Ads, mad cows and canadians

After news that those Canadian bastards tried to infect us with Mad Cow (Ottawa may I introduce you to shock & awe. Shock & awe, Ottawa.) Comes news that the marketers of America have somehow learned restraint. Maybe the guy who wrote The Da Vinci Code will write a thriller about Franco-Canadian chicken and beef symbolism. I mean look at those fucking Canadians with their half-disembodied heads. They deserve to have Halliburton overcharge them for 'Merican maple syrup while we rebuild their country. Unclefuckers. (Side note: while spellchecking this blog entry, 'halfhearted' was suggested for Halliburton.)

Oh, wait, here's that Chic-Fil-A article. I must admit though, that the lack of Chic-Fil-A franchises in Portland is pretty disheartening. From sfgate:

Chick-fil-A is postponing its newest ad campaign featuring cute cows urging people to eat chicken instead of beef to avoid appearing insensitive to concerns about the nation's first confirmed case of mad cow disease.

The Atlanta-based chain had planned to unveil new in-store and direct-mail advertising this month.

The company also plans to examine existing advertising, including a billboard along Interstate 85 in Atlanta in which a cow with eyes in a vertigo swirl tries to hypnotize motorists to eat chicken.

"It's not the intention of Chick-fil-A to make light or take advantage of any food health crisis," spokesman Jerry Johnston said. "We are voluntarily withdrawing or delaying our advertising. We don't want people to perceive that we are taking advantage of what is happening in any way."