Dr. Pepper omits "under God" from Pledge to Flag

KLIF - Dallas/Fort Worth ^ | 2/1/02 | self

[smokinleroy]

I heard on the Darrel Ankarlo show on KLIF radio (Dallas/Fort Worth) this morning that some students in Iowa are launching a letter-writing campaign to protest the actions of Dallas based Dr. Pepper. It seems on a recently issued can with a patriotic theme including a picture of the statue of liberty that they printed the Pledge of Allegience to the Flag in which they omitted the phrase "under God". When inquired as to the reason, the company representative said that there was not enough room. Anyone else hear this story?

SL

[Libertarian_4_eva]

Dr Pepper tastes good. I have better things to do then read cans for the word god. I will still buy it but I will not buy I dunno maybe the equal amount of coke and pepsi then we can call it even ok?

[RonDog]

anyone have a picture of the can?

Yes.

From the NEW thread:
Dr Pepper Responds to Consumers Regarding its Patriot Can [missing "Under God?"]
Posted on 2/9/02 3:30 PM Pacific by RonDog

Dr Pepper Responds to Consumers
Regarding its Patriot Can

A Note to Dr Pepper Consumers:

In recent days, several news media outlets in the country have reported on a special edition Dr Pepper can that was created to show support for the patriotic fervor that has been sweeping America since the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, and to show the world that we are a united nation of people who place a high value upon freedom. 

Much of the information being circulated on this subject is incomplete or inaccurate.  Here are the facts:

The can, released last November, features an image of the Statue of Liberty along with the words "One Nation … Indivisible."
The special packaging was designed to reflect our pride in this country's determination to stand together as one.
The Statue of Liberty and Pledge of Allegiance were chosen as two of the greatest symbols of American freedom.

Due to space limitations on the can, only a few of the 31 words from the Pledge of Allegiance could be used. The available area for graphics limited the amount of verbiage on the can.
Of the 31 words in the Pledge of Allegiance, only three were included. More than 90 percent were not included.

We at Dr Pepper/Seven Up strongly believe that the message on these cans is a resoundingly patriotic, bipartisan message that we are a united nation.

More than 41 million special edition cans were ordered by Dr Pepper bottlers in portions of a dozen states.  Because the limited edition patriotic can is to be retired in February, you will soon see regular packaging graphics for Dr Pepper at your local retail stores.

Sincerely,
Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc.

[Charles Henrickson]

I think getting upset because Dr. Pepper had the words, "One Nation . . . Indivisible," and jumping to the conclusion that therefore they were deliberately omitting the words, "Under God"--I think that is stupid and silly. It's not like they printed the whole thing and left out only the words, "Under God." That would be a different matter entirely. Then I could see a reason for being upset. But as it is, I could only commend Dr. Pepper for a very patriotic display.