Posted on 03/11/2005 7:09:09 AM PST by SJackson
I got some Gevalia spam in my snail mail the other day asking me if I'd like to get a special coffee maker and 2 pounds of premium coffee for $20. It was tempting...
I've never tried Gevalia. I'll have to give it a try since you recommend it. Thanks.
Yeah, I fell for that. I think they put something in that coffee to make it addictive. I subscribed for about 5 years before I managed to break the habit and drink the cheaper stuff.
That was totally uncalled for. Can't you come up with something more intelligent than that ..??
I think this is what happens when you try to be all things to all people. Diversity will end up biting you in the end!
OXFAM is obstensivley a non-religeous organization, however that statement is not truely accurate. OXFAM's real religion is leftism in it's many joyful and diverse forms. Socialism, Communism and the entire leftist catalog of beliefs and causes. What this article boils down to, is that a charity supposedly dedicated to the poor turned down a $100,000 dollar donation from a wealthy Jewish benefactor.
The Jewish benefactor is more than likely a leftist, as they are the ones who donate big money to OXFAM. OXFAM however, sides with the Palistinian cause and had to return the "dirty Jew money for the poor", as the donation offended persons with Islamic senibilities. Now, if you were not Jewish and you wanted to donate $100,000 dollars to OXFAM specifically to building a bomb making school for blowing up Jews, I'm sure these OXFAM f*ckers could hook you up.
I live in the Seattle area and walk by three starbucks' just to get to my office. I buy about one cup every three months, except when someone gives me a gift card, in which case I use it up pretty much daily on really expensive drinks.
The reason is money. It aint worth it and it adds up if you go there daily. I get free coffee at work and it's "good enough" for daily use - especially free.
Many Muslims seem to misunderstand the concept of charity. Many of their "charities" double as terror organizations.
Are you equating ADL and CAIR?
And it is hard to argue with the financial success of Starbucks. It is a model for Capitalism and its sucess undermines any argument the anti-globalists have.
What's wrong with rebuilding black neighborhoods?
I looked at the website, and this product benefits farmers. What's wrong with that?
Schultz may be "Liberal", but if more leftists followed his liberality the term might be reclaimed.
Well, in view of the fact that I own a coffee plantation and it's all American and the best coffee in the world, I guess I have a better perspective than most on the crap that Starbucks calls coffee. Thanks anyway.
So what's the name of your coffee ..??
Schultz is a very rich man whose company enters into lease agreements that stipulate that NO small coffee companies or shops can be on any of the property (often huge malls) or in the vacinity. Unfortunately, Mr. Schultz's 'liberalism' does not include the 'little guys', which is pretty typical of all liberals. Once they 'arrive' they try to make sure that everyone else 'knows their place and keeps it'. An example is the attitude of the Dems towards Blacks. "Yos all jes kep dum so wes can take care ob yub". Starbucks is one of the most aggressive and brutal enforcers of preventing competition.
What you've described is fairly typical business practice. I understand that as a smaller competitor you may oppose it, but the policy sounds sensible to me. No one is forcing the leaseholders to lease to Starbucks. And Starbucks must be paying for the exclusivity clauses. I see nothing illiberal here.
For years NYC Government has prevented stores like Walmart from opening in order to protect small businesses. As a consumer I am harmed. I don't think it is the province of government to set these conditions, but it is another thing if the open market comes to an arrangement.
Further if Starbucks is keeping stores in Black neighborhoods they are enabling employment which does not amount to taking care of people but allowing people to take care of themselves.
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