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Coca-Cola’s “It’s Beautiful” Super Bowl Ad Brings Out Some Ugly Americans

POSTED BY: NIKI2
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Monday, February 3, 2014 9:50 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


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Coca Cola’s entry into the Super Bowl ad campaign had a message that was, as it were, Coke Classic: it celebrated the many kinds, colors, lifestyles and origins of Americans who are nonetheless one. Over a scene of these many Americans, it played a patriotic song: not the National Anthem, but the more accessible, singable “America the Beautiful.” It showed us a panoply of American faces, young, old, brown, white, straight, gay (it included what are said to be the first gay parents depicted in a Super Bowl ad), in cowboy hats and hijabs, playing, eating, and exploring all-American vistas.

It was maybe a little sappy, but it was also, well, beautiful, as was the music, sung in a succession of single voices and languages.

It was that last aspect that unfortunately, brought out America the Ugly, at least on some parts of the Internet. “WTF?” asked one post on Twitter. “@CocaCola has America the Beautiful being sung in different languages in a #SuperBowl commercial? We speak ENGLISH here, IDIOTS.” Some of the vitriol may have been satire for all I know, but there was much too much for that to explain all of the “English or GTFO” sentiment–not all of it in impeccable English itself. To wit: “Dear @CocaCola : America the beautiful is sang in English. Piss off. #DontFuckWithUs.”

The xenophobic protesters had one thing right: we do speak English in America. We speak it on official business and in Super Bowl broadcasts; we use it in publications like this one.

But that’s not all we do. People like my immigrant mother and her immigrant sisters learn English as adults and raise their kids to speak it, and also speak French and Arabic at family get-togethers and on phone calls. We speak English in school and Spanish with grandparents and Spanglish with friends. We speak Creole and Chinese and Tagalog sitting down to family dinners–maybe with a bottle or two of Coke around the table, which is why Coke is smart to recognize this.

We come to America, in other words, and we become American–but we don’t erase everything else that we were before, we don’t forget our cultures and languages as if they never existed, and we don’t hide them as if they’re shameful or less than patriotic. We bring them out and share them, and they make this country better and stronger. America isn’t weakened because people don’t submit to a monoculture; it’s strong because it can absorb the peoples and aspirations and talents of the rest of the world without erasing their cultures.

Which is the message this ad shared (besides “Buy Coke”)–it was not a rejection of English, but a celebration of it, and series of tongues, representing all corners of the Earth, resolving in a final line sung in the country’s lingua franca of English and the tag: “America Is Beautiful.”

And it is, even if some people can listen to that chorus and hear nothing but noise. http://entertainment.time.com/2014/02/02/coca-colas-its-beautiful-supe
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Allan West:
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If we cannot be proud enough as a country to sing “American the Beautiful” in English in a commercial during the Super Bowl, by a company as American as they come — doggone we are on the road to perdition. This was a truly disturbing commercial for me. http://allenbwest.com/2014/02/coca-cola-ad-super-bowl-americans-brand-
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Breitbart:
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Executives at Coca Cola thought it was a good idea to run a 60 second Super Bowl ad featuring children singing "America the Beautiful" – a deeply Christian patriotic anthem whose theme is unity – in several foreign languages. The ad also prominently features a gay couple.

Conservatives instantly lit up social media with objections, with many vowing to boycott the soda company's products.

The lyrics of the song, written in 1893 by Wellesley College Professor Katherine Lee Bates, ask God to grant America “brotherhood / From sea to shining sea.”

As far as the executives at Coca Cola are concerned, however, the United States of America is no longer a nation ruled by the Constitution and American traditions in which English is the language of government. It is not a nation governed in the Anglo-American tradition of liberty. It is instead a nation governed by some all inclusive multi-cultural synthesis of the various forms of government in the world, as expressed by the multiple languages used in the Super Bowl ad to sing a uniquely American hymn that celebrates our heritage.

“We don't get to pick and chose whether America should be diverse or not,” says one of the women featured in the ad on a behind-the-scenes video posted by Coca Cola, “It is diverse.....We need to celebrate all the different diversities.”

The old “America the Beautiful” is beautiful because of the blessings God had heaped on it and because its government offers “liberty in law,” while aspiring for togetherness. Coca Cola's America is beautiful because of the differences in its people. When the company used such an iconic song, one often sung in churches on the 4th of July that represents the old “E Pluribus Unum” view of how American society is integrated, to push multiculturalism down our throats, it's no wonder conservatives were outraged. (Emphasis mine) http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/02/02/Why-Coca-Cola-Ameri
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Fox News commentator Todd Starnes:
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Couldn't make out that song they were singing. I only speak English. Coca Cola is the official soft drink of illegals crossing the border. https://www.facebook.com/ToddStarnesFNC



They freaked out over the "two dads", too. How pathetic, what the extreme right wing has turned some Americans into.

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Monday, February 3, 2014 10:44 AM

BLUEHANDEDMENACE


I remember thinking during the commercial "wow, I bet the tea party fringe is gonna go nuts over this"

and, on cue...

It really was a very nicely done piece, but of course how dare one of the largest multinational corporations in the world celebrate diversity "OH THE HORROR!"


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Monday, February 3, 2014 10:48 AM

REAVERFAN


I knew they'd show their bigotry right away. Read the comments on the Breitbart article for some real facepalm-worthy idiocy.

These people vote!

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Monday, February 3, 2014 11:44 AM

BYTEMITE


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Originally posted by reaverfan:
I knew they'd show their bigotry right away. Read the comments on the Breitbart article for some real facepalm-worthy idiocy.

These people vote!



They're also extremely entertaining in a gruesome way, like when a guy is juggling chainsaws on a unicycle, and then suddenly has to dodge a flamethrower.

Seriously, I am in desperate need of some popcorn over here, the comments sections on this are mayhem wherever you look.

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Monday, February 3, 2014 11:45 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!



It's nice sentiment, but a nation that can't understand each other isn't going to last for very long.

If all these peoples are here because they truly love the idea of what America is, and for freedom, meh, that's fine. But to be honest, I don't think many immigrants, or at least a large portion of them, don't come here to BE Americans.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

I'm just a red pill guy in a room full of blue pill addicts.

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Monday, February 3, 2014 12:08 PM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


Yeah, it's pretty sad. I have a suspicion that if this had been televised back when I was young, say the '60s or so, there wouldn't have been nearly as many people going off the deep end.

And what's sadly amusing is that they want everyone else to learn English, when so many of THEM can't spell or write or speak it properly, and a goodly number of them even called it the "National Anthem"! Ignorant schmucks displaying their ignorant schmuckiness, and by gawd, damned proud of it!

If you travel the world, people speak many different languages in every country on earth, but not only do too many Americans want everyone speaking English only in America, they'd be DAMNED if they'd learn some "foreign language", even to travel to other countries. Very sad, what we've come to.


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Monday, February 3, 2014 12:20 PM

1KIKI

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.



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Monday, February 3, 2014 12:29 PM

BYTEMITE


Quote:

Originally posted by AURaptor:

It's nice sentiment, but a nation that can't understand each other isn't going to last for very long.




Fact: The last century was the first time that any of the major powers had over a 90% literacy rate.

Talking and understanding is overrated, as we have daily proof.

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Monday, February 3, 2014 12:40 PM

ELVISCHRIST





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Monday, February 3, 2014 12:43 PM

NEWOLDBROWNCOAT


I don't drink their product much-- I prefer the stuff in the blue can-- but I'm going out of my to drink one today.

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Monday, February 3, 2014 12:45 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


Quote:

Originally posted by BYTEMITE:
Quote:

Originally posted by AURaptor:

It's nice sentiment, but a nation that can't understand each other isn't going to last for very long.




Fact: The last century was the first time that any of the major powers had over a 90% literacy rate.

Talking and understanding is overrated, as we have daily proof.



Problem is, we're literate in several different languages, and not one.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

I'm just a red pill guy in a room full of blue pill addicts.

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Monday, February 3, 2014 12:47 PM

BYTEMITE


Dr. Pepper is also owned by the Coca Cola company, if you want to show your support but require a different flavour.

And if you like drinking the tears of benevolent gods, Dr. Pepper has that going for it too.

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Monday, February 3, 2014 12:48 PM

ELVISCHRIST


Quote:

Originally posted by AURaptor:
Quote:

Originally posted by BYTEMITE:
Quote:

Originally posted by AURaptor:

It's nice sentiment, but a nation that can't understand each other isn't going to last for very long.




Fact: The last century was the first time that any of the major powers had over a 90% literacy rate.

Talking and understanding is overrated, as we have daily proof.



Problem is, we're literate several different languages, and not one.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

I'm just a red pill guy in a room full of blue pill addicts.

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall




You're not.

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Monday, February 3, 2014 12:50 PM

ELVISCHRIST





BTW, for all those who are outraged by Coke's ad and vowing to switch to Pepsi (several tweets referenced such promises), you should know that Pepsi's CEO is Indian, and their president is a Muslim. I know this might be a problem for you, so you should probably just give up sodas altogether.

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Monday, February 3, 2014 12:51 PM

BYTEMITE


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Problem is, we're literate several different languages, and not one.



I believe I just deftly proved it doesn't matter if we even understand each other in ONE language. As such, not actually a problem.

Besides, most Indo-european languages have so many freakin' cognate words in them that they might as well be speaking English.

Etymology for the win yo.

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Monday, February 3, 2014 12:55 PM

ELVISCHRIST




Teabaggers are mad because the commercial used several different languages, and they can't even effectively use one.



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Monday, February 3, 2014 1:09 PM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


Yeah, I love the illiteracy...and the ignorance about it being our "national anthem". Pretty much says it all.














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Monday, February 3, 2014 1:47 PM

ELVISCHRIST





By the way, the song was written by a lesbian in a long-term committed relationship, who left the Republican party in 1924 over fears of their growing homophobia and xenophobia.

It's amazing how much they haven't changed in just 90 short years!

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Monday, February 3, 2014 1:52 PM

JONGSSTRAW


Coke has a long history of promoting multi-culturalism in their advertising so I was not surprised at this one. I just found it stupid and obnoxious, something more suited for the 1970's. The majority of the Superbowl ads were equally stupid and obnoxious, and the half-time show was a circus freak show. And the game sucked too. But the beer was cold and the food was great, so all in all, a great night!

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Monday, February 3, 2014 2:12 PM

BYTEMITE


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The majority of the Superbowl ads were equally stupid and obnoxious, and the half-time show was a circus freak show. And the game sucked too.


This is true.

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Monday, February 3, 2014 2:13 PM

1KIKI

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.


You have to admit, the ad did what it's supposed to do - get a lot of post-ad attention.

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Monday, February 3, 2014 5:03 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


Quote:

Originally posted by ElvisChrist:


Teabaggers are mad because the commercial used several different languages, and they can't even effectively use one.





No. Some Americans are mad that this country is being destroyed. Not by foreign speaking immigrants, which it's always had, but by mindless incivility and a lack of appreciating the American ideals of freedom and unity. You know " ONE NATION ... " ?

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

I'm just a red pill guy in a room full of blue pill addicts.

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

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Monday, February 3, 2014 5:13 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK


Hrmmm......

It's probably more about not what was said, but where it was said....

Seriously Niki....

I hate football. I worked the last two days. If I didn't work, I would have watched it with friends for the commercials, but meh......





Wondering why Football fans didn't approve of the commercial you're talking about is like going to the Grand Wizard of the KKK and asking why he doesn't like Die Hard 3, even though it's the best movie in the Neverending Series.....


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Monday, February 3, 2014 5:20 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


6IX - 3 ? Hell, nothing comes CLOSE to the original Die Hard. Good grief.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

I'm just a red pill guy in a room full of blue pill addicts.

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Monday, February 3, 2014 5:21 PM

1KIKI

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.


"... but by mindless incivility and a lack of appreciating the American ideals of freedom and unity."

How does translating a song into different languages equate to mindless incivility and a lack of appreciating the American ideals of freedom and unity, I wonder? Surely adopting the country and expressing your appreciation of it in a different language is a tribute both to the country and to the person expressing it.

Now, if they were to sing the national anthem of their native country while in the US I would find it uncivil.

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Monday, February 3, 2014 5:40 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


The 'mindless incivility' remark was directed towards EC. Had zero to do w/ translating the lyrics of a song.

I'd like to believe all who come here appreciate it. I have my doubts though.

It was a ad by a soda company, during a football game.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

I'm just a red pill guy in a room full of blue pill addicts.

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

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Monday, February 3, 2014 6:21 PM

WHOZIT


...and the game sucked.

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Monday, February 3, 2014 6:25 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


Quote:

Originally posted by whozit:
...and the game sucked.



Sorry, but I kinda enjoyed it. Underdog kicked the stuffing out of the favorite, by 35 pts. Seattle won all 3 phases of the game, and left no doubt. Sure, it wasn't competitive, but props to the 'hawks.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

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Monday, February 3, 2014 6:42 PM

BYTEMITE


Also Manning's derp face on that safety was just FANTASTIC. I think he actually went a little cross-eyed as it went by him.

https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/8034808320/hF3E92599/

It was pretty much all over from there.

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Monday, February 3, 2014 7:08 PM

1KIKI

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.


"The 'mindless incivility' remark was directed towards EC."

So, do you have a problem about the 'mindless incivility' that was posted about the ad, in proportion to the number of uncivil posts?

This should be an easy question.

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Monday, February 3, 2014 7:16 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


Quote:

Originally posted by BYTEMITE:
Also Manning's derp face on that safety was just FANTASTIC. I think he actually went a little cross-eyed as it went by him.

https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/8034808320/hF3E92599/

It was pretty much all over from there.



Safety scored at 12 seconds into the game.

KO return to start the 2nd half, 12 seconds off the clock.

#12thMan



Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

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Monday, February 3, 2014 8:26 PM

MAL4PREZ


OK, I've ignored the troll. The rest of you can't.

Suckers.

I was traveling and missed the game. My life goes on. I would have muted the commercials anyway. It's only proof positive of what sheep people are, that they look forward to hugely overly expensive 30 second spots that manipulate them into wanting things they don't need.

Not to get tangential, but the root of evil in government and politics is money, and the source of that money is corporations, and the way they keep that money flowing is to convince all you sheep to buy shit you don't need. Now they've even convinced you to love the brainwashing they do to you.

2+2=5



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Monday, February 3, 2014 8:39 PM

STORYMARK


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Originally posted by MAL4PREZ:
It's only proof positive of what sheep people are, that they look forward to hugely overly expensive 30 second spots that manipulate them into wanting things they don't need.




Sorry to kick over your high horse, but I watch the ads becuase they are usually (not always) pretty clever (sure, to sell stuff, but I don't even recall what most are selling) and entertaining (I still pull up that kid-as-Vader ad from a few years back because its so damned cute), and often simply technical marvels (as a filmmaker, Im always interested in seeing what can be accomplished).

I honestly couldn't really give a shit about the guys running into each other on the field. And, if ya want to be judgmental, fan of such can also be looked down on (whether you smugly turn down the sound or not) for a number of reasons, too. Its not like the NFL is some big altruistic endeavor.

To each his own.




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Monday, February 3, 2014 8:55 PM

ELVISCHRIST


Quote:

Originally posted by AURaptor:
Quote:

Originally posted by ElvisChrist:


Teabaggers are mad because the commercial used several different languages, and they can't even effectively use one.





No. Some Americans are mad that this country is being destroyed. Not by foreign speaking immigrants, which it's always had, but by mindless incivility and a lack of appreciating the American ideals of freedom and unity. You know " ONE NATION ... " ?

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

I'm just a red pill guy in a room full of blue pill addicts.

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall





Where did I display this "mindless incivility?"

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Monday, February 3, 2014 8:58 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!



I even quoted it for you.

Figure it out.

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Monday, February 3, 2014 9:19 PM

1KIKI

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.


But failed to criticize the vastly more numerous and hateful mindless incivility of others.

I asked you a question earlier, if you disapproved of that incivility in equal proportion to the number of uncivil. It shouldn't be a difficult question, and there's no catch to the answer.

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Monday, February 3, 2014 9:52 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


Quote:


So, do you have a problem about the 'mindless incivility' that was posted about the ad, in proportion to the number of uncivil posts?

This should be an easy question.



Huh? You're asking the same thing twice.

If you want me to acknowledge that a handful of morons and idiots flock to posting online about an ad and if that some how reflects the attitude of the country as a whole, then my reply is , " why bother " ?

They are outliers, the noisy rabble which don't represent the vast majority of decent folk in this country. To give them more attention than they deserve is a counter productive endeavor.



Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

I'm just a red pill guy in a room full of blue pill addicts.

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

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Monday, February 3, 2014 10:00 PM

1KIKI

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.


but you can't seem to criticize them. interesting.

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Monday, February 3, 2014 10:12 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


Quote:

Originally posted by 1kiki:
but you can't seem to criticize them. interesting.



Calling them morons and idiots isn't criticizing them ?

Oh, I see. You want me to hate them as much as you hate them, is that it ? And express my ( your ) disgust in EXACTLY the same tone and manner.

Gee. If I did that, one of us wouldn't be necessary.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

I'm just a red pill guy in a room full of blue pill addicts.

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Monday, February 3, 2014 10:42 PM

1KIKI

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.


You stopped making sense a while ago. Goodbye.

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Monday, February 3, 2014 11:58 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


Quote:

Originally posted by 1kiki:
You stopped making sense a while ago. Goodbye.



You can't seem to acknowledge a simple answer.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

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Tuesday, February 4, 2014 1:15 AM

REAVERFAN


The "general" is in general agreement with the hate posted. No condemnation = agreement.

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Tuesday, February 4, 2014 2:54 AM

SHINYGOODGUY


It is sad Niki, very sad, that people are so ignorant about this country and what it stands for. First of all, everyone, and I do mean everyone here in this country are immigrants. How so?, you may ask.

Leif Erickson, Viking. The Pilgrims that came over on the Mayflower and landed on Plymouth Rock, English (hence the term New England), New York had Dutch settlers (Brooklyn is from a Dutch word meaning broken land), well you get where I'm going with this. The only true Americans, are the Natives who were here long before Europe discovered the land known as America.

Why even the name America is of foreign descent. Funny thing, a german writer gave the land the name derived from an Italian merchant, Amerigo Vespucci. How's that for genuine Americana. The Statute of Liberty is French. Where would we go to eat? Restaurant is French as well (which loosely translated means "provide food for"). 26 states have names that are
Native American in nature.

Kansas, in the heart of the country (and made popular in film culture by Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale in the Wizard of Oz; also by Joe Pantoliano as Cypher in 1999's The Matrix), is a Sioux Indian word that means "south wind people" - so named after the Native American Tribe known as Kansa. Smack dab in the middle of the country. So ignorant folk will hoot and holler about being American and haven't a clue as to what their talking about. We may well have been named Columbia (after Christopher Columbus) or Vikingland, or New Spain.

The Coke commercial strikes a deep-rooted cord within the soul of the country that few would ever imagine, much less explore. This, as Coke so eloquently depicted, is a country of Immigrants. But people will believe whatever Rush and company will tell them to think, and it really is a shame because they're going to miss out on so much. The language of this country is Native American, English, Spanish, Dutch, French, Creole......etc.
Coke's inventive and creative commercial should be seen as a celebration of who we are as a nation. So pop open a bottle and have a piece of cake, in the grand scheme of things we are but a pimple on the butt of the world.

Frankie says RELAX!!!


SGG


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Originally posted by Niki2:
Yeah, it's pretty sad. I have a suspicion that if this had been televised back when I was young, say the '60s or so, there wouldn't have been nearly as many people going off the deep end.

And what's sadly amusing is that they want everyone else to learn English, when so many of THEM can't spell or write or speak it properly, and a goodly number of them even called it the "National Anthem"! Ignorant schmucks displaying their ignorant schmuckiness, and by gawd, damned proud of it!

If you travel the world, people speak many different languages in every country on earth, but not only do too many Americans want everyone speaking English only in America, they'd be DAMNED if they'd learn some "foreign language", even to travel to other countries. Very sad, what we've come to.



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Tuesday, February 4, 2014 3:20 AM

ELVISCHRIST


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Originally posted by AURaptor:

If you want me to acknowledge that a handful of morons and idiots flock to posting online about an ad and if that some how reflects the attitude of the country as a whole, then my reply is , " why bother " ?




Do you say the same thing when some idiot says that the president is "like a god"?

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Tuesday, February 4, 2014 3:21 AM

ELVISCHRIST


By the way, one of the requirements of becoming a naturalized United States citizen is knowing that "The Star Spangled Banner" is the national anthem.

A good number of teabaggers are not qualified to be citizens, it would seem.

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Tuesday, February 4, 2014 6:17 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


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Originally posted by ElvisChrist:
Quote:

Originally posted by AURaptor:

If you want me to acknowledge that a handful of morons and idiots flock to posting online about an ad and if that some how reflects the attitude of the country as a whole, then my reply is , " why bother " ?




Do you say the same thing when some idiot says that the president is "like a god"?



Newsweek editor Evan Thomas, who said Obama was " sort of God ", ( not LIKE a god ) , while on TV isn't exactly apples to apples with Joe and Jane Nobody , posting comments on the internet. I'd say he has a bit broader perspective, and therefore HIS comments come from a different place.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

I'm just a red pill guy in a room full of blue pill addicts.

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

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Tuesday, February 4, 2014 6:21 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


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Originally posted by reaverfan:
The "general" is in general agreement with the hate posted. No condemnation = agreement.



If that's a sideways swipe at me and my avatar, then you're 100% wrong. "hate post". WTF are you..12 ? Please.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

I'm just a red pill guy in a room full of blue pill addicts.

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

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Tuesday, February 4, 2014 9:40 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


Hey, Mark, I'm with you. I will freely admit to having BEEN a football fan when I was younger...for many years a Raiders fan, until they deserted us...then Niners. I used to love the almost ballet-like agility, and how the Raiders could be down by 12 with five minutes to go or something and still manage to pull off a miracle. Of course, with the Niners it could just as easily be the OPPOSITE, but yeah, I even remember pulling over on a camp trip so Jim and I could listen to the end of the S'Bowl before we got out of radio range.

But now, no, for me it makes no more sense to watch than being put to sleep trying to watch a baseball "game", in part because it's gotten almost as slow in its way, but mostly because we now know how much they're damaging their own brains, running into each other like mountain goats.

But at the same time, I'm capable of appreciating the craftsmanship of some of the commercials, and good commercials in general. I don't see many any more, given On Demand, Netflix and Amazon on Roku, but I've admired quite a few well-done commercials over the years.

Sorry I forgot to put up the ad itself, Brenda (duh!), I wandered around a bunch of articles and cutting and pasting all the screen shots I found, etc., forgot not everyone is inundated with our "news" (I use the term loosely...) ;o) As for Canada, they already don't like your "socialized" horrors (except when you give us jerks like Cruz), just be grateful.

Lastly, I believe we have a few of these today: "Maybe we need some sort of designation. The first person to acknowledge any of that shit is the "sucker of the day" or something"...and we were doing so well...

ETA: EC, I LOVE it! "By the way, one of the requirements of becoming a naturalized United States citizen is knowing that "The Star Spangled Banner" is the national anthem. A good number of teabaggers are not qualified to be citizens, it would seem."

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Tuesday, February 4, 2014 9:58 AM

BYTEMITE


In fairness, some of them clearly knew the name "The Star Spangled Banner" and knew that's the name of the national anthem, but had the song itself confused with America The Beautiful.

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Tuesday, February 4, 2014 10:11 AM

ELVISCHRIST


Quote:

Originally posted by AURaptor:
Quote:

Originally posted by ElvisChrist:
Quote:

Originally posted by AURaptor:

If you want me to acknowledge that a handful of morons and idiots flock to posting online about an ad and if that some how reflects the attitude of the country as a whole, then my reply is , " why bother " ?




Do you say the same thing when some idiot says that the president is "like a god"?



Newsweek editor Evan Thomas, who said Obama was " sort of God ", ( not LIKE a god ) , while on TV isn't exactly apples to apples with Joe and Jane Nobody , posting comments on the internet. I'd say he has a bit broader perspective, and therefore HIS comments come from a different place.




So you agree that he's got a broader perspective than the average tea party supporter. Good to know.

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