Bravo, KFC. No, seriously. Bravo.

A polite golf clap for Kentucky Fried Chicken. They've gone and added bacon to the already over-the-top KFC Famous Bowl, just in case the original 680 calories, 280 of which are from the 31 grams of fat, and 2,390 milligrams of sodium weren't enough for you. http://www.kfc.com/nutrition/pdf/kfc_nutrition.pdf

Now, I need to make one thing clear before we go any further. This is not one of those "let's-blame-the-companies-for-the-well-documented-American-obesity-epidemic-because-we're-incapable-of-accepting-responsibility-for-our-own-round-figures" kind of posts. That would be too easy. And untrue.

In fact, it is quite the opposite. I would like to formally congratulate KFC for it's accomplishment. In a time when every company seems to be trying to establish itself as green and healthy, KFC said "Fuck that noise, we are what we are."

I'm glad the company has accepted it's true place in society and isn't trying to trick people into thinking it's is a viably healthy option. No qualms about it, the food will clog your arteries, but if you don't mind that and you have a simpleton's sense of taste, you're going to be stoked.

Honestly it's refreshing.

So take a clue McDonald's, with your "refined" McCafe line of products, and souped up new coffee house look (http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/05/09/with-new-design-mcdonalds-aims-to-be-the-new-starbucks/).

You are not refined.

You are not classy.

You are McDonald's.

You are the place over-worked, underpaid, sleep deprived, stressed out and pissed off parents take their kids to shut them up. You are the place obese gamers who never learned to cook for themselves prefer to dine.

Don't think for a second your faux-leather seats fool me. Just give it to me straight.

"Too tired to cook and completely unconcerned with your cardiovascular or digestive health? Come on down to Mcee Dee's!"

Now that would probably get me in the front door.

So one more time, way to go KFC. People will be outraged. Accusations will fly. Weight will be gained.

But at the end of the day, your line of unhealthy products displays a lot more integrity than most of your competition.

And that's reading between the lines.