Despite my dear mother's concern, the "swine flu hype" has not deterred my focus at all. Honestly, I am not really convinced its as bad as its being played out in the media. People really amaze me ...a few hundred people get the flu and thousands are covering their faces with blue masks, but millions of people die from AIDS yet people still refuse to wear condoms.Other news in the U.S. that has grabbed my attention is Oprah Winfrey and KFC. (Kentucky Fried Chicken).
Oprah Winfrey decided to buy dinner for the entire U.S so it seemed. She agreed to promote KFC coupons to the public.Here's how it works: A coupon for a 2 peice meal was made available exclusively through Oprah Winfrey's website, oprah.com. The coupon could be downloaded anytime durina a 24hour period on Wednesday, May 6. The coupons are redeemable through May 19 excluding Mothers' Day.
The coupons entitled the bearer to a free 2 piece grilled chicken meal, with two sides and a biscuit. Now thats really nice of Oprah to do such a thing. But, I am bit disappointed because the people who really need a free dinner most likely wont get it. I'm thinking that perhaps it would have been more thoughtful to feed some of the thousands of homeless people that live in the US. If you really think about it, the average homeless person does not have internet access so there is no way that they could "download" this coupon.Maybe I am being too criticalI realize that this was a nice gesture, but my goodness there are thousands of children in America that go to bed hungry almost everynight. So why in the world would you throw free meals to people who are not starving?Maybe its just me. But in my little mind, this is crazy! Please someone tell me the logic in this...tax break is all I can come up with to justify this. To make matters worse there have been riots and fights over the coupons running out.
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