you who can come closest to the actual retail price without going over, will get to join us in our showdown showcase.

Jon - Raleigh   May 1st, 2008 4:33 pm ET

Isn’t it ironic that in discussions about rising food prices that bread is used as a prop. Hmm…..

Dori in AZ   May 1st, 2008 4:34 pm ET

The cost of bread is impacting thousands of hungry ducks & geese at parks all across the nation!

Jon - Raleigh   May 1st, 2008 4:35 pm ET

It’s an absolute tragedy that we can’t recruit and retain good bag boys. I bought this at the grocery store just 10 minutes ago and it was on the bottom of the bag……THE BOTTOM. Everyone knows you put the bread on the top. And no one on the committee seems to care.

Dori in AZ   May 1st, 2008 4:36 pm ET

People demand to know why “light” bread with “less” calories costs “more!”

Ralph M   May 1st, 2008 4:36 pm ET

When I said, “I made a lot of bread”, I meant I was highly paid.

Ralph Morones
La Canada

john latrobe pa.   May 1st, 2008 4:36 pm ET

EL PRIMERO de MAYO

Tony   May 1st, 2008 4:37 pm ET

Presidnt Bush: This makes good turkey stuffing , I don’t see why you would not be able to stuff it.
Tony
Roxbury, MA

Dan Manes   May 1st, 2008 4:41 pm ET

“I don’t care if you call it French toast or freedom toast, it’s too expensive.”

Dan Manes
San Diego, CA

Ralph Whitsell   May 1st, 2008 4:41 pm ET

“Hello?! Hello? Hel-Ok..whos the wiseguy that replaced my phone with this loaf of split top white!?!”

Tony V, Campbell Ohio   May 1st, 2008 4:41 pm ET

Hey…..who elected that Pepperidge Farms guy to Congress?

Jolene   May 1st, 2008 4:43 pm ET

“I’m the FBI (Federal Bread Inspector) and we’re toast.”

Jolene, St. Joseph, MI

john latrobe pa.   May 1st, 2008 4:43 pm ET

“….For the record. Your background is in what field?”

Dori in AZ   May 1st, 2008 4:43 pm ET

Nothing funny about a loaf of bread costing as much as a coffee at Starbucks!

Lloyd in TX   May 1st, 2008 4:44 pm ET

Who wants to go with me and feed the ducks in the reflecting pool?

Ralph Whitsell   May 1st, 2008 4:44 pm ET

“I can relate to strain of high food costs that the average American are absorbing! I sent my BUTLER out to pick up this loaf of bread, and only got 37 cents back!”

Grammie in O)klahoma   May 1st, 2008 4:46 pm ET

This loaf cost $l.00 less last month and was not day-old bread.

Dori in AZ   May 1st, 2008 4:49 pm ET

Sen. Schumer opened the discussion on the benefits of wheat over white…. Vice Chair Rep. Maloney reminded him that this was the Joint Economic Committee & not the Food Network.

Ralph Whitsell   May 1st, 2008 4:49 pm ET

“I will now demonstrate how I will feed the entire Senate..with two fish..and THIS loaf of bread!”

gwen   May 1st, 2008 4:51 pm ET

from California:

Ms. Maloney - we’ll be needing the bolonie!

Ralph Whitsell   May 1st, 2008 4:52 pm ET

“Until we reach an agreement on lowering food costs…I will eat nothing..but this bread…and this bottle of water..”

Dori in AZ   May 1st, 2008 4:53 pm ET

Any idea how expensive it’s getting to cut the crusty ends off for the kids?

Jack Magestro in Wisconsin   May 1st, 2008 4:58 pm ET

Senator Shumer proclaims he took no campaign money from Pepridge Farms.

Dori in AZ   May 1st, 2008 4:58 pm ET

Let’s discuss cost cutting measures. How about cutting the packaging out altogether & selling bread by the slice? Single eggs instead of cartons? Individual jelly beans?

Ralph Whitsell-West Plains Mo.   May 1st, 2008 4:59 pm ET

“Fellow Senators…before we get started…I would like the Senator responsible for clogging the chamber toilets..with THIS loaf of bread, to stand up and take responsibility!”

john latrobe pa.   May 1st, 2008 5:00 pm ET

“It’ll be croutons for you if you perjure yourself !”

Anna Karina   May 1st, 2008 5:00 pm ET

Qu’ils mangent du “pain” !

Jack Magestro in Wisconsin   May 1st, 2008 5:00 pm ET

Senator Shumer makes the argument that the economy needs
more bread and less fruitcakes.

Betty Ann   May 1st, 2008 5:01 pm ET

Excuse me, but if someone could turn my water into wine we could give the senate a much kneaded cleansing. ;-D

Betty Ann
Nacogdoches,TX

John   May 1st, 2008 5:02 pm ET

“Beware the yeast of the Pharisees.”

Jacqueline   May 1st, 2008 5:04 pm ET

Sen Schumer: I hate to sound preachy, but ‘Man can’t live by bread alone,” but it sure wouldn’t hurt to have some in the bank. So, what do say we send another six-hundred or more out to our tax payers, ha?

Jack Magestro in Wisconsin   May 1st, 2008 5:04 pm ET

You see this? We’ve cut costs at the federal level. We now make our own lunches!

Mark-West Plains Mo.   May 1st, 2008 5:04 pm ET

“We seem to have miss placed the traditional “8 ball” we normally use to answer the REALLY TOUGH issues..so today we will be using this “magical loaf of white bread” that Senator Maloney has generously provided..”

Zac, Pleasant Hill, CA   May 1st, 2008 5:08 pm ET

“We must do something to combat high food…uh…hold on…Carolyn, you’re not connected with Roger Clemens are you?

Su L, Antwerp, BE   May 1st, 2008 5:09 pm ET

Schumer:…and this loaf of bread costs 15% more than…
Maloney: don’t squeeze, that’s my lunch, dinner and breakfast

Dori in AZ   May 1st, 2008 5:09 pm ET

Yeast - all around food, beverage & fuel provider!

Spider   May 1st, 2008 5:17 pm ET

“OK, I brought this loaf of bread. I was wondering if I could get my esteemed colleague and Vice Chair, to make me a sandwich. Bake me a pie if you could too, sweetie.”

Jacqueline   May 1st, 2008 5:19 pm ET

Schumer: I hate to sound preachy, but as example for us, Christ divided five loaves of bread and two fish and fed five thousand. So just imagine the miracles an individual can perform with a little bit more bread in their pockets. C’mon have a half…I mean, a heart.

winrus   May 1st, 2008 5:20 pm ET

We all heard congress is passing out the bread to 130 million American households in May.
Isn’t the stimulus package suppose to be given in the form of a check?

john latrobe pa.   May 1st, 2008 5:21 pm ET

“If we cut the weight by 50%…We can lower the price by 20%”

Lloyd in TX   May 1st, 2008 5:21 pm ET

Well you could go to the White House for a hot-dog, or just stay here with me for some PB&J.

Lloyd in TX   May 1st, 2008 5:22 pm ET

I respectfully ask my esteemed colleague from the state of South Carolina to “GO LONG!!!”

Lloyd in TX   May 1st, 2008 5:24 pm ET

Who took my jar of Goober out of the fridge?

Lloyd in TX   May 1st, 2008 5:26 pm ET

MOM?!!!!
But I wanted the Wonder Kids Bread!

Jacqueline   May 1st, 2008 5:29 pm ET

So who’s the wise guy? I ASKED FOR KOSHER!

Lloyd in TX   May 1st, 2008 5:36 pm ET

…And don’t even get me started on what’s happened to size of bagels lately. I mean in my day you could get one the size of your head for dime, but today you’ll be lucky to find one half that size for less then two dollars. ….Unless of course you want the creme cheese too… Ha! That they tell me will be extra now. Well let me tell you when I was a kid creme cheese was a given, and it was dispensed from a large crock delivered fresh by the dairy that same morning. …Yep….Yep….We had no need for those ridiculous little packets of creme cheese that you can barely open unless you use your teeth…..And what are those anyway. I mean were they originally intended for astronauts or something….?

….Oh, sorry Mr Chairman, is my time up?

Kristien,Antwerp, Belgium   May 1st, 2008 5:38 pm ET

“Listen, to proof that the people in the White House are a bunch of loafers we are gonna need more than this!”

Jolene   May 1st, 2008 5:39 pm ET

Carbo Diem!

Jolene, St. Joseph, MI

denise, nc   May 1st, 2008 5:46 pm ET

Mrs. Maloney, I don’t care what you do about rice ,but don’t put the squeeze on my Pepperidge Farms light style soft wheat bread.

Pamina   May 1st, 2008 5:48 pm ET

If we can just figure out a way to make this bread turn into fuel!

Jeff   May 1st, 2008 5:50 pm ET

“Alright Maloney, we’re down by 6 and it’s the fourth quarter, GO LONG!”

Jeff
Old Bridge, NJ

Ed Freisthler Sidney, Oh   May 1st, 2008 5:53 pm ET

I have 1 loaf here to trade for a gallon of gas. Anyone?

Chris - Hemet, Ca.   May 1st, 2008 5:53 pm ET

“Do I hear $3.00?”

john latrobe pa.   May 1st, 2008 5:58 pm ET

“The Jonathan Swift Meat Packing Co. has a Modest Proposal.”

Terry   May 1st, 2008 6:04 pm ET

So Schumer got the bread, but Spitzer got nutella

Kathy, Chicago   May 1st, 2008 6:04 pm ET

Hey Baby! Vote my way and I’ll share this with you!

Mel   May 1st, 2008 6:05 pm ET

Being a “bread-winner “in America use to be easy!
Now you need enough dough just to buy the bread….

Terry   May 1st, 2008 6:08 pm ET

Let’s just give Doctor Atkins the Medal of honor Posthumously.

Jan - OH   May 1st, 2008 8:35 pm ET

What if we impose a “bread tax holiday” to let consumers save a PENNY per POUND?

Sean in Dallas   May 1st, 2008 9:02 pm ET

Ever “wonder” about the economy?

Sean in Dallas   May 1st, 2008 9:04 pm ET

I don’t know. Someone said someting about a “Joint” committee so I brought munchies!

Sean in Dallas   May 1st, 2008 9:04 pm ET

I don’t know. Someone said something about a “Joint” committee so I brought munchies!

joanne/ florida   May 1st, 2008 9:22 pm ET

this is an example of what americans used to be able to buy just 8 years ago, just wait until they find out what the price of water will become

Carol B., Virginia   May 1st, 2008 9:23 pm ET

“This will soon be more valuable than currency. Enjoy your raise.”

Charles and Bruce in New York City   May 1st, 2008 9:24 pm ET

Can we spread a little truth on a slice… It is the cost of the fuel to get this loaf to the market that is the real bologna.

michelle: Ont,Canada   May 1st, 2008 9:24 pm ET

What carbs? I don’t see any carbs. Carbs are the enemy according to the South Beach Diet. Kill the carbs

joanne/ florida   May 1st, 2008 9:37 pm ET

I’m getting convinced we should cut out those earmarks simply because of this

Colleen B. (St. Joseph, Missouri)   May 1st, 2008 9:42 pm ET

“Bread and water for everyone!”

Colleen B. (St. Joseph, MO)   May 1st, 2008 9:46 pm ET

“I’ll trade you this loaf of bread for a gallon of gas.”

Judi Smith   May 1st, 2008 9:48 pm ET

I was running late today because I bought bread instead of gas this morning and had to walk to work!

Daniel from California   May 1st, 2008 9:51 pm ET

Congress up to their usual tricks: “I said, Let Them Eat Bread.”

Mike - OC, Calif   May 1st, 2008 9:55 pm ET

Stop your whining and make your choice . . . this fine loaf of bread or a gallon of gas !

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