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Pizzaonian pizza conglomerate, Pizza digogo DiVinci joins with John Frank Associates in new advertising venture.

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FROM:  PIZZAONIAN NEWS SERVICE (PNS)

Contact:  Publicio Relationio at the PNS office of Public Relations at   PIZZAONIAN@YAHOO.COM

SUBJECT:  Pizzaonian pizza conglomerate, Pizza digogo DiVinci joins with John Frank Associates in new advertising venture. 

In a stunning announcement, Pizzaonian pizza conglomerate, Pizza digogo DiVinci, will enter the marketing and advertising world by joining with John Frank Associates, a small and relatively unknown marketing firm. 

This is the first departure for Pizza digogo DiVinci from the mozzarella pizza world they now dominate in Pizzaonia.  Since their alliance with Pizzaonian Monasteries, the conglomerate’s miracle, mozzarella pizza, has not only become the national food, but the national symbol of the Pizzaonian world as well. It also marks their first business venture away from the beta-world of Pizzaonia

Brother Giorgio Di Augustino*, who now heads Bakery operations for Pizza digogo, will also spearhead the advertising and marketing administration for the conglomerate. 

When asked about the oddity of this move and the alliance with an unknown company Brother Di Augustino said, "This venture is not strange to those who know our history.  John Frank Associates is an idea company and we are an idea that they created.  What better basis could you find for a relationship than that?” 

If the success of the conglomerate in Pizzaonia is any indication of the future, their relationship with John Frank Associates will be interesting to watch.

 
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This year the opening of spring training was treated like a minor version of the World Series!

 
If there is one thing you cannot help but notice in our so-called throw away culture is that we don’t throw as much away anymore, particularly when you can sell to someone what we used to throw away. You notice this with food, sports and entertainment. 

I was in the store the other day and I bought what I thought was a bag of pretzels.  But when I got home and opened the package, I noticed I had bought a bag of pretzel pieces.  

It wasn’t too long ago that when pretzels were being made the broken pieces were thrown away.  Now they are packaged in bright special packages and sold as a specialty product.  Nice work if you can get it. 

The more I got thinking about this, the coming baseball season came to mind. When I was kid spring training was where out of shape baseball players came to get ready for the season.  It was pretty casual, at least in the beginning, and for most people that showed up to watch, it was free, or almost so. 

This year the opening of spring training was treated like a minor version of the World Series. Players who did not perform well immediately were berated by the press and fans for being less than perfect. 

 
I can remember when some of the great pitchers in the game had trouble finding the plate, much less throwing strikes, when they first showed up for spring training, and no one was surprised.  It begs the question: What changed? 

What changed was baseball discovered it could make spring training an event and charge substantially for it.* Also, it became a bonanza for the tourist business in the areas that the teams trained.  

For baseball to pull this off, you need to charge big bucks and you need to have a better than average product to sell.  And that’s what spring training has become. In sports and entertainment today, casual practice properly packaged, is a saleable product. 

It would not surprise me if there are many plaguing injuries to ball players this year.  If there is, part of the reason is because they did not have the luxury of getting ready for the season.  Instead, like the bag of broken pretzels in shiny packages, they had to perform to unrealistic early expectations.  Play Ball! 

Brother Giovanni, PNS Bureau Chief, Pizzaonian News Service

* Professional football was way ahead, as usual, on this one.

 

PNS BREAKING NEWS: “It is clear to us when the people spoke and elected us, they also chose not to speak anywhere else.”

 
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FROM: PIZZAONIAN NEWS SERVICE (PNS)

Contact:  Brother Relationio at the PNS office of Public Relations at   PIZZAONIAN@YAHOO.COM

Subject:  GreenTea Party:  The people have spoken and they choose not to speak.

Today, Green Tea Party representatives in California made it clear that with the election of their members, “the people have spoken.”

When asked why they have decided to not let a tax initiative come to the ballot, an unnamed source said: “It is clear to us when the people spoke and elected us, they also chose not to speak anywhere else.”

When asked to clarify this statement there was no further comment.

More as it develops ……….

Brother Giovanni, Worldonia Bureau Chief, Pizzaonian News Service.

 

PNS BREAKING NEWS - Price of buying a politician drops to a new low.

 

 

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FROM:  PIZZAONIAN NEWS SERVICE (PNS)

Contact:  Brother Relationio at the PNS office of Public Relations at   PIZZAONIAN@YAHOO.COM

SUBJECT: Price of buying a politician drops to a new low.  Price drop so substantial it will affect the American inflation rate.

In a surprising announcement today, the Pizzaonian Accounting Institute announced the price of buying an American politician has dropped as much as 50 per cent. 

With the effective destruction of the American union movement there is no longer a competitive bidder for owning an elected official. 

The price drop is so precipitous that it will affect the current rate of inflation in the American economy. 

When told by a reporter the effect of their current power grab of the political system could cost them a substantial cut in the price for their subservience, one currently elected official was heard to say, “Dam, never thought of that!” 

More as it develops… 

Brother Giovanni, Worldonia Bureau Chief, Pizzaonian News Service

 

The pioneer fighters for worker's rights are rolling over in their graves.

 
What is amazing about the demise of our public employee unions is their demise was not only predictable; they built and handed the club to their opponents to use against them. 

The collective enemies of organized labor wasted no time, and without so much as a thank you, took the club and beat the union movement into oblivion. 

Why the union leadership did not see this coming, and did nothing about it, should be the subject of considerable research when historians try to figure out why unions decided to commit suicide by applied arrogance and neglect. 

The original founders and fighters for worker's rights are rolling over in their graves.

Brother Giovanni

 

It’s time to become unreasonable about reasonableness!

 
It’s time to become unreasonable about reasonableness. 

How many of you out there are like me.  That is you pride yourself on being reasonable and able to work out solutions with people and groups of differing persuasions. 

Well I got news for you!  This doesn’t work anymore.  The reason is simple – political ideologues.  There are no longer reasonable people in charge. And, you find out in a hurry when you approach ideologues with your reasonableness they see you as a ripe plum ready to be plucked. 

I, for one, am fed up with political ideologues on both sides.  Anyone aware of our history realizes our greatness was about building a consensus of ideas from both sides of the political spectrum.  What happened to that as an idea? 

 

Well we have been co-opted by fear mongers, special interest, and power seekers whose personal welfare trumps everything, including the well-being of this great republic.  Enough already! 

So where does that leave the rest of us?  Nowhere unless you are ready to become unreasonable about being reasonable. It’s time to hear the voices of reasonable people, no longer being reasonable about reasonableness before it’s too late. 

Brother Giovanni, PNS Worldonia Bureau Chief, Pizzaonian News Service

 

From PNS NEWS: Family willing to go homeless if it's good for the country!

 
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FROM:  PIZZAONIAN NEWS SERVICE (PSN)

Contact:  Brother Giovanni, Worldonia Bureau Chief, PNS, at  PIZZAONIAN@YAHOO.COM

 SUBJECT:  Willing to go homeless if it is good for the country!

In a stunning announcement, a refuge family rescued by the United States from a war ravaged country proclaimed today they were willing to become homeless and destitute if it will serve their new country. 

This family, whose only means of support is money they receive from a home care allowance from the federal and state government for caring for their bedridden and elderly father, indicated they are willing to accept the loss of their only money if the country would be kept safer by allowing the rich to save on taxes.

“If giving the rich more money will save the country, it is the least we can do.  As far as our welfare is concerned, we have had a good run and what is, is. If becoming destitute and homeless to help the rich is good for our country, it is our duty to rise to the occasion"  said one family member who is also disabled. 

With such acts of patriotism how can anyone deny the greatness of this country!  PNS NEWS SERVICE