FW: starbucks patriotism

[Brown, Carlos]

 

 

 

Be Safe

Carlos K. Brown
Jacobs Engineering Group
Piping Design Team Leader
carlos...@jacobs.com
832-351-6309

-----Original Message-----
From: Flores, Henry [mailto:Henry....@mustangeng.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 10:30 AM
To: Brown, Carlos; Brown, Orelessa O
Cc: Bob Mabry
Subject: FW: starbucks patriotism

 

Herb Sanders

Mustang Engineering

Special Projects Group

(713)-350-7035

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To all you Starbucks drinke

 

Subject: starbucks patriotism   Guess I won't be drinking Starbucks anymore! ! ! Recently Marines in Iraq wrote to Starbucks because they wanted to let them know how much they liked their coffees and to request that they send some of it to the troops there. Starbucks replied, telling the Marines thank you for their support of their business, but that Starbucks does not support the war, nor anyone in it, and that they would not send the troops their brand of coffee. So as not to offend Starbucks, maybe we should not support them by buying any of their products! 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. If you feel the same as I do then pass this along, or you can discard it and no one will never know. Thanks very much for your support. 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 PLEASE DON'T DELETE THIS . . ALLOW IT TO BE PASSED TO ALL IN MEMORY OF ALL THE TROOPS WHO HAVE DIED SO THAT WE MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE TO SUPPORT THEM OR NOT! ! ! Also, don't forget that when the Twin Trade Towers were hit the fire fighters and rescue workers went to Starbucks because it was close by for water for the survivors and workers and Starbucks charged them! ! ! JUST A NOTE TO THIS; STARBUCKS HAD STORES ON SEVERAL MILITARY BASES IN THE UNITED STATES. THEY ARE NOW BEING REMOVED BECAUSE OF THIS. GO GET 'EM AMERICA. STAND-UP FOR OURSELVES! Also know that Starbucks does NOT support any police or firefighters anywhere in the nation. Police and Firefighters do not expect discounts on drinks or food anywhere they go, but usually receive them. Starbucks says they are no different than anyone else on the street, so why should they receive a discount. Still like Starbucks?

 

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[Martha VanDriel]

This story is false, according to investigators on the website www.snopes.com.

The folks who run this website investigate urban legends like this which are widely circulated via email.

It's usually interesting and entertaining to read the "real story behind the story" when you receive such emails, before passing them along.

 

See their full story about this at:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/starbucks.asp

 

 

Best regards,

   Martha

 

[Ron Kobe]

Hello All,

Also a website called Truth or Fiction (see below) has a story on
it. I have run across this before. A number of men and women at my VFW
post brought this up at a meeting at the same time that my brother (A
vietnam veteran) was working at Starbuck's. I found the same stuff that
Martha found.
So it should be known that if a Two Dollar or more price for a cup
of coffee isn't enough to keep you away from Starbuck's now, don't let this
rumor keep you away. Starbuck's has the same, step on the little guy to
make a profit, business concept as a number of other retailers. I don't
know what it is like where you guys are but in the Chicago area the only
Starbuck's stores that you don't have to wait in line to get a cup of coffee
are in the middle of nowhere.

All Hail The Mighty Caffeine

http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/s/starbucks-iraq.htm

Happy Holidays - Kobe

On 4 Dec 2007 at 11:34, Martha VanDriel wrote:

From: "Martha VanDriel" <mva...@qwest.net>
To: <ussoca...@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: starbucks patriotism
Date sent: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 11:34:26 -0700
Send reply to: ussoca...@googlegroups.com

> MessageThis story is false, according to investigators on the website www.snopes.com.