The Crazy Rants of Samantha BurnsMcDonald's Does It Again
A north american patriot links to an article on three separate lawsuits against McDonalds, and she adds that the real surprise would be if the fries actually contained potato.
I have to agree.
Geesh, just talking about McD's fries is giving me that after-taste as we speak, and I haven't eaten their fries in about a year.
*shudder*
Here's the news on the lawsuits.
I just wonder when the "bigger" people of society are going to come out suing as the restaurant chain also announced that they have more trans fat than they originally admitted to having in their fries.
Ya, you suffered weight gain and a heart attack because they were wrong about how much trans fat was in the fries and not because you ate greasy fries in the first place.
(I'm certainly not innocent in that as I eat greasy fries on occasion, but at least I won't be suing anyone about it)
Comments
Yes, that would be like me suing Big Tobacco because my father died of lung cancer. He CHOSE to smoke.
How in the heck do you get BlogAds?
Posted by: jody2ms | February 21, 2006 11:07 AM
I never did get the point of suing those who make your favorite bad-for-you goodies, when they're not sitting there, twisting your arms while you eat them.
Dumbasses, that's got to be the explanation. Just too damned dumb not to do everything that every commercial they see tells them to do.
Trotting off in search of a cheeseburger
Posted by: Serra | February 21, 2006 11:13 AM
I can understand the allergy thing if the person had a reaction, but it makes no mention of that in the article.
The vegan should just be slapped for joining in on the lawsuit bandwagon.
Viva la PERV!!
Posted by: Maidink | February 21, 2006 12:16 PM
McD's did say they flavor their fries with meat.
Yuk!
Posted by: PebblePie | February 21, 2006 03:49 PM
I guess the flip side is that they shouldn't be allowed to lie or to be subtantially incorrect about their products.
Cig companies spent years using every trick in the book to argue that cig didn't cause cancer. Should they have got off scott-free for such BS?
Of course, I agree that if you eat fast food, you get what you get. The stuff's poison. How much should a lawsuit over extra fat in a french fry be worth? Thirty-three cents?
Posted by: Mark [Section 15] | February 21, 2006 05:00 PM
You mean, you cannot detect the faint aroma of fried potato wafting over your olfactory nerves?
Neither can I. But, you can eat anything if it has enough ketchup on it.
Posted by: Howard Larson | February 21, 2006 05:43 PM
Am I missing something here? According to the article, nobody's suing McDonald's because they've become fat due to overconsumption of fast food. Mickey D's is being sued because they apparently misled the public in regard to a flavoring agent in the french fries that is harmful to people with food allergies. I'm all for personal responsibility and all, but this appears, on its face, to be a legitimate issue.
We all know that fast food, in the vast majority of its incarnations, is generally unhealthy. What we all didn't know is that McDonald's uses wheat gluten in their french fries, a tidbit of information that might've been nicer for people with an allergy to wheat gluten to have known before they dug in.
On those occasional off-nights where I don't feel like cooking or reheating leftovers, we usually eat at Wahoo's. Yum!
Posted by: Dave D | February 22, 2006 05:24 AM
oh great. now i can taste that greasy tongue-coating, too. THANKS.
;)
Posted by: Sarcomical | February 22, 2006 10:41 AM