Jeff Davis | Vent Section Manager

If you've ever read George Ritzer's The McDonaldization of Society, you know how fast food restaurants tend to dehumanize people. Workers respond to buzzers like perfect robots and perform the same task for hours and hours. But recently as I drive on Route 11 around the Fairlawn area, and essentially anywhere else, I'm seeing something with slightly more soul than a Biggie fry.

McDonald's has their "billions and billions served" slogan as the main eye- grabber on their red and yellow signs with dominant arches reaching and diving in the air. Hardee's has its blue and orange clash that'll give you a headache. But the most prominent thing on all these signs is a simple phrase: "God Bless America."

Don't get me wrong, I don't think people should shove religion down other people's throats. But if you think about it, this is a very Christian area. "The buckle of the Bible belt." They probably won't offend anyone. And imperialism isn't the point here. I think that tiny little phrase is there simply to say, "Hey, He's with us, however you perceive Him to be."

Listening to the news gets really redundant lately. All I hear is our twit of a president going on and on about being "for us or against us," the latest insider report on the location of the perpetrator, and the newest ultimatum from Pakistan to Afghanistan. It's refreshing to see this surprise in the most unlikely of places.

Not that I'm going to start eating those cardiac arrests in a box any time soon, but you know what I mean.