Is Bullshit on the Dollar Menu?

Not having cable at home means that I miss out on wonderful T.V. shows that would have me happily laze away my life on the couch. I know most of these timesucks are available on-line, but, guess what? I have no internet at home. This means that the lunch-hour and coffee shop internetting is spent doing important things like blogging, searching for turquoise tights, and updating my Facebook status. 'Nuff said, I don't spend it looking at T.V. (except for Toddlers and Tiaras which I find very disturbing), much less looking at commercials.

So today I'm cruising around the 'net and I see a tiny corner ad for McDonalds that says "stimulate your economy". You're shitting me. The way to revive the economy is to pump $2.99 in to a trans-fat filled, corporate shithole. Don't get me wrong, I love a McFlurry as much as the next big girl, but McDonald's isn't going to collapse. All the single moms working there for $6.25 an hour aren't going to get a big raises and have improved standards of living.

I rather take that $2.99 and buy some fresh fruit at a Farmer's Market, or spend it on a cappuccino at the locally-owned, fair-trade lovin' coffeeshop, or buy some old heels at the thrift store that supports the homeless. Hell, upgrade it to $5.99 and have a delicious bowl of Thai Noodle Soup at the family-owned Thai restaurant. Or if I have to go corporate and (goddessforbid) go to a store like Mall-Wart it will be to buy tomato seeds and potting soil so I don't have to ever eat another shitty hothouse tomato that has been sprayed with preserving chemicals, traveled in a truck for hundreds of miles, leaving a big-ass carbon footprint and leaving me with nothing but a tasteless faux-mato on my sammich.

A McDonald's meal is not going to stimulate the economy. The only thing it will stimulate is my ass getting bigger.