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The End Of Al Sharpton's "Hunger Strike" Could Mean Fat Profits In Restaurant Stocks.

by Randy Barker

The Reverend Al Sharpton is still in the slammer in Brooklyn after being arrested for trespassing and civil disobedience while protesting the Navy's  bombing of Vieques Island in Puerto Rico. After being transferred from jail  in San Juan, Al decided to steal even more of the limelight from the other  members of the "Vieques Four", all Democrat politicians of Puerto Rican descent, and declare that he was staging a "hunger strike"  starting May 27th. But Avoirdupois Al, who has never missed many meals, quickly changed the nature of his protest from "hunger strike" to "fast", meaning that he was now eating soup. Since Al is scheduled to be in jail for 90 days, this could mean enormous windfall profits for investors in Campbell Soup (CPB) and Heinz Soup (HNZ). But the real money may be made after Al gets out of jail and hits the restaurants.

When Al gets sprung, he's going to be eating everything in sight and not limiting himself to fine dining. That's why it may be best to invest in the most profitable fast food and casual dining dynamos. Those include Applebees (APPB) and Krispy Kreme (KKD) who both split 2 for 1 the week of June 11th and are both in the top 10% for earnings growth. So are O Charley's (CHUX), Ruby Tuesday (RI), Ryan's Steakhouse (RYAN), Sonic Hamburgers (SONC), Jack In the Box
(JBX) and Chuck E. Cheese (CEC), all of which are near Mr. Sharpton's neighborhood.

Momentum investor? Then this could be an especially good time to switch out of booze stocks like Anheuser Busch (BUD) and into restaurant stocks since thought leaders Genna and Barbara Bush (no relation to August Busch) may be showing up for fewer brews. Especially at Democrat-run bars who call 911 and the local liberal media when Dubya daughters are discovered. No, Al Sharpton
is now the momentum investing bellwether. If you're hungry for profits, follow the man who's starving.

Stop Global Flatulence First !

This week, President Bush will attend the European Community Summit where he will come under pressure from the socialists assembled there to do something about "global warming" similar to the draconian restrictions of the 1992 Kyoto Treaty signed on to by Al Gore. The same treaty that was voted down by the U.S. Senate 95-0. This leftist scheme to redistribute wealth on a global basis would have the U.S. reduce greenhouse gases to the point that our economy would be wrecked and our whole way of life changed, while the real polluters of the world, like China, would have to do nothing. The environmentalist movement that warned of "global cooling" in the 1970s has been hijacked by Neo-Marxists.

Hopefully, Bush will have the guts to stand up to the pressure to do
something stupid coming from EU politicians and the American media. Especially since 17,000 scientists have signed on to the idea that there is no evidence any global warming is man-made.

Bush should arrive in Madrid ready with more realistic proposals than those proposed at Kyoto, ones that will combat the real sources of greenhouse gases. Proposals that would plug every volcano on Earth, cut down every photosynthesis-loving, carbon dioxide-requiring tree, and stop methane production by providing Beano for every chronically flatulent cow and termite on Earth.

Excerpts from NotSo SERIOUS MONEY,
a weekly online financial newsletter written
by randybarker@aol.com

Have A Profitable Week!
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