GRRRRRR

I'm sure you've heard about the things said about this commercial by the evil Bill O'Reilly. If you haven't, I refuse to post his video but in a nutshell, via examiner.com:

"Does that make you hungry when you watch that?" he asked repeatedly. "Does it make you run out and want some fries?" When she pointed out to him that the ad is part of a broader campaign with the slogan "Venez comme vous etes"--which translates as "Come as you are"--he asked if McDonald's will also be airing an Al Qaeda ad.

First of all, as much as I hate O' Reilly, I still think he should be legally allowed to say these awful things. That being said, this scumbag is comparing gays to Al Qaeda. For real. I get what he's saying; the commercial doesn't make a lot of sense selling fast food. It doesn't matter though, because McDonald's ads are not really about selling food. Everyone knows what they're getting into when they eat there. They are trying to sell a better image in the free-range-organic-eco-friendly 2010 world. Is this commercial amazing and ground breaking? No, but it's a start. I mean, France doesn't have marriage or adoption equality but at least one company is attempting some change.

So what now? What does our generation do about Bill O'Reilly's comments (other than tweet about it?) Stop watching his show, listening to his podcasts...what else? Don't you think if a news person said these things about a race of people there would be a major uproar?

Just..Don't

I know, I know "if you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all." But sometimes, I just CAN'T help it. Visiting my grandmother in Philadelphia, I wanted to take pictures of the "don'ts" everywhere! I majorly embarrassed my little cousin. Please tell me why this girl is wearing fuzzy bedroom slippers in line outside of Rita's? (water ice, for people outside the area.)

Not very nice.

I cannot believe they did that to Jordin! So, no one goes home. I get that it was a positive episode so they didn't want to vote anyone off but they didn't have to do that to her. I thought it was going to be corny but tonight's episode was really good. They really made me believe that the little bit of money I could donate actually would make a difference. If you can, give some money!