Alabama McDonald's To Display Reagan Bust

[matcom]

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NORTHPORT, Ala. --Customers will get more than a burger and fries at the Northport McDonald's where President Reagan chomped down on a Big Mac during a 1984 stop.

They'll get to see a bronze bust of the former president, inside a case with a halogen light shining on it 24 hours a day. Along with a plaque, there's a framed photo showing Reagan biting down on his Big Mac.

"We just felt like we wanted to put something back to carry on that remembrance," said Rick Hanna Sr., the new owner of the fast-food restaurant.

The president's stop at the McDonald's, on Oct. 15, 1984, followed a speech on the University of Alabama campus. With news media on hand, he ordered a Big Mac, large fries and sweet tea and sat down to eat with locals Charles Patterson and Greg Pearson.

A plaque put up by previous owners was often stolen. But when Hanna tore down the old building and renovated, he decided to keep the memory alive, The Tuscaloosa News reported Monday. Atop the case are the words that bring back the historic moment: "President Reagan ate here."

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2006/05/08/ala_mcdonalds_to_display_reagan_bust?mode=PF

[madinmaryland]

1. Pretty good location for a Reagun memorial.

They all ought to be there or over the outhouse!

[AussieDave]

2. Oh - I saw the subject line and thought we were gonna get Nancy's

my bad..........:spank:

[Spider Jerusalem]

3. Are they going to carve the Ten Commandments into his forehead?

That way they could have a 2-for-1 display.

[peekaloo]

4. I see they are continuing with the clown theme to lure customers.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

5. Way to strike while the iron's hot.

:eyes:

[Deja Q]

6. Who?

Oh yeah. Junk food and a junk food president.

[Rabrrrrrr]

7. Well, hell, I have a Reagan Memorial in both of my bathrooms.

I give my shit offerings to them daily, as appropriate.

[Ivan Sputnik]

8. i'm lovin' it

That's quite an appropriate place for a Raygun memorial.

[underpants]

9. Don't forget to eat your vegetables.

*SEE I went real easy on the vegetable jokeS that were just sitting there.

[kay1864]

10. I sweartogod Alabama and Mississippi oughta just secede

And form their own little racist, backward, Ten Commandments monument-loving, educationally bottom-ranked country. Probably oughta include south Georgia and the Florida panhandle too (highest # of fundie churches per capita in the nation).

There will of course be federal funds for liberals who want to relocate to the Relatively Normal Rest of America, free of charge.

/rant

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

11. In a related story...

Republicans submit a bill that would change the name of all McDonalds to McReagan's, and change Ronald McDonald's likeness to that of Ronald McReagan.

[Orsino]

12. A "bust" is just so doggone appropriate...

...as a monument to Reaganomics.