Now the religious nuts are boycotting Pepsi

[Democrat 4 Ever]

Here is an email I just received from my youngest daughter. Lovely girl, hard worker, smart, got her act together but, alas, she is married to a freeper. (What can I say, you raise them the best ya can....good thing he is generally a nice guy and I can ignore his freeperism. And I keep trying to steer her back from the dark side one step at a time.)This email maybe a hoax but, real or not, thought it would be a good opportunity to teach her a little history.


Friday, April 15, 2005 11:36 AM
Subject: Fw: Don't buy Pepsi in the new can...
Don't Buy Pepsi In The New Can!!Pepsi Has A New Patriotic Can Coming Out With A Picture Of The Empire State Building, And The Pledge Of Allegiance On It. However, The Words "Under God" Are Omitted. Pepsi Said They Didn't Want To Offend Anyone. That Case, We Don't Want To Offend Anyone At The Pepsi Corporate Office Either. So, If We Don't Buy Any Pepsi Product, They Will Not Be Offended When They Don't Receive Our Money That Has The Words "In God We Trust" On It!!! How Fast Can You Forward This One?

And here is my reply - hope she forwards on -

Sorry, I will continue to buy Pepsi, maybe more, just to make a point.

The Pledge of Allegiance did not originally have the "under God" phrase in it. It was added during the 1950s when Joseph McCarthy and his "Red Scare" bunch of followers were trying to get people to testify against family, friends, co-workers, and acquaintances that they were "Red" Communists. There was this wild wave of patriotism that used fear as a means of controlling people. If you did not agree to rat out people then you were "blacklisted" and kept from working, you were shunned and people's lives and careers were ruined. McCarthy and his bunch were finally shown to be frauds (and using the scare for political purposes) and it was ended but not before a lot of harm was done to a lot of people. It was a campaign of you are "either with us or you are a communists." (A lot like today when people say you are either for the president or you are un-American - neither is true.

It is contrary to the Constitution, to what is right and what the freedoms this country was founded upon. You can be very much against one person and their policies and still very much love your country. Opposition to the ruling party is an American idea - after all that is exactly how we became a country to begin with - by overthrowing a king and demanding fair and equal freedom for ALL. Not just God fearing ones.

Pepsi has a right to want to reach out to all Americans not just religious drinkers. I am not offended by the words "under God" in the Pledge but do feel it is unnecessary and catering to a few people. We are not a nation of religions, we are a nation of people who are free to worship or not as they see fit and we do not need to chant the words for the privilege.

Love ya, just my two cents, have a super great weekend.

M

[ck4829]

1. This story is about a decade old!

Are these the people that we 'lost' to?!

[goodboy]

2. great letter, well said on all points, and I'm drinking a nice diet pepsi

for you right now.

[NoPasaran]

3. Debunked

Snopes says it's bullshit
http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/undergod.asp

[Democrat 4 Ever]

7. I honestly thought it was probably another case of faux indignation

on the part of freepers about Pepsi but couldn't resist the chance to let my little darling know how silly some of this stuff is. Maybe next time she reads (and forward) some of this nonsense she'll stop and consider what she is passing on. If she just passes my email on to her in-laws (very, very freepy - nice, decent folk but lordly they are brainwashed) I will consider my time well spent.

[Mr_Spock]

4. I got a wholly innapropriate email at work today from coworker

What should I do about this?

_________________________________________________________________

DID YOU KNOW ALL THIS? I SURELY DIDN'T.

As you walk up the steps to the building which houses the U.S. Supreme Court you can see near the top of the building a row of the world's law givers and each one is facing one in the middle who is facing forward with a full frontal view ... it is Moses and he is holding the Ten Commandments!




DID YOU KNOW?

As you enter the Supreme Court courtroom, the two huge oak doors have the Ten Commandments engraved on each lower portion of each door.



DID YOU KNOW?

As you sit inside the courtroom, you can see the wall, right above where the Supreme Court judges sit, a display of the Ten Commandments!



DID YOU KNOW?



There are Bible verses etched in stone all over the Federal Buildings and Monuments in Washington, D.C.

DID YOU KNOW?


James Madison, the fourth president, known as "The Father of Our Constitution" made the following statement:

"We have staked the whole of all our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind for self-government, upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God."

DID YOU KNOW?



Patrick Henry, that patriot and Founding Father of our country said:

"It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded not by religionists but by Christians, not on religions but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ".

DID YOU KNOW?

Every session of Congress begins with a prayer by a paid preacher, whose salary has been paid by the taxpayer since 1777.

DID YOU KNOW?



Fifty-two of the 55 founders of the Constitution were members of the established orthodox churches in the colonies.

DID YOU KNOW?

Thomas Jefferson worried that the Courts would overstep their authority and instead of interpreting the law would begin makinglaw.an oligarchy.
the rule of few over many.

DID YOU KNOW?

The very first Supreme Court Justice, John Jay, said:


"Americans should select and prefer Christians as their rulers."

How, then, have we gotten to the point that everything we have done for 220 years in this country is now suddenly wrong and unconstitutional?

Please forward this to everyone you can. Lets put it around the world and let the world see and remember what this great country was built on.

Thank you!!


Chamber, US House of Representatives

I was asked to send this on if I agreed or delete if I didn't. Now it is your turn...


It is said that 86% of Americans believe in God. Therefore I have a very hard time understand-ing why there is such a mess about having the 10 commandments on display or "In God We Trust" on our money and having God in the Pledge of Allegiance. Why don't we just tell the 14% to Sit Down and SHUT UP!!! or go back to their country to live.
If you agree, pass this on, if not simply delete.

__________________________________________________________

Disgusting!! :eyes:

[Demit]

6. link to www.truthorfiction.com will blow all that out of the water--

http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/r/religious-depictions.htm

[Mr_Spock]

12. Thanks!! I sent it to the intelligent people on this list.

I didn't copy the moron that snet it - not going to lower myself.

[tanyev]

8. I got that a few days ago from a former coworker.

I blasted the Snopes commentary back to her, although some portions of that email are true. So I also sent her an article and photos about how Hitler used religion to enhance his political stature. Haven't heard a peep back from my co-worker.

[Mr_Spock]

14. This was copied to a large list of cowokers - very very inappropriate

I'm just gonna hold it over this person by NOT reacting in any way - except with the other people on the list who were also offended!

It's a RW redneck if anybody was wondering...

[DelawareValleyDem]

13. Interesting

"It is said that 86% of Americans believe in God. Therefore I have a very hard time understand-ing why there is such a mess about having the 10 commandments on display or "In God We Trust" on our money and having God in the Pledge of Allegiance"

That's because you have a hard time understanding how a Constitutional Republic works.

[Mr_Spock]

15. This is a typical nitwit with flags, Semper Fi & ribbons on her Expedition

She is a real jerk for the most part - an angry jerk at that.

[Demit]

5. what a great response! you also might give her a link to snopes.com :)

I finally told friends to check things out to make sure they were true before sending them to me, that I was tired of having to do it for them. You sound much less snarky, I'm sure you can do it in a nicer way :)

[beyurslf]

9. Most of that is untrue or misleading... but what about the members of that

14% who ARE from this country? I was born here. My parents were here. My grandparents were born here. ALL of my grandparents' grandparents were born here. The first relative we know for sure from either side was not born in the US was in the late 1780's and he was born in Canada!
This is MY country every bit as much as anyone else's...so they can bite my atheist ass when they tell me to go home. I am home!

[Abelman]

10. Not to mention

a Pledge of Allegiance goes against the teachings of Jesus. Not that they'd know that since most of them haven't actually cracked open a bible.

[LostinVA]

11. Check out Snopes (n/t)

[longship]

16. I can think of many reasons to boycott Pepsi...

...but none of them are religious.

Let's see...

Pepsi == Monopolist
Poor treatment of employees
Refrigerator police (employees consuming Coke products are fired!)
and finally...

Pepsi-Cola sucks!

[strategery blunder]

17. "Refrigerator police (employees consuming Coke products are fired!)"

You've got to be kidding! Do you have a link!?:wow:

[MrBenchley]

18. Mr. Pibb. Jesus Drunks It--You Should Too.

The mysteries and wonders of theology never cease to amaze....

[Discord]

19. Wonder why Pepsi? My opinion... its simple.

Pepsi is what color can?

Coke is what color can?

I rest my case.

[moondust]

20. Bravo!

D4E, you're a credit to freedom everywhere--the real kind!

[Lone Pawn]

21. Hoax.