Though I erred, (It is Swedish -confused with Vodka that starts with
'S')..yes, amounts to same thing. Swedes backing Russia is this, our
stupid 'expansion'. They have been more connected to Russia than most
realize from the time Charles XII defeated by Peter.
It IS a political statement and they don't mind some stupid 'boycott'
which won't last anyway to make the statement.
Those states becoming more and more Spanish. There are NO hispanics in
Miss. Alabama, Ark. Why? Why should they go there and compete with the
Blacks. And those states becoming more and more controlled by Blacks.
Economically Washington state is more and more connected to Vancouver both
places saying 'why should we be controlled by D.C. and Ottawa?'.
Michael.
> 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
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
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