jbaldyga Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ^but wait what about the evil brainwashing > advertising? don’t you understand people have no > control over their own actions!!! Unfortunately, the average American is a dumb a$$…
Im not fat or unhealthy, but once in a while I enjoy me a mcdonalds meal. Mcdonalds isn’t evil, people just abuse it by eating there too often. Booze is bad too if you abuse it, but that doesn’t make budweiser evil, I like an occasional drink as much as the next guy and I’m glad both companies exist. Besides, you’re aware that no two countries with mcdonalds have ever engaged in open warefare correct? If anything, that mcdonalds clown diserves a Nobel peace prize.
marcus phoenix Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > joemontana Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Good Luck! Great, great company. > > Great Company??? Look at their products and their > effect on the health of the American public. Yeah, we are fat because of one restaurant. There are over 3000 MCDs in Japan & they don’t have an obesity epidemic MCDs is fine as long as you stay away from the fries and onion rings. I eat many McDouble’s (no cheese) a month and I am in fine shape.
Quote: "Besides, you’re aware that no two countries with mcdonalds have ever engaged in open warefare correct? If anything, that mcdonalds clown diserves a Nobel peace prize. " Nice
I redact, the golden arches peace theory was broken by Russia/ Georgia conflict and India / Pakistan. However, I still think they deserve a Nobel peace prize for an overall solid performance.
Blaming MCD for the obesity problem in America reminds me of smokers suing the tobacco companies when they get cancer. It is a choice to eat at a fast food joint, and shouldn’t be too much of a problem if done in moderation. I’m not certain where the earlier poster was referred to when they commented that there aren’t many alternatives to MCD-type chains in certain parts of the US, but I am fairly certain that there is likely no shortage of grocery stores where those individuals can hand pick the ingredients for each of their meals. Bottom line: MCD is not responsible for the growing (pun intended) obesity problem.
You know what probably contributes even more to obesity - drinking soda. Americans drink more soda than any other beverage. If people just drank water, that would go a long way.
Speaking of Japan…they may have 3000 McDs but there are other things they do that you might not approve of… TOKYO, Japan — In Japan, being thin isn’t just the price you pay for fashion or social acceptance. It’s the law. So before the fat police could throw her in pudgy purgatory, Miki Yabe, 39, a manager at a major transportation corporation, went on a crash diet last month. In the week before her company’s annual health check-up, Yabe ate 21 consecutive meals of vegetable soup and hit the gym for 30 minutes a day of running and swimming. “It’s scary,” said Yabe, who is 5 feet 3 inches and 133 pounds. “I gained 2 kilos [4.5 pounds] this year.” In Japan, already the slimmest industrialized nation, people are fighting fat to ward off dreaded metabolic syndrome and comply with a government-imposed waistline standard. Metabolic syndrome, known here simply as “metabo,” is a combination of health risks, including stomach flab, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, that can lead to cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Concerned about rising rates of both in a graying nation, Japanese lawmakers last year set a maximum waistline size for anyone age 40 and older: 85 centimeters (33.5 inches) for men and 90 centimeters (35.4 inches) for women. Though Japan’s “metabo law” aims to save money by heading off health risks related to obesity, there is no consensus that it will. Doctors and health experts have said the waistline limits conflict with the International Diabetes Federation’s recommended guidelines for Japan. Meantime, ordinary residents have been buying fitness equipment, joining gyms and popping herbal pills in an effort to lose weight, even though some doctors warn that they are already too thin to begin with. The amount of “food calories which the Japanese intake is decreasing from 10 years ago,” said Yoichi Ogushi, professor of medicine at Tokai University and one of the leading critics of the law. “So there is no obesity problem as in the USA. To the contrary, there is a problem of leanness in young females.” One thing’s certain: Most Japanese aren’t taking any chances. Companies are offering discounted gym memberships and developing special diet plans for employees. Residents are buying new products touted as fighting metabo, including a $1,400 machine called the Joba that imitates a bucking bronco. The convenience store chain Lawson has opened healthier food stores called Natural Lawson, featuring fresh fruits and vegetables. Under Japan’s health care coverage, companies administer check-ups to employees once a year. Those who fail to meet the waistline requirement must undergo counseling. If companies do not reduce the number of overweight employees by 10 percent by 2012 and 25 percent by 2015, they could be required to pay more money into a health care program for the elderly. An estimated 56 million Japanese will have their waists measured this year. Though Japan has some of the world’s lowest rates of obesity — less than 5 percent, compared to nearly 35 percent for the United States — people here on average have gotten heavier in the past three decades, according to government statistics. More worrisome, in a nation that is aging faster than any other because of long life spans and low birth rates, the number of people with diabetes has risen from 6.9 million in 1997 to 8.9 million last year. Health care costs here are projected to double by 2020 and represent 11.5 percent of gross domestic product. That’s why some health experts support the metabo law. “Due to the check up, there is increased public awareness on the issue of obesity and metabolic syndrome,” said James Kondo, president of the Health Policy Institute Japan, an independent think tank. “Since fighting obesity is a habit underlined by heightened awareness, this is a good thing. The program is also revolutionary in that incentivizes [companies] to reduce obesity.”
I give that plan two thumbs up approval.
My friends uncle works for McDonalds at the HO. The one time I met him he gave me a business card, it was shapped like a burger and the back was a coupon for a free Big Mac.
LOL
one time I had a dream that a hamburger was eating ME.
Black Swan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I redact, the golden arches peace theory was > broken by Russia/ Georgia conflict and India / > Pakistan. However, I still think they deserve a > Nobel peace prize for an overall solid > performance. I think you are referring to the Jihad vs McWorld writings of Benjamin Barber and the point was that no country with a McDonalds has ever attacked the US.
BizBanker Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Black Swan Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I redact, the golden arches peace theory was > > broken by Russia/ Georgia conflict and India / > > Pakistan. However, I still think they deserve > a > > Nobel peace prize for an overall solid > > performance. > > > I think you are referring to the Jihad vs McWorld > writings of Benjamin Barber and the point was that > no country with a McDonalds has ever attacked the > US. I am not. The Golden Arches theory predates Benjamin Barber’s writing and states that no two McDonald’s possessing nations have ever engaged in open warfare. As I said, the 2008 Georgia / Russia conflict undermined this.
joemontana Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Quote: > "Besides, you’re aware that no two countries with > mcdonalds have ever engaged in open warefare > correct? If anything, that mcdonalds clown > diserves a Nobel peace prize. > " > > Nice This is what Tom Friedman said in the lexus and the olive theory. It was a ‘cute’ theory (I mean that to be insulting.) It hasn’t been true since the war in the Balkans.
In European mcdonalds’ they have a baby carrots option instead of fries… yes carrots people, you read correctly!
In Rand McNally, people wear hats on their feet and hamburgers eat you!
Does the toilet flow backward in Rand McNalley?
^yes. that’s where the term “inverse floaters” comes from.
In Soviet Russa, review watches you!