In lieu of any original thought, I offer a guest commentary on the history of hamburgers and the west:

Also, some social commentary on hamburgers (I read somewhere that the Western Angus thing from the Apprentice is actually being rolled out by BK). Did people in the Old West really eat deep-friend onions and barbecue sauce all the time? Both this burger and the Rodeo burger from BK have BBQ sauce and onion rings on em. I hope they did, because I just don't understand how those two ingredients automatically make something "western." If I am dressing up as a cowboy, should I have a bottle of barbecue sauce and an onion on my belt? I just think that BK is making a gross over-simplification about the West.

Interesting thoughts, indeed. Comments and guest submissions are always welcome, especially considering how lazy the editor is.