He’s not Lovin’ it
McDonald’s former CEO Bell dies of cancer at 44 — Reminds me of the Dave Thomas (Wendy’s) heart attack. My advice is to watch the documentary “Supersize me!”
Former chief executive of McDonald’s Corp. Charlie Bell died of cancer on Monday in his hometown of Sydney, Australia.
Bell, 44, was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in May, a month after taking over as CEO, and stepped down from the Oak Brook, Illinois-based company in November to focus on his battle with cancer.
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The part in the movie, Super Size Me, that really stuck with me was the part when they showed how the fast food industry spends BILLIONS of dollars in the media influencing people to eat junk food while only a million dollars or so is used to promote healthy foods. That got me thinking. The media EXPLOITS our most basic animal cravings to sell their product. They don’t sell cars- they sell STATUS, they don’t sell beer- they sell SEX, they don’t sell ____- they sell YOUTH, BEAUTY, VIRILITY, HAPPINESS. The media exists to tell us what reality is- *their* reality so that you can buy their product. You think the media is just there to pass on what is really the truth? There are people, PR, advertisers with wads of cash working tenaciously to infiltrate what you think is objective and INFLUENCE your behavior. McDonald’s targets children with the happy meal toy to sell grub to your children. All for the Almighty DOLLAR. Let me ask you this:
What is a dollar?
That’s a great movie.
I just watched something on some news show about how there appears to be a correlation between eating lots of red meat and colon cancer, and eating lots of processed red meat and lower colon cancer.
Does that mean we should only eat Chicken Burgers ?
It’s your dollar. You’re free to tune out the commercials.
I always do.
The reason for the current obsession with fast food, is that the elites got tired of trying to explain why the “poor in America” were obese, rather than starving.
Supersize Me is a great movie. What little desire I had to eat at McDonalds (or other fast food chains) died entirely after watching that movie. To me, the funniest scene is where he orders a super-sized double-quarterpounder in Texas, eats the entire thing and then loses it out the car. I laughed for a week after I saw that and still think of it everytime I pass a MickeyD’s.
David hit the nail on the head. Think about automobiles. Most people replace their cars about ever five years, probably less. There is a stigma in the US about driving an “old” car, unless of course the car is a “classic.”
I’ve been in the market for a utility tractor, and in that realm, you don’t buy them for a few years, you’re expected to get about 2 decades of use out of them!!! They are simply designed that way because there is no incentive on the part of farmers to buy a new tractor every few years. In fact, there is bragging rights associated with owning a working tractor for x-many years.
The technological difference between tractors and cars are not too different, except tractors actually do a lot more work. The sole reason tractors last several times longer is marketing. It’s kind of sad, actually.
Nice one Frank! Love it!
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