Thursday, February 08, 2007

A Slap in the Face

I recently saw a commercial that nearly brought me tears and roused my most deep-seated feelings of anger. And no, it was not the controversial Snickers commercial. It was a commercial for California dairy products. The tagline of the commercial went something like this: "Good cheese comes from happy cows. Happy cows come from California." Those of you who are well aware of my dairyland roots will recognize the disrespect and downright disgrace of such an ad. Who do the Californians think they are, subtly saying that their cheese is the best in the country when Wisconsin has been producing the best cheese in the country since forever? If there was ever a time where I thought it appropriate for California to break off into the Pacific, now is the time. They must understand that you just don't mess with the cheeseheads. Forget about taking the Snickers commercial off the air, this commercial is much more disrespectful and worthy of censoring than any shot of two men accidentally kissing. California just gave Wisconsin one big slap in the face, and the cheeseheads I know will stand up to this disgrace and send all those rich hippies where they belong: a lonely island in the middle of the Pacific.