Posted on 04/29/2010 5:21:44 PM PDT by JoeProBono
WOODBURY, N.Y., - The manufacturers of AriZona Iced Tea released a statement saying their headquarters is in New York, not Arizona, to head off boycott talk.
Don Vultaggio, founder of the beverage company, released a statement Wednesday asking people not to project their anger about Arizona's new law -- which gives police the right to demand citizenship papers from anyone suspected of being an illegal immigrant -- onto his company, the New York Daily News reported Thursday.
"AriZona Beverages proudly traces its origins back to New York," Vultaggio said. "In 1992, two hardworking guys from Brooklyn with a dream created AriZona Iced Tea."
"Since then ... we have remained loyal to our family-run business based in New York. For the last 16 years, our headquarters have remained on Long Island," he said.
Comedian George Lopez joked on Twitter this week that he "went to buy an AriZona Iced Tea -- they asked me for my documentation. So I bought HORCHATA instead!"
Company officials replied on Twitter Thursday: "We're BIG fans! Just wanted to let you know that AriZona is and always has been a NY company and would (heart) to send you some tea!"
`Swill’ is perfect to describe the taste of Arizona tea. I tried a glass and it was so flat that I spewed it from my mouth, it being neither hot nor cold but lukewarm.
I would describe it in more detail as the liquid remaining after the Weird Sisters boil barn owls, newts and cat urine in a kettle.
I used to live in the New York City area, and lived there the first 33 years of my life.
Had enough of
“Get outa my way
I’m in your face
Da world is my doormat and if you don’t like it it’s you who has a (censored) attitude problem”.
You are also correct about their view of anyone who is not from the “Center of the Universe.” That is why I consider a small town in the Texas Hill Country to be my real home.
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