Welcome to America, Indra!
Posted on 05/21/2005 1:04:44 AM PDT by Brian Allen
Rush Limbaugh sounds off on controversy as many urge boycotts, firing of president
An apology by PepsiCo's president who likened the United States to a middle finger is apparently doing little to calm outrage caused by her remarks.
In the wake of WorldNetDaily's coverage of Indra Nooyi's commencement speech to graduates at Columbia Business School in which she compared the U.S. to the middle finger with both positive and negative connotations, consumers are vowing to boycott the company, and the topic is being widely discussed on talk radio.
(Excerpt) Read more at worldnetdaily.com ...
You have to live south of the Mason Dixon line to stomach RC.....much akin to the taste for "sweet tea"
More:
http://exposingtheleft.blogspot.com/2005/05/pepsico-thinks-we-re-all-idiots.html
<< I guess it would be too much to ask that people actually read her remarks before sounding off ... >>
A good idea -- even though a bit knee-jerked.
But what is it about you that you feel exempts you from your own knee Jerk?
I'd suggest you cancel your exemption and have a bit of a read. Including post #35 and post #39.
Sam's Choice is made by RC. (Cott Corp.--Canadian) I don't drink a lot of soda but the Sam's Choice Caffeine Free Diet Cola is very good--much better than Coke's and better than Pepsi's and is my favorite of the Diet C-F offerings.
Have we truly become the United States of the Offended?
No. More like the United States of the Disgusted.
Disgusted that here is one more opportunity lost to inspire a group of young people with even one example of something that the US does right.
She must think Americans are some lower caste.
I remember the hideous "me and my RC-eeeeeeeeeee" TV commercials. They seemed to me, to take all the class out of what was at least a dignified if not very good beverage.
CanuckaCola?
It's the disgusting kowtowing to PeeCee views of the world. Yeah I know she is an Indian so I wouldn't expect flaming American patriotism out of her. But why didn't she at least have the good sense to confine her comments to the merits of her company's business in snacks, cereals, and soft drinks? After all she was addressing a graduation of a business school, not a school of political science.
The garb, and the Pomp and Circumstance, harken back to a time when Academia was part of the Church.
Exactly. The "ugly American" stereotype is preferred....
Can't tell these graduates that most Americans are kind, generous and many have bled fighting for the freedom we enjoy.
It must really stink when the world finds out your company's Pres. & CFO is an idiot.
The inadvertance is in her failure to consider the consequences of her words, not the words as written, much as it is with Newsweak these days.
"Pepsico...pays all employees that are activated guard the difference between their military pay and what they earn at Pepsico."
That's very good. You are good to stick up for your employer. And you're not even pepsionice!
For some reason I've always noticed that those with liberal, socialist-leaning tendancies are more frequently associated with Pepsi, while those more red-blooded Americans, well-to-do, hard working rednecks tend to be more frequently associated with CocaCola products,....
or as a simple truism, Socialist bastards drink Pepsi and real Americans drink Coke,....
Likewise as any rancher can tell you, only Yankees place mayonaise on beef,...real Texans only use mustard if any garnish on beef. The mayonaise masks the flavor of the beef, while mustard brings it out.
Coke is the best beverage with Mexican food. The sweeetness kills to acidity or burning sensation of hot Mexican peppers. Pepsi tastes too salty with Mexican food.
Calling Laura Ing. Time for a "Shut up and run your worksheet" book.
Pepsi with its stronger taste, usually survives the average soda fountain over-dilution better than Coke does. The Coke from many soda fountains tastes like brown water. The official canned or bottled Coca-Cola product is OK.
Great post. Thanks.
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