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  1. #1
    73kona455
    got this in a email today:
    Enjoy your COFFEE.
    Please pass this along to anyone you know. This needs to get out in the
    open.
    Recently Marines in Iraq supporting this country in OEF wrote to
    Starbucks
    because they wanted to let them know how much they liked their coffee
    and
    try to score some free coffee grounds. Starbucks wrote back telling the
    Marines thanks for their support in their business, but that they don't
    support the War and anyone in it and that they won't send them any
    Coffee.
    So as not to offend them we should not buy any Starbucks products. As a
    War
    vet, I feel we should get this out in the open. I know this War might
    not be
    very popular with some folks, but that doesn't mean we don't support the
    boys on the ground fighting street-to-street and house-to-house for what
    they (and I) believe is right. If you feel the same as I do, then pass
    this
    along; or, you can discard this and I'll never know. Thanks very much
    for
    your support, and I know you'll all be there again when I deploy once
    more.
    Semper Fidelis,
    Sgt Howard C. Wright
    1st Force Recon Co
    1st Plt PLT RTO
    ______________________________________________

  2. #2
    MRS FLYIN VEE
    boycott.. they should call tanners.. :shift: those guys there need more then just coffee.. they need support.. :shift:

  3. #3
    CrazyHippy
    Wether they feel it is right or wrong, they are there, doing what their boss has told them to do. If you dont like the policies, dont like the policies. Leave the fine men and women of the armed forces out of it. :boxingguy
    Thank you for your service
    BJH :burningm:

  4. #4
    core attitude
    Not totally correct >>>>> G.I. Joe (http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/starbucks.asp)

  5. #5
    Debbolas
    I knew there was a reason I didn't like Starbucks :burningm:

  6. #6
    CEO
    [QUOTE=73kona455]got this in a email today:
    Enjoy your COFFEE.
    Please pass this along to anyone you know. This needs to get out in the
    open.
    Recently Marines in Iraq supporting this country in OEF wrote to
    Starbucks
    because they wanted to let them know how much they liked their coffee
    and
    try to score some free coffee grounds. Starbucks wrote back telling the
    Marines thanks for their support in their business, but that they don't
    support the War and anyone in it and that they won't send them any
    Coffee.
    So as not to offend them we should not buy any Starbucks products. As a
    War
    vet, I feel we should get this out in the open. I know this War might
    not be
    very popular with some folks, but that doesn't mean we don't support the
    boys on the ground fighting street-to-street and house-to-house for what
    they (and I) believe is right. If you feel the same as I do, then pass
    this
    along; or, you can discard this and I'll never know. Thanks very much
    for
    your support, and I know you'll all be there again when I deploy once
    more.
    Semper Fidelis,
    Sgt Howard C. Wright
    1st Force Recon Co
    1st Plt PLT RTO
    ______
    Typical left wing assholes at their best

  7. #7
    throwerb
    My sister is a manager for starbucks and personally is allowed by the corporation to donate coffee to whatever charity she wants to and has on many occasions donated coffee to the local marine reserves here in town. Starbucks is one of very few companies that offer health care to all of their employees and gives them coffee every week and they can do what ever they want with it. Don't believe everything you here.

  8. #8
    core attitude
    Partial quote from the snopes.com link:
    Sgt. Wright has since learned that what he heard was in error, and he has subsequently tried to set things right by issuing the following retraction:
    Dear Readers,
    Almost 5 months ago I sent an email to you my faithful friends. I did a wrong thou that needs to be cleared up. I heard from word of mouth about how Starbucks said they didn't support the war and all. I was having enough of that kind of talk and didn't do my research properly like I should have. This is not true. Starbucks supports the men and women in uniform. They have personally contacted me and I have been sent many of their Company's policy on this issue. So I apologize for this quick wrong letter I sent out to you. Now I ask that you all pass this email around to everyone you passed the last one to. Thank you very much for understanding about this.
    Howard C. Wright
    Sgt USMC
    Sgt. Wright has been unable to produce the reply his buddy supposedly received from Starbucks, and the folks at Starbucks deny engaging in any correspondence on such matter prior to this rumor coming along. Given that no copy of the letter appears to exist, neither one resting in the hands of the Sergeant's comrade, nor one residing in Starbucks' files, the rumor about the java vendor's harsh response to a coffee-hunting Marine should be dismissed.

  9. #9
    Back Forty
    I can't speak for your email and the snopes deal but that did infact happen here in SW Ohio. A local group went to Panera Bread and the company stepped up to the plate. Starbucks refused and basicly said they didn't support this war. No coffee for you...

  10. #10
    core attitude
    Starbucks refused and basicly said they didn't support this war. No coffee for you...
    or did they just stand by the guidelines as stated in their giving policy as posted on their web site?
    Guidlines for donation (http://www.starbucks.com/customer/cs...1&fav%5Ftest=1)
    I wonder. :idea:

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