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CokeThe Wall Street Journal has an open letter from Muhtar Kent, the CEO of Coca-Cola, Coke Didn’t Make America Fat<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He makes sense — far more than any politician or lobbyist I have heard in recent months. A pity that kind of common sense is so rare in the USA, or we’d not be in the physical, financial, and social shape we are in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Wall Street Journal has an open letter from Muhtar Kent, the CEO of Coca-Cola, Coke Didn’t Make America Fat. He makes sense — far more than any politician or lobbyist I have heard in recent months. 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