Neocon,
I need help from a smart guy like you... burp! --Ooops! Sorry about that! (I've drunk too much Coke lately).
Anyway, here's the latest intoxication affair going on in Belgium:
cnn.com
According to the latest news, Coca-Cola (Belgium) was ordered to remove ALL the soft-drinks that the company used to retail in Belgium, that is Coke, Fanta, Sprite, MinuteMaid, you name it!
But I've noticed that all the so-called intoxicated youths (usually grammar/high-school students) are located IN FLANDERS?!? Not a single case was reported in Wallonia, although the 3 plants that bottle the Coca-Cola beverages market them in all of Belgium.... Pretty odd, isn't it?
Finally, there was this (great) news about Coca-Cola Co. installing a new European HQ right here in Brussels --actually, that's no good news for the Flemish corporate lobby! I suspect the Flemings would rather see Coca-Cola to settle in Flanders --in Vilvoorde, for instance (to compensate for the Renault closure)--, not in froggie Brussels!
It could also be a backlash stroke pulled on US interests by the hawkish Flemish bourgeoisie who resents the US's support for a ''stable'' Belgium.... Your take? |
