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Oh, how they tug at my heart strings, these big corporation do-gooders. The Coca Cola Company recently published three full pages in the Wall Street Journal expounding on the scholarship awards to more than 1,400 students a year, plus support they’ve given to the Boys & Girls Clubs since 1946. But Coca Cola failed to mention how many children and adults have seen their teeth rot and suffered deleterious effects from the 7-9 teaspoons of sugar they pour into every 8 ounce bottle or can of soda. Child obesity and diabetes has continually been on the rise, but there is no mention of those supposedly insignificant details. Coca Cola claims that their Triple Play program has “helped” more than one million kids learn the importance of physical activity and proper nutrition. Try pouring a little Coca Cola on the hood of your car and watch the paint peel off. Thank you for your heartfelt concern about our children, Coca Cola!
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MISTER NICE GUY #2
Do you remember TV coverage of tragic Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska, blamed on a drunken ship’s captain, and the pitiful sights of oil-covered birds, seals and otters, as well as the devastated coastline, soaked in tar-like globs of oil? The clean-up job promised by Exxon has never been satisfactorily com pleted. The conse quences have been and continue to be disastrous to our environment in ways hard to imagine.
Has Exxon ever compensated the Alaskans? After many court cases, it finally wound up in the lap of Supreme Court Justice Samual Alito, who decided to excuse himself, possibly because he reportedly had between $100,00 and $250,000 in Exxon stock. In calculated and quiet deals, Exxon paid of a small group of fishermen, but failed businesses, suicides and lost tourism will be the legacy of Prince William Sound. Now let’s fast-forward to a non-oil-covered gentleman in a clean white shirt on TV, telling us about the great strides Exxon, and their commitment in saving our environment and in preventing global warming. Oh my, thank you Exxon for this obvious attempt to make us believe anything you say is the truth.
There are many thousands more “Nice Guys” out there. But because we tend to sometimes forgive and forget too easily, this is just a small reminder that big corpo - rations and lawmakers don’t necessarily have your interests in mind!
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