"It's The Real Thing!"

I learned today that you can find happiness in a bottle. While that may not surprise you, it may surprise you to learn that I am not talking about a liquor bottle. I'm talking about a bottle of Coca-Cola! Yup, it's true! You can fine happiness simply by opening a bottle of americas most recognized brand of soda pop. How do I know this? Simple. I read it on the side of a vehicle today. It actually said 'Open Happiness' next to a picture of a bottle and an opener. Of course it was a Coca-Cola truck but absurd as this incredible statement was I was even more annoyed by the circumstances surrounding the truck. The vehicle was part of an incredible travelling commercial not very well disguised as our Olympic Torch Relay. I found it almost offensive. Huge travelling billboards accompanied by logo garmented youth handing out coupons for free drinks. The olympic spirit is supposed to be about building a better and more peaceful world focused on learning about and understanding each other better. Instead we are trying to unite under corporate logos with a plan to addict us all to the idea that our salvation lies in having things and in ingesting caffeine. There is something very cancerous about our society!

Oh and just for the record. Kylie and I stumbled on the relay while on our way to breakfast at McDonalds. :) Oh my god! I need some chemotherapy or something! I have the sickness!

Also, just for the record I do not hold corporations solely responsible. The problem is with society in general. It's in our schools, and in our churches, it's rampant in our governments and in our families and homes. We as individuals and as communities have the power to decide not to be so blatantly manipulated but we choose to accept it. I guess it's easier that way.

I hope to introduce my next guest blogger tomorrow so make sure to check in. I have a good feeling. I have been promised that it will be provocative!!

"And sometimes I actually start to think human life is just as cheap to corporate America as animal life, so long as there are big profits to be made."---Tom Scholz

"Become an internationalist and learn to respect all life. Make war on machines. And in particular the sterile machines of corporate death and the robots that guard them."--- Abbie Hoffman

"When I think of Indonesia - a country on the equator with 180 million people, a median age of 18, and a Muslim ban on alcohol-I feel I know what heaven looks like."---Coca Cola official

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peter