WorldNetDaily: Pepsi president likens U.S. to middle finger

Here are the sordid details: the President of PepsiCo said that if the continents of the civilized world were the hand, then Africa was the little finger, Asia the thumb, Europe (Europe!?) the pointing finger, Latin America the ring finger--and the USA the middle finger.

Well, PepsiCo never did have a reputation for patriotism--and now I know why Coca-Cola got the Olympic warrant in 1984 and not PepsiCo. I knew I had a reason to prefer Coke to Pepsi. Here it is. Thanks a lot, Pepsi!

UPDATE: The damage control, evidently, is not working! This is a classic you-should-have-thought-of-that moment--a teachable moment--on the subject of diarrhea of the mouth.