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1. Seattle Is Closer to France Than Texas... is a haunting read. Here's a bit:

The typical citizen of Seattle would feel more at home, ideologically speaking, in Paris than in Dallas. Yet, even a liberal Seattleite would be shocked by the images of America drawn by French schoolchildren.

In January, a cartoon festival was held in the town of Carquefou, just outside of Nantes in the northwest corner of France. Students of all ages competed in a contest to illustrate their vision of the United States. They drew obese Americans devouring Coca-Cola and McDonald's hamburgers. They drew the Statue of Liberty with fangs or in chains or being run over by a wicked Uncle Sam on a motorcycle. And they drew George W. Bush: Bush riding a tank to war; Bush taking over the world; Bush as a liar; Bush as a monster. 

There were a few lighthearted drawings of Hollywood and Las Vegas and fast food (hamburgers, always hamburgers) but, predominantly, from ages 8 to 18, the French students sketched images of a fierce and fearsome country. One cartoon summed up American villainy with a series of three hands. The first was a fist representing Stalin's Russia. The second was a saluting palm, representing Hitler's Germany. The third was another fist clutching a cross, representing Bush's America...

Check out the drawings: Bush and Fat People & Fast Food.

2. Man Exposes Himself at Drive Thru... looks like Senor's been driving around without his pants again!

3. McD's Phasing Out SUPERSIZE Items on Menu... and my answer, nice PR move guys! It's a pre-emptive move to combat the bad press they are going to get when Sprulock's Super Size Me documentary hits theatres.

4. 'Super Size' Filmmaker Says McD's Reacting to Him... and here's a bit:

For all the one-liners about McDonald's trimming Supersize servings from its menu, filmmaker Morgan Spurlock doesn't think fat is anything to joke about.

Spurlock directed Super Size Me, a dark comedy that skewers America's fast-food culture. The film is being shown at the 10th U.S. Comedy Arts Festival, which will run in Aspen through Sunday.

Super Size Me chronicles Spurlock's experience of eating only fast food for a month -- breakfast, lunch and dinner. Spurlock said he gained 24 pounds and his cholesterol soared 65 points during the 30-day experiment.