I hoʻokahi pule i hala aku nei, i ka lohe ʻana i ka huaʻōlelo "Cheeseburger Bill," manaʻo paha kekahi e hoʻohui ana ʻo McDonald i kahi maka hou i kā lākou kiʻi kiʻi kiʻi kiʻi i mea e kōkua ai e kūʻai aku i kā lākou mau mea kūʻai i kahi waihona mea kūʻai. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka Cheeseburger Bill kekahi o nā ʻāpana kānāwai hou loa e hele kūleʻa i mua o ka Hale o nā Lunamakaʻāinana o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Inā loaʻa iā ia ka ʻae ʻana o ka Senate, e hoʻopau ka bila i ka hiki ke hoʻopiʻi i ka wā e hiki mai ana e kūʻē i nā meaʻai wikiwiki no kā lākou kuleana ʻole i ka hoʻomau ʻana i nā pilikia nui o ʻAmelika me ka momona.
Ua hoʻopau nā kumu nūhou o ka Televise, Internet, a me ka paʻi ʻana i kā lākou wikiō a me nā kiʻi paʻi kiʻi o ka acephalous, endomorphic torsos e hele ana me ka ʻike ʻole ʻia i nā pahu kiʻi i hala i mea e wehewehe ai i ka pili kānāwai o ka bila: ʻO ka mea kūʻai wale nō ke kuleana no ka mea a lākou e ʻai ai. Me kahi hōʻike hou i kēia pule i hala e hōʻike ana ua hoʻomaka ka momona e hoʻokō i ka puhi paka ma ke ʻano he kumu nui o ka make hiki ke pale ʻia ma ʻAmelika, e hoʻopilikia kēia bila i nā miliona o nā ola, a hiki ke hoʻopuka i nā piliona kālā o ke koʻikoʻi kālā pili i ka lawelawe olakino, i kēia manawa. ʻAʻole hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia i kekahi hapa i nā mea pāʻani ʻoihana nui e like me McDonald's, Wendy's, a i ʻole E. coli -lawsuit veterans Jack in the Box. A i ʻole, ma nā ʻōlelo ʻē aʻe, ʻoiai ʻo Phillip Morris e ʻai i ke kālā no ka uku ʻana i ka pōʻino i hana ʻia e kāna huahana paka, ʻaʻohe mea hiki ke hoʻopaʻa iā ia no ka Kraft Dinner.
E nānā pono ana ka ʻoihana paka i ka holomua o ka Bill Cheeseburger me ka manaʻo lili nui. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ua like kā lākou huahana ma nā helu he nui. Kūʻai ʻia nā mea ʻelua i nā keiki me nā kiʻi paʻi kiʻi maikaʻi. Loaʻa nā mea ʻelua ma nā ʻano o ka hoʻolaha ʻana - mai ka heihei Formula One o ka paka a hiki i ka Disney tie-ins meaʻai wikiwiki. ʻO nā huahana addictive ʻelua i hoʻohana pinepine ʻia me ka ʻike hapa wale o kā lākou ʻano o nā hopena pōʻino. ʻO kekahi mea like e kahe ana mai ke ʻano hoʻoilina o nā ʻano meaʻai e pili ana i nā pūʻulu ʻelua o nā huahana: ʻO nā keiki i hānai ʻia i kahi kaiapuni i hoʻopuni ʻia e ka uahi a i ʻole ma ka huakaʻi mau i nā hale kūʻai meaʻai a me nā puka makani drive-thru e ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hopena ma mua o nā poʻe ʻē aʻe.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o ka ʻike e pili ana i ka ʻino o ka puhi paka i nā makahiki he 20 i hala aku nei ma mua o nā ʻōlelo aʻo meaʻai mai ka poʻe loea. Ua lohe koke ʻia kahi heluna kanaka no nā makahiki e pili ana i nā hopena pōʻino o ka meaʻai i haku ʻia me ka nui o ka ʻiʻo ʻulaʻula, ka paʻakai, a me ka momona, ʻoiaʻiʻo, pono e pale ʻia nā ʻakika - e like me ka Atkins momona momona. ʻO ka meaʻai ka meaʻai i ka ʻāina me ka ʻoi aku o ka ʻike ma mua o nā ʻano hana i hoʻomanaʻo ʻia. I ka makahiki o ka Internet rumor-milling, hoʻolaha hoʻolaha hoʻolaha, a me nā memo kū'ē - ʻo ka espresso kahi aʻu e hilinaʻi nui ai i ke kakahiaka ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia e pepehi iaʻu a hoʻopakele paha i koʻu ola, ma muli o ka ʻatikala āu e heluhelu ai - ʻike ʻia ka lehulehu. huikau i ka memo "Eʻai i ke olakino, e hoʻoikaika pinepine" i loaʻa iā lākou mai kā lākou mau kauka, a me ka ʻōlelo i hoʻopuka ʻia e KFC e ʻōlelo ana he ʻāpana o kā lākou mau moku paʻa i ke aʻa o ke olakino, kiʻekiʻe-protein regimen. ʻO kekahi mau hoaaloha oʻu, i kaʻa aku nei i Seattle no ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana iā Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, ʻakaʻaka ʻo ia no ke kiʻi ma waho o kahi hale ʻoihana e heluhelu ana i kahi mea ma nā laina o: "E hui i ka ʻai ʻai." He 7-11 ka hale.
ʻO ka manaʻo kānalua ʻē aʻe ʻo nā mea kūʻai wale nō ke kuleana no ka mea a lākou e ʻai ai me he mea lā ʻoi aku ka kānalua i ka ʻike ʻana o nā ʻano pilikanaka maopopo i ka pilikia o ka momona o ʻAmelika ʻĀkau, kahi e hoʻohālikelike ai i nā nīnau o ke olakino me ka nui o ka lāhui a me ka papa. ʻO kahi ʻatikala hou ma ka American Journal of Clinical Nutrition he mea maopopo loa i kēia ʻano, e ʻōlelo pololei ana: "ʻAʻohe nīnau e pili ana ka nui o ka momona a me ka maʻi diabetes type 2 i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i kahi gradient socio-economic, e like me ke kaumaha o ka maʻi. hāʻule like ʻole ma luna o ka poʻe me nā kumu waiwai liʻiliʻi, nā lāhui-lāhui liʻiliʻi, a me ka poʻe ʻilihune" (Adam Drewnowski a me S.E. Specter, "Poverty and Obesity: The Role of Energy Density and Energy Costs"). Ke hoʻomau nei ka hōʻike e wehewehe i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, me ka ʻole o nā ʻAmelika ʻAmelika, ʻike ʻia kēlā me kēia lāhui liʻiliʻi ma ʻAmelika e ka nui o ka momona ma mua o nā keʻokeʻo ʻAmelika.
Ke kākoʻo nei kēia noiʻi ʻepekema i nā hōʻike anecdotal i ʻike maʻalahi ʻia ma nā kaʻa ʻAmelika Greyhound a i ʻole ma kekahi hale kūʻai kūʻai, me ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka mea e pono ai ke ʻano hoʻohālikelike. ʻOiai ʻo nā meaʻai kaulana ʻo Atkins a me South Beach e hoʻopiʻi i ka poʻe hiki ke kūʻai i nā bila kūʻai i kūkulu nui ʻia e pili ana i nā ʻiʻo a me nā iʻa makamae, kākau ʻo Drewnowski lāua ʻo Specter "e like me nā noiʻi USDA, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā mea pane haʻahaʻa i hoʻohana i kā lākou mau kālā meaʻai liʻiliʻi ma nā meaʻai ikaika. i hoʻohui ʻia i nā kō a me nā momona.
ʻIke ʻia ma kēia ʻike, ʻo ka manaʻo kumu o ka Bila Cheeseburger - ʻo kēlā me kēia kanaka wale nō ke kuleana o kā lākou ʻai ʻana - lawe i nā ʻano pilikia o ka racism a me ka haʻaheo papa. Ua waiho ʻia kekahi e manaʻo he pololei nā mea kākau o ka bila, a no laila, ʻo nā kaiāulu ʻili ʻeleʻele a me ka ʻilihune i loaʻa i nā manaʻo ʻino i ka mālama ʻana iā lākou iho (ʻoiai he makemake i nā mea mālama), a i ʻole e manaʻo ʻia aia, he mea nui. nā mea kōkua kaiaulu i nā pilikia o ʻAmelika me ka momona e koi ana i nā hoʻonā e pili ana i ke kulekele.
Me nā mea hana a me nā mea kūʻai aku i nā mea momona momona, kiʻekiʻe-calorie i kākoʻo ʻia e ka kūleʻa o ka Bill Cheeseburger, e ʻike ʻia inā e hoʻomau ʻia nā ʻano hou i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā mea 'ola maikaʻi' i nā hale ʻai wikiwiki. Ua huki hou ʻo McDonald i kāna koho "Super-Size" ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, kahi hoʻoholo kulekele e like me ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā cigakeke kānana. Ma Kanada, ua hoʻolauna ka hui i kāna papa inoa "Lighter Choices", e hāʻawi ana i ka lehulehu o nā koho papa inoa 'ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi' (e like me ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā condom hou, ʻoi aku ka mānoanoa - he manaʻo maikaʻi paha lākou, akā ʻaʻohe mea e kiʻi aku iā lākou. i ka wela o ka manawa). Wahi a kā lākou pūnaewele, ʻo ka meaʻai wikiwiki "ua hana pū me kahi alakaʻi meaʻai meaʻai Kanada a me kekahi o nā ʻoihana alakaʻi o Kanada i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka papa kuhikuhi. Eia nō naʻe, hiki ke hilinaʻi ke kukui o ke kālā i nā mea momona momona o ka hale ʻaina; Hāʻawi ka papa koho ʻo Lighter Choices i nā waiwai kumukūʻai, e like me ka Mandarin California Greens ($5.34), ka Whole Wheat Chicken McGrill ($3.99) ka Warm Chicken Oriental Salad ($6.41, a me ka inoa ʻino), ʻoiai ʻo Cheeseburger grease-coaster e noho maʻalahi. $1.70.
ʻAʻohe o kēia mea e manaʻo ai i nā mea kūʻai aku - ua komo pū kēia portly reporter - ʻaʻohe kuleana o ka ulu ʻana o ka maʻi pili i ka momona ma kēia ʻāina. Akā ʻo nā ʻano hoʻohālikelike pilikino e like me nā mea i hōʻike ʻia ma ka Bill Cheeseburger, ka mea e hōʻole i ka ʻike maoli a me ka nui o ka pilikanaka i kahi pilikia e pili ana i ka ʻepekema, hiki ke hana i ka pōʻino ʻoi aku ma mua o ka maikaʻi. I ka manawa he 15 mau minuke hoʻomaha wale nō ka poʻe hana e ʻai ai i nā meaʻai maʻalahi, maikaʻi a i ka hopena, e hoʻomau ʻia kēia mau pilikia olakino koʻikoʻi. I nā huaʻōlelo ʻē aʻe, ʻoiai ʻo "I" paha he "aloha," ʻo ia ʻo "mākou" e hana i kekahi mea e pili ana iā ia.
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