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Starbucks to Congress: ‘Come Together’
ABC News ^ | December 26, 2012 | Lyneka Little

Posted on 12/26/2012 8:02:57 AM PST by ConservativeStatement

Starbucks will use its words and coffee cups to send a message to Congress about working together on securing America’s future.

In an effort to prod the Democratic and Republican members to come together to create a responsible financial plan as the country approaches the looming fiscal cliff, Starbucks employees will write “Come Together” on every cup of coffee sold in its Washington, D.C., area stores.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: congress; fiscalcliff; starbucks
In the spirit of Homer Simpson's "Rock stars. Is there anything they don't know" a Plan B song must have been "Coffee in Bed."
1 posted on 12/26/2012 8:03:05 AM PST by ConservativeStatement
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To: ConservativeStatement

Of course ABC and Starbucks would never consider asking the president to compromise.


2 posted on 12/26/2012 8:09:57 AM PST by skeeter
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To: ConservativeStatement
My response to Starbucks...

'STFU and just keep pouring overpriced cups of coffee..'

3 posted on 12/26/2012 8:24:14 AM PST by Fedupwithit (You gave him what he wanted. I gave him what he needed.)
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To: ConservativeStatement
Occupiers to Starbuck$:

Free Coffee.

4 posted on 12/26/2012 8:29:50 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: ConservativeStatement

What is “Starbucks”?


5 posted on 12/26/2012 8:37:35 AM PST by knife6375 (US Navy Veteran)
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I’ve been told it’s a place to get highly over priced cups of bad tasting coffee...


6 posted on 12/26/2012 9:12:16 AM PST by cableguymn (The founding fathers would be shooting by now..)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Yet another reason I don’t buy overpriced foo-foo coffee.


7 posted on 12/26/2012 9:14:34 AM PST by pfflier
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To: ConservativeStatement

My slogan for Congress is “Three months of unpaid leave”.


8 posted on 12/26/2012 11:32:49 AM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (This stuff we're going through now, this is nothing compared to the middle ages.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Oh well if barfchucks says so then we must all heed their wisdom and do as they ask. After all I am sure that they have no agenda and are only thinking of the welfare of their profits, I mean the country.


9 posted on 12/26/2012 12:35:25 PM PST by Mastador1
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To: skeeter

We have a President? Someone needs to tell Obama that, I think he believes himself to be our Dicktator.


10 posted on 12/26/2012 12:37:11 PM PST by Mastador1
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