Almost two months ago, I watched as Ben and Jerry, of Ben & Jerry's, visited Stephen Colbert's Report to unveil a new flavor of ice cream:
I'll admit it - I love ice cream. I love Ben & Jerry's ice cream. I love Ben & Jerry. I love Stephen Colbert. And Ben & Jerry's "Stephen Colbert's Americone Dream" sounds like heaven.
The flavor, Stephen Colbert’s AmeriCone Dream™ is a decadent melting pot of vanilla ice cream with fudge-covered waffle cone pieces and a caramel swirl. It’s the sweet taste of liberty in your mouth.
I was almost put off by this, though:
Colbert believes AmeriCone Dream can make a difference. "I'm not afraid to say it. Dessert has a well-known liberal agenda. What I hope to do with this ice cream is bring some balance back to the freezer case."
However, then I realized that I agreed with Jerry.:
"He’s about political activism, so are we. He stands up for what he believes in, so do we. He supports Bill O'Reilly, and we... think he has a right to his opinion," says ice cream Co-founder, Jerry Greenfield.
Finally, the good cause behind it all made me decide I must have some!
Stephen Colbert is donating his proceeds from the sale of AMERICONE DREAM to charity through The Stephen Colbert AmeriCone Dream Fund. The Fund will support charities of concern to Stephen such as food and medical assistance for disadvantaged children, helping veterans and their familes, and environmental causes. Said Colbert, "I will save the world."
If seeing is believing, this ice cream really does save lives.
I want to do my part! I want to buy ice cream to help save lives. So, for the past two months, every time that I went to a gas station or grocery store, I scanned the freezer section for my very own pint. I haven't been able to find any! Not even a spot on the shelves!
I was very relieved to find the Ben & Jerry's Flavor Locator! Except the chain store (Albertson's) it said would have Americone Dream doesn't even have a spot on their shelf! So, I decided to check back, and see if the one I went to was on the list. Only to find the information missing! I get an error when I try to find the Americone Dream.
This tells me one thing. George W. Bush is trying to prevent me from having a piece of the Americone Dream! From this day forward, I will work tirelessly to find the Americone Dream, and I will not rest until I have my own!