Vitaminwater. Healthy, right? The folks at Coca-Cola would want us to believe as such through its positioning and marketing of the product as a more healthy alternative among beverage options. And it worked. Until now. Coca-Cola lawyers: "...no consumer could reasonably be misled into thinking vitaminwater was a healthy beverage."
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Coke Lawyers: It’s Sugar Water
Sears & ‘Woe’-buck?
Perhaps a name change is in order at SEARS? How about Sears & 'Woe-buck'? SEARS' online catalog has definitely 'flipped the switch' and has decidedly... "Another reveals two topless women embracing, wearing only the skimpiest of shorts, a model who appears to be wearing some water and a small...
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Howard Johnson: Under the Orange Roof
I was checking out this HoJo memorabilia site today – it’s at America’s Landmark: Under the Orange Roof. The site mentions that the Lake George, NY Howard Johnson may have opened for its last “season” this summer as it is up for sale. I discovered this 1957 radio jingle for Howard Johnson. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Check it out!
Daniel Hannan at International Leaders Summit in Brussels
“Almost nobody now argues for the inevitability of socialism for the desirability of state planning…and yet the percentage of wealth taken by governments continues to grow.” If you have ten minutes, grab a cup of coffee and check this out. Even if you are apolitical. The courage of this British member of Parliament could teach us something about standing firm. “Just as the Asian powers are learning the benefits of decentralization, of devolution, of competition, we are adopting our own version of the Ming, Mogul, and Ottoman path towards ever closer union, harmonization, more bureaucracy, more rules, higher taxes.”
Hey Superman, duck and cover. Or, Up, up and over there.
Tatiana Siegel, in her Hollywood Reporter piece today slugged, “Superman eschews longtime patriot act” found HERE reminds us that even our superheroes have gone the way of the latest attempt at a flag amendment. Siegel quotes co-writer Michael Dougherty as saying We were always hesitant to include the term ‘American way’ because the meaning of that today is somewhat uncertain,” Ohio native Dougherty explains. “The ideal hasn’t changed. I think when people say ‘American way,’ they’re actually talking about what the ‘American way’ meant back in the ’40s and ’50s, which was something more noble and idealistic. Dougherty, a “more noble and idealistic” time? Back when? You mean during the very time when Congress was closely examining film makers for their left-leanings? When people of color and individuals of differing orientations were summarily defiled and put aside? Or, perhaps you are referring to a time in America when the very notion of a second car or even a second television was all but a pipe dream for most Americans. Politically, you must be referencing a more “noble and idealistic” time as Tommy Turtle sang the “duck and cover” theme to millions of school children as they would practice hiding under Continue reading →