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Sfx: birds chirping sfx: birds chirping 47 past the hour. two very different must-read opinion pages. we'll start with the "new york times." fast food, low pay. this is mark bitman. a number of retail workers are now fighting for basic rights, halfway decent pay, a real work schedule, a right no organized health care, paid sick days, vacations and respect. next week organizers say we'll see a walkout of thousands of workers at hundreds of stores in at least seven cities including new york and chicago. something is happening here, though exactly what season

Baseball. separating political power hitters, those active in politics from those who not even swinging. who aren't. behavior with fair and foul and it pains me almost more than i can say, moj so correct to say the cub's owner joe rickets get top a-hole prize here. mojo recalling this amazing campaign story, the ameritrade founder depicting president obama as a fact black metrosexual abe lincoln. the most innocuous quadrant, pirates owner is compared favorably to an empty chair. see where your teams land on mothersjones.com. the holy grail for those who care about where their food comes from. ...

Regressive agenda. no post election private reversion to the moderate mean will change that. as we enter the era of the pivot, don't listen to what mitt romney says, look at what his party is doing. right now i'm joined by msnbc political analyst mike eric sidyson, huffington post senior political reporter and politics managing editor, amanda che cherkel, "washington times" reporter kerry pickett and mark bitman coming back, author of a number of books, "food matters," "a guide to conscious eating" and "how to cook everything" and he's also a food and opinion columnist for "the new york time...

Passed along to the consumers, and not only that but the tobacco companies are also -- the ones who are supporting our schip programs as well. so, at this point they are paying for it as a result. so, until, you know -- >> trillions of people are not dying as a result. >> exactly. the point is that is a confluence of public pressure, public health campaigns, regulation and all sort of state regulation. mark, i want to sort of give you the last word on this issue about regulation. >> you did. >> you'll have to write another column and we'll have you back on the show. this is what you do for a l...

♪ listen people listen to what i got to say ♪ a vocal introduction on this saturday morning. all right, last weekend we had one of our panelists mark bitman on our show to talk about pink slime, the substance that the meat industry calls lean, finalfinely textured beef. this is t-shirt in case you wanted to know what the message was. so, afterwards mark wrote a follow-up to the discussion which i loved on "the new york times" blog and we wanted to invite him back not only to continue the conversation but because a lot has happened this week in the world of food and the politics of food. ...