Major E. writes Diane B.
Power Line
In "Business Week fingers the perp" we noted the column by BW writer Diane Brady commenting on the controversy generated by the graduation remarks of Indra Nooyi at the Columbia Business School MBA recognition ceremony last Sunday. We yield the floor to our man in Baghdad with the Improvised Explosive Device Task Force who is shortly to be "deployed forward":
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Dear Ms. Brady,
Thank you for your commentary on Ms. Nooyi's comments. I am glad that you brought more attention to the issue. It is hard for me, however, to understand your conclusion that it is a "shame" for so many concerned Americans to speak out in disagreement with the message delivered in a public address by the president of one of the world's largest consumer goods companies. Surely you do not believe that it is appropriate for you to use your voice as a commentator to speak out for your beliefs, but that it is a "shame" when others do it. The blogs just happen to give people like me a chance for to be heard.
To that end, I have attached below a letter [linked below] I wrote to PepsiCo, which Scott at Power Line was kind enough to post with a preface. I have also cc'd Power Line, and they are welcome to post this, as your magazine is welcome to do the same.
Citizens of America are blessed with many wonderful freedoms, including those of speech and press, and those freedoms allow both you, and I, to have our voices heard. In this great land, anything less would indeed be a shame.
Sincerely,
Major E
Camp Victory
Baghdad, Iraq
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As a footnote, we should add that The Economic Times of India quotes several of our readers' comments on Ms. Nooyi's speech (including Major E.'s) in "Nooyi apologises for 'slight of hand' to protect PepsiCo."
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