Monday, July 04, 2005

Coke Classic is fake! Really it is!

I've told friends for years that "Classic" coke is a fraud perpetrated on the American public to reduce the cost of production due to high US tarrifs on sugar. I love the tangy bite of sugar coke I remember when I was a kid and whenever I'm in Canada I drink some just for the memories. Some people didn't believe me and insisted there was no difference.. wrong.. here's a great article on Coke The Real Thing? that actually explores in detail the complicated tariff systems our government has erected to protect sugar refiners the detriment of consumers.. and lovers of the Real Thing, Sugar not "Classic" coke.

For those of you who were suckered by the new coke/classic coke bait and switch, this is a perfect example of how easily public perceptions can be manipulated by shrewd marketing and propaganda. The constitution is a dead letter, our security apparatis is defacto holding us hostage in our own country, the Federal judiciary has run amok, and the weight of Federal regulation and legislation intrudes deeper into our lives daily, yet the average American still thinks he enjoys the same rights and privileges as his parent, grandparents, et all. The formula has changed, it's time people recognize this as fact and work together to bring back the old formula before our already faded memories of what it was once like to live as a truly free people is forgotten forever.