July 9, 2007, - 9:36 am
Happy 25th Anniversary, Diet Coke!
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Twenty-five years ago today a revolutionary soft drink was introduced to the market. Today, Diet Coke turns 25 and counts many prominent Americans among its loyal consumers. It allowed for a semi-Coke taste without the calories. Today it is the most popular diet soft drink in the world.
But many Americans are now Diet Coke addicts. Many continue to debate whether it’s safe to drink so much artifical sweetener–Diet Coke uses aspartame. Yet, when it was introduced, Nutrasweet (the commercial name for the particular aspartame in Diet Coke) was the most tested substance. And it’s not like anyone forces you to drink. Diet Coke comes in many varieties, from caffiene-free to cherry to cherry vanilla and several other flavors. In March, Coca-Cola introduced Diet Coke Plus with vitamins. And now experts debate whether you can really absorb or be helped by vitamins contained in a diet soda drink.
Still, I’m one of the many Diet Coke consumers who like the product and ingest from time to time (I’m no addict). And I’m happy it was introduced. Happy 25th, Diet Coke.
I note that, while there are many famous Diet Coke addicts (Newsweek recently did an article on them), the most clever is Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Chieftess Not that she’s generally very clever (she’s not), but she manages to force ICE agents to , at ever city in America she visits. While The ICE Princess and her well-connected husband make a combined income plus benefits package of over $500,000 per year, paid for by taxpayers, agents have been required to buy her the trove of Diet Coke. (Since she thinks she’s a rock star, she apparently believes she should get all the trappings contained in a rock star rider.)
I’m reminded of the anti-Semitic phrases signifying cheapness: “She Jewed me down,” or “You’re such a Jew.” Both of them should certainly be changed to “She Julie’d me down,” or “Don’t be such a Julie.”
Tags: America, cherry vanilla, Coca Cola, David Lunde, Debbie Schlussel Twenty-five, Diet Coke Plus, Julie L. Myers, Newsweek, Princess, USD
Debbie,
Might want to check your facts on this one (if you care about being accurate that is).
Assistant Secretary Meyers has visited my city on two occasions now, and we never provided her with the first free Diet Coke.
Maybe she visited us after Detroit, and perhaps she changed her routine after you reported on the Detroit incident, but it’s never happened here.
EVS
ICE LAPDOG:
I HAVE, INDEED, CHECKED MY FACTS, AND I AM 100% CORRECT. ONE FACT INCLUDES THAT I’VE TRACED YOUR COMMENTS TO YOUR HOME DOWN SOUTH NEAR AN ICE RESIDENT AGENT IN CHARGE (RAIC) OFFICE AND TO YOUR OFFICE, MULTIPLE TIMES DURING THE DAY. ANOTHER FACT, THOUGH, THAT I’D LOVE TO LOOK INTO MORE IS HOW YOU HAVE SO MUCH TIME TO COMMENT ON MY SITE DURING THE WORK DAY FROM YOUR ICE RAIC OFFICE DOWN SOUTH. THE ONLY REASON THAT COULD BE, IS THAT YOU’RE NOT DOING YOUR JOB AS AN ICE AGENT AND THAT ICE OFFICIALS LIKE THE ICE PRINCESS AND PEPPERMINT PATTY HAVE GIVEN YOU AS YOUR FULL-TIME DUTY THE MONITORING OF THIS SITE AND POSTING LIE-FILLED, KOOL-AID INGESTED COMMENTS ON IT. OR IT COULD BE THAT YOU’VE ALREADY COMPLETED YOUR JOB AND THAT 20 MILLION ILLEGAL ALIENS HAVE BEEN TRACKED DOWN AND DEPORTED, AND WE HAVE NO FURTHER USE FOR YOU. EITHER WAY, YOU ARE CLEARLY AN INCREDIBLE WASTE OF TAX DOLLARS. NO ICE AGENT SPENDS AS MUCH TIME DURING THE WORKDAY ON THIS SITE AS YOU DO. NOT ONLY HAVE I DONE MY HOMEWORK, BUT I WILL BE DOING MORE ON THIS. COUNT ON IT. FOR NOW, I KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND WHERE YOU LIVE AND WORK.
DEBBIE SCHLUSSEL
EverVigilantSheepdog on July 9, 2007 at 10:37 am