Open Left

A Good Sign?

I used to work for Starbucks (as a lowly barista) back in '99, during WTO. The limosine liberals running the place were dead-set against fair trade, et al. I thought it would be a smart move for the company to get on the side of the fair trade movement early on, for both moral and PR purposes. Instead, they had several stores vandalized, and took a beating in the center-left press for their business practices. Within a year, they ended up crossing the line to the fair trade side anyway.

So maybe that bodes well for EFCA? An organic soy latte is the only difference between the limo liberals and many CoC Republicans.

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by: glacierpeaks @ Tue May 19, 2009 at 18:43:34 PM CDT