I'm Lovin' It

I've tried to turn over a new leaf in 2010 and quell my anger.  Unfortunately, when I glanced at the other side of said leaf there were many more things that aggravated me (Shocker).  For instance, for the first time in my life I am very angry with fast food giant and former contributer to my waistline--Mc Donald's.  And no, it's not over the recent bastardizing of my beloved Big Mac into a fast food freak called The Big Mac Wrap. BTW, I really can't believe that the McDonald's think tank thought this idea was a winner.  I can only figure that they are hoping to convince the painfully stupid out there that wrapping a warm tortilla around fattening food is a healthier choice.  (Now that's the type of world I want to be part of!  Oh, it's 3,000 calories? Well, just wrap a warm tortilla around it--hey, I'm counting my calories.)

I digress.  Anyone else see this article?   Apparently, the big wigs over at the McDonald's compound in Oak Brook has their Happy Meals is a twist over naming rights to a charity event in the city. According to The Chicago Sun-Times, "Chicago teen Lauren McClusky has coordinated McFest, an annual charity concert featuring high school and college bands to benefit the Chicago chapter of Special Olympics," which has raised $30,000 since its inception in 2007. Really McDonald's? Are you actually this petty?  Is this a battle that you want to fight? After all, McDonald's never sued Cleo McDowell over his blatant McDonald's rip-off, McDowell's, in Coming to America!  If McDowell's did actually exist, don't you think they'd be behind McClusky's concert 100%? Imagine the musical acts that they could book. 

OK, but seriously folks, you guys pulled in 30K at the Rock 'N Roll McDonald's this afternoon.  Why not join forces with McClusky?  Create some good will and some warm fuzzies?  Co-host the event with her, get some free publicity in return, and call it a freakin' day already.  This is definitely not a smart battle to fight!  Then again, these are the same geniuses that wrapped a warm tortilla around a Big Mac. Very scary.