Politics: Iced Triple Grande Vanilla Skim No Whip Vandals
A somewhat funny item in the LA Times alerted me to a mass-vandalization of Starbucks stores in the Bay Area. Apparently, stores had their locks jammed, windows covered in paste, and "For Lease" or "Closed" signs displayed in windows. Also found on the scene was a hoax letter from the Starbucks corporation stating that thousands of stores would be closed because "the global economy requires a relentless substitution of quantity over quality and shareholder value over human values. At our current market level, Starbucks cannot in good conscience guarantee all of our beans meet both our rigorous quality standards as well as our commitment to social responsibility. We are moving over and making room for local coffee bars."
Yeah, right.
Anyhow, I've got to say, there isn't much that rings higher on the stupid scale than somehow blaming this crappy coffee chain for the end of the world and everything else anti-globalization people get all wound up about. If Americans are actually concerned about globalization and all the bad international ramifications of the expanding western influence over the developing world, maybe they should show the f*ck up on Election Day in droves and make the only goddamn difference that matters. Is Starbucks ruining the world? Or is there a better chance that it's grotesque defense and energy giants like Halliburton, Lockeed-Martin, and Northrup Grumman? Does over-priced latte lead to the agonizing death and destruction of civil war in Africa or is it more likely the policies of the U.S government which can't take a consistent tack for longer than an hour and a half on some of the most disturbing international developments since the second world war?
Think about that, you Starbucks-drubbing idiots, and then write a check to the candidate of your choice, or get other people to do it, or just pick up a newspaper and read about the world around you, and educate yourself beyond a third-grade level, and turn off friggin' American Idol, and vote, dammit. Or shut the hell up, and leave the latte alone.
A somewhat funny item in the LA Times alerted me to a mass-vandalization of Starbucks stores in the Bay Area. Apparently, stores had their locks jammed, windows covered in paste, and "For Lease" or "Closed" signs displayed in windows. Also found on the scene was a hoax letter from the Starbucks corporation stating that thousands of stores would be closed because "the global economy requires a relentless substitution of quantity over quality and shareholder value over human values. At our current market level, Starbucks cannot in good conscience guarantee all of our beans meet both our rigorous quality standards as well as our commitment to social responsibility. We are moving over and making room for local coffee bars."
Yeah, right.
Anyhow, I've got to say, there isn't much that rings higher on the stupid scale than somehow blaming this crappy coffee chain for the end of the world and everything else anti-globalization people get all wound up about. If Americans are actually concerned about globalization and all the bad international ramifications of the expanding western influence over the developing world, maybe they should show the f*ck up on Election Day in droves and make the only goddamn difference that matters. Is Starbucks ruining the world? Or is there a better chance that it's grotesque defense and energy giants like Halliburton, Lockeed-Martin, and Northrup Grumman? Does over-priced latte lead to the agonizing death and destruction of civil war in Africa or is it more likely the policies of the U.S government which can't take a consistent tack for longer than an hour and a half on some of the most disturbing international developments since the second world war?
Think about that, you Starbucks-drubbing idiots, and then write a check to the candidate of your choice, or get other people to do it, or just pick up a newspaper and read about the world around you, and educate yourself beyond a third-grade level, and turn off friggin' American Idol, and vote, dammit. Or shut the hell up, and leave the latte alone.
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