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\"Belly\"<\/a><\/p>\n

That’s right.<\/span><\/strong> My sexy profile has everything <\/strong>to do with the fact that when I was a young, broke, on-air announcer at a huge 1,000 watt AM radio station in Independence, Iowa, (in 1979<\/em>) I purchased a little too much cheap adult food at the local McDonald’s that turned out to be eerily similar to a Happy Meal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Happy\"<\/a>
\n(A happy meal)<\/em><\/p>\n

Now, I can finally get some closure.<\/em><\/p>\n

According to <\/strong>The Center for Science in the Public Interest<\/span>, that’s why I’m a tad overweight.
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am absolutely positive is has nothing to do with the fact that I’m not exercising enough, and that I eat too much at one sitting, occasionally.<\/p>\n

\n

Choices<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I’m a free choice kind of guy; I live in America. The land of the free. I’m free to eat like an idiot if I choose to do so.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But, according to this non-profit group, it has nothing to do with my own choices, or even my parent’s choices when I was little. They took me to McDonald’s<\/a>. A lot? Maybe. It was kind of a cool thing, back then.<\/p>\n

Anyway, this group is calling McDonald’s marketing practices, predatory<\/span><\/em>. They’re saying that McDonald’s uses toys (Oh No!<\/strong>) to reel the little ones in while they’re young, and that it promotes lousy eating habits.<\/p>\n

Here’s what I think promotes lousy eating habits;<\/strong><\/p>\n

Time. Actually, the lack of time.<\/em> Most people that I know are busier than they ever were. They sleep less, spend less time planning and cooking meals, and are just overwhelmed.<\/p>\n

For this King, it’s all about convenience.<\/em> That’s really what McDonald’s and Burger King, and even Taco Bell, sells.<\/p>\n

Am I off base, here? Here’s the McDonald’s predatory marketing lawsuit story<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

That’s right. My sexy profile has everything to do with the fact that when I was a young, broke, on-air announcer at a huge 1,000 watt AM radio station in Independence, Iowa, (in 1979) I purchased a little too much cheap adult food at the local McDonald’s that turned out to be eerily similar to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-and-drink-franchises"],"yoast_head":"\nMcDonald's Happy Meal Horrors! The Franchise King\u00ae Is Overweight And Out Of Shape Because He Had One Too Many McDonald's Happy Meals 31 Years Ago — The Franchise King\u00ae<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"McDonald's Happy Meal Horrors! 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