Checking in with Zacks.com, 10 of the 11 analysts following Coke still rate it a "buy" or better, with no "sell" ratings to be found.

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And today Coke is still the soda champ.

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That could undermine Coke's still highly rated share price.

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And even if money was tighter because of this market decline, people were still buying Coke.

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As Reason's Jacob Sullum points out, that means that while New Yorkers will no longer be able to ingest 240 calories drinking a 20-ounce Coke, they will still have no trouble buying a 24-ounce, 520-calorie double-chocolatey frappucino at Starbucks, or a 20-ounce, 800-calorie milkshake.

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This strikes me as only a bit convincing, because the same piece says sales of diet Coke and the like are still growing in France.

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Another person accused Coke of "trickery, '' and still another called the white cans "blasphemy, '' among hundreds of tweets.

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Still, he doesn't think Coke is going to grow unit sales by 10% any longer or be able "to push prices hard, " he said.

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It seems that people who curse the U.S. still want to take time out from politics for a Coke.

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Ordering a Diet Coke with that burger and fries might ease the guilt a little, but there are still all those trans fatty acids to worry about.

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