I wasn't going to blog today until I caught this story in the newspaper. McDonalds in all its marketing mastery is giving away figurines from the movie, "Night in the Museum" in its Happy Meals. The McDonalds in South Dakota are giving away the action figure of General George Armstrong Custer on a motorcycle with Happy Meals. This is in the heart of the Lakota Nation and others associated with the United Sioux Tribes. Yes Kids here is a toy of a guy that tried to eliminate your family! One spokesman for the tribe compared it to giving away figurines of Hitler at Israel McDonalds or toys with KKK hoods in the south.
As I considered this story, I thought: Why was this character even in a comedy movie? They weren't showing him any different than Teddy Roosevelt.
Sometimes the idea of political correctness goes to far, this time it needed to go much further.
Let's hope "Night at the Museum 3" isn't a laugh out loud comedy that takes place at the "Oklahoma City National Monument and Museum so that MickyDees can give out Timothy McVey toys!
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