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Pepsi president likens U.S. to middle finger (Food giant now doing damage control in wake of speech)
WorldNetDaily ^
| May 20, 2005
| Joe Kovacs
Posted on 05/20/2005 1:21:27 AM PDT by An American Patriot
The remarks by Indra Nooyi, an India-born woman who also serves as PepsiCo's chief financial officer, came during a speech Sunday to graduates at Columbia Business School. Nooyi then went on to say the five major continents in the world can each be represented by a finger on the hand. She said Africa was the pinkie; She said our thumb is Asia; Europe was compared to the index finger; South America, including Latin America, was likened to the ring finger; She said her analogy "leaves the long, middle finger for North America, and in particular, the United States.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism
KEYWORDS: cary; cfo; finger; indranooyi; likens; middle; pepsi; pepsico; to; usa
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Nooyi went on to say: The middle finger anchors every function that the hand performs and is the key to all of the fingers working together efficiently and effectively.
"However, if used inappropriately just like the U.S. itself, the middle finger can convey a negative message and get us in trouble,"
Unfortunately, I think this is how the rest of the world looks at the U.S. right now. Not as part of the hand giving strength and purpose to the rest of the fingers but instead, scratching our nose and sending a far different signal.
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To: An American Patriot
Well I do like giving the rest of the world the bird now and then.
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posted on
05/20/2005 1:24:31 AM PDT
by
MissouriConservative
(Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.)
To: MissouriConservative
Well I do like giving the rest of the world the bird now and then. So do I. And, after all, it's not like they don't deserve it.
To: An American Patriot
I like to think of it as the only finger standing tall while all the rest "knuckle" under.
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posted on
05/20/2005 1:29:47 AM PDT
by
Arkie2
(No, I never voted for Bill Clinton.)
To: An American Patriot
Why if I drank Pepsi, I would quit right now! Gonna be hard to give up my runs for the border at Taco Bell! Maybe I will just stick with giving up Pepsi. That will be real easy!
To: USAFJeeper
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posted on
05/20/2005 1:32:03 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(No wonder the Southern Baptist Church threw Greer out: Only one god per church! [Ann Coulter])
To: An American Patriot
I find that quote very telling.
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posted on
05/20/2005 1:33:21 AM PDT
by
Texas_Jarhead
(To hell with Mexico, its policies, and its leaders)
To: USAFJeeper
You should find Dr. Pepper at Taco Bell. Good company even though the parent company is a British one(not that there is anything wrong with that, just stating that they are not American owned anymore).
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posted on
05/20/2005 1:34:36 AM PDT
by
neb52
To: John Valentine
"it's not like they don't deserve it."
I find, that most times, they do deserve it royally. Sometimes I'm inclined to give one to the horse they rode in on as well.
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posted on
05/20/2005 1:35:29 AM PDT
by
MissouriConservative
(Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.)
To: HiTech RedNeck
You are correct! I will stick with RC Cola!
To: An American Patriot
Not only should we flip the bird at the snivelling rat ingrates of the world, we should moon them too!!!!! Then send the bombers!!!!
:-)
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posted on
05/20/2005 1:37:41 AM PDT
by
kb2614
("Speaking Truth to Power" - What idiots say when they want to sound profound!!)
To: MissouriConservative
"Well I do like giving the rest of the world the bird now and then." Speak softly and carry a big stick, and you will go far. Theodore Roosvelt
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posted on
05/20/2005 1:40:06 AM PDT
by
An American Patriot
("GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME"-- the opportunity to get the Hell out of here! Bye Bye VT- Hello, VA)
To: An American Patriot
Belushi: "Cheeboogie, Cheeboogie, Cheeboogie, Cheeboogie, Cheeboogie, Cheeboogie . . . "
Customer: "I'll take cheeseburger and a Pepsi."
Belushi: "No Pepsi. Coke."
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posted on
05/20/2005 1:45:25 AM PDT
by
Dont_Tread_On_Me_888
(John Kerry--three fake Purple Hearts. George Bush--one real heart of gold.)
To: An American Patriot
I guess that just helped me make the decision as to what soft drink I prefer.
It' The Real Thing.
Coca-Cola.
Pepsi, kiss my ass.
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posted on
05/20/2005 1:53:12 AM PDT
by
Joe Boucher
(an enemy of islam)
To: An American Patriot
Let them know what you think about this...!
Email Them
To: An American Patriot
One thing good about the consumer, he or she can stop buying at any time. I just stopped drinking and buying Pepsi.
To: An American Patriot
The longer I live the more I become an isolationist. The world can just rot around us. I raise my middle finger in a salute.
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posted on
05/20/2005 3:11:35 AM PDT
by
GOP_Proud
(...stumbling across Bill Bennett on the radio is like bumping into Socrates at Starbucks.-K.Parker)
To: An American Patriot
From:
A Message from Indra Nooyi, PepsiCo President and CFO |
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Following my remarks to the graduating class of Columbia Universitys Business School in New York City, I have come to realize that my words and examples about America unintentionally depicted our country negatively and hurt people.
I appreciate the honest comments that have been shared with me since then, and am deeply sorry for offending anyone. I love America unshakably without hesitation and am extremely grateful for the opportunities and support our great nation has always provided me.
Over the years Ive witnessed and advised others how a thoughtless gesture or comment can hurt good, caring people. Regrettably, Ive proven my own point. Please accept my sincere apologies.
Indra Nooyi
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posted on
05/20/2005 3:18:01 AM PDT
by
Lokibob
(All typos and spelling errors are mine and copyrighted!!!!)
To: An American Patriot
In case you had'nt noticed, we Americans are the rejects of the rest of the world. None of us put up with the cr*p going on where we came from. We disrespected local aristocracy which kept our families run into the ground by virtue of birth, we rejected money and banking systems controlled by an absolutely corrupt monarch, told the king's court to stuff it when they came to ransack our fields and our daughters and wives...of course the rest of the world either resents us or hates us at some level..we hold out a higher standard. They always have, always will.
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posted on
05/20/2005 3:33:46 AM PDT
by
mo
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