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		<title>We&#8217;re revving back up&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://theplasticman.wordpress.com/2009/07/22/were-revving-back-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to the late-breaking $500,000 infusion from our friends in the plastic bag industry, we&#8217;re gonna be back and better than ever in the month leading up to the most important plastic bag election Seattle has ever seen. Get ready&#8230; and in the mean time, tool around the site to read up on our position, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theplasticman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4630494&amp;post=115&amp;subd=theplasticman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Press Release: Plastic bag industry group to &#8220;bridge the checkstand chasm,&#8221; request State bailout</title>
		<link>http://theplasticman.wordpress.com/2008/09/23/press-release-plastic-bag-industry-group-to-bridge-the-checkstand-chasm-request-state-bailout/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

For more information, contact theplasticman@hushmail.com

Plastic bag industry group to request State bailout 

Pledges to "bridge the check-stand chasm" and work with paper bag makers for relief

Seattle -- In a major development late Monday night, Plastic Bag Makers for More Plastic Bags (PBMforMBP) has announced their decision to request a preemptive bailout for the plastic bag industry in the face of the possible Seattle bag tax. 

"20 cents per bag -- frankly, we could afford that," explained group spokesperson T.P. Mann. "What's really going to hit us hard is the way the tax will encourage re-use over disposability. That, we simply can't afford."

The State faces a multi-billion dollar budget shortfall, but as with the analogous Federal deficit and Wall Street bailout, plastic bag industry leaders explain, this just makes the need for a bailout all the more pressing, serious, and time-sensitive.

"The Feds want to bail out Wall Street," said Mann. "But what about the makers of the bags that are blowing down Main Street?"<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theplasticman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4630494&amp;post=94&amp;subd=theplasticman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome West Seattle Herald readers!</title>
		<link>http://theplasticman.wordpress.com/2008/09/15/welcome-west-seattle-herald-readers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update (9/19): Wow! We&#8217;re seeing an unbelievable response from West Seattle, with insane traffic every day. Incredible &#8212; glad to see that there&#8217;s some sanity on the issue coming out of the SW Peninsula. And they say you can&#8217;t buy fairness! ******* What a pleasant surprise &#8212; the West Seattle Herald seems to have printed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theplasticman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4630494&amp;post=85&amp;subd=theplasticman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>$8 a signature is a bargain for our shareholders</title>
		<link>http://theplasticman.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/8-a-signature-is-a-bargain-for-our-shareholders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:51:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Seattle P-I reports today with disdain that the plastic industry spent nearly $200,000 collecting signatures against the fascist/communist/terrorist 20 cent bag tax. By their calculations, that works out to more than $8 a signature. But what&#8217;s the problem here? The bag tax is an assault on our very livelihood in the plastic bag industry. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theplasticman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4630494&amp;post=83&amp;subd=theplasticman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Can you afford the Seattle bag tax?</title>
		<link>http://theplasticman.wordpress.com/2008/08/31/can-you-afford-the-seattle-bag-tax/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even if you love reusing bags and think 20 cents is pretty affordable, I challenge you to ask yourself these questions and follow the links. Then see if the interests and concerns of the plastic bag industry don&#8217;t change your mind:    Can bag ladies afford the Seattle bag tax? Can urban crafters afford the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theplasticman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4630494&amp;post=56&amp;subd=theplasticman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Progressive Bag Advocates&#8221;:Is this satire?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We recently came across the website of some offshoot fake-grassroots organization launched by the American Chemistry Council, a big lobby group for the chemical industry. They call it &#8220;Progressive Bag Affiliates&#8221;, of all things, and the press release announcing the new group suggests that it&#8217;s dedicated to &#8220;promote the environmentally responsible use of plastic bags&#8221;, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theplasticman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4630494&amp;post=67&amp;subd=theplasticman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Put your conspiracy theories on hold</title>
		<link>http://theplasticman.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/put-your-conspiracy-theories-on-hold/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over at The Stranger&#8217;s irritatingly anti-bag &#8220;Slog&#8221; website, a sniveling enviro tried to evoke sarcasm in a comment thread, responding to a link we added to the conversation with: How much do you want to bet that both Plasticman and Mr. X work for the plastics industry and are getting paid for their BS rants [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theplasticman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4630494&amp;post=60&amp;subd=theplasticman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My country tis of thee</title>
		<link>http://theplasticman.wordpress.com/2008/08/27/my-country-tis-of-thee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are a non-partisan organization. We don&#8217;t believe in ideology or parties, but we believe in America, and America believes in plastic bags. But the Democratic Convention this week has us thinking: in all the talk about polls and votes and turnout and election results, it&#8217;s worth nothing that if using a plastic bag were [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theplasticman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4630494&amp;post=47&amp;subd=theplasticman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding Metropolitan Market&#8217;s Position</title>
		<link>http://theplasticman.wordpress.com/2008/08/27/understanding-metropolitan-markets-position/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We got our hot little hands on a copy of a statement from the Metropolitan Market high-end grocery chain on the bag tax. Like any customer-oriented business, it&#8217;s critical that they obfuscate their position in wishywashy language designed to appeal to both sides, but which in fact appeal to nobody. But by reading between the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theplasticman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4630494&amp;post=44&amp;subd=theplasticman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why the silence?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s obvious to any working person that 20 cents per grocery bag is an ungodly price to pay for a clean, sanitary plastic bag, at least if that price is paid by the consumer at the point of purchase, rather than through other costs like the cleanup of the Puget Sound or other externalized costs [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theplasticman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4630494&amp;post=42&amp;subd=theplasticman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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