"Mom, Dad--I Got A 'McD' in Nutrition."

You have to admit, it's a little funny to watch the folks who seem to believe that privatization will solve everything--kinda like these guys.

We'll just privatize our educational system--yeah, that's the ticket!

In the meantime, let's check in and see how the progress of privatization in our educational system is going thus far--we can't wait--because the results are going to be GREAT!:

Last week, students in Seminole County, Florida received their report cards in envelopes adorned with Ronald McDonald promising a free Happy Meal to students with good grades, behavior, or attendance. Targeting children directly with the message that doing well in school should be rewarded by a Happy Meal – which can contain as many as 710 calories, 28 grams of fat, or 35 grams of sugar – undermines parents’ efforts to encourage healthy eating.

The promotion highlights McDonald’s duplicity when it comes to marketing to children. The company has received kudos for their pledge to stop advertising in elementary schools, but this promotion violates that pledge. It is targeted to children in kindergarten through fifth grade.

Have any school systems in the High Country been asked by McD's to do the same thing?

Better not call to find out--otherwise McD's might just pull their ads from your station/newspaper. Full article from the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood here.