[josdegr]

Like we have not had enough already. It seems that the Pepsi CFO is comparing the US to the middle finger. Pepsi's new can is going to be shaped like a hand with the middle finger raised.

Pepsi president likens
U.S. to middle finger
Food giant now doing damage control in wake of speech to Columbia grads

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Posted: May 20, 2005
1:00 a.m. Eastern


By Joe Kovacs
© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com

Food giant PepsiCo is now fizzing in damage-control mode after the company's president likened the U.S. to a middle finger.

The remarks by Indra Nooyi, an India-born woman who also serves as PepsiCo's chief financial officer, came during a speech Sunday to graduates at Columbia Business School in New York, some of whom took offense as an anti-American attack.


"I'm going to take a look at how the United States is perceived in global business," Nooyi told the audience, saying she'd use the human hand as a model.

Nooyi then went on to say the five major continents in the world can each be represented by a finger on the hand.

She said Africa was the pinkie, because of its place on the world's stage, having yet to catch up to her sister continents.

"And yet, when our little finger hurts, it affects the whole hand," Nooyi stated.

She said our thumb is Asia, "strong, powerful, and ready to assert herself as a major player on the world's economic stage."

Europe was compared to the index finger, the cradle of democracy which "pointed the way for Western civilization and the laws we use in conducting global business."

South America, including Latin America, was likened to the ring finger, symbolizing love and commitment to another person.


PepsiCo president Indra Nooyi

She said her analogy "leaves the long, middle finger for North America, and in particular, the United States. As the longest of the fingers, it really stands out. The middle finger anchors every function that the hand performs and is the key to all of the fingers working together efficiently and effectively. This is a really good thing, and has given the U.S. a leg up in global business since the end of World War I.

"However, if used inappropriately – just like the U.S. itself, the middle finger can convey a negative message and get us in trouble," Nooyi said, noting she would not demonstrate, nor was she looking for volunteers. "Discretion being the better part of valor, I think I'll pass."

Pepsi president likens U.S. to middle finger.

[angelize56]

If Indra Nooyi doesn't like the U.S. I suggest she leave and don't let our middle fingers hit her in the butt!

[Wino]

I dunno...........thought it was a pretty good analogy...............this is the WTC I wish they would rebuild in NYC>>>>>>>>>......

[angelize56]

Wino: Did you like the Trump one?

[Wino]

Originally Posted by angelize56

Wino: Did you like the Trump one?

If it's the latest one where he wants to rebuild exactly as the old.............NO! I don't think they could rent the upper floors..............unless they had dirigibles on cables all around the area to prevent an airplane from hitting them again.

[LANMaster]

Actually, I'd like to see them built the way they were before, but I agree with Wino that they would be an inticing target.

Perhaps if they were built to withstand an even bigger plane than the ones that took them down to begin with.

Regardless, whatever is built there WILL rent out quickly, but will always be a suspected target. And that's what terrorists are hoping for, isn't it?

[angelize56]

Wino: Trump's is ugly....an overly large monstrosity! I'm not too keen about the plan they want to use! Make the buildings smaller...

[LANMaster]

I read the entire speech the Pepsi President made at Columbia.
I read both of her apologies.
Her apologies do not reconcile what she CLEARLY meant about the middle finger's derrogatory connotations.
She knew what she was doing, and I support those who wish to boycott Pepsi.
I'd lay odds that she'll be fired from Pepsi before the end of next week.

[josdegr]

TROUBLE SPEAK
PepsiCo flipped off
due to middle finger
Rush Limbaugh sounds off on controversy as many urge boycotts, firing of president

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Posted: May 20, 2005
5:00 p.m. Eastern

By Joe Kovacs
© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com

An apology by PepsiCo's president who likened the United States to a middle finger is apparently doing little to calm outrage caused by her remarks.

In the wake of WorldNetDaily's coverage of Indra Nooyi's commencement speech to graduates at Columbia Business School in which she compared the U.S. to the middle finger with both positive and negative connotations, consumers are vowing to boycott the company, and the topic is being widely discussed on talk radio

Rush Limbaugh

"What is the compulsion that some people have in this country to constantly tear this country down?" asked talk-show host Rush Limbaugh today. "What is the compulsion to always judge this country guilty before you know anything? What is the compulsion that makes it necessary for some people to apologize for this country? This type of thinking resides almost exclusively on the left."

Most of the letters coming in to WND are blasting PepsiCo and Nooyi in particular, seeking her ouster as president and chief financial officer.

PepsiCo flipped off

[linskyjack]

Originally Posted by josdegr

TROUBLE SPEAK
PepsiCo flipped off
due to middle finger
Rush Limbaugh sounds off on controversy as many urge boycotts, firing of president

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Posted: May 20, 2005
5:00 p.m. Eastern

By Joe Kovacs
© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com

An apology by PepsiCo's president who likened the United States to a middle finger is apparently doing little to calm outrage caused by her remarks.

In the wake of WorldNetDaily's coverage of Indra Nooyi's commencement speech to graduates at Columbia Business School in which she compared the U.S. to the middle finger with both positive and negative connotations, consumers are vowing to boycott the company, and the topic is being widely discussed on talk radio

Rush Limbaugh

"What is the compulsion that some people have in this country to constantly tear this country down?" asked talk-show host Rush Limbaugh today. "What is the compulsion to always judge this country guilty before you know anything? What is the compulsion that makes it necessary for some people to apologize for this country? This type of thinking resides almost exclusively on the left."

Most of the letters coming in to WND are blasting PepsiCo and Nooyi in particular, seeking her ouster as president and chief financial officer.

PepsiCo flipped off

Excellent analogy--Who cares what that oxycodine popping fat boy says anyway?

[Ciberblade]

Words, like actions have consequenses. Just ask the Dixie Chicks.

[Wino]

I prefer Coca Cola, but will switch to Pepsi ASAP.............if wingers are against something or somebody, those so targeted must have redeeming value............. the lone exception to this rule are terrorist of any ilk.

BTW, linskyjack..................I am not fat!