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Why You Should Spend a $2 Bill at Starbucks on Feb. 14
The Truth About Guns ^ | 25 January, 2012 | Robert Farago

Posted on 02/14/2012 8:44:06 AM PST by marktwain

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To: Outlaw Woman

You should ask someone that likes their coffee.


21 posted on 02/14/2012 10:12:37 AM PST by stuartcr ("In this election year of 12, how deep into their closets will we delve?")
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To: Wuli

I just don’t see how a coffee companies’ position on something, can have anything to do with it’s product...??


22 posted on 02/14/2012 10:15:19 AM PST by stuartcr ("In this election year of 12, how deep into their closets will we delve?")
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To: marktwain; sickoflibs; NFHale
so a $2 bill can be a vote for 2A toleration by the company, all the while bill and ted are makin out in a corner booth will equal support from $tarbuck$ ???

where do i find $3 bills ???

23 posted on 02/14/2012 10:19:53 AM PST by Gilbo_3 (Gov is not reason; not eloquent; its force.Like fire,a dangerous servant & master. George Washington)
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To: stuartcr

http://www.pinkpistols.org/


24 posted on 02/14/2012 10:25:37 AM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: max americana

You should have kept the coupons if she was your ex-GF.


25 posted on 02/14/2012 10:43:37 AM PST by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarmed.)
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To: stuartcr

Is it even possible to support both sexual deviance and 2nd amendment?””

As a poster above said, we don’t need to thank them for supporting the law. Pandering to perverts is a different issue.


26 posted on 02/14/2012 10:47:05 AM PST by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarmed.)
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To: marktwain
I couldn't find any $2 bills, but I went to Starbucks today to show support for their neutral position on the 2d Am, which small government rt-to-bear arms conservatives should support.

Told the confused Manhattan Barista that my sandwich and coffee were to thank Starbucks for its 2d Amendment support.

Cost eleven bucks in Manhattan for a sandwich and small (aka "Tall") Starbucks coffee, for those outside the area. Two bucks wouldn't buy you a thing in a Manhattan Starbucks, trust me.

For you anti-Gay marriage purists who've been posting, well, you've got to pick your fights. In my view, the 2d Amendment is the most important right because it prevents an abrogation of the other rights we may have. It would be unthinkable for Starbucks to have taken this position ten short years ago, so I think it is well worth it to let them know that rational folks favor gun rights and the companies that support those rights.

So go to Starbucks today.

27 posted on 02/14/2012 10:49:20 AM PST by d-back
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To: Gilbo_3

The Bahamas has a very attractive $3 bill.


28 posted on 02/14/2012 10:58:27 AM PST by stuartcr ("In this election year of 12, how deep into their closets will we delve?")
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To: Cicero
FWIW...I don't disagree with you ...but Starbuck's company policy of open-carry has put them in the crosshairs. I for one, applaud that.


29 posted on 02/14/2012 11:28:48 AM PST by Daffynition (Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
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To: stuartcr

“I just don’t see how a coffee companies’ position on something, can have anything to do with it’s product...??”

I agree. Unfortunately, many of the top execs at Starbucks are themselves somewhat social activists and some would like their employees and their customers to see themelves as a “community”, and the customer’s engagement with Starbucks as more than a mere purchase, but an experience.

My experience with Starbucks in my area lends me to believe that 90%+ of the staff and most of the customers do not see themselves as the “community” the Starbucks execs want to promote.

The staff, for the most part, does try to treat the customer well, but people either go for the coffee, or go somewhere else and the staff really just want to do a good job on their shift, and that alone fulfills their committment to the Starbucks “experience”.


30 posted on 02/14/2012 11:37:12 AM PST by Wuli (ui)
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To: marktwain

If for some reason you don’t like coffee or don’t have a Starbuck’s at your disposal, you can always just sned your money to the Democratic party or local liberal candidate.

these are the 2008 figures:

http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/all_summary.php?id=D000037780&nid=2463

And the CEO of Starbucks has called for a boycott on political contributions until Congress gets serious about the defecit, including tax hikes.


31 posted on 02/14/2012 11:44:07 AM PST by elvis-lives
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To: Wuli

I don’t really care about management. I just like the coffee and in most, the staff. Some of them are very busy with people using their free wi-fi, and I can put their app card on my phone so I don’t have to have my wallet with me. All in all, they’re ok by me.


32 posted on 02/14/2012 11:45:16 AM PST by stuartcr ("In this election year of 12, how deep into their closets will we delve?")
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To: Outlaw Woman
I don’t need to thank them for following the law.

The point is the Brady Bunch called for a boycott of Starbucks on Feb 14, to encourage SB to adopt a "commonsense policy on guns"

If that boycott has effect SB will have less reason to allow RBKA and may decide to follow the law by posting no guns signs instead.

33 posted on 02/14/2012 2:55:18 PM PST by Oztrich Boy (Society is well governed when the people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law)
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