I just got off the phone with Coca Cola in Waco

[Horse with no Name]

After talking with them earlier in the week about furnishing some water to Cindy and the people out marching.
I was routed around and ended up talking with a guy named Craig who basically blew me off after promising to get back with me.
Anyway--I heard on the Randi Rhodes show that Coca Cola was going to be furnishing drinks for the counter protest.
So I called back and left a message on Craig's voicemail (you are welcome to if you like 254-399-5800).
Basically told him that it was very unprofessional for him not to get back to me as he had promised. That I understood that Coke wouldn't take water to the thirsty mother of a dead soldier, yet they would furnish it for the ones who were making a point of harrassing a dead soldier's mother.
I informed them that I would NEVER again drink a Coke product.
I also told them that I would make sure that everyone knew that Coca Cola was anti-mother/anti/family.

[Roland99]

1. Thanks for posting! No more Coke products for me.

[SoCalDem]

23. Coke has no fizz anymore anyway.. Back to RC for me

pepsi tastes too sweet ...I'm goin' back to iced tea..cheaper anyway:)

[Dr Fate]

32. RC uses real sugar cane instead of corn syrup too.

I'm with you- regional colas are better.

[SoCalDem]

39. I wish they still came in pop bottles instead of those flimsy cans

I think that's what ruined the fizz... (I know you can still get the 'commemorative 6 oz bottles...but I refuse to pay extra for less)..

6 pk bottles were heavy and a nuisance, but soda pop tastes better from a bottle..

[Dr Fate]

57. We used to buy the 1 liter glass bottles when I was kid.

Those were good too.

RC is better- I had a fountain RC recently- it was great.

[SoCalDem]

60. Those things weighed a TON..They used to be hooked together

2 at a time.,. I still remember the hassle of glass, but it did make the product taste better

[Dr Fate]

95. Before we know it they will put wine & beer in those awful plastic bottles

Big petroleum vs. reusable glass.

[jmowreader]

193. They DO!

Right now it's just "stadium beer" and gallon jugs of wine, but there are plastic bottles for beer and wine.

They have plastic bottles for distilled spirits too, which is actually a good idea--I've been to one too many parties where someone dropped the last bottle of booze.

[icymist]

219. Plastic bottles for wine! Ewwwwwww!

It'll never go over! At least not with the good wines! Or in France!

[jmowreader]

220. As I remember, it wasn't very good wine

The first time I tangled with plastic-jug wine was at Goodfellow AFB, Texas, in 1986. It was less than $5 per gallon, they had a lot of it and I needed a lot of it for the party I was throwing.

After drinking it, I realized WHY they had a lot of it.

[Hissyspit]

223. I still have a couple of those bottles. Use them to store my pennies in.

[bribri16]

227. Soda is bad for you anyway. So Coca Cola supports war?

[Jane Austin]

51. RC is great, and they haved so many flavors!

Their Tangerine is the best "orange"-flavored drink out there.

Their diet drinks contain no aspartame and no sodium.

Diet RC, Diet-Rite Cola, and Diet Tangerine are wonderful, and they are frequently the cheapest brand-name drinks in the store.

[marbuc]

79. what is Diet RC sweetened with?

[lavenderdiva]

153. Splenda, and it tastes great!

Its what I drink... Also, it doesn't have caffeine.

[marbuc]

168. Not too sweet?

I've had good and not so good Splenda flavored sodas. I put Splenda in my coffee every morning, and this is far superior to any other non-sugar sweeteners.

[lavenderdiva]

171. Love the Diet RC,

I've had the Diet RC Tangerine (they also make White Grape and Raspberry as well), and truly wasn't too keen on the Tangerine. I was hoping for more of an Orange Fanta or Sunkist flavor, but it was lacking. However, the Diet RC Cola is fabulous. Not too sweet, just right! Try it, you'll like it I bet; a lot of supermarkets and Target have those coolers by the check-out lanes that normally stock Coke and Pepsi, and a lot of them have the Diet RC in the 20oz size so you could try it before buying a case pack... just an idea.


ps. I love Splenda too... its the only non-sugar sweetener I use these days. That's why I got started on the Diet RC, as it was the only cola drink at the time to use Splenda. This was before Coke jumped on the bandwagon and started selling Diet Coke w/ Splenda. But I just buy Diet RC, its cheaper, and now with this whole Cindy Sheehan thing, all the more reason to drink it!

[marbuc]

181. Thanks for the tip!

I've drinken RC (w/sugar) in the past, but have not since I swore off sugar sodas. I will definitely check out the Diet RC.

[halobeam]

244. Search the website under Splenda......

you might go back to sugar. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=slv2-&p=Splenda

[Jane Austin]

217. Splenda.

n/t

[brettdale]

251. Pepsi is way to sweet

But Im not driniking coke again.

[AuntiBush]

134. Same Here! No more Coke Products for Me, Either!

[ooglymoogly]

199. anyone have a list of coke products

they make a lot of stuff. we need to boycott them all.

[1monster]

298. Hi C and Minute Maid are two...

Besides, most Coke products are made with high fruitcose corn suryp which is extremely bad for your health, especially if you are male...

[fortyfeetunder]

258. You got that right, eff Coke.

I wasn't a heavy pop drinker, so it's no sweat for me.
And it's sold in a RED can...

[xxqqqzme]

2. good 4 U - stopped buying coke

years ago.

[alfredo]

3. Good for you.

I will boycott Coca Cola.

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. Thanks for letting me know. It's pepsi from now on.

[Sequoia]

Rum and Pepsi from now on (RC Cola for our southern brethren)

[ohio_liberal]

6. Hey, we have RC here in Ohio

It's always on sale, too :)

[StaggerLee]

31. It's here in MI as well

:hi:

[StayOutTheBushes]

74. Pepsi is the offical supplier for the White House and RC is

in collusion with Remington and Winchester.

[comsymp]

106. FWIW, we have Pepsi in the South

In fact, as the ad campaign used to state, it was "born in the Carolinas"

/RC is nasty

[ScamUSA.Com]

280. love those captain and cokes... but fuck it

I'm drinking my rum straight.

And if it was Havana Club 7 year from Cuba, that would be even better.

[rodeodance]

5. do they have an email number. I will write if you give one. but drats.

I do like coka a cola (can not stand pepsi).

[Tinoire]

7. THIS should be pinned! I won't have coke at any of my events

from now on. Will adamantly refuse and explain why... That will help spread the message a little bit especially as a lot of war-hating caterers are involved.

[rodeodance]

11. lots send the inital post to the headquaters?--anyone have an email

address?--
Can we do this--use your initial post please?

[Horse with no Name]

26. I'm looking for an email addy

Most I am coming up with is a physical address:

The Coca-Cola Company
P.O. Box 1734
Atlanta, GA, USA 30301

Phone number to the Waco plant:
254-399-5800

[Straight Shooter]

8. Coca Cola is a red company, anyway.

IIRC, they definitely lean red, per http://www.buyblue.org That info is somewhere in the site.

[cthrumatrix]

130. I didn' t know that...thanks

[CrispyQ]

208. What does IIRC mean? -eom

[SaveAmerica]

212. If I Recall Correctly

[Hugin]

9. Looks like I just drank my last Coca-Cola product.

There goes McDonalds too.

[cbear70]

10. do we have email or number

We should all call and let them know what we think, I will never drink coke again either.

[rodeodance]

15. lets instill some quilt. maybe we can get them to change their minds?

[flyarm]

44. waste of time..coke = * !!...n/t

[rodeodance]

129. but we CAN make a difference--look at Cindy--what if she had this

attitude!!

[cthrumatrix]

133. I called Coke....they are getting Mgmt involved.... big error in Waco

[rodeodance]

148. good to hear this. We CAN make a difference when we try.

[dmr]

189. I just spoke with corporate headquarters in Atlanta

1-800-438-2653 Corporate Headquarters, Atlanta.

The young woman I spoke to was kind and patient.

She is one of several agents taking calls. I was her second call about the Waco distributor.

She said the offices are closed, and would not have an answer until probably Monday.

I was, still am, upset over this nasty way of doing business, and you all can imagine what I told her, but as I said, I was only her second phone call, so she had no idea when this will be addressed.

I said I would be checking back to see how Coke plans to play this out. There are times when they need to put their partisan politics on the back burner. Catering to one group over another will be a marketing nightmare for them, and damn it, I hope it is.

She referred me to this website: http://www.cokecce.com/srclib/index.html

Edit: spelling

[fiveleafclover]

12. Call Pepsi

Tell them what Coca-Cola did. It's worth a shot.

[cbear70]

17. great idea!!!

[Touchdown]

53. Call 7UP/Dr Pepper too. They're not as red as CC & PC

They're also a company out of Texas as well. I'm sure they have bottled water. Grease the wheels of the locals a bit, even if it is a huge company, it goes a long way.

[lostnfound]

261. Maybe true but Dr Pepper is half-owned by the Carlyle Group

Sorry to tell you that.
I drink it anyway but shouldn't.

[kitkat65]

308. Well shit. I love Dr. Pepper but if that's the case, I'd rather be thirsty

The upside is that I've been wanting to lose some weight anyway.

[insane_cratic_gal]

45. Pepsi, I read is a republican

donation company as well

Consumers can determine their own role in companies’ political actions by carefully considering basic buying decisions, such as the drinks you will serve at your next party. If you are a Democrat, you might want to avoid Pepsi in favor of Coke. PepsiCo has given only $45,000 in soft money to Democrats and $165,000 to Republicans. The Coca-Cola Company favors Democrats, but not by much, having given them $157,750 versus $149,350 to Republicans.


http://www.opensecrets.org/newsletter/ce72/07labels.asp

[BigBearJohn]

13. That's it. NO MORE CocaCola products for me. RECOMMENDED

[friesianrider]

14. Coca-Cola is MAJOR GOP anyway...kick for this...

Sick bastards. I always liked Pepsi better anyway.

[rodeodance]

21. We CAN make this a cause for Cindy group (supply of water)--besides

I feel like i need to do something positive!

[Warren DeMontague]

16. I would never drink their highly corrosive "soda", but I do believe they

also own Dasani, correct?

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0304-04.htm

[KarenInMA]

22. They do produce Dansani! Aguafina it is!!

[YellowRubberDuckie]

279. Drink French. Go Evian.

Bypass American products all together like we try to do...but here in fundy capital USA OKC, we tend to have a hard time finding it.
Duckie

[1monster]

299. Buy a reusable water bottle and store brand distilled water by the

gallon.

Then just refill your water bottle when you need to. It is healthier than drinking the bottled water which is ususally just tap water anyway.

[etherealtruth]

29. I'm with you there ...

Not a big fan of soda ----- but I see no need to mention that when I call. I certainly won't buy any coke products at any time.

[democracyindanger]

18. Call the HQ in Atlanta, not Waco.

There should be a 1-800 number on cans and bottles, too.

[Dr Fate]

25. Good idea- more likely to get a DEM operator too. Atlanta is Blue.

n/t

[RebelOne]

317. Atlanta blue? You must be kidding.

I live in the Atlanta area. And it is bright red.

[Cookie wookie]

325. Not to put too fine a point on it, but

Fulton County, which is by and large "Atlanta" went 59.23% Kerry and 39.90% bush in the 2004 General Election (total ballots cast 336,741).

Dekalb County, which includes some Atlanta postal addresses, went 72.55% Kerry and 26.58% bush (total ballots cast 276,771).

It was the small counties outside the large metro Atlanta area that went for bush, at least according to Diebold's DRE code results, and Cobb County -- Marietta, GA and north metro vicinity. Cobb went 61.94% bush and 37.12% Kerry (total ballots cast 280,061).

[rodeodance]

28. anyone have a number on the can?-a 800 number.

[Midlodemocrat]

46. Check my post further down this thread.

I got two numbers off the Dun and Bradstreet database.

[insane_cratic_gal]

19. Coke Boycott!

http://www.buyblue.org/detail.php?corpId=169

Can we not send drinks, non perishables to the peace house? They can deliver the stuff over?

f' coke

[zippy890]

150. Yeah! BOYCOTT BOYCOTT

Hee hee those coporate heads will love to here that word -- anybody got an e-mail to coke headquarters?

[Dr Fate]

20. Shit- I just drank one. RC tastes better anyway.

n/t

[Shoeempress]

24. Snail Mail address

The Coca Cola Company
P.O. Box 1734
Atlanta, GA 30301

[Eloriel]

27. NOMINATED -- This should seal the deal

for any reluctant DUers, as if there weren't plenty of other reasons to boycott this thoroughly RED and highly unethical company.

(Psssst -- The shit is really bad for ya anyway. Expect withdrawal symptoms, which should give you a clue just HOW bad the shit is for you.

[rodeodance]

33. Lets get to WORK (not let Jr claim all the credit for WORK). te he

[fiveleafclover]

38. Agreed

http://www.cokewatch.org/

[Ian David]

94. Thanks. I just called Cokewatch and let them know.

I also posted it on BuyBlue.org

[rodeodance]

115. what is 'cokewatch'?????

[Sequoia]

128. Forget soda, let's send BEER!

Billy (Carter) Beer. Anyone remember that!? Heh, heh.

[Sequoia]

190. I just looked in our local paper and low and behold someone was

actually has a six pack of Billy Beer for $75 !!

[SaveAmerica]

213. I'll second that, I'm on my 3rd day without caffeine and I want to smack

someone, I have a killer headache, etc, etc.

[driver8]

226. You are right about the withdrawal symptoms...

I love fountain sodas and usually have a coke. I am trying to drop some weight and have stopped drinking sodas. I have definitely been experiencing withdrawal symptoms.

That shit is addicting...

[YellowRubberDuckie]

281. The best way is to taper yourself off...

Go from bottles to cans to the little cans and then to just a drink, etc etc. It's a hell of a lot better than that headache. And what they don't tell ya is that nothing helps that headache except caffeine. If you're having trouble and don't want the soda, eat some chocolate. It's fat free. :evilgrin:
Duckie

[AtLiberty]

30. I haven't been drinking Coke products, anyway...

...because of their business practices in third-world countries. Now I have one more reason to avoid them. Thanks.

[rodeodance]

37. 1-800-438-2653 or www.coke.com is the info on the can.

[KarenInMA]

34. What's Craigs last name!!!! I'm writting a letter!

[VelmaD]

35. Do we know if Pepsi...

or RC is any better in terms of whether they're blue?

[jbm]

234. Pepsi donates almost exclusively to repubs..

and does horrid things to small businesses if it considers them competition. They also funded some sort of governmental military thing in Burma once so that they could put the little tomato farmers there out of business, and take the land for themselves.

[garthranzz]

36. I just tried another approach :)

I called the number and THANKED Coca-Cola for providing drinks to Cindy Sheehan and telling them I'd recommend their products.

Let's try that idea - spread the rumor that Coke is giving water to Cindy and her supporters. Get that to the news media - and Rush Limbaugh!

Hee hee :evilgrin:

[rodeodance]

43. maybe --but I will complain.

[flyarm]

40. coke is tied to * big time..they would never go against *

they are into this war big time!!

i stopped drinking and buying coke 2 years ago!

they have been used ( voluntarily) by the cia and the war mongers from the get go!

[Catherine Vincent]

41. Do you know for a fact that Coca Cola is furnishing drinks for

the counter protest? Just because Randi said it doesn't mean it may be true.

[Midlodemocrat]

42. Here is the phone number in Georgia.

Two numbers, from the Dun and Bradstreet database.


404-676-2121
or
770-989-3000


Let's see if we can get them to change their minds.

[rodeodance]

48. send this information to your friends also and ask them to call/write.

[Midlodemocrat]

50. I am on the phone with them right now.

Asked to speak with someone in Public Relations.

[rodeodance]

52. please let us know what they say.

[ihaveaquestion]

47. Buy Slurpees from 7-Eleven!

BuyBlue doesn't list alternatives to Coke or have a page on Pepsi. They do rate 7-Eleven as a dark blue 84% though!

http://www.buyblue.org/detail.php?corpId=195

So buy slurpees from 7-Eleven!

:toast:

[RoyGBiv]

252. FYI ... "Slurpees" are a soft drink ...

All the variations of these drinks are made by a soft-drink company then sold to a store that sells them, just like a bottle of Coke, Pepsi, etc.

Depending on distributor market in your particular community, the syrup that makes those drinks could be sold to 7-11 by a Coca-Cola distribution franchise.

In Oklahoma, Pepsi provides it. And, the OK version of 7-11, a non-incorporated branch of the original Southland Corp, is not blue at all. They treat their employees like slaves.

[RoyGBiv]

255. Not to defend the Coca-Cola corp, but ...

I can think of a number of reasons to boycott Coca-Cola, this among them, but just so one knows what they're doing when participating in a boycott, it might help to understand how this kind of business often works.

The bottler or distributor in Waco may or may not be directly accountable to the larger corporation on things like this. Many local bottlers take orders from corporate only with regard to the actual production of the product. Many local bottlers/distributors, however, have a great deal of autonomy in how they conduct their business otherwise. Bizarrely, some even have local and state laws backing them that prevent the corporation from "competing" with the local distributor. Where I lived much of my life, for example, the local bottler was owned by a single family, and everyone with a certain radius of his plant that wanted to sell Coca-Cola products and other products distributed by that local bottler was *required*, by law, to purchase from his company. A start-up convenience store in town, unaware of this law, was sued and lost for purchasing its Coke products in bulk from a corporate warehouse in another city.

The owner of this company also chose what events he wanted to sponsor. He was somewhat infamous for providing discounted product to a local high school's concession business and charging another local high school higher prices for the same thing. The administration of the latter tried to get corporate to intervene in this unfair practice, but they had no control over it.

Anyway, my suggestion is definitely to boycott Coke, but also make a special point of naming the individual company and its owners in this particular case. I don't know the particulars of this distributers relationship with corporate, but it's something to keep in mind.

[miyazaki]

335. from various sources,

make your own 'coke':

Sugar: 2400 grams, in just anough water to dissolve
Caramel: 37 grams
Caffeine: 3.1 grams
Phosphoric Acid: 11 grams
Decocainized coca leaf: 1.1 grams
Kola nuts: 0.37 grams

Soak coca leaf & kola nuts in 22 grams of 20% alcohol, then strain and add
liquid to the syrup.

Lime juice: 30 grams
Glycerine: 19 grams
Vanilla extract: 1.5 grams

-7X flavoring-
Orange oil: 0.47 grams
Lemon oil: 0.08 grams
Nutmeg oil: 0.07 grams
Cassia (chinese cinnamon) oil: 0.20 grams
Coriander oil: trace
Neroli oil: trace
Lime oil: 0.27 grams

Mix in 4.9 grams of 95% alcohol, add 2.7 grams water, let stand for 24 hours
at 60 degrees F. A cloudy layer will seperate. Take off the clear part of the liquid and add
to the syrup. Add enough water to make 1 gallon of syrup. Mix one ounce of syrup
with carbonated water to make a 6.5 ounce serving.

[frictionlessO]

49. Craig sounds like he's a real dick.

Maybe we shouldn't bother with any corpos for this?

[rodeodance]

56. then he needs a little trouble from us DU'ers.

[KarenInMA]

62. I wrote a letter, I'm gonna snail mail it: please check it!

To Whom It May Concern:

It is with dismay that I learned today that your company will not give water to the thirsty mother of a dead soldier, but will happily sponsor a rally against her. Your operator in Waco, TX “Craig” at 254-399-5800 not only was unprofessional and rude, he never responded to a customers call.

Clearly, your organization is under no responsibility to furnish protesters, or any group with free products. If you had chosen not to get involved with the protest, and pathetically sad counter protest, in Texas, you would not have been faulted. However, by supporting those who would harass and insult a grieving mother exercising her first amendment right to “petition the government for a redress of grievances”, you have lost, forever, my patronage.


Sincerely,

edit- I have no idea who I was asking for...

[Horse with no Name]

82. Nice letter

Am trying to find Craig's last name.

[Dinger]

54. I Tried, But No Results

No dial tone, busy signal, etc. I'll try again though and leave them this message from your post:

"I understood that Coke wouldn't take water to the thirsty mother of a dead soldier, yet they would furnish it for the ones who were making a point of harrassing a dead soldier's mother.
I informed them that I would NEVER again drink a Coke product.
I also told them that I would make sure that everyone knew that Coca Cola was anti-mother/anti/family."


P.S. Oh yeah, KICK & NOMINATE!

[rodeodance]

83. whow--strong, but good.

[Oreo]

55. Coke Consumer info number: 1-800-438-2653

Coke Consumer info number: 1-800-438-2653

Have fun

[bvar22]

58. No more Coke products!!!!

Unfortunately, I'm addicted to Minute Maid Lemonade Concentrate which is a Coke product.
Buh-bye Minute Maid!

[Logansquare]

59. Here's their brand list (list of products)

It's long..Dasani, Dannon, Sunkist, Dr. Pepper, Odwalla, etc.

http://www2.coca-cola.com/brands/brandlist.html

[cthrumatrix]

127. they could make positive PR if they supported Cindy with water

[K8-EEE]

61. I Gave Up Diet Coke After Seeing The Coke Donations To *

We drink water -- and I make lemonade, my kids put up a fuss but soda is one of those things that's on my shit list -- it's funny how junk food, fast food, doughnuts, soda, cigs etc all kill us & beneift Shrubby!

[Maru Kitteh]

Call again and find out who that assjacks boss is

go over his head and make a LOUD complaint.

[rman]

63. This is one of the small things that anyone can do

All you need for inspiration is a negative association with the product.

[rodeodance]

314. yes.

[Midlodemocrat]

64. On the phone with Tamika - Consumer Affairs in Atlanta.

She took a lot of information, I pointed her to this thread and said the company would like a chance to respond to this, so she is passing the information along and will get back to me.

Probably nothing will come of it, but I wanted you guys to know.

[wicket]

68. thanks for the update!

:kick:

[rodeodance]

70. thanks for letting us know your comments. I will call also.

[etherealtruth]

Good job

[Name removed]

76. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[converted_democrat]

65. I'm in. I will not buy another product from them. n/t

[The Straight Story]

66. Beer only for me now! (nt)

[KarenInMA]

67. now THAT'S something I can do!!

:)

[rateyes]

69. Hell, I live on diet Coke...

now I can't drink it anymore---down here in GA and in Hotlanta, it's almost a damned sin to drink anything but Coke products...didn't know how it was tied into the Repukes....I guess that's why my grandma called it "red dope" as opposed to "yellow dope" which was Mountain Dew---who makes Dew, BTW--please, don't tell me Coca-cola.

[rodeodance]

71. see post number one.

[Hugin]

73. I'm pretty sure it's Pepsico...

Almost as bad.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

282. Diet Coke has so much sodium in it it's pretty useless in the summer.

Just makes you more thirsty. It's a good time to switch anyway. Diet soda is bad for you, worse than regular soda, just minus the sugar.
Duckie

[firefox]

72. Dr. Pepper started in Waco, Texas

This sure would be a time to get some publicity for their product. They should send over some much needed tents and cash in. It sure would sell some Dr. Pepper.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

112. Dr. Pepper is owned by The Carlyle Group

Yes, that Carlyle Group. (War profiteers that Poppy Bush was a "partner" of for a long time.)

[MelissaB]

176. Oh, god! I'm hooked on Diet Doctor Pepper.

It's been my drink of choice for years. :cry:

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

201. I feel the same way, MelissaB

Their Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper is great. Their diet version is even good, and I can't normally stand diet drinks.
I think I'm just going to drink water for the rest of my life.
:shrug:

[sepia_steel]

75. So I picked a great time to quit soda!

I only liked Pepsi and Dr. Pepper, anyway.

What mindless assholes.

Their profits will decline.

[WhoWantsToBeOccupied]

98. I quit ten years ago... So much happier!

I drank at least a half gallon of Dr Pepper every day until my stomach revolted. Even hours after last drinking it, I suddenly couldn't jog without feeling sick to my stomach. My doctor told me to cut out soda. I stopped, my stomach got better. And my teeth have thanked me ever since for no longer constantly bathing them in sugar.

To get my caffeine, I drink tea one day and coffee the next. So much happier.

[City Lights]

77. Chickenshits!

I just called and they are CLOSED. Business hours are M-F 'til 5:00. Is it 5:00 in Waco?

:wtf:

I hate Coke anyway. When I drink pop, it's Pepsi unless I'm in a restaurant that only serves Coke. From now on, if it's Coke or nothing, I'll go with nothing.

edited for clarity

[peacetalksforall]

333. The Pepsi association with the right wing in a long one and solid. Sorry.

[Ian David]

78. Toll-free number for Coca-Cola 800-647-2653

The Waco office is already closed.

[Horse with no Name]

88. They aren't closed

The chickenshits turned their phones off.
Probably were inundated with calls,lol.
Rat bastards.

[shelley806]

80. Thank you Dear...no Coca Cola products........n/t

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

81. RC is cool- go with them - they sponsored the tibetan freedom concert

when coke and pepsi refused to

[rodeodance]

85. anyone find an email address. I can not find one.

[hangtotheLEFT]

84. www.sodaclubusa.com

Forget RC...this is even better. We just got it a few weeks ago at my house...fan-friggin-tastic!

www.sodaclubusa.com

Cheaper than the big names, & NO MORE PLASTIC BOTTLE WASTE! Plus awesome diet flavors (splenda, no nutrasweet shit!), & even regular flavors are made with a sugar/splenda mix, resulting in 2/3 less calories.

Fuck you Coca Cola. Never again will another one of your products be found in my house, bitches!

BOYCOTT COKE!

[noamnety]

185. That looks very cool

I don't drink soda in general, but if I did, I'd definitely go for something like that.

[Maru Kitteh]

192. Holy Smokes! I didn't even know such a thing existed.

What a great idea!

[Castilleja]

238. That is cool!

I may be getting that, just sent the link to the whole family! Thanks!

[magellan]

267. Holy smokes, what a great idea! Hope you get a commission

...because we just bought one! Thanks and welcome to DU! :hi:

Oh yeah, forgot to add -- FU, COCA COLA.

[Jara sang]

86. Done

Woman seemed clueless. I informed her of the situation and my intent to tell my friends and family to no longer buy Coke products.

[rman]

87. Coca Cola changed their product in early Nazi Germany to Fanta,

which they created especially for that occasion - different color, differen bottle, different taste, different name - and simply continued business with Germany during WW2.


See the documentary "The Corporation"
www.thecorporation.com


The business of IBM with Nazi Germany was even worse; they provided the logistical management system used in the holocaust. Punch-cards specifically for that system were printed in the US during WW2. They claim they didn't know.

Not that i mean to distract from supporting Cindy.

[patdem]

89. Calling...I love Coke...I love the fizz..vs the sweetness of Pepsi..but I

will not drink Coke again if they are not going to even SELL water to the people who support Cindy..yet DONATE to those who are against her?? Is that what is happening???

NO MORE COKE FOR ME..I am Calling! :grr:

[Ian David]

90. I just spoke to someone at Coke customer service. TURN ON THE HEAT!

Call 800-647-2653

This was the first she'd heard of this.

I made sure I told her about Craig in Waco, MikeOnline.com, and DemocraticUnderground.com

She hadn't heard of Cindy Sheehan, but I told her, "Cindy Sheehan has been the most popular search term on the internet for the past two days. Coca-Cola will be linked with it now."

I made sure that she knew there were a LOT of people very mad about this who wouldn't go away any time soon.

I also made sure she knew this was a huge national (and international) story. How this woman hasn't heard of Cindy Sheehan is beyond me.

[ClassWarrior]

301. Done.

NGU.

[ultraist]

91. Buy Blue gives Coca Cola a 38% rating

http://www.buyblue.org/detail.php?corpId=169

Summary Company Info In the News Financials Alternatives Take Action
Coca-Cola Company, The
Rating: Light Red - 38 %

BuyBlue.org's Position:
Coca-Cola currently has a 38% BuyBlue rating due to political contributions for the 2003-2004 election cycle. Coca-Cola's executives made their contributions to the company political action committee for the most part, the personal contributions were mostly Republican. Coca-Cola has a political action committee which contributed - $153,000 (42.00% Dem, 58.00% Rep

[Mnemosyne]

92. I worked for the guy who's family owns 51% of SE

coca-cola bottling and have refused to buy coke products for years.
They always called everyone from the North "fucking yankees" except their wealthy friends (then still did but behind their backs!!)
I asked for a raise after 2 years ($5.00per hour) of being the receptionist/janitor/bookkeeper and was told he couldn't "afford" it. I did a great job, it was not job performance.

Maybe it had something to do with me drinking Pepsi at my desk every a.m.!!!

Coke can bite me.

[Point_n_click]

93. Just called. them.

The receptionist said she hadn't heard anything like this, but offered me a voicemail to leave a message in. I did so and left my number asking them to contact me to confirm or deny. I also informed that if it turns out to be true that they're taking a political stand against Cindy Sheehan and her dead son then they can forget any future business from me or anyone of my friends I pass it along to.

J.

Point_n_click

[rodeodance]

96. I just talked with customer ser. also. Basically I asked if this was true

and she said she can not convirm nor deny. but would pass my message on to upper management. I gave them some info. from the original post.

[rodeodance]

99. they gave me an email address also-www.cocacola.com--SO please

call and email them.

[Scout1071]

100. My how I love the taste of Coke. Will be a shame to have to give it up.

Looks like I need get on the horn with Coke.

[rodeodance]

102. yes please get on the horn.

[rodeodance]

108. obviously i made a mistake with this as this seems to be the web address.

[Incitatus]

159. What is the email address?

[cthrumatrix]

97. coke is making a PR mistake.... all they care about is $$$$

and this is a $$$$ error

[rodeodance]

101. see my response below. I call 1-800-438-2653 and she did not give me

a voice email but instead said she would pass my concern along to upper management.

[Hun Joro]

103. Ack, I just checked my water bottle...

Sure enough, Dasani is made by Coca-Cola. I guess I'll be drinking Aquafina after today.

[Career Prole]

104. Normal case and a half consumption of Diet Coke at my house

just went to ZERO.

I told my little girl why and she's all for it.

Bye, Coke! :hi:

[Horse with no Name]

105. Just spoke with Coca Cola in Atlanta AND Coca Cola in Waco again

Coca Cola in Atlanta basically just took info but seemed very disinterested.
Waco however, seems very interested to do something about this.
Am waiting callback from Tim who is some sort of supervisor and was told that I would receive a call back shortly.
Will keep you all informed.

[rodeodance]

119. so Waco seemed very interested. thanks--keep us updated.

[patdem]

107. I just called the 800 number and spoke to Gwen..and she said I was the

only caller she was aware of..and said she only had info on her own stuff...I debated but not vigorously..I gave my Name, Address, and Phone number..and I said how I preferred the fizz of Coke to the sweetness of Pepsi..and went on to say that I 'think'..Coke in Waco is refusing to sell and/or deliver Diasani water to Cindy Sheehan and I 'think' they are going to donate water to the protesters who are against her. I mentioned Craigs name and the phone number in Waco and basically said I did not call there first because I have been told they are no longer accepting phone calls..that maybe the messages were full???

OH..she said she had never heard of Cindy Sheehan..and I asked "do you read the news"..and she said.."well I am in Atlanta GA" to which I stated, "well I am in Norfolk VA and I know about it."

She asked me to spell Cindy Sheehans's name...and I did..I do not know what will come of this..but like the other posters said..she will give the info to upper management??

Oh yes, and I told her we were discussiing this on a forum with 73,000 members and here response was 'oh wow'..and I gave her our forum name...

Anyway..I felt like I was being questioned by the FBI...my last statement was..I still prefer Coke over Pepsi...which I do...

[rodeodance]

110. um... wonder if it was the same person-sounds like it as she asked

similar questions. She is playing the dumb game.

[Scout1071]

116. They are trained for situations like this, that is why they probably

had a similar line of questioning.

[patdem]

117. Exactly..she said she was not aware of other calls and I pointed out

that I personally know of some..and asked if she had newtwork wide info..and she simply stated she only was refering to her personal knowledge...yeach reight! :crazy:

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

109. are local distributors independent from coke central?

not to defend, but it may be possible that the main company was uanaware of this til we started talking to them. that's why we all need to complain and get them to put pressure on their crawford guy to sell their product to all buyers and not just rightwing nutjobs

[rodeodance]

111. I still can not find an email address--please ask if you call. I did but

now realized it is the web address only. silly me.

[rodeodance]

114. you may be right--but Atlanta can give them the message--if they want.

[Saphire]

113. those pigs!! Maybe I'll start drinking coca cola, just so I can stop!!

[cthrumatrix]

121. coke just cares about power and $$$$$$

[z-man]

118. Here's an email address

Kimberly Boyer - Principle consumer response manager for Coca Cola North America. [e-mail]

This really makes me mad! I love coke too but I can't take this. NO more Coke for me!!!

[rodeodance]

120. thanks for the email address

[City Lights]

143. Thanks for that!

:hi:

I just emailed them.

[cbear70]

146. no more coke

Contacted them as well and we will no longer be buying coke related products.. thanks for the heads up.

[brettdale]

240. For the kiwis here

NewZealand contact info.

http://www.coke.co.nz/index.sm

Click on help desk, (bottom righthand corner)

There is a contact form, I have just email them.

[TexasProgresive]

291. Here's the auto response I got from Kimmy-

I will be out of the office starting 08/12/2005 and will not return until
08/15/2005.

If you need immediate assistance, please contact Jamie Weaver at 63515.
Otherwise, I will respond to your message when I return to the office.

[bonito]

122. It's a coke out ! n/t

[cthrumatrix]

123. I called th 800 number (some guy named Mike).... I told them they are

making a big mistake....extremely bad PR.

He's looking into it.....

[rodeodance]

132. te he--he is looking into it--I bet they are!! really. this is bad PR for

them.

[dogday]

124. Coke Sucks, their product sucks and their

policies suck. Tell them either supply to both or not at all.... Boycott Coke!

[City Lights]

160. That's exactly what I told them in my email.

suppy both, or not at all

[Catherine Vincent]

125. Who would have thought a company for profit would refuse to sell

their product to someone and forgo the profit? It just doesn't make sense.

[cthrumatrix]

126. it seems it the Waco contact who is giving bad PR to Coke..... not good

for coke

[Orangepeel]

135. the OP doesn't say they refused to sell it

but that they wouldn't furnish it (which I read as donate it). Did I miss it someone else in the thread?

[cthrumatrix]

138. I told them to "help Cindy"...it's national PR and don't be silly

[Orangepeel]

187. silly?

The poster I replied to thought they wouldn't sell it to Mrs. Sheehan's group. As bad PR goes, that would be a lot more aggregious, so it seemed like an important point to me. But, whatever. :shrug:

[rodeodance]

149. you did not miss anything. The point is they are giving to the counter-

group and not the Cindy group. They made a bad boo boo.

[Rainscents]

131. Thanks for information! I will let everyone know to stop buying coke!

I don't drink their shit anyway, but I do have friends who do.

[rodeodance]

137. be sure to give this contact information below.

Toll free number----1-800-438-2653 call them, consumer service!!!!

Kimberly Boyer - Principle consumer response manager for Coca Cola North America. [e-mail]

Snail Mail address:
The Coca Cola Company
P.O. Box 1734
Atlanta, GA 30301

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4330702&mesg_id=4331386
Fri Aug-12-05 03:06 PM
Original message
I just got off the phone with Coca Cola in Waco



After talking with them earlier in the week about furnishing some water to Cindy and the people out marching.
I was routed around and ended up talking with a guy named Craig who basically blew me off after promising to get back with me.
Anyway--I heard on the Randi Rhodes show that Coca Cola was going to be furnishing drinks for the counter protest.
So I called back and left a message on Craig's voicemail (you are welcome to if you like 254-399-5800).
Basically told him that it was very unprofessional for him not to get back to me as he had promised. That I understood that Coke wouldn't take water to the thirsty mother of a dead soldier, yet they would furnish it for the ones who were making a point of harrassing a dead soldier's mother.
I informed them that I would NEVER again drink a Coke product.
I also told them that I would make sure that everyone knew that Coca Cola was anti-mother/anti/family.

[Rainscents]

140. Thanks for additional informations! I will take the artical and give all

to my friends!

[benburch]

136. Damn. I am going to miss Tab.

But I will join the boycott.

[cthrumatrix]

139. we should all boycott UNTIL Cindy is treated differently.....

[rodeodance]

141. here is the reply I just got trom the email address above.

I will be out of the office starting 08/12/2005 and will not return until
08/15/2005.

If you need immediate assistance, please contact Jamie Weaver at 63515.
Otherwise, I will respond to your message when I return to the office.

[cthrumatrix]

142. I think Coke "got the message"...let them prove themselves OR they have

LOST mucho $$$$$$$$$ from DU'ers.

[rodeodance]

144. I have just added the snail address to post # 37

[rodeodance]

147. do we have another email address we can try since Kim is out of office

till Monday--much much tooooooooooo late by then.

[z-man]

157. Found another email address

Sonya Soutus, Assistant Vice President and Director of Media Relations. [e-mail] 404-676-3090

Lori Billingsley, Issues Director, Media Relations [e-mail], 404-676-0621

[rodeodance]

174. thank you very much.

[brook]

194. with or without...

another email contact, I suggest a one word reply to Ms. Kimberly - "Bullshit".

I have gotten the same "out of the office" replies when the heat was on from other companies & individuals. It's just an automated chickens**t dance for time while they try to plot their way out of the hole they've dug.

[City Lights]

180. Same here. eom

[yasmina27]

145. no more coke for us... n/t

[cthrumatrix]

151. Coke has a golden PR chance to support Cindy ALL month !!!!

[katinmn]

154. I think I'll add a "Boycott Coke" to my next protest sign

[rodeodance]

161. you betcha!!

[cthrumatrix]

162. and then call Coke and tell them the guy in WACO caused it....

[katinmn]

152. Coke will support chickenhawks but not troops and their families

Boycott in progress.

Spread the word, folks.

[truedelphi]

155. I'll join the boycott with the rest of you -

No moe Coke for me

And I will call Craig on Monday Thanks for his number

Carol

[mcar]

156. Another reason to dump Coke

I've been weaning myself off Diet Coke for a while now because it is such chemical crap. Now I've got another reason to succeed.

[drfresh]

158. Its funny, for some reason I didn't buy coke today

Just went to the store to get my afternoon diet coke, but for some reason I felt compelled to buy a diet pepsi instead.

I must be developing a psychic connection to the DU forums!! :eyes:

[rodeodance]

163. well, bush is haunted by Cindy--maybe you are?

[Lorien]

164. Boycotting after a 20 year Diet Coke addiction

nothing like learning a company is dark RED to help a person beat a bad habit!

[rodeodance]

166. i am a coke addict--this is hard work!!

[Lorien]

218. Tell me about it!

I've tried a few times in the past; headaches, felt sluggish all day, awful cravings. But I've gone cold turkey on many products in the past 4 1/2 years due to the "redness" of their corporations. I can suffer through a few days to keep my money out of the paws of propaganda pushers and improve my health!

[Incitatus]

165. I caught this thread before I left for the store.

I guess it's gonna be Jack & Pepsi tonight.

[Generic Other]

167. No more COKE products for me

including their bottled water which I usually purchase every day at work.

[lakeguy]

169. damn, no more diet coke for me! withdrawal here i come...

[progressivebydesign]

170. Find a nearby Costco.. they have Kirkland Water and they're blue! n/t

[sunnystarr]

172. I really love Coke and just emptied another bottle ...

but it's the last bottle and from now on I'll switch to RC and better yet ice tea. I know I'll lose 5 to 10 pounds and that's not a bad thing.

I couldn't even even finish the drink I had in front of me. I'm so disgusted!

[Nothing Without Hope]

173. Too bad - I USED to drink Coca-Cola products. We need to write to them.

Anybody know the best address for this, so it won't be dumpt and not read?

And thanks for alerting us to this sorry act.
:grr:

[CubsFan1982]

175. Pretty soon, I won't be able to eat or drink anything.

If I participated in every single boycott.

[rodeodance]

177. here is the contact infor. for Coke--thanks all who drew this together.

Toll free number----1-800-438-2653 call them, consumer service!!!!

Kimberly Boyer - Principle consumer response manager for Coca Cola North America. [e-mail]

Sonya Soutus, Assistant Vice President and Director of Media Relations. [e-mail] 404-676-3090

Lori Billingsley, Issues Director, Media Relations [e-mail], 404-676-0621

Snail Mail address:
The Coca Cola Company
P.O. Box 1734
Atlanta, GA 30301

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4330702&mesg_id=4331386
Fri Aug-12-05 03:06 PM
Original message
I just got off the phone with Coca Cola in Waco



After talking with them earlier in the week about furnishing some water to Cindy and the people out marching.
I was routed around and ended up talking with a guy named Craig who basically blew me off after promising to get back with me.
Anyway--I heard on the Randi Rhodes show that Coca Cola was going to be furnishing drinks for the counter protest.
So I called back and left a message on Craig's voicemail (you are welcome to if you like 254-399-5800).
Basically told him that it was very unprofessional for him not to get back to me as he had promised. That I understood that Coke wouldn't take water to the thirsty mother of a dead soldier, yet they would furnish it for the ones who were making a point of harrassing a dead soldier's mother.
I informed them that I would NEVER again drink a Coke product.
I also told them that I would make sure that everyone knew that Coca Cola was anti-mother/anti/family.

[renate]

263. thank you so much for those links

E-mails are written and sent.

It's going to be painful not drinking Coke but it'll be a good kind of pain. I feel kind of betrayed, actually. Our family have been such loyal customers for so long.

But, screw 'em.

[tavalon]

215. Actually, not true

Fruits and vegetables are currently without corporate sponsorship and most organic prepackaged are blue companies.

[City Lights]

293. Look on the bright side, your monthly grocery bill will be low!

:evilgrin:

[Miss Chybil]

178. Corporations should know when they support a politcal cause they are

alienating half their customer base. If I were Coke, I would be driving snack trucks around to ALL the protests sites and making a little money. Then I'd give a portion of the proceeds to the starving people in Niger. Instead, they want to play politics. Shame.

I've always been a Pepsi drinker. So, it wouldn't do any good for me to swear off Coke, but fuck them for being stupid, anyway.

[Junkdrawer]

179. OpenSecrets lookup of Coca Cola employee political donations...

http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.asp?NumOfThou=0&txtName=&txtState=%28all+states%29&txtZip=&txtEmploy=Coca+Cola+&txtCand=&txt2006=Y&txt2004=Y&Order=N

Looks like Republican donations predominate, especially at the top levels...

[DistressedAmerican]

182. I Just called. Here's what I told them...

I left a message telling them that I would use my website to push a boycott of Coca Cola products if the followed through with plans to provide drinks for the counter protest and did not supply Camp Casey. I do get some 25,000 accesses of the site a day, a fact I made clear in my message.

Hopefully that adds some force to our voices on this issue.

[rodeodance]

200. whow--you have clout

[womanofthehills]

209. Corn syrup is so gross gross gross

I live in the country and these trains go by with mega toxic chemicals in their tanks and then the next tank says "corn syrup". Sometimes I have to stand way back from the trains as you can smell the chemicals. Also 90% of the corn supply is contaminated with GMOs- so you all will be healthier.

[MelissaB]

183. Just talked to a rep.

He said he hadn't heard the claim, then said he had read it when I mentioned Air America. He also said Coke usually doesn't get involved with political stuff.

They made a big freaking mistake this time. I'm an addict, but I'm willing to kick the habit.

[rodeodance]

202. I got a similiar response earlier (woman). Seems to be there line. I, too

am a coke addict--which i told them. and also that if were true, there would be no more coke colas products in my house.

[lwin]

184. Just talked to Damon at Coca Cola...

He said that they're looking into the situation. He was very nice. Said that they'd hate to lose customers over this one issue. I told him that they have lost me until such time they stop supporting the warmongering monster in the White House.

[rodeodance]

203. good, they arre looking into it now (so they say)--which is a change in

tune from earlier comments.

[pbartch]

186. Will let hubby know......we will NO LONGER be drinking Coke

I'm sending your note to my 25 family

17 Dem Friends

29 quilter friends

and 27 recipe ladies

Perhaps they will forward it on.....we will start networking like the MLM's do.


Coca Cola......eat dirt.

[titoresque]

188. uh, Coke= Illuminati,Bilderberg,NWO

google. Yeah, not suprised.

[CubsFan1982]

191. Let me know when the little green men take you away.

:eyes:

[titoresque]

210. hmmmmmmmmmmm

have had a lapse in time......weird markings on me...thirsty......



Oh, ok, well you keep on keep'n on then ;) Buy the world a coke.

Must go.......they'rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeee calling meee.

[ooglymoogly]

195. coke is finished in my house nt

[Ms. K]

196. No problems boycotting Coke here

When we bother to buy soda (which doesn't happen very often), we buy Hansen's Soda. It's much better than Coke, or Pepsi, or anything else, IMHO.

I just have to print out Coke's product list to make sure I don't accidentally buy Coke products. Wouldn't want to support them at all, honestly.

Disgusting what they'll do just to make a buck.

[boston bean]

197. I called them and they took my name and # and address...

and they told me that they do not get involved in sides involving the war in Iraq. I believe tim was his name. He put me on hold for quite a while to come up with that answer.

[rodeodance]

204. te he--prob. had to ask an upper management type what to say.

[rndmprsn]

198. thanks for posting...

gave up coke years ago, but drink sprite now and again which is a coke product, well f%ck them if they would willingly supply brownshirted rent-a-mobs harrassing a grieving mother over that grieving mother!

[greenbriar]

207. quit drinking Coke when the changed it back in 85

but they don't know that.

phone calls are being made

[mtnsnake]

205. No more Coke for me. Next time I wanna rot the inside of my guts out by

drinking a cola, I'll make sure it's with another brand!

But does Pepsi dissolve the rust off ironware as easily as Coke does?

[politicat]

330. Any carbonated liquid will do so....

It's not the sugar and the flavorings, it's the CO2. It makes the water into a weak carbonic acid, a weaker acid than in orange juice.

[Horse with no Name]

206. Well surprise surprise...

Tim (Waco supervisor) didn't call me back even after the lady told me he would.:(

[hayu_lol]

211. Any DU'ers down in Waco or Kileen?

What about office type drinking water distributors in the 'more or less' Crawford area...perhaps we could order a truckful to be delivered to Peace House for Cindy....

Here in the West there is Sparkletts and Arrowhead...must be other distributors down there.

They could give us a price...we could use credit cards to pay the freight.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

222. I wondered about that earlier and think it is an excellent idea.

Let me know if you get anything going on that and I will donate toward some mega bottles. And even if the water isn't cold, it is still drinkable and great for pouring over your head when you're roasting.

[slor]

214. Bye Bye coke! n/t

[laura888]

216. I'm switching to Pepsi

That just stinks what they did...

[eek]

225. I nearly always make a remark about "Pepsi water" and "Coke water"

when I am in some place that has no options. The privatization of the water supply is just sick.

Mind you, I will drink Evian and/or whatever the local actual spring water thing is around.
At least (i think) the fancy waters are in fact, from fancy places unlike the pepsi/coke water.
What's more I actually do notice a difference in taste. Whatever.
I know I'm not always gonna get it right - as far as sources - but I do try.

Do let us also remember, in our communicationsa with Coke et al, that Iraq still does not have reliable, clean water. Guess the spreaders of democracy can't afford it.


Oh! I forgot the main reason I posted.
Where did this Coke story come from, anyway? Here is the first I have heard of it (amazing what happens when I don't watch TV)

x2u all,
eek

[halobeam]

243. btw, one of the above posts mentions the horrors of the Pepsi company.

Sorry to bring you the bad news.

edit: it's post #234

[RummyTheDummy]

310. Reality check

Pepsi is every bit as "Red" as Coke.

[SillyGoose]

221. Thanks for posting this. I've sent emails.

No more Coca-Cola in our house - won't support a company who disses military families.

Buh Bye, Coca Cola.

:hi:

[Darranar]

224. And anti-worker and anti-union, too...

Boycott Coca Cola

[Gman]

228. Email Coke a copy of this thread

maybe they'll take it seriously.

[Nothing Without Hope]

229. Good idea - with the example of Cindy Sheehan, maybe they will realize

that doing something so strongly aganst the beliefs of their customers is NOT good business practice.

[PsychoDad]

230. No more coke products for my family...

Sent coke an email saying just as much.

Also plan on letting everyone I talk to know.

[jillan]

231. Here's my email

Playing politics?? So can I!


It has come to my attention that your company was contacted to work out an agreement to furnish water for Cindy Sheehan, and her supporters, who are sitting in a ditch, out in the heat in Crawford. An employee of yours totally ignored the request, despite several attempts.

Today I found out that Coke will be supplying water to the people that are coming to Crawford to protest against Cindy.

If I understand this correctly, Coca-cola is telling our troops that are presently fighting for their lives, that Coke would rather play politics than take care of the parents of the fallen soldiers?

You can count my family out of your profits!

There will never be another Coca-cola product in this household!

Honey - you just got yourself a boycott!

[jillan]

248. and check out the reply!

give me a break!

I will be out of the office starting 08/12/2005 and will not return
until
08/15/2005.

If you need immediate assistance, please contact Jamie Weaver at 63515.
Otherwise, I will respond to your message when I return to the office.

--------------------------------------------------------------------

I say - let's give her a busy monday morning lol!!

Email her!!!!

[rodeodance]

318. I got the same reply. and YES for MONDAY morning!!

[RagAss]

232. No Coke...Pepsi.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

287. Neither...JONES SODA!!

Maybe more expensive, but it's better and isn't it blue?!
Duckie

[countingbluecars]

321. SNL

ahead of the times.

[jbm]

233. Pepsi is total evil too though...even worse than coke

and Pepsi donates much more money to the repubs than Coke does. I'm not defending coke here..I'm just saying it's better to avoid them both!

[Incitatus]

235. Damnit

Does Costco have its own brand of sodas? I have been meaning to start shopping there.

[jbm]

237. I hope so..

we don't have costco where I live so I'm not sure, but I think I'm going to buy one of those soda makers mentioned in post #84 on this thread. I'm just hoping the manufacturer of the soda maker isn't some equally evil corporate place!

[renate]

264. the Kirkland brand flavored waters

(the fizzy kind) are really really yummy!

[brettdale]

236. Kick

Mass email coca cola, what is thier email address?

[sakabatou]

239. Pepsi/Pepsi products for me

[stepnw1f]

241. Buh Bye Coca Cola (nt)

[smartvoter]

242. There you go. No coke from our family. nt

[Emit]

245. Damn. I used to love Coke. No more Coca Cola for me!

It's the least I can do.

[brettdale]

246. So does anyone own shares in coke

I remember during the election, when a certain station was going to air an anti John Kerry tv programme, a ton of share holders went on the yahoo message board,and told people to SELL SELL SELL. This might be one of those times to do just that, anyone have a link for the yahoo coke board?

[Bill Bored]

247. They don't have that Red label for nothing! nt

[brettdale]

249. Please go to Yahoo's finance message board for coke

and say SELL SELL SELL

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/mb?s=COKE

[Mr_Spock]

250. Mother-fucking son-of-a-bitches - NO MORE COKE PRODUCTS FOR ME

Add them the the WalMart boycott for me. Fucking right-wing mother fuckers - they'll pay dearly for this, very dearly...

[burrowowl]

253. Fuck Coca Cola!

Drink tea or RC with your rum or just drink water!
CC is als screwing up water supply to locals in India!

[JRob]

254. people, people, people... ALL (or most of) the big corps will support

the right because the right buys into what they're told, buy into the advertising, subscribes to the vision of life that they push...

STOP IT ALL!!!!

[NuttyFluffers]

260. but what about local colas :D

i have a local cola, in fact several, available in the stores where i live. supplant one bad habit with one good :D sure, they may corrupt once they become big and powerful, but that'd be years down the road! :evilgrin:

[JRob]

328. one that point, they're all bad for you...

[mikelewis]

256. If you won't give water to the mother of a dead soldier....

I just found out you not only wouldn’t you supply water to the mother of a dead soldier but you gave freely to those who came to mock her. Sorry guys, I will never again purchase another product from your company again. Shame on you. Even if you don’t agree with her, you could have at least given her a drink of water.


This was my email to Coke. Rock on Cindy. I get paid on Monday, I'll send enough so you won't have to go thirsty.

[crazylikafox]

257. kick

[NuttyFluffers]

259. Can I suggest Shasta and other local brands? :D

Or is Shasta another megacorp damning us all into neofeudalistic serfdom? It's in the SF bay area and all old and friendly looking. Doesn't look like a marching, heartless machine of rapine from the outside.

[eShirl]

262. see "Coke is it!" = think "Coke is shit!"

Coca Cola products now banned from our household. Not like there aren't plenty of alternatives.

[Mojorabbit]

265. I'll miss my cherry coke

but I will never patronize them again. Bless that poor mother's heart. If someone comes up with a way to get water to her please post so I can donate.

[Liberal In Texas]

266. Gee ... I used to like Coke...No more, I guess. DAMN. The bastards..

http://www.cokewatch.org/

and



http://killercoke.org/

[rodeodance]

274. me too

[rman]

268. Many large corporations are RW enablers - www.buyblue.org

www.buyblue.org

[rodeodance]

273. I like your pic.

[Maraya1969]

269. This information needs to be sent to some Hollywood producers

The ones who stick Coke products in their TV shows and movies. American Idol showed a Coke machine sitting next to the contestants every wee.

[Buns_of_Fire]

270. I DO hope all the RC fans on this thread

remembered to have a Moon Pie with it. :thumbsup:

[rodeodance]

271. Does anyone have any updates on this issue?

[rodeodance]

272. Reposting the Coke Corp contact information. Lets keep the pressure on.

Toll free number----1-800-438-2653 call them, consumer service!!!!

Kimberly Boyer - Principle consumer response manager for Coca Cola North America. [e-mail]

Sonya Soutus, Assistant Vice President and Director of Media Relations. [e-mail] 404-676-3090

Lori Billingsley, Issues Director, Media Relations [e-mail], 404-676-0621

Snail Mail address:
The Coca Cola Company
P.O. Box 1734
Atlanta, GA 30301

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...
Fri Aug-12-05 03:06 PM
Original message
I just got off the phone with Coca Cola in Waco



After talking with them earlier in the week about furnishing some water to Cindy and the people out marching.
I was routed around and ended up talking with a guy named Craig who basically blew me off after promising to get back with me.
Anyway--I heard on the Randi Rhodes show that Coca Cola was going to be furnishing drinks for the counter protest.
So I called back and left a message on Craig's voicemail (you are welcome to if you like 254-399-5800).
Basically told him that it was very unprofessional for him not to get back to me as he had promised. That I understood that Coke wouldn't take water to the thirsty mother of a dead soldier, yet they would furnish it for the ones who were making a point of harrassing a dead soldier's mother.
I informed them that I would NEVER again drink a Coke product.
I also told them that I would make sure that everyone knew that Coca Cola was anti-mother/anti/family.

"Glory Days"

[MelissaB]

277. kicking for an update

although it may not happen until Monday when Randi is on.

[Horse with no Name]

334. I will pick the issue back up in the am.

Will keep you posted.:)

[Puglover]

275. Count me in.

Fuck coke. I'll never touch it again.

[Darth_Kitten]

276. Time to call Pepsi

Seriously. :(

Good for you for keeping on this guy's tail.

[PATRICK]

278. Lots of grave markers

of ordinary Colombian workers who might have wanted a union or something like a living wage. Of course, the corporation split its international operations so that that blood wouldn't taint the coke back home. As their CEO whined "I'm not responsible!"

What does soda do for you anyway that is worth anything that a generic couldn't do to your body just as well? Junk food, junk science, junk religious cults, junk bonds, junk dope(cigarettes), junk chemicals, weapon profiteering everywhere, looters, corporate welfare cheats, frauds, junk and dying technology poisoning destroying, spitefully grasping, senile, and fearful of consumers who don't need them anymore. That about sums up the core capitalist values of Bush's economic core elite. All negative all the time.

[AlamoDemoc]

283. count me in too...NO MORE COKE PRODUCTS

:kick:

[kiki]

284. For anyone who needed

a reason to boycott Coca-Cola before you heard about this, start here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-cola#Business_practices

and then start Googling.

If being "anti-family" is a no-no, how about murdering union representatives?

Edited to add this: http://www.colombiasolidarity.org.uk/cocacolacampaign.html

[Cookie wookie]

326. Complicity with murdering union bosses in Columbia?

I've heard of things like this before but closed it off from my mind so I could keep on justifying drinking Diet Coke.

Today, this thread hits so close to home. How can I continue to support with my purchases a company that is accused of being another of the global corporate crime families.

I'm ashamed that I continued to use their product. It won't be easy, but today I vow to quit using their products or giving Coca-Cola any more of my money.

[hyphenate]

285. Thanks for the heads up

I don't drink Coca Cola anyhow--haven't for a very long time. I'm an iced tea drinker now. Pretty sad that they're asshats.

[lonestarnot]

286. That does it! No more fucking coke for me!

And somehow all of the drink cups I had got tossed but a coke cup! Fuck throwing it out anyway! Piss on them!

[huskerlaw]

288. Pepsi it is!

Yet another reason I'm glad Pepsi won the contract at my university. Buh-bye, Coke!

[peekaloo]

289. "I'd like to teach the world to kill........"

I have always disliked their brand of sugar water anyway.

Fuck 'em.

[McCamy Taylor]

290. Kick

[malmapus]

292. Phone calls made, Coke has been dumped

Made a call to the WACO office, had to leave a general message (directed it to Craig), then called the 800 number for CS and left a message with a really nice guy who said he would forward it on. Made sure to let them know I was a long time Coke drinker (from GA originally, where you practically grow up on it).

Got a couple Cokes with breakfast and dumping them out now.

Always liked RC anyway.

EDIT: calling my family back in GA and telling them to cut out Coke as well.

Double EDIT: My email to [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail]




Good morning,

It has come to my attention that people have tried to get the local Coke distribution center in Waco Texas to deliver bottled water to Cindy Sheehan (the mother of a soldier that died in Bush's war in Iraq). It has also come to my attention that you are in fact providing Coke to the people who will be protesting HER today in Crawford instead.

I'm originally from Georgia, where it pretty much is a sin to drink anything else, and have drank Coke all my life. I'm also a vet, I have served this country proudly, which may not mean a lot to you. But back home where I'm from, it does carry some weight.

I am writing to tell you how sick I am now of Coca Cola, and that I will not drink Coke anymore. Not only that but being from a big family and the whole vet thing. I will use the weight I carry to make sure my family and their friends do not drink or buy Coke products anymore since you feel it necessary to support people who see it necessary to smudge a mother of a dead soldier.

I have already called both the WACO plant and your 800 CS number to voice my concerns as well.

Good day,

xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[Vox_Reason]

296. Sounds like Craig drinks Kool-Aid, not Coke

Always been a Pepsi guy myself... They started here in NC, in the very cool town of New Bern. It appears they're even more red than Coke, though.... Argh!

Remember, folks: voting with your wallet, and telling those who are missing out on your money why, is the MOST EFFECTIVE WAY you can create change.

[rodeodance]

303. I agree--on both of your pounts.

[rodeodance]

300. nice letter. I too am an avid coke drinker. sigh!!!!!!!

[malmapus]

305. I don't look forward to going cold turkey again lol

I always have fallen back into drinking that stuff again, but this time will do it for Cindy.

EDIT: Thanks for the compliment too! I don't really consider myself a good writer at all. But sometimes I do come through :)

[Pithy Cherub]

294. And just like that, poof, Coke is a banal memory!

:nuke:

[I Have A Dream]

295. Just sent an E-mail telling them that I'll no longer be buying...

their products and why.

When will corporations learn that the left takes care of its own?!! Sacrificing some soft drink is an easy decision given the current situation in the world.

[rodeodance]

313. you betcha!!!!!!

[I Have A Dream]

320. Kick

:kick:

[julialnyc]

297. kick again

[Greyhound]

302. Damn I prefer Coke. Oh well, it's bad for you anyway.

:kick:

[malmapus]

304. Me too

Have been trying to quit anyway (since I know its not healthy to drink it in the amounts I do heh). cold turkey doesn't work, I always go back.

We need to start a DU Coke support group now for those of us quitting our addiction :)

[RummyTheDummy]

311. It's only bad for you if you drink it non stop.

Just as with everything else, moderation, moderation, moderation. I'm not going to quit drinking it but I will continue my boycott of Papa Johns, Wal-Mart and Dominoes.

[Auntie Bush]

306. And they are pro-fat, pro-rotten teeth and pro-freaks.

[rumpel]

307. However try contacting HQ first. Here is the list of their products:

http://www2.coca-cola.com/contactus/index.html

If it is not merely local office position but actual company position, definitely spead the word. No Coca Cola products.


THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BRANDS
Listed below are the brands included in our 2003 unit case volume. Some are licensed and many are sold only in select locations.
A
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A&W
Accent
Ades
Alhambra
Alive
Almdudler
Ambasa
American
Andifrut
Appletiser
Aquactive
Aquana
Aquapure
Aquarius
Aqvaris
Arwa
Aybal-Kin



B
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Bacardi Mixers
Barq's
Beat
Belté
Beverly
Bibo
Bimbo
Bimbo Break
Bingooo
Bistrone
Bjare
BlackFire
Boco
Bom Bit Maesil
Bonaqua/Qa
BPM
Bright And Early
Bubbly
Burn

C
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caffeine free Barq's
caffeine free Coca-Cola
caffeine free Coke II
caffeine free Diet Coke/Coca-Cola light
Cal King
Calypso
Canada Dry
Cannings
Cappy
Carvers
Chaho
Charrua
Chaudfontaine
Cheers
cherry Coke
Chinotto
Chinotto light
Chippewa
Chivalry
Ciel
Citra
Club
Coca-Cola
Cocoteen
Coke II
Cresta
Cristal
Crush
Crystal
Cumberland Gap


D
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DANNON
DASANI
Delaware Punch
DESCA
diet A&W
diet Almdudler
diet Andifrut/Andifrut light
diet Andina Nectar/Andina Nectar light
diet Barq's
diet Canada Dry
diet cherry Coke
Diet Coke/Coca-Cola light
Diet Coke with Lemon /Coca-Cola light with Lemon
diet Crush
diet Dr Pepper
diet Fanta
diet Ikon
diet INCA KOLA
diet Kia Ora
diet Krest
diet Lift
diet Lilt
diet Mello Yello
diet Minute Maid Soft Drink
diet Mr Pibb
diet Nestea/Nestea light
diet Nestea COOL
diet Oasis
diet Pop
diet Sasi
diet Schweppes
diet Sprite
diet Squirt
diet Tai
diet vanilla Coke
Disney Hundred Acre Wood
Disney Mickey's Adventure
Disney Winnie The Pooh
Disney Xtreme Cooler
Dorna
Drim
Dr Pepper


E
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E2
Earth & Sky
Eight O'Clock
Escuis
Escuis light
Eva Water
Evian

F
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Fanta
Finley
Fioravanti
Five Alive
Flavor Rage
Floatz
Fontana
Fraser & Neave
Freezits
Fresca
Frescolita
Freskyta
Fresquinha
Frestea
Frisco
Frucci
Frugos
Frugos Fresh
Fruitia
Fruitlabo
Fruitopia
Fruitopa Freeze
Fruktime
Frutina
Frutonic



G
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Genki No Moto
Georgia
Georgia Club
Georgia Gold
Gini
Gold Spot
Golden Crush
Grapette
Guarana Jesus



H
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H2OK
Happy Valley
Haru no Mint Shukan
Hawai
Hi-C
Hi Spot
Hit
Horizon
Huang



I
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Ice Dew
Ice Mountain
Ikon
INCA KOLA
Izvorul Alb



J
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Jaz Cola
Jet Tonic
Jinmeile
Jolly Juice
Joy
Joya
Jozuni Yasai
Jurassic Well
Just Juice
Juta


K
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Kapo
Kapo Axion
Kapo Super Power
Keri
Kia Ora
Kidsfruitz
Kilimanjaro
Kin
Kin light
Kinley
Kiwi Blue
KMX
Kochakaden
Koumisoukai
Krest
Kuat
Kuat light
Kuli


L
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Leed
Lift
Lilt
Limca
Limonade
Linnuse
Love Body

M
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Maaza
Mad River
Magnolia
Magnolia Funch
Magnolia Zip
Malvern
Manzana Mia
Mare Rosso
Marocha
Master Chill
Master Pour
Mazoe
Meijin
Mello
Mello Yello
Mer
Mezzo Mix
Miami
Mickey Mouse
Migoro-Nomigoro
Milo
Minaqua
Minute Maid
Minute Maid Juice To Go
Minute Maid Soft Drink
Mireille
Mone
Monsoon
Mori No Mizudayori
Mr. Pibb
Multivita

N
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Nagomi
Nalu
Namthip
Nativa
Naturaqua
Nature's Own
Nectar Andina
Nectarin
Nestea
Nestea COOL
Nevada
Neverfail
Nordic Mist
Northern Neck
Nusta

O
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Oasis
Odwalla
Old Colony
Orchy
Oyu



P
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Paani
Pacific Orchard
Pampa
Pams
Parle
Peats Ridge Springs
Pepe Rico
Pibb Xtra
Piko
Pilskalna
Planet Java
Play
Pocarrot
Pocket Dr.
Poiana Negri
Poms
Ponkana
Pop Cola
Portello
POWERADE
POWERADE light
Pulp Ananas
Pump

Q
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Qoo
Quatro
Quwat Jabal

R
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Ramblin' Root Beer
Real Gold
Red Flash
Red Lion
Refresh Tea
Rimzim
Rio Gold
Ripe N Ready
Risco
Riwa
Robinson Brothers
Roses
Royal Tru



S
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Safaa
Safety First
Safia
Samantha
Samurai
Santiba
Santolin
Sarsi
Saryusaisai
Schweppes
Scorpion
Seagrams
Seasons
Seltz
Sensation
Sensun
Senzao
Shichifukuzen
Shock
Signature
Sim
Simba
Simply Apple
Simply Orange
Sintonia
Slap
Smart
Sobo
Sodafruit Caprice Oranges
Sokenbicha
Solo
Sonfil
Soonsoo 100
Sparkle
Sparkletts
Sparletta
Sparletta Iron Brew
Splash
Splice
Sport Cola
Sport Plus
Spring Water
Sprite
Sprite Ice
Sprite Ice Cube
Sprite ReMix
Sprite Zero
Spur
Squirt
Stoney Ginger Beer
Sun Valley
Sundrop
Sunfill
Sunfilled & Fruit Tree
Sunkist
Supa
Superkools
Superpac
Surge
Swerve
T
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TaB
TaB X-Tra
Tahitian Treat
Tai
Tarumi
Tavern
The Tea for Dining
Tea World Collection
Ten Ren
Thextons
Thums Up
Tian Tey
Tian Yu Di
Tiky
Top
Toppur
Tops
Tropical
Tuborg Squash
Turkuaz
U
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Urge



V
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Valpre
Valser
vanilla Coke
Vegitabeta
Vica
Vita
Vital
Vital O
Vitingo
Viva


W
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Water Salad
Wilkin's Distilled Water
Wink
Winnie The Pooh Junior Juice
Y
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Yang Guang
Yang Guang Juicy T
Youki
Yumi
http://www2.coca-cola.com/brands/brandlist.html

[NuttyFluffers]

315. NOOOO! Not Inca Kola, Fanta, and Qoo! Why God, Why!?

they're sooo tasty! :cry:

[KyndCulture]

309. oh.my.god....

thanks for posting this.

[FreeStateDemocrat]

312. Just kicked my coke habit.

[rman]

316. kick to end corporate rule

[rodeodance]

319. Kick (by the way--that sign is great).

[CRK7376]

322. Never liked

Coke in the first place. I've always been a Pepsi product fan.

[PsychoDad]

323. Kick for sunday morning...

Hit the talk shows with this....

[Cha]

324. I tried to find Pepsi's policies

on buyblue and couldn't but(and I know this will be unpopular here) why drink, either? That stuff rots your body eventually..


"Soft drinks have long been suspected of leading to lower calcium levels and higher phosphate levels in the blood. When phosphate levels are high and calcium levels are low, calcium is pulled out of the bones. The phosphate content of soft drinks like Coca -Cola and Pepsi is very high, and they contain virtually no calcium."


http://www.newstarget.com/z004416.html

Just thought I'd throw this in here since "Coke" is obviously being the asshole here.

[fujiyama]

337. Neither is healthy for you

whether diet or regular. I'll admit I do drink pop every once in a while (usually with certain meals), but I've noticed over the years the effect it's had on people's teeth.

A better alternative is tea, juice, or best yet, water.

[Minnesota_Lib]

327. I'm off the stuff as of now....

Screw Coke.

[rodeodance]

329. we need a new thread--too slow for us dial-up people-please.

[realFedUp]

331. www.killercoke.org

Coke really isn't good for anyone except itself.

[Ian David]

332. It looks like Cadbury Schweppes may be an alternative to coke and Pepsi

<snip>

If you're looking for blue soda companies, though, look no further than Shasta. (Brands: http://www.cobb24.com/brand.php?increment=894) So far they're pretty blue. Red Bull and Cadbury Schweppes are the only other two we've found of the national brands that aren't red. Other than that, there's plenty of good "micro-soda" companies out there (like I assume Switch is). Bring in teas, you also have Arizona's line of teas, and Hain-Celestial. Micro-brews do not guarantee they're pro-dem, though, just that they're smaller :-)

<snip>

I've done some research on alternatives to Coke and Pepsi. They are major red donors. Cadbury's, which makes Dr. Pepper, 7-Up, and A&W Root Beer, is neutral in their giving at least here in the states. And Responsible Shopper, a greenie website, gives them a pretty good review. I tried Whole Market's shelf brand of cola, and it was delicious and not too expensive. Blue Sky soda is one of my favorite brands, but it costs more.

More:
http://www.buyblue.org/archives/2005/01/costco_company_1.html


Also:
Coca-Cola sells Crush, Dr Pepper, and Schweppes outside Australia, Europe, and North America.

So, then it would be okay to buy Schweppes products so long as it's in
Australia, Europe, or North America.

More:
http://www.buyblue.org/detail.php?corpId=169


http://www.cadburyschweppes.com/EN



Since its launch in 1905, RC Cola has been a soft drink that embodies individuality and entrepreneurial spirit. RC's crisp, clean taste distinguishes it from other colas, and has become a favorite of cola drinkers throughout America.

<snip>

The RC Cola brand was acquired in October 2000 by London-based Cadbury Schweppes plc. Today, RC Cola continues under the ownership of Plano, Texas-based Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc., the largest beverage subsidiary of Cadbury Schweppes plc.

More:
http://www.dpsu.com/rc.html


Here are some Cadbury Schweppes brands:

7 Up
Bassett's
Bubbas
Cadbury
Cadbury Creme Egg
Cadbury Dairy Milk
Cadbury Eclairs
Cadbury Roses
Canada Dry
Clamato
Dentyne Ice
Dr Pepper
Halls
Hawaiian Punch
Hollywood
Maynards
Mott's
Orangina
Schweppes
Snapple
Sour Patch Kids
STIMOROL
Trident


I just did a quick OpenSecrets search
http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.asp?NumOfThou=0&txtName=&txtState=%28all+states%29&txtZip=&txtEmploy=Cadbury&txtCand=&txt2006=Y&txt2004=Y&txt2002=Y&Order=N


National Softdrink Association
Donations for 2006 Cycle
http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/pacgot.asp?strID=C00100107&Cycle=2006


Total to Democratic House Candidates: $5,500
Total to Republican House Candidates: $11,500
Total to Democratic Senate Candidates: $2,000
Total to Republican Senate Candidates: $2,000

Except $1,000 of that went to Lieberman, so it shouldn't count as a Democrat donation.

[NoSheep]

336. Just gave them a call. Insured them that we certainly wouldn't be drinking

Coke anymore (I didn't in the first place) and that from a marketing standpoint, one would think they would prefer to sell Coke to the living. Reminded them that those numbers are dwindling due to the administration's policies. Fucking Fucks.:grr:

[City Lights]

338. Anyone have an update on this?

The person I emailed on Friday was out of the office until today. Anybody hear anything from Coke today?