CocaCola overseas growth down. No connection to Bush

[Alpharetta]

Notice to CocaCola shareholders and indirect investers (via retirement funds).

There's absolutely no connect between CocaCola lowered overseas growth projections and the battering the U.S. image has taken under the Bush regime.

So when you look at your falling retirement account values, just be glad you've got a President with some values.

[Alpharetta]

1. (I was being sarcastic)

I see a big connection between the marketing cachet of U.S. brands and the current world sentiment regarding U.S. military expansion.

CocaCola is ignoring the big elephant on their chest. I have no dobut the anti-american sentiment is eroding their overseas sales.

The U.S. has one big resource we can't really outsource: our image. We set world style via Hollywood and marketing. If we lose world mindshare there, we're running out of resources.

[schyzo-nas]

3. During the last 4 years...

... a remarkable number of regional brand of colas have emerged. In France for example: Mecca Cola, Breizh Cola, Royal Cola, Corsica Cola, Arab Cola, and the list goes on.

[DenverDem]

2. I just returned from Ireland and bush is hated universally there.

We were fearing that we would lose our new Irish client, so we went in with our Kerry/Edwards buttons on and apologizing up front and saved the account.

Everyone from the little grandmotherly lady I bought 5 copies of the Daily Mirror with the "How could 59 million people be so dumb?" headline to the conservative big businessment we played golf with at the K Club, universally held bushler and the amerikkkan electorate in contempt. When the three Black Watch troopers were killed in Iraq, it became even more serious.

There will be big economic hell to pay for amerikkkans over then next four years, make no mistake.