When the company first began, its menu consisted predominantly of hamburgers, french fries, soft drinks, and desserts. Beginning with the the Whopper sandwich in 1957, BK has expanded the breadth of its menu by adding various non-beef items like chicken, fish and vegetarian offerings such as salads and meatless sandwiches; a breakfast menu; and non-soft drink beverages such as Icees, juices and bottled waters. Additionally, as the company expanded both inside and outside the US, it introduced localized versions of its products that conform to regional tastes and cultural or religious beliefs. To generate additional sales, BK will occasionally introduce limited time offers (LTO) of special versions of its products or bring out completely new products intended for either long or short term sales. Not all of these products and services have been successful, in 1993 Burger King introduced limited table service and special dinner platters; the concept failed to generate interest and was discontinued.As with other fast food companies, BK has recently begun introducing products that feature higher quality ingredients like whole chicken breast, natural cheeses such as cheddar and pepper jack, and other menu fair that attempts to appeal to the more adult palate and demographic. Again, not all of these products have met corporate sales expectations.

"What Iraqis fear most is not "ghost" al-Quds forces [re Petraeus's "the Iranians"] or even al-Qaeda in the Land of the Two Rivers' suicide bombers.... Ultimate fear means a convoy of gleaming SUVs with tinted windows, lights frantically flashing, sirens wailing, masked, beefed up guys in khaki with their high-tech weapons scanning the sidewalks."

It looks like Al Gore needs to bark up another tree. Scientists in Japan--home of uber-delicious Kobe beef--did some math on beef production and found that eating meat leaves a larger carbon footprint than driving a car. "Producing 2.2lb of beef generates as much greenhouse gas as driving a car non-stop for three hours." The main culprit? Bovine

A top government intelligence report will warn that al Qaeda is trying to use its resources in Iraq to attack the United States and is beefing up efforts to sneak operatives into the U.S., a senior government official said.

Furious threats to kill the Rev. Al Sharpton forced the civil rights leader to beef up security yesterday as he faced a backlash to Don Imus' firing.'We have received several threats that we consider serious,' he said. 'I have been stabbed once, so we don't take anything too lightly.'

This articles hihglights Saddams support of suicide bombers, past beefs with Al Qaeda,what lead everyone to believe he had weapons and connections to Al-Qaeda and debunks the ideas that the U.S. administration manipulated intelligence and lied. Talks about connecitons between Iran nuclear surge and Saddam blue prints and weapons exports to Syria!