Comments on: It’s the Real Thing- in Mexico? http://www.themarinara.com/2008/08/08/its-the-real-thing-in-mexico/ Delivering the Sauce to the River City Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:13:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Bassett http://www.themarinara.com/2008/08/08/its-the-real-thing-in-mexico/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Bassett Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:22:00 +0000 http://www.themarinara.com/?p=4#comment-10 try boylan's cane cola ... it's pretty good! <br/><br/>maybe the new coke thing was a conspiracy!! try boylan’s cane cola … it’s pretty good!

maybe the new coke thing was a conspiracy!!

]]> By: Koolz http://www.themarinara.com/2008/08/08/its-the-real-thing-in-mexico/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Koolz Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:22:00 +0000 http://www.themarinara.com/?p=4#comment-8 I get a bit overwhelmed when I think about really how strong lobbying is what is important in America. <br/><br/>The one thing for sure is that I can control what I do with my money. In the end, hopefully more people will follow the cause and the market will force the action. I get a bit overwhelmed when I think about really how strong lobbying is what is important in America.

The one thing for sure is that I can control what I do with my money. In the end, hopefully more people will follow the cause and the market will force the action.

]]> By: Bookstore Piet http://www.themarinara.com/2008/08/08/its-the-real-thing-in-mexico/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Bookstore Piet Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:05:00 +0000 http://www.themarinara.com/?p=4#comment-5 The sugar thing is complicated but you can pretty much blame it all on Archer Daniels Midlands. ADM claimed that South American countries were dumping sugar on the US market (they weren't) and got the government to impose the tariffs. They followed that with convincing people to give them HUGE subsidies for the production of their product, high fructose corn syrup. It's odd that we, the taxpayer, are picking up the bill to pay for a more expensive ingredient to be put into our drinks that doesn't work as well. Some even say that the HFCS may be more fattening than sugar and might be partially responsible for the weight gains that have happened over the last couple of decades in this country.<br/><br/>Sadly, ADM is doing the same thing to us with corn based ethanol - an ingredient that is a) subsidized b) doesn't provide a real energy boost compared to the amount of energy consumed to produce. Ethanol could be produced cheaper and with more of an energy punch with all the cellulose we have (wood and hay). But, I guess, when you've got deep pockets like ADM you can convince the politicians to do anything but the right thing...<br/><br/>Oh, I recently had a soda that was sugar based and your right - it tastes a whole lot better. The sugar thing is complicated but you can pretty much blame it all on Archer Daniels Midlands. ADM claimed that South American countries were dumping sugar on the US market (they weren’t) and got the government to impose the tariffs. They followed that with convincing people to give them HUGE subsidies for the production of their product, high fructose corn syrup. It’s odd that we, the taxpayer, are picking up the bill to pay for a more expensive ingredient to be put into our drinks that doesn’t work as well. Some even say that the HFCS may be more fattening than sugar and might be partially responsible for the weight gains that have happened over the last couple of decades in this country.

Sadly, ADM is doing the same thing to us with corn based ethanol – an ingredient that is a) subsidized b) doesn’t provide a real energy boost compared to the amount of energy consumed to produce. Ethanol could be produced cheaper and with more of an energy punch with all the cellulose we have (wood and hay). But, I guess, when you’ve got deep pockets like ADM you can convince the politicians to do anything but the right thing…

Oh, I recently had a soda that was sugar based and your right – it tastes a whole lot better.

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