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...That option apparently wasn't good enough for Caesar Barber. Last Friday, he filed a lawsuit against McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King and Kentucky Fried Chicken. Barber claims they sold him the food that made him obese, and that they should therefore be held accountable for "wrecking his life...
...They said '100 percent beef.' I thought that meant it was good for you," Barber told Newsday. "I thought the food...
...Back to Mr. Barber. According to the Associated Press, Barber is a 5-foot-10-inch maintenance worker who weighs 272 pounds. He suffered heart attacks in 1996 and 1999 and has diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Samuel Hirsch, Barber's lawyer, told the AP, "There is direct deception when someone omits telling people food digested is detrimental to their health...
...call abject stupidity when someone refuses to take even the slightest bit of responsibility for their own actions - or, for that matter, refuses to walk the extra three feet and read the nutrition information posted on the wall of almost every fast-food restaurant. I'm sorry Mr. Barber isn't well, but when you've had multiple heart attacks, and you continue to eat Biggie Fries for lunch, you've either got a serious lack of IQ points and probably shouldn't be allowed to wander the streets alone, or you've got a death wish...
...courses on Enron to their fall lineup; a new book, How Companies Lie, promises to help investors see through the smoke and break the mirrors of corporate accounting. People say they have stopped investing and play poker instead; it's a safer bet. The Wall Street Journal profiles the barber who has given up on cnbc and now takes longer walks with his wife because he knows he has to stay in shape--he'll be working more years than he had thought. Fully one-third of Americans between 50 and 64 said they had decided to delay their retirement...