I finished Fast Food Nation this weekend. Throughout the book, it refers to companies moving to states that are "unfriendly to unions." Which raises the question, how exactly does a state become unfriendly to unions? And if lots and lots of companies start moving to that state, and taking advantage of the workers because they are not yet unionized, why don't they get friendly to unions? Or, does it refer to state laws that favor the rights of corporations over employees?

Anyway, I give Eric Schlosser credit for telling you what you can do if this book made you angry, but ... This book was a New York Times bestseller! Where is the anger, people? Where are the protests, French style? We're being out-protested by FRANCE! I'm going to go dismantle a McDonald's THIS WEEKEND! Shoot. I'm supposed to see Secondhand Lions this weekend. Well, maybe next week.

I saw the Howard Dean episode of "K Street". To be honest, I don't know how they expect anyone besides political junkies to watch it. It's shot in that shaky, "you are there" style, it's hard to hear what people are saying, and very few people are identified. (OK, I saw it from the middle.) Alternatively, Showtime is showing a TV movie called "DC 9/11" which it describes thusly:

Timothy Bottoms stars as President George W. Bush in this docudrama that traces the nine days after the terrorist attacks on America of September 11, 2001, a week and a half that challenged the government to devise a strategy for pursuing the perpetrators while tending to the wounds of a shattered nation.

Every time someone comes on screen, they are identified, it's all glossy and polished, and when we arrived at Steven's house, his mother was gushing over it, and W in general.

Argh. Anyway, it was a frustrating weekend. Mike's out fighting the good fight for Howard Dean, and I can't even take on Steven's mother for saying, "I don't think anyone could have done better [than GW]. You really would have rather had GORE as president?" Ouch. I suck.