Maybe something to do with the Russians in Alaska, Seward's Folly in purchasing it from them. Seward's Absolut-ion?
Maybe confusion between Alyeska and Aztlan. -Bob --- In cia-drugs@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Where is the sense of humor here? Am sure laughing their heads off 'there'. > Absolut is a Russian company, lol. > Michael Donovan > > > http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laplaza/2008/04/mexico-reconque.html > > > > > > *Mexico reconquers California? Absolut drinks to that!* > > > > The latest advertising campaign in Mexico from Swedish vodka maker > > Absolut promises to push all the right buttons south of the U.S. border, > > but it could ruffle a few feathers in El Norte. > > > > Absolut <http://www.flickr.com/photos/newcorrespondent/2383371667/> > > > > The billboard and press campaign, created by advertising agency > > Teran\TBWA <http://www.terantbwa.com.mx/> and now running in Mexico, is > > a colorful map depicting what the Americas might look like in an > > "Absolut" -- i.e., perfect -- world. > > > > The U.S.-Mexico border lies where it was before the Mexican-American war > > of 1848 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican-American_War> when > > California, as we now know it, was Mexican territory and known as Alta > > California. > > > > Following the war, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo saw the Mexican > > territories of Alta California and Santa Fé de Nuevo México ceded to the > > United States to become modern-day California, Texas, New Mexico, Utah, > > Colorado and Arizona. (Texas actually split from Mexico several years > > earlier to form a breakaway republic, and was voluntarily annexed by the > > United States in 1846.) > > > > The campaign taps into the national pride of Mexicans, according to > > Favio Ucedo, creative director of leading Latino advertising agency > > Grupo Gallegos in the U.S. > > > > Ucedo, who is from Argentina, said: "Mexicans talk about how the > > Americans stole their land, so this is their way of reclaiming it. It's > > very relevant and the Mexicans will love the idea." > > > > But he said that were the campaign to run in the United States, it might > > fall flat. > > > > "Many people aren't going to understand it here. Americans in the East > > and the North or in the center of the county -- I don't know if they > > know much about the history. > > > > "Probably Americans in Texas and California understand perfectly and I > > don't know how they'd take it." > > > > Meanwhile, the campaign has been circulating on the blogs and generating > > strong responses from people north of the border. > > > > "I find this ad deeply offensive, and needlessly divisive. I will now > > make a point of drinking other brands. And 'vodka and tonic' is my > > drink," said one visitor, called New Yorker, on MexicoReporter.com > > <http://mexicoreporter.com/2008/04/03/california-reclaimed-by-mexico-thats-the-absolut-truth/#comments>. > > > > Reader Paul Green goes into a discussion on the blog Gateway Pundit > > <http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/04/absolut-ly-outrageous-ad-in-mexico-city.html> > > of whether the U.S. territories ever belonged to Mexico in the first > > place, and the News12 Long island > > <http://forum.news12.com//ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=0&Number=928151&page=0> > > site invited people to boycott Absolut, with one user, called > > LivingSmall, writing: "If you drink Absolut vodka, you can voice your > > approval or disapproval of this advertising campaign with your > > purchases. I know I will be switching to Grey Goose or Stoli and will > > never have another bottle of Absolut in my house. > > > > "Hey Absolut ... that's my form of social commentary." > > > > -- Deborah Bonello and Reed Johnson in Mexico City > > > > > > >
