Thay It Is

Nina Ricci perfume is off the chain gang…hoo ahh! 

Darla is in love with a deaf man.  She’s trying to convince him to get a BB to text back and forth with her.  I never thought of text in such a con”text”, it is not so passive-aggressive in that case.  You know what they say about a man who only texts you, girl, he’s just not that into you.

I so need to get out of this town.  I missed the deadline that would grant me freedom once again.  My sub-conscience is undermining my consciousness.  It is definitely fear that is holding me back, fear and laziness.  The laziness stems from my superiority complex, like someone like me shouldn’t have to put forth so much effort.  God, this kind of self-analysis couldn’t even come from a hundred dollar-an-hour shrink (complex rears its ugly head).

This weekend, I am going to start sanding and staining that furniture in my living room.  I might paint too.  I want to have a couple BBQs this summer.  Would love to have some peeps over.  My apt is always under construction.  My life is always under construction.  One thing at a time though.

The Coca Cola company wrote me back regarding my suggestions.  I wrote to them about their manufacturing interests in Zimbabwe.  Mugabe has been challenged for his presidency and has ordered the military to rub out any opposition.  Ruthless tyrant.  Civil war could break out.  I asked Coca Cola to send en envoy, an ambassador to help make pleas and ask the government to end the violence against its people. 

The response reads:

Thank you for contacting The Coca-Cola Company, Ms. Salazar.  We appreciate the opportunity to respond.  Your letter to Muhtar Kent was forwarded to me for response.

We believe that our Company can and must be a catalyst for positive change through actions that are appropriate for a business to take, and we know that The Coca-Cola Company has a positive impact on countries where we do business.  We add value to and strengthen communities around the world where we operate through direct investment, employment, setting an example of best practices in our operations and upholding the highest standards of corporate responsibility.  However, as a business, we recognize our role is important, but it is also inherently and appropriately limited.  As a business organization, it is not our place to influence sovereign nations or take positions on political matters unrelated to the beverage industry.

We join others in expressing deep concern for the situation on the ground in Zimbabwe.  We know that all parties involved hope for a peaceful resolution.

Please contact us again should you have additional comments or questions.

Tom Barber
Industry and Consumer Affairs
The Coca Cola Company

What if for one day, businesses put their mission statements aside, and made their first priority, the lives of people? 

Hasn’t this guy ever heard of something called the “macro-environment”, if he thinks politics does not relate to the beverage industry, or any other industry, he should call it a day.  Politics absolutely affects business.  What a moron.

He claims that Coca Cola adds value to and strengthens communities around the world.  One word: Apartheid.  How quickly we forget. 

I am going to aim to write one letter a day on behalf of my causes.  Then I am going to publish the ‘bend-over-let-me-stick-this-in-your-ass’ responses, just so we’re all clear that they know…that we know (and so on).