Resist Corporate Domination: Eat More Kale; Refuse Corporate Curriculum
Years ago, Chick-fil-A used some of its $4.5 billion to claim a Vermont artist’s T-shirt phrase infringes on its trademarked “eat mor chikin.” The corporation told Associated Press, the Vermont T-shirt “is likely to cause confusion of the public and dilutes the distinctiveness of Chick-fil-A’s intellectual property and diminishes its value.”
Got that? Chick-fil-A’s intellectual property. Make no mistake: Chick-fil-A is obsessed by intellectual property. Take a look at their website legal notice.
Think about how much kale is like fried chicken. And then ask yourself: Did Common Core architect David Coleman ever work for Chick-fil-A? His version of teaching is just about as close to classroom reality as, well, Chick-fil-A® Nuggets (pressured-cooked in peanut oil) are to kale.
Does Arne Duncan eat kale?
As the T-shirt maker’s lawyer observed, “At the end of the day, I don’t think anyone will step forward and say they bought an ‘eat more kale’