Remember this little commercial jingle from the 70s? Are you a "great, patriotic American?" If you are, you love baseball, hot dogs, applie pie, and you'll be parking a Chevrolet in your garage sometime soon.
Wow, have times changed.
Baseball is truly an American game, unlike many other sports that were imported from other cultures. But it's under seige. Steroids, dominance by the big metro markets, player strikes (and player salaries), and dreadfully long games have taken America's past-time off the radar screens of many. Sports people now say that baseball is no longer the nation's passion -- college and pro football now rule the roost.
Hot dogs? My daughter turns up her nose at hot dogs. They're filled with sodium, made from unmentionable pig parts, and have no nutrional value. With the possible exception of the Atkins Diet wave earlier this decade, hot dogs are definately out.
Everyone loves a good applie pie, right? Yep. But statistics indicate that mom isn't home to bake them anymore. She certainly doesn't want to slave away in the kitchen after a 45 hour work week. Grandma? She's four states away, since your family took a job transfer. And lets face it, applie pie from Mrs. Smith isn't really what we have in mind.
And Chevrolet. The once flagship line of General Motors is sagging. Quick, name three Chevy cars. No, the S-10 is a truck. Have you ever heard of the Cobalt? How about the Aleo? Maybe the Malibu is familar? Chevy's market share, and that of GM, has dropped like a stone the last 20 years. GM itself is in a huge financial hole. It's corporate bond rating has fallen to "junk" status. The company owes billions into its employee pension plan. Big layoffs. What a mess.
Baseball, hot dogs, applie pie, and Chevrolet?
Try football, chicken breasts, take-out Krispy Kreme, and Toyota.
Welcome to the new America.
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Hot Dogs Rule Over Chicken Breasts
(1) A well equipped hot dog hits most blocks of the food pyramid; not so with a chicken breast. No one adds chili, cheese and onions to a chicken breast. And we all know the benefits of chili, cheese and onions. You get your protien, dairy, and vegetable, plus the grain from the bun.
(2) With chicken, you have to ask the question: "Is this from a free-range chicken?" Who needs the stress of that? Eat a hot dog; no one cares about free-range pigs.
(3) A hot dog is more versatile: grill it, boil it, microwave it, fry it. The possibilities are nearly endless. In a pinch, you could even it raw since most hot dogs are pre-cooked. Try doing that with your frozen chicken breast.
(4) You can heat a hot dog with one hand, leaving the other hand free to hold your chips, fries, nachos, 64-oz soft drink, or other side dish.
I recommend the Oscar Meyer "all meat" hot dog, grilled. Insert in a white bread bun (no wheat needed here), add mustard (no ketchup, thanks) and onions. Then enjoy.
For the best experience, eat your dog at a ballpark. On the way home (in your Toyota), stop at McDonalds for an apple pie. (Anyone remember the "old" apple pies... deep fried, I think... they were the best).
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