Feminist Janet Neff Alert Readers will remember Michigan Senator Carl Levin (D) has got a deal with Harriet Miers to appoint Judge Janet T. Neff, a liberal member of the Michigan Court of Appeals, to the U.S. District Court (Western District).

If a political appointment is made by a conservative President one would expect a conservative candidate.

You would be wrong.

Janet Neff officiated a ceremony to join together (lest no man cast asunder) two lesbians, Karen Debra Adelman and Mary Catherine Curtin. I was wrong to suggest that large farm animals were a part of the festivities.

The concern of Your Business Blogger is less with whom Janet "married" -- as to whom Janet is married.

A donor to the Democrat party. David A. Neff, her husband, contributed $750 to Democrat candidates -- STABENOW FOR US SENATE -- DEMOCRAT.

There is no record of donations of Janet Neff. Perhaps she is unaware of, or uncaring of the liberals her husband supports. No matter: Donate to Democrats, and the GOP will appoint you a judge.

There is an unfortunate pattern emerging here.

Alert Readers will also remember our concerns with liberal Indra Nooyi, the President and CFO of Pepsi-Co -- she's the one who gave a speech May 15th, 2005 in which she referred to the United States as the middle finger of the world.

Indra Nooyi dined at the White House last year. She is enjoying Pan-roasted Halibut and Basmati Rice with Pistachios and Currants along with Hartford Court Pinot Noir Arrendell 2002.

She was escorted by her husband, Raj K. Nooyi, who was among the top 150 individual donors -- $27,000 US -- to John Kerry's presidential campaign.

PowerLine's Scott Johnson said "That hurts."

Insult America and get invited to a State Dinner.

The only minor consolation is that they served "Mango, Chocolate-Cardamom and Cashew Ice Creams" for dessert which sounds disgusting.

So. Insult conservative values, insult America, donate to Democrats, and get rewarded by this Administration.

This is not what Reagan meant in Personnel is Policy.

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Thank you (foot)notes:

No, homosexuals should not get married. But should a business hire a homosexual? Yes, and here's why.

For more see FRC's Judicial Activism and the Threat to the Constitution

See Charmaine's post on Nooyi.

Update: Wall Street Journal reports: August 14, 2006, Indra Nooyi has just been promoted to CEO.

Two Babes and a Brain with Nutty Same Brownback have a different take.

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Hillary Clinton with soldier
signaling duressAn old picture of Hillary is going around. But there's an updated message.

In the marketing of politics negatives count. Any "product" that produces above 40% negative is in the red zone.

Charmaine writes:

Gallup has just released a poll on how many registered voters would vote for Hillary Clinton...Bad news for Hill's juggernaut: a solid 51% of voters "definitely" would not vote for her.

So what does a politico, facing with declining market share, do? Launch New Hillary.

Which will be just as successful as. . . New Coke.

In the old days even the Main Stream Media would lurch into the truth -- and capture the message of service men under duress.

The Pueblo crew under duress:
"The Hawaiian Good Luck Sign"

Pueblo Crew Time Magazine
18 October 1968

When a marketer is faced with a sinking product -- or politico -- the campaign should move away from the disjointed, move to the familiar, to the base.

Some products can't be expanded into other market segments. New Coke didn't work. Hillary Clinton with the military won't work.

Don't be like Hillary.

Just Don't Do It.

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Thank you (foot)notes:

Reasoned Audacity has more on the Pueblo.

Be sure to see the Indra Nooyi Digitus Impudicus Pepsi challenge.

Blackfive has more with John Kerry.

Specialist Lacourse signaling duress
with John Kerry

Notice Specialist Lacourse's right hand?

Anyone want to hazard a guess as to the signal she's sending?

To some, it's the POW hand signal for coercion. I was ready to send SAR when seeing that one.

Heh. Good for you, Specialist! Huah!!!

Senator John Kerry, D-Mass., greets Soldiers hailing from his state at Camp Al Tahreer in Baghdad, Iraq Jan. 5. During the visit, Kerry discussed sports, the presidential election, and the state of the war in Iraq. Pictured from left to right are: Spc. Michelle Lacourse, 126th Aviation Battalion; Pfc. Kevin Cole, 356th Engineer Battalion; Spc. Michael Foly, 356th Engineer Battalion; Sgt. Raymond Hegarty, 356th Engineer Battalion. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Charles Maib, 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs)

Snopes has sources.

Michelle Malkin has more on Hillary.

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It is well known that a good consultant can graph out a trend line using the random numbers from thrown dice. I have for you, Gentle Reader, still another data point in the continuing question of Pepsi Patriotism: The #24.

Your Business Blogger has allowed that Pepsi might, just might be able to get something right as Pepsi President, Indra Nooyi, gives America the Digitus Impudicus.

I thought her NASCAR sponsorship was an example of her loyalty to American Values.

But I was wrong.

Radio Blogger uses NASCAR teams to put blogs into neat discreet market segments. Radio Blogger puts them along his left sidebar as blogroll.

For example, under
Richard Petty Blogs, you have:

Hugh Hewitt
Instapundit
Michelle Malkin

Under Darrell Waltrip Oddblogs:

Lileks
The Corner
Virginia Postrel

And under Dale Earnhardt Jr. Wiseguy Blogs, one sees:

Fraters Libertas
Infinite Monkeys
Lucianne Goldberg
Shot In The Dark
Spitbull

However, the category that caught my attention was:

Jeff Gordon Dark Side Blogs:

Buzz Machine
Daily Kos
Matthew Yglesias
Press Think
Princeton Progressive Review
TPM Cafe

So there you have it. Jeff Gordon, #24, is associated with very, very left of center anti-capitalists. And (gasp) Nooyi sponsors him.

The Finger, The Donation, and now, The Number.

(What all this has to do with Jeff Gordon is irrelevant. As long as I can draw a tight scatter diagram along a line.)

Pepsi President Indra Nooyi is consistent with her anti-American branding. Validated here in an unbiased third-party blog presentation uncovered by my crack research team. Nooyi continues to give America the finger.

Mere coincidence you say? Watch me prove it. On the next roll of the dice.

Like any good consultant.

Thank you (Foot)notes:

Chris Dickson is drinking only Coke.

Sepia Mutiny has Clout is Cool.

StlRecruiting says Pepsi should have a blog.

Gall and Wormwood points us to Chris Muir's cartoon.

Kerfuffles has concerns.

Roscoe's Blog has Saddam-Pepsico Connection. And a tax deduction.

Thanks to Mudville Gazette for Open Post.

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Indra Nooyi

Indra K. Nooyi, CFO and President of PepsiCo first came to our attention for her middle-finger namaste to America. She outlined how the USA gives the world the middle finger in a speech at the graduation ceremony for Columbia MBA's. This caused a number of adverse reactions including boycotts by some of the US Armed Forces in Iraq.

But wait, there's more.

Hopeless is his pet name...
You may never find him,
but you've got
great taste.

Back in 1999 Nooyi was a Corporate Officer and the Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy & Development. Here's an example from a campaign in Australia of Pepsi corporate strategy from that era.

What an odd, yet clever, man-mocking ad.

Especially for men: Pepsi was hoping that the nipples visuals would distract the guys from the text. Read the message? ... Well maybe not. ("Text?" Male at Pepsi focus group asks: "What Text?")

And the slit mini-skirt as she leans back on her can -- but not a can of Pepsi to be seen.

Anyway, the subtext is clear: as long as women have Pepsi, women don't need men. Nooyi, marketing Pepsi like a feminine hygiene product. Interesting strategy for a company that might need male consumers.



Pepsi pitchman, Kanye West
NFL kickoff show
Here's the story board: Selling to male consumers. It's football season. And Pepsi has a new pitchman: one Kanye West, who was, "...loudly and lustily booed during [the] NFL kickoff show."

The Maneuver Marketing Communique, one of the best business blogs in the business, provides a gut check on West as headliner at the pre-show for Thursday night's NFL game. And his debut as a Pepsi spokesman:

I am sitting here watching the opening entertainment for the new NFL season and one of the "star" performers is Kanye West. Yes, the same Kanye West who spewed one of the most ignorant and hate-filled diatribes during a live TV benefit for Katrina survivors earlier this week. His "performance" this evening was followed up by a Pepsi TV spot starring Kanye West. It turned my stomach.

Read Maneuver's entire post. They are referring to Kanye's rant live on NBC that "President Bush doesn't like black people."

(The clip is Must See TV! Mike Myers' reaction shot, standing next to Kanye, is a case study for media consultants.)

Mr. West is a Grammy Award winning rapper and Pepsi Pitch Person (P3) with a natural angst that passes for talent. He believes that AIDS was formulated by the US government to kill black people.

(It is not known if Nooyi shares West's understanding of AIDS.)

Kanye West is also a producer for gangsta rapper, Ludacris, who was also a P3, until public outcry forced Pepsi to play another tune. Ludacris is best known for "edgy" lyrics:

Ludacris, formerly on Pepsi payroll

I got my twin glock .40's cocked back/Me and my homies, so drop that.

My shotguns are cold and hard . . ./My triggers are always talking about some squeeze me, squeeze me.

Hollow bullets I pull it,/I'm about to live in vain/And then I drill 'em, refill 'em,/make sure they feel the pain.

And my favorite, "I've got ho's in different area codes." Ludacris can make this rhyme. A style like Ogden Nash, content like Tony Soprano: Ludacris and Kanye knocking back a Pepsi hangin' with the ho's at Bada Bing.

Pepsi didn't learn no lesson from Ludacris. Kanye West recently announced that his upcoming 2006 album will be entitled: Good Ass Job.

And, say Pepsi, please.

Thank you (foot)notes:

Update 23 Sept 05: Ace has Kanye swiping.

Update 23 Sept 05: Mudville Gazette has Open Post.

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