On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 01:59:33AM -0700, Craig Lalley wrote:
> --- Larry Barnes <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > I thought it was interesting when he had the 3 women and the little girl
> > standing in front of the White House and they couldn't get the pledge
> > right; except the little girl.  But asked if they knew the jingle for
> > McDee's 2 all beef patties.......  the women had no problem with that.
> > And when elementary school kids were showing pictures of past presidents
> > they didn't know who the but they recognized Ronald McDee!  How sad.
>
> Yeah, I am sure this is caused by one too many Big Macs.  It certainly has
> nothing to do with the quality Government education system.

He never said that it was from eating too many Big Macs, just that fast
food is so much better at marketting.  I don't think he'd disagree with you
that the Government education system could use some reform.

The big problem with any documentary these days is that, with only a few
exceptions, you have two choices.  You can make it perfectly factual,
unbiased, and no one bothers to watch it.  Or, you can exaggerate and
sensationalize things, so that people will actually pay attention.  The
idea of "there's no such thing as bad publicity" means that you not only
can piss someone off, you almost have to in order to even get noticed.

Dave

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