The Name Game -OR- Assisted Stupidity

What do the following have in common?

* Absopure
* Acryon
* A.H.Schwab
* Altoids
* Airstream
* Allison
* All-Pro
* American Hostess
* American Pickles
* Antoine's
* Aqua Queen
* Argosy
* Arist O' Kraft
* Armitage Realty Co.
* Assumption Abbey
* Aunt Nellie's
* Avan
* Avis
* Banner
* Barbara Dee
* Barcrest
* Beatrice
* Beatreme
* Becky Kay's
* Beeforcan
* Beefbreak
* Beneke
* Best Jet
* Bickford
* Bighorn
* Big Pete
* Bireley's
* Blue Ribbon
* Blue Valley
* Body Shaper
* Bogene
* Boizet
* Bonanza
* Bosman
* Bowers
* Bredan
* Brenner
* Brookside
* Brown Miller
* Bubble Stream
* Burny Bakers
* Butterball
* Butterchef Bakery
* Buttercrust
* Buxton
* Byrons
* California Products beverage mixes
* Campus Casuals sport clothing
* Captain Kids food products
* Cartwheels travel bags
* CCA Furniture accessories
* Chapelcord school and religious apparel
* Charmglow barbecue grills and outdoor products
* Checkers beverages
* Chicago red wine products
* Chicago specialty plumbing tools and supplies
* Churngold condiments
* Cincinnati Fruit condiments and fountain syrups
* Citro Crest beverage mixes
* Clark candy
* Classic travel bags
* Classy Crisps
* Cook n' Cajun barbecue equipment
* Costello's food products
* Country Hearth baked goods
* County Line cheeses
* Cow Boy Jo's meat specialties
* Culligan
* C.W. pickles
* Dannon
* Good & Plenty
* Hunt's
* Jolly Rancher
* Kobey's
* Krispy Kreme
* La Choy
* Meadow Gold
* Morgan Yacht Company
* Orville Redenbacher
* Peter Pan
* Pik-Nik
* Playtex
* Rosarita
* Rusty Jones
* Samsonite
* Shedd's
* Stiffel Lamps
* Swiss Miss
* Swift Ice Cream
* Tropicana
* Wesson
* World Dryer hand dryers

The answer is #22.

There's a few clinkers in the list, but most represent well-known/respected brands.
So why were they assembled, disassembled, reassembled then dismembered?
A primer in "too big to fail, too big to be accountable" and the predatory, parasitic nature of greed without conscience. Oh, and Clinton's fault. Yeah, that's the ticket.

Lather, rinse, repeat?