Starbucks shops across the U.S. today are hosting global warming discussions in 60 cities nationwide - and touting a new global warming movie by the studio that distributed Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth."
The new movie, "Arctic Tale," which follows a polar bear and walrus "as their beautiful icebound world" "melts beneath them." will be promoted during today's Starbucks "National Day of Discussion" at stores nationwide.
"We can spark discussion on this issue and impact change from right inside our stores," Starbucks Entertainment president Ken Lombard says.
So, when did Starbucks get in the movie promotion, "it's our job to save the world by educating the ignorant little people" business? And, while we're at it, why does Starbucks even have an "entertainment" group president, anyway?
Can't I just go into the place and get a cup of coffee without being preached to about how I'm destroying the planet unless I repent and see the latest leftist "global warning" movie? It's just a coffee shop; all I want is coffee; why can't I just get a nice cup of coffee?
Or, maybe, I've already had enough for today...
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I suspect they're playing to their biggest
August 15, 2007 - 17:12 ET by RJI suspect they're playing to their biggest customer base....which I suspect they've profiled and found to be liberals.....
I know I don't buy their product.....
Discuss this...
August 15, 2007 - 17:16 ET by mattmHere's a topic for them.
AGW started in the 1920's
August 15, 2007 - 17:22 ET by LionKingAl Gore is right...imminent doom is near. If AGW has been going on for nearly a century, we are in dire straits. Alas, I fear it is too late...
It IS too late . . .
August 15, 2007 - 17:39 ET by GalvanicAl Gore wrote in his book "Earth In The Balance" (1992) that we had only 10 years to act. (Too late = 2002)
During his Vice Presidency, though he was relatively mute on GW so as not to force Clinton to derail the economy, he maintained we had 10 years to act. (Too late = 2005)
Negotiating the Kyoto Treaty against the explicit instructions of the US Senate, Gore said we had 10 years to act. (Too late = 2008)
In his failed Presidential bid, he repeated his "only 10 years to act" rhetoric. (Too late = 2010)
And in his film An Inconvenient Truth, he told us that we have only 10 years to act. (Too late = 2015)
So, whenever it was you started listening to Gore and taking him seriously (That day hasn't arrived for me yet), we've probably already missed on our opportunity to save the Earth.
The real question is, how long is ten years, Prince Albert?
Fill 'Er Up Minions
August 15, 2007 - 21:28 ET by stratmanAs long as Gore keeps depositing those Carbon Offset indulgement dollars into his bank account, the clock will be reset ad nauseum.
Killing them with kindness isn't working. Time to get scrappy with the Donkeys.
Ugh
August 15, 2007 - 17:32 ET by SQL_SamJust a side note: I stopped buying high priced products because of fancy marketing eons ago.....
Now my vent (and that wasn't "Venti" - just call it a friggen large please!): I'm so sick of the Starbucks crowd. I have always wondered what these "customers" do for a living as it seems there job is to sit on there ass and drink coffee all day. I stopped going there when a cup of coffee started costing more then a pack of cigerettes (over 5 bucks) - at least I know to not gripe and grab my ankles when buying smokes because of all the liberal feel good taxes put on them - but can someone explain to me why hot water passed through crushed up beans can costs so much? Did Juan Valdez cross the border to get a better job or something?
Your Comment, My Blog
August 15, 2007 - 17:47 ET by Craig BannisterGood point about the "venti."
Which raises another question: Why is their shortest (smallest) cup of coffee called a "tall?"
On "Why Tall?"
August 16, 2007 - 06:33 ET by UnsaneThe same reason why on Shuttle flights you have a "Commander" and a "Pilot", not a "Pilot" and "Co-pilot".
Res tantum valet quantum vendi potest.
Save the Earth --- Buy our $2.00 coffee
August 15, 2007 - 17:38 ET by GalvanicLook for more national chains like Starbucks to invite the public to celebrate Green-ness or demonstrate support for the AGW religion by --- ah, yes --- coming to the store and buying their products.
Chalk this one up there with Memorial Day sales, Presidents' Day sales, Labor Day sales, etc.
By the way, how much fossil-fueled electrical energy is consumed making cups of coffee?
Starbuck's coffee is too
August 15, 2007 - 17:42 ET by bws53Starbuck's coffee is too pricey anyway. I only buy it when I'm traveling and the rest stop only has Starbuck's. Locally, I find Wawa or Sheetz coffee just as good for almost half the price. McDonald's coffee will do in a pinch.
And I don't get a lecture in any of those three places.
Coffee effect denier
August 15, 2007 - 17:41 ET by upcountrywaterNothing better than a coffee jitter, to pound home the carbonizing of mother earth. <guilty-guilty>
E-hell i guess
Entitlement over infrastructure every SINGLE time.
Part of the discussion can
August 15, 2007 - 17:48 ET by EdhenryPart of the discussion can be how much carbon emmissions can be saved if there were No Starbucks and people made coffee at home:
1. No extra gas used by cars driven to Starbucks (really should be called Five Bucks or Marbucks)
2. Less energy use by Five Bucks if all were shut down
Exactly!
August 15, 2007 - 18:03 ET by aeroveloAs I mentioned in my post...they are a VERY wasteful habit...and if Dr. Gore is right...its a crisis of global porportions...so...save the planet!! Boycott Starbucks, McDonalds, Wendys, Quiznos etc, etc. Eat your veggie burgers at home, in the dark, like any self respecting tree hugger would.
8^)
Ask yourself: Do I want a good paying job, or do I want a government hand out. Its that simple!
Yes, you can go to Dunkin
August 15, 2007 - 17:45 ET by msh1973Yes, you can go to Dunkin Donuts or McDonald's for just a good cup of coffee.
Morons
August 15, 2007 - 17:54 ET by SlicksterOne more reason why I don't drink their overpriced junk.
Its a caffine-offset. Many
August 15, 2007 - 17:58 ET by Ten7sIts a caffine-offset. Many customers feel guilty about dropping a sawbuck everyday on their Lightly Blended Vanilla Dolce Frappuccino de Leche Crème. So Starbucks provides them with an easy way to rationalize their conspicuous consumption as helping "save the environment". Its expensive, guilt-free caffine and sugar; not a bad combo if you're Starbucks.
Be Careful Starbucks...you may be next!
August 15, 2007 - 17:57 ET by aeroveloIf I am not mistaken, Starbucks customers are notoriously wasteful. Everyday they drink their coffee/tea/frapachino from a new cardboard or plastic cup. They then toss it and get another the next day and the next and the next.
I would think Starbucks should focus on ways to limit the amount of trash they generate daily instead of alerting their liberal customers to the fact that getting your daily Starbucks fix is a genuinely wasteful, non Earth-friendly habit.
Ask yourself: Do I want a good paying job, or do I want a government hand out. Its that simple!
Corporate exploitation
August 15, 2007 - 19:45 ET by nkviking75Does Starbucks share those massive profits from those high prices with the poor third world farmers who grow those coffee beans for them, or is Starbucks just another major corporation exploiting the poor? Down with Big Java! ;-)
When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.
what happened to "save the
August 15, 2007 - 18:25 ET by jwm45what happened to "save the rainforest"? ... that's so 80's...
Here is another
August 15, 2007 - 18:38 ET by MassConservativeHere is another "inconvenient truth" for the AGW crowd. This movie stinks too !!!
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070814/GPG05/70814046/1907
Well if only I could go to
August 15, 2007 - 19:59 ET by Wineguy13Well if only I could go to my neighborhood coffee shop without supporting leftist wackos. Alas, my local shop is sooo far left (though he is still a money-grubbing capitalist) that he sells some natural fiber (fair trade) sweaters from Peru or some such thing. What is it about coffee shops, beat poets, peace nuts, dead heads.
On the conservative coffee house
August 16, 2007 - 06:43 ET by UnsaneIf Starbucks filled the void of "cafe culture" in this country...
...then maybe I can begin the conservative coffee house!
:-)
Res tantum valet quantum vendi potest.
On Starbucks
August 16, 2007 - 06:41 ET by UnsaneI admit it. Damnit, I love Starbucks! And SOMEBODY has to...why else is there one on every corner?
And, as anyone can attest to, I am about as hard-line a Rightist as there can be.
That being said, Leftists don't like Starbucks either. There was a post on NB not too long ago where the Leftists were getting testy with them in a Wal-Mart way, and I stated that this was because Starbucks committed THE cardinal sin of ALL Leftism:
They Became Successful And They Got Too Big.
Thus, they have become in some quarters a target for the thieves and parasites of this nation.
Additionally, Rex Murphy of CBC's The National had this to say about why Leftists protest Starbucks anytime a meeting such as the G-8 comes to town (he said this on the occasion of the G-8 summit near Calgary in 2002): "McDonald's is beneath them, and Starbucks is too middle class." (emphasis mine)
All this being said, I cringed at seeing their in-store advertising for this silly movie when I stopped by one in the Dallas area recently. I haven't been back since, so I didn't know of this little event. I am grateful I took a pass, or else I wouldn't have been able to keep my mouth shut (and that has in the past gotten me into quite a bit of trouble).
Res tantum valet quantum vendi potest.
}}---> Nothin wrong, Unsane
August 16, 2007 - 06:56 ET by Cool ArrowAs one who has never partaken of any Starbucks goods or services, I can still admire their marketing strategy. It's second only to selling tap water at a higher per gallon price than gasoline.
Nothing wrong with enjoying the product. I'll eventually try Starbucks.
Exercising your rights under capitalism also includes your right to boycot a company for its politics. When they promote their politics, they should be prepared to lose customers as a result of those politics.
~LYDSEXICS UNTIE!~
The marriage of capitalism and freewill
August 16, 2007 - 07:00 ET by UnsaneIndeed, I have no problem spending the cash on coffee at Starbucks. Think of this: how many of those who roll their eyes at $5 cups of coffee (I rarely spend more than $5 at a Starbucks) see absolutely nothing wrong with spending $7-8 on ONE lousy CUP of beer at a ball game?
Capitalism. Freewill. I friggin' LOVE America!!!
Res tantum valet quantum vendi potest.
}}---> Juan Valdez
August 16, 2007 - 07:09 ET by Cool ArrowOf course, Juan Valdez is probably cultivating Coca plants these days since the demand curve for coffee beans doesn't even compare.
~LYDSEXICS UNTIE!~
Yeah but look at what you
August 16, 2007 - 07:10 ET by rob6677Yeah but look at what you can get for that $7-$8 beer....
P.S. I don't normally go there (live nearby), but man if I knew there was going to be a show........
"I'm interested in the fact that the less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice." Clint Eastwood
Craig, I think you should
August 16, 2007 - 07:06 ET by rob6677Craig, I think you should dig deaper into this and see what DunkinDonuts' stand is? I'm just guessing that they are a regular company and don't wan't to enter the hypocritcal realm of Starbucks philosophy which clearly states: After we have established ourselves on every street corner in every city(clearly not eco-friendly) we will then start to "educate"(see Vietnam) the uneducated. All the while pretending to be your friend, we will of course be stuffing our pockets with billions of dollars.
"I'm interested in the fact that the less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice." Clint Eastwood
That's It
August 16, 2007 - 15:55 ET by krismcsherryNo more Starbucks for me. There's plenty of mom and pop places to go to around here that would be happy to get another disgruntled customer.