Posted on 02/08/2014 7:31:57 AM PST by rktman
Coca-Cola drew lots of negative reaction when it aired its multilingual America the Beautiful ad during the Super Bowl, but the company is defending its commercial and plans to release an even longer version of it during the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games today.
The worlds largest beverage company fired back at critics of the companys take on the patriotic song, performed in English, Hindi, Spanish and four other languages.
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So Coke wants to get in my face, huh? Fine. They just lost a life long Coke only drinker. Adios amigos! Anything made by Coca-Cola is no longer welcome in my house.
You like drinking brominated vegetable oil?!
I’m the opposite. I’ve always thought Pepsi tasted like just sugar water. At least Coke has some flavor. But think I’ll boycott Coke for awhile at least. Dr Pepper and Mountain Dew taste pretty good to me.
You don’t? It’s loaded with caffeine. This is what happens when you drink enough of it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBtjoRpmOjc
And I will “defiantly” avoid purchasing their products ....
It was inspirational, it inspired me to buy a soda stream.
They learned nothing from their “New Coke” azz hattery many moons ago.
Coca-Cola is the Real Thing.
Be Really Refreshed
Always
I have two of Mohammed Ali’s autographed list of Bible contradictions, he check marked out of 35 of those the first on both autographed sheets;
1. Exodus 33:20 vs, Genesis 32:30.
Ali was at the MGM Grand in Vegas waiting (maybe in 1997-difficult to read his writing on the sheet) for his limo and had several sheets in his hand. His daughter was trying to get him into the car ASAP!
He didn’t look very good to me for he appeared to be in a catatonic like state. But he still looked very fit and muscular.
I suppose when he meets his maker the autographed sheets may be somewhat valuable?
No pictures. You need Grandpa’s leg a-hopping to get the full experience.
Did you know Grandpa was his neighbor and was the first to discover him and his wife dead?
Grandpa’s dance was really good but the original is the best sounding.
I had forgotten that.
Well, here’s a second chance at the $64,000 question. What was the Skippers character name on Gilligan’s Island? Not the actor’s name.
Either we are a western, English-speaking society, or we are a Third World cesspool. Please take your pick.
I appreciate your post and agree with much of it.
My heartburn with the Coke commercial is/was that they were taking something profoundly American and purposefully using versions sung in other languages. To rub our faces in the naked political power grab that those who Celebrate Diversity (tm) are doing.
If you want someone like me to accept the video, they could have put b-roll of people taking the Oath of Allegiance to the US as part of the commercial.
Did they do that? No. So, I’m not willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.
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