Editorial: Congratulations, McDonalds...you’re disgusting
Published on Thu., September 6th, 2007
America is a land of many traditions and standards. For instance, did you know that under each flag pole on each United States military base there can be found a gun, a bullet and a box of matches?
These items are a symbol for the defense of freedom that represent the oath of the armed forces to fight to the last bullet and then burn the flag.
Across the nation can be found museums commemorating battles, feats of American ingenuity, and natural wonders of this great land, all of them serving as a reminder of the past to those of us living in the present and working for a future. Museums are intended to educate, inspire, provide a link to history and to the discoveries of yore.
MSNBC called the Big Mac “a veritable pop culture phenomenon.” Really? Are people actually wasting money on this?
So, it was with a low-hung head and a sigh that we read of the opening of a certain museum in Huntingdon, Penn. dedicated to two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles and onions on a sesame seed bun.
Yes, the Big Mac is turning 40 this year and with this birthday celebration comes the establishment of an institution whose sole purpose is to educate its patrons about a hamburger sandwich.
Jim Delligatti, 89, the McDonald’s franchise owner who invented the fast-food, artery-clogging monstrosity in 1967, is the man responsible for the opening of the Big Mac Museum and Restaurant full of memorabilia, celebratory exhibits and “the world’s largest Big Mac statue.”
MSNBC called the Big Mac “a veritable pop culture phenomenon.”
Really? Are people actually wasting money on this?
We’re no great philosophers, but there’s something particularly idiotic and farcical about celebrating a fast food item. Do people really care when it was invented? Do they really give a damn where and when somebody first said, “Super Size Me!” Is this really a milestone in American culture of which we all should be proud?
If so, it’s a cultural low point. We’re a nation of idiots who commemorate monstrous commercialized hunks of charred flesh with plastic sculptures. We set golden calves (cooked ones at that) up on pedestals next to goofy red-haired clowns and expect people to have reverence for us as a nation.
Well, we suppose that it is a symbol of how a simple idea can turn into a multi-million-dollar-a-year business. We congratulate McDonald’s on its achievements as a corporation. They’ve shown us that no matter how successful and powerful a conglomerate is, they’re still a bunch of people who never pass up an opportunity to display how insipid they really are.
Thank you, and have a nice day.
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scintillating
Will your next editorial be about the shame of stopping at the "World's Largest Ball of Twine" or the horrors of having a city like Las Vegas with which to celebrate our Sodom and Gomorrah-like excess.
People love the Big Mac. As evidenced by the ability of anybody born in the past 40 years ability to sing the theme song of the sandwich. I personally don't enjoy it, but I'm not going to hold it up as the ruination of our country. We are a nation of capitalists. This is a celebration of capitalism. McDonald's was once a burger joint, not a Multi-National Giant, but thanks to enough people "wasting money on it" it has grown to become a recognizable symbol of our economy.
Find a better outlet for your outrage editorial staff. Hopefully an outlet that doesn't come with fries.
I was hoping the next editorial will be on the horrors of a late night run to Taco Bell. I can hardly wait.
Hmmm, will chock this article up to the Kansan not weeding out the weak writers/editors yet.
First, about the flag reference. http://www.snopes.com/military/flagball....
Or don’t editorials need to be factual? Did you really think there is a gun beneath every flagpole on every military base? Wow.
As for the McDonald's diatribe. Your writer’s true colors are revealed when they refer to a Big Mac as "charred flesh". Ummm, vegan much?
Thank you, and have a nice day.
Actually, the editorial writer was neither vegan nor any other form of vegetarian. The writer once grilled me the best steak I ever ate. As for the flagpole thing; can sight an official military source and not “snopes.com” to prove that this was never ever done in the history of the United States?
You're welcome, and now you have a nice day as well.
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