McDonald's Under Pressure to Fire Ronald - letter signed from 550 health professionals

[Liberal_in_LA]

McDonald's Under Pressure to Fire Ronald

More than 550 health professionals and organizations have signed a letter to McDonald's Corp. asking the maker of Happy Meals to stop marketing junk food to kids and retire Ronald McDonald.

The letter, slated to run in the form of full-page ads in six metropolitan newspapers around the country on Wednesday, acknowledges that "the contributors to today's (health) epidemic are manifold and a broad societal response is required. But marketing can no longer be ignored as a significant part of this massive problem

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703509104576329610340358394.html

[notadmblnd]

1. what about that creepy Burger King?

Why is no one picking on him?

[Newest Reality]

3. Maybe because he is a King

and Ronald is just a clown?

Symbols of royalty befit the new, corporate version of said. Perhaps the King is sacred?

[notadmblnd]

5. you're probably right. Ronnie is just a clown.

And clowns can't compete with the royal elite. But that king sure is creepy.

[HopeHoops]

7. Yes, but Reagan set the standard for Republican candidates.

[OHdem10]

2. Nanny State on the rampage.

[Luminous Animal]

13. Yes. It's too bad we can't still choose lead paint.

[The Straight Story]

4. They should stop showing pics of food on commercials, that's what gets me

They need to show dead bodies instead like some would like to do with smokes :)

[LiberalAndProud]

6. Beware Captain Crunch, you too will be slated for the unemployment line.

General Mills gets a pass, I see.

[sharp_stick]

8. There were rumors

every guy in his 30's that heard the rumor, including me, panicked and it turns out it isn't true.

http://carltonjordan.com/2011/03/09/rumor-control-cap-n-crunch-is-not-discontinued/

I was seriously about to take up arms. ;-)

[LiberalAndProud]

10. It would be sadder than the end of Ronald, that's for sure.

But then, clowns have always scared me.

[TimLighter]

9. Any publicity is good publicity and the few people that

do hear about this will probably just shake their heads at the foolishness of this campaign, like most people treat PETA.

[Luminous Animal]

12. Like the anti-lead campaign did for the lead industry. Those anti-lead people

were so foolish. Children became the central element in the lead industry's advertising campaigns.

[Freddie Stubbs]

11. They should bring back Mayor McCheese: