"The United States is the only country saying that what is happening in Darfur is a genocide," Ukec shouted, gesticulating wildly and perspiring from his bald crown. "I think this is a pretext."We suspect Mr. Ukec overestimates his negotiating position rather severely. —MEGHANN MARCO
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"I want you to know that the gum arabic which runs all the soft drinks all over the world, including the United States, mainly 80 percent is imported from my country," the ambassador said after raising a bottle of Coca-Cola.A reporter asked if Sudan was threatening to "stop the export of gum arabic and bring down the Western world."
"I can stop that gum arabic and all of us will have lost this," [Ukec] warned anew, beckoning to the Coke bottle. "But I don't want to go that way."
Denying Genocide in Darfur -- and Americans Their Coca-Cola [Washington Post]
]]>I love my Coke but i will go without if it means getting a message across to a whack job in Sudan.
]]>Seriously though, many of you already know that the soda companies already have a substitute for all of the ingredients that they use anyway. So it doesn't matter if they export or not anyway. Personally I am against the purchase of any goods from a country that denies that there is a serious problem that needs to be addressed in there country. And for those of you who have been swayed by the silly article to think otherwise, genocide is occurring in Sudan.
]]>.....Fortunately, besides in Russia, tubes seem to be made Serbia, Slovakia, and even China, these days. Although, I sure wouldn't want melamine in my tubes! Russia can't cut us volume junkies off by itself!
]]>A reporter asked if Sudan was threatening to "stop the export of gum arabic and bring down the Western world."
John Ukec Lueth Ukec - so good, they named him twice!
]]>Uncanny.
]]>Whoa, there; vacuum tubes are the backbone of rock!
]]>(just to keep it real, a lot of UHF broadcast stations actually use tubes in their transmitters.)
]]>Wait, what economy are you talking about? Every time another official from yet another corrupt and inept African government speaks, it reinforces the world's perception of why they're in the position they are in.
]]>The United States is the only country saying that what is happening in Darfur is a genocide," Ukec shouted.
...Except for the 10,000 nine-year-old girls gang-raped on the desert sands by janjaweed thugs. I'm pretty sure they don't call it a "date".
Stay classy, Darfur!
]]>Oops, that would be gum benzoin that produces benzoic acid, my bad. mmmm gummy...
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Of course, if I had to choose between genocide or going without soda, I'd probably choose to go without soda. So let the Sudanese ambassador make those threats as much as he wants!
]]>But seriously, what are we going to do about Darfur? It's not like it's likely the UN will put their pants on and intervine. Looks like this guy is using the fact that the US are already having major problems in Iraq to do what the heck they want without being threatened of invasion. Who would? Why is the UN so gentle and polite over the situation anyways? What gives? What if it *really* is all about the Gum Arabic? What a sad world lol.
This guy is using the most retarded tactic but the only one that can buy him very much time: denial. Iraq is nothing compared to Soudan when it comes to noticing how bad the world is turning while everyone is simply watching, standing idly still.
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I'm all for water. I need to stop drinking so much soda, anyway...
Then again, we'll have all sorts of trailer trash hording Pepsi after this...
]]>What are we to do?
]]>Carbonated Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Caramel Color, Phosphoric Acid, Natural Flavors, Caffeine.
I don't see any gum arabic in there at all. Maybe they have different recipes in different parts of the world?
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Shades of this?
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/54667