Posted on 02/08/2014 7:31:57 AM PST by rktman
Kinda makes me hope the NYC soda ban thing catches on nationwide.
You can get them anywhere Mexicans congregate.
Coke is making a mistake in partnering up with America’s liberals. In my area out here in California the liberals either want to ban soft drinks or tax them heavily. In that I don’t drink sodas I will just stand back and let the libs hack away at the soft drink industry including Coke.
Diet Mountain Dew is nectar of the Gods. It’s my crack.
In jr. high in another part of the country, I thought the daughter of the local Pepsi bottler/distributor was ultra fine and, just in case a post pubescent miracle came my way, was loyal to Pepsi by default.
In these days of our socialist and cultural transformation, I do my best not to support Coke or Pepsi and drink water or iced tea instead, or Kombucha or a beer if I want some carbonation.
They have lost me and my business and I don't miss them at all and, with diet and genetics on my side, perhaps diabetes will miss me altogether.
Win!
Coke could care less to spend on teaching kids languages. They just want little whores to squeal like little pigs a song each time they sip. Greedy pimp hypocrites like these will pay.
I wish them the wrath of occutards to loot them because that is what they foment.
Love my Pepsi throwback. There is a difference. I try to avoid the HFCS when I can.
I’ve found store-brand soft drinks to be quite good, and they’re less than half the price of Kook.
I saw this commercial for the first time last night - with the national motto added. I thought it was beautifully done.
Having said that, the “melting pot” that America (the U.S.) aspires to could again become a reality were we to again teach our children that while other cultures have their own beauty, it is the fundamental idea that OUR republic is a more perfect union, where we self-govern, and are encouraged to pursue our own happiness.
Sadly, “pursue” has been replaced by “have” in the minds of many.
Multicultualism: “out of many - many”
That’s fine, I can now “defiantly refuse their products!”
Old BTT!
“The doctor said they were giving me kidney stones. (He worked out the chemical formulae and, yep, it resulted in the stones I had.) “
Right you are. Had the same problem.
The pain will make you get right with the world. LOL
I believe this is called “doubling down on stupid”...
If the corporation believes this ad will increase revenue, they should run it. Maximizing shareholder value is their job. If more viewers make negative buying decisions than make positive ones, then the ad fails as a commercial tactic.
I think Coke’s marketing department is figuring that many of the vociferous complainants were never going to buy the product, anyway.
Amazing hotel rendition of National Anthem. Note to Coke: this is how you do it
Written by Allen West on February 8, 2014
http://allenbwest.com/2014/02/amazing-hotel-rendition-national-anthem-note-coke/#f7vbKYlbBdRZmAiS.01
The entire point of the outraged response Coke received is that a nation full of people who cannot understand what the other is saying can never be 'one'.
Stupid for Coca-Cola to think adding that E Pluribus Unum will pacify conservatives, and to 'clarify their intentions'.
It'll just piss off more people on both sides.
Oh, I won’t be buying Mexican Coke. Politics aside, I no longer buy any of it. From the first time I tasted Pepsi as a boy I have hated it. And somehow they managed to make Diet Pepsi even worse.
Like most Southerners, I always loved Coke, but I won’t drink HFCS. I actually prefer the taste of Diet Coke because it isn’t as sweet, but since it contains aspartame I don’t drink it either.
My family has made a concerted effort to cut back on all soft drinks (and everything else with lots of sugar or aspartame). We buy one 12 pack per week of either Diet Rite or Diet RC because they are sweetened with sucralose instead of aspartame. The 12-packs are $3.33, which is just under $.28/can.
This is the real “fake scandal”.
The best response is to just ignore them. I don’t buy Coke anyway because I don’t usually drink soft drinks. And when I occasionally drink them at home I use Soda Stream.
Controversy and scandal are sometimes a good way to get extra media coverage... as if Coke is being daring, bold and brave. They are only gambling with investors money on a bet that has odds in their favor. Some people will buy more Coke, some will buy less, some will stay as they are. It is unlikely that Coke will get hurt overall by the ads.
This is a sideshow DIStraction. There is plenty of real scandal to get outraged about.
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