BOYCOTT STARBUCKS!!!!!!!!!!

[polluted]

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Today CO. Tomorrow CA????

Starbucks and other business's are sponsoring the arrest and prosecution Industries fight to maintain marijuana prohibition.FIGHT BACK
According to recent reports, law enforcement groups are meddling in Coloradoâ??s legislative process in hopes of rolling back the stateâ??s progress toward a safer, more rational approach to marijuana. In fact, a bill that would shut down all medical marijuana dispensaries in the state and allow them to continue harassing medical marijuana patients has been introduced on behalf of the law enforcement community, which is now leaning on legislators to support it.
Perhaps even more unsettling is the source of the financial support behind the Arrest and Prosecution Industryâ??s war on marijuana. In particular, the group spearheading anti-marijuana lobbying efforts â?? the Colorado Drug Investigators Association (CDIA) â?? is sponsored by several local and national businesses, including Starbucks Coffee, Glock handguns, and â?? you guessed it â?? members of the alcohol industry! It is clear that these guys are not out to protect people; theyâ??re out to continue harrasing marijuana users and ensure that alcohol â?? the substance that contributes most to the crime and violence that keeps them busy â?? is the only legal recreational drug available.
By giving your business to Starbucks and these other companies, YOUR money is supporting the CDIAâ??s shady anti-marijuana lobbying effort! Soâ?¦

If you support marijuana policy reform, please take the following actions and lend the power of your voice â?? and your status as a consumer â?? to this important effort:
1. Boycott Starbucks, as well as these other businesseS

2. Send Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz a quick e-mail message and let him know you will not give Starbucks your business until it ends its sponsorship of CDIAâ??s efforts to maintain Marijuana Prohibition.

[boaz]

welcome aboard! very interesting. I hadn't thought about Glock and the other gun makers as part of the prohib industry but yes, they are likely profiting from both sides of the drug war. good post. no starbucks for me. might still buy the glock, tho. :rastasmoke:

[WIlDuce1883]

Boycott Israel Campaign (http://www.inminds.co.uk/boycott-starbucks.html)

[moody420]

wow, very interesting! I'll definitely read more into this but it doesn't really surprise me! Big corporations are always only in it for the financial opportunities....and don't really care who or what they hurt to get there....

Don't get me wrong on the alcohol comps....the more research i do, the more it makes no sense why pot is illegal and booze is totally available everywhere you go!

I just keep my fingers crossed that eventually people will realize the marijuana is not the enemy....quite the opposite in my opinion! :jointsmile:

[LOC NAR on probation]

What a place to live in. Drugs fighting drugs. Even better everybody get a gun and lets wipe out drugs.

God bless the USA, either do our government drugs or get out before we shoot ya.

[rudy2010]

WTF. Boycott Israel.:icon506: How does that fit into this conversation. You sound like a terrorist.:yippee: If so you are definitley on the wrong web site.

I have also heard that Snapple donates to the CAMP theCalifornia anti marijuana campaign. I have not purchased a Snapple product in 2 years and I love that crap. Please pass info along on any other businesses that are known to have contributed to the anti marijuana campaign in California or any other state.

This stuff needs to be legal.:rastasmoke:

[WIlDuce1883]

WTF. Boycott Israel.:icon506: How does that fit into this conversation. You sound like a terrorist.:yippee: If so you are definitley on the wrong web site.

Actually, no. If you read the article, it states Starbucks profits and donates its money to the brutal killings of innocent Palestinians AND other various Israeli war operations hence their CEO is a radical Zionist. Israel is the most terroristic nation. Are you out of your mind calling me one ...? What does invading and occupying land that is not your's mean to you?

I am for the legalization of medical marijuana in all of the US. That is why I belong to this forum. Being close minded are the ones that follow the heard and only have the ability to accept popular thought. That's not me.

[rudy2010]

OK. I hate to step into the political arena on this site but I am not following the heard and my thoughts on Israel are not that popular.

I have learned what I could of the events in Israel from the end of WWII until now. I can't believe America, Europe or anyone in the civilized world should tell the Israelis to stop their military reprisals on the terrorists. It is clear who is helping Israel but who is arming Hamas and the other anti Israeli groups. There are no inoccents on either side of the equation. Mistakes and atrocites have been commited by both sides.

If a bunch of nationalistic Mexican citizens decided that Texas really belongs to Mexico and decided to take it back how far do you think they would get? What if they decided they were too chicken to form an army and confront their enemy directly and decided to use terrorist tacticts against soft targets in the US to make their point. What do you think the United States response would be if a group of Mexican nationalist rebels came up to Texas and and performed some terrorist acts. We both know it would be anniahlation.

So why should the Israelis who have had to live under constant military and terrorist threat since the end of WWII be forced not to thoroughly defend themselves.

[the image reaper]

God bless Israel - opinion of this Christian :)

[rudy2010]

OK. So much for politics. Now how about those evil corporations who are donating to CAMP. Where is the list. Any other other corporate anti marijuana campaigns we should knonw about.

[tofit]

Are you sitting in a starbucks right now drinking coffee and reading this?
Stand up right now and give a presentation. Shout it out loud so everyone can hear.
How many of you are sitting there drinking coffee? Coffee is such a great plant, but you probally never thought of it as an EVIL PLANT.

I know a Plant even greater then this, Cannabis. The greatest plant resource on Earth. How many of you are sitting there drinking coffee think marijuana is evil? Raise your hand..

Think .... What would happen next


Oh man I wish I had a video camera and a crew, this would make some cool scenes.

[Enemyace]

I've never patronized Starbucks, never bought their overpriced products, and now, upon learning this, I most certainly will remain adamant in never doing so.:mad:

[middieman440]

star bucks refused to send coffeee donuts and whatever to the soldiers in iraq/afghanastan because they dont support the war.....i boycotted them for a long time..go to any military base you wont see a star bucks no more

[TheChameleon]

Iran is enriching uranium and has the blueprints for a nuclear bomb... Armageddon is not to far in the future,,, enjoy your coffee while you can...

I only drink free trade coffee...

[Islandborn]

Boycott Israel Campaign (http://www.inminds.co.uk/boycott-starbucks.html)

Boycott Israel? This falls right in with the British Govt.'s recent report on the ALARMING rise of anti-semitism and anti-jew RACISTS living in that fine nation. Can't believe nobody warned you about posting SUPREMIST/RACIST shit on here....consider yourself fuckin warned kiddo.:pimp:

[Islandborn]

Iran aint gonna do shit......and Armageddon aint anytime soon.....and if it is, what a shame to waste it living in fear.

[gypski]

OK. I hate to step into the political arena on this site but I am not following the heard and my thoughts on Israel are not that popular.

I have learned what I could of the events in Israel from the end of WWII until now. I can't believe America, Europe or anyone in the civilized world should tell the Israelis to stop their military reprisals on the terrorists. It is clear who is helping Israel but who is arming Hamas and the other anti Israeli groups. There are no inoccents on either side of the equation. Mistakes and atrocites have been commited by both sides.

If a bunch of nationalistic Mexican citizens decided that Texas really belongs to Mexico and decided to take it back how far do you think they would get? What if they decided they were too chicken to form an army and confront their enemy directly and decided to use terrorist tacticts against soft targets in the US to make their point. What do you think the United States response would be if a group of Mexican nationalist rebels came up to Texas and and performed some terrorist acts. We both know it would be anniahlation.

So why should the Israelis who have had to live under constant military and terrorist threat since the end of WWII be forced not to thoroughly defend themselves.

To place your history in the correct beginning, Palestinians and the indigenous Jews who never left their homeland (assimilated by the Moslims who conquered the region long before WWI), co-existed mostly peaceably until the fall of the Ottoman empire and the meddling of the British in their dividing of the region after WWI. Still it was the British who created the state/nation of Palestine, and it was their insistence that the European Jews who were the survivors of the Nazi Death Camps were refused entry into Europe, the UK and the good 'ol US of A. (read Exodus by Leon Uris, a good historical novel of the time but slightly biased or watch the movie). To find a place for them, the British again carved up Palestine and created the state of Israel. These imported European Jews then fought both the British and the Palestinians, and the British left the region. Ever since, it has been the Muslims, aka Arab States against the Jews and the present day Zionists. Funny but its Semitic people against Semitic people each believing a different religion. Time they learned to get along again. :thumbsup:

[Ocotillo]

Politics aside, if you love Star-Bucks then you don't know fresh award winning coffee. Sweet Marias Home Coffee Roasting Supplies - Sweet Maria's (http://www.sweetmarias.com/) has green coffee beans you roast fresh simply as with a "correct style" hot air corn popper or even a high priced roasting machine. After a week they are stale and rancid which is why Starbucks is swill. Sorry mate, sad but true.

[boaz]

Politics aside, if you love Star-Bucks then you don't know fresh award winning coffee. Sweet Marias Home Coffee Roasting Supplies - Sweet Maria's (http://www.sweetmarias.com/) has green coffee beans you roast fresh simply as with a "correct style" hot air corn popper or even a high priced roasting machine. After a week they are stale and rancid which is why Starbucks is swill. Sorry mate, sad but true.

I prefer Tweek's Coffee. :stoned:

[TheChameleon]

Iran aint gonna do shit......and Armageddon aint anytime soon.....and if it is, what a shame to waste it living in fear.

Deny it and it will be sooner... Sorry you are in fear death,,, it is a part of life...

[zenneson]

One blogger explains perfectly how Starbucks is actually you local drug dealer. (http://ganjawise.com/?p=429)

[leadmagnet]

Personally, I'm a little more annoyed with American Christians. They've been waging their "drug war" against the entheogen community for decades now. They are not waging a war on a chemical or group of chemicals, plants, or fungi. They are waging a war ON OUR children, our neighbors and our community!

They've been persecuting and imprisoning our people as well as their own for generations now. They have no problem taking away your kids, property, careers, and lives, in the name of their cause and continue to do so to this day.

The coffee distributor? Frrrrrrrriiiiip! We in the entheogen community have plenty of enemies far worse than them.

~zooneedles

[rudy2010]

OK one more time. I have no idea what the entheogen community is. However I would like more information on corporations who are donating to CAMP and any other government run anti marijuana programs. This IS a marijuana forum after all.

I heard that Snapple has donated funds to support CAMP. Can anyone confirm this. Do you know of other Corps who are donating to CAMP or any other anti marijuana campaigns or programs. Is there a web site. I would think this info would be available on this forum:smokin:.

[leadmagnet]

OK one more time. I have no idea what the entheogen community is.

In a nutshell, we are those present in your community who use drugs and in doing so experience OUR community as well as yours.

We are mankind's psychonauts- sailors of the mind/soul.

A pardigm shift in thought; an epistemological examination of our existance.

Ehhh, nevermind.

Ummm, it has come to be my opinion that it is not within the ability of many of those around us to understand.

Just know that we won't be pushed around by you any longer but we still love you.

[dirtnap411]

Starbucks sucks anyway, Dutch Bros is much better

[TheChameleon]

The letter below was in my mailbox today...


WhyProhibition.ca
Starbucks has released a statement officially distancing itself from the CDIA (Colorado Drug Investigation Association), an anti-medical marijuana lobby group.

From the Seattle Post Intelligencer:

Starbucks says the company does not provide financial support to the Colorado law enforcement group, Starbucks said in a statement.

"This organization is apparently targeting us because a local law enforcement organization in Colorado posted our logo on their website. Starbucks has not taken a position on their issue," the statement said. "We have a tremendous amount of respect for the men and women of local law enforcement. However, we have not sponsored this particular organization through our foundation. It is up to the discretion of our local teams to support those groups that are relevant in their neighborhoods. Our stores often support organizations in their community by donating coffee for their events."

This is great news for drug policy activists, as it means companies like Starbucks do not want to be associated with the prohibition lobby! Congratulations to all who contacted Starbucks!

WhyProhibition.ca is a project of the Beyond Prohibition Foundation:

142 - 757 W. Hastings, Suite 211
Vancouver, BC V6C 1A1
Canada

[rudy2010]

Thanks for the explanation of the entheogen community.

"We are mankind's psychonauts- sailors of the mind/soul"

Nice of you to join US. We are the revolution of the mind that started over 40 years ago. It will take just 400 or so LSD trips and tons of weed and hash to catch up.;)

Anyway I am still hoping to find someone out there with knowledge of corporate sponsers of the war on marijuana. It looks like Starbucks is bowing out of any confrontation. I am still boycotting Snapple for supporting CAMP in CA. Any other evil corporations out there.:rastasmoke:

[leadmagnet]

No offense but I still seriously doubt you understand the term.

[rudy2010]

Then I guess you did not explain it very well. Why do you think your particular taking of drugs sets you apart. You must have been on ecstasy to dream that up - OR - did you come up with a new unique drug and a new unique way of taking it. Soma perhaps, soylent green?

Sorry but where you are I have already been and split. So quit trying to act like you found something new.

Now how about some corporate evil doers which is what this thread was originally about.

[Sevnth]

God bless Israel - opinion of this Christian :)

Amen.

Israel Rocks, I've been there, and not that they havn't made mistakes, but as a whole they are loving people who "truly" want peace.
I back Israel, but love both peoples.
That horribly misinformed trouble maker needs to shut it and/or find a forum that will appreciate his hate....:mad:

I apologize for letting that side track my original desire to concur on the Starbuck Boycott....just another reason to add to an already very long list of reasons I don't support Starbucks....which sucks cuz they R EVERY WHERE..lol...

[leadmagnet]

Then I guess you did not explain it very well..

Possibly. But then I also recognize the reality that some people simply wonâ??t or are unwilling to understand.


Why do you think your particular taking of drugs sets you apart.

For many of us within the entheogen community, it isnâ??t as much any particular drug that sets us apart but rather our motivations for the ingestion of these substances and that which we seek through these experiences.


You must have been on ecstasy to dream that up - OR - did you come up with a new unique drug and a new unique way of taking it. Soma perhaps, soylent green?

Heheh. Unlikely. More like a unique perspective about our experiences; at least unique from perspectives such as that which you apparently possess.


Sorry but where you are I have already been and split. So quit trying to act like you found something new..

It is not so much â??something newâ?� but rather our ability to broaden our perspectives through the use of many of these substances. I think a lot of it has to do with our search as it relates to understanding the dynamics of mind space and the way we see our world- even the fabric of what we perceive to be our reality.


Now how about some corporate evil doers which is what this thread was originally about.

What is it that makes these corporations â??evil doersâ?� (as you refer) if not theyâ??re inability to understand anotherâ??s perspective- not unlike yours towards mine as it relates to the use of entheogens and your marginalization of said community?

(Yeah, I know. My sentences are much too long, lol).

[rudy2010]

our ability to broaden our perspectives through the use of many of these substances

OK. I get it now. You just discovered LSD. Sorry to be so dismissive of your community but you do come off with a holier than thou attitude that just does not fly. I don't want to bum your trip rather just help you to fully broaden your perspective.

I did take a number of LSD trips starting in 1970. Probably 300 to 400 times over the next few years. My perspective broadened substantially at that time. I went from being a Nevada red neck to being a regular friendly fellow. I can understand your feeling. There was a time when I felt everyone should do LSD or at least Ectasy (formerly MDA). You say broaden your perspective I say expand your mind. Six of one half dozen of the other.
:rastasmoke:

[leadmagnet]

OK. I get it now. You just discovered LSD. Sorry to be so dismissive of your community but you do come off with a holier than thou attitude that just does not fly. I don't want to bum your trip rather just help you to fully broaden your perspective.

I did take a number of LSD trips starting in 1970. Probably 300 to 400 times over the next few years. My perspective broadened substantially at that time. I went from being a Nevada red neck to being a regular friendly fellow. I can understand your feeling. There was a time when I felt everyone should do LSD or at least Ectasy (formerly MDA). You say broaden your perspective I say expand your mind. Six of one half dozen of the other.
:rastasmoke:

No, I wasn't speaking specifically of LSD. And no, MDMA ("Ecstasy", note spelling) is not the same as MDA. Those are two differenct drugs. And no, I did not recently start ingesting LSD. I suspect I was smokin the herb and droppin acid while you were still crappin yer britches and scratchin for yer mum's teat.

[boaz]

...Israel Rocks, I've been there, and not that they havn't made mistakes, but as a whole they are loving people who "truly" want peace.
I back Israel, but love both peoples.
...

amen. peace and love to all the middle east. :rasta:

[Islandborn]

I was curious about Glock and other weapons manufacturers teamed with Starbucks? I know Starbucks has a open carry policy in states with conceal & carry laws....would this be why? I dunno?

Tel Aviv & Haifa have SICK party scenes with amazing DJ's.

[rudy2010]

No, I wasn't speaking specifically of LSD. And no, MDMA ("Ecstasy", note spelling) is not the same as MDA. Those are two differenct drugs. And no, I did not recently start ingesting LSD. I suspect I was smokin the herb and droppin acid while you were still crappin yer britches and scratchin for yer mum's teat.

Unless you were at the Sandoz LSD laboratory in Switzerland or in Germany you probably did not take LSD before 1964 or more likely 1965 or 1966 around when the Osley was available. Quite a while after I was done crappin and scracthin. But I guess you did everything first. Your first trip was at the Sandoz factory in 1938 the year LSD was discovered. Right on!!

I know Leadmag is a solid contributor to the form and I am not trying to bring you down. MDMA and MDA (methyldioxyamphetamine as far as I know) both have amazingly simalar effects and are probably at least related. From what I understand ecstasy (sp!) and MDA are basically the same thing. They are a hallucinogenic derivative of speed.

Anyway do what you need to keep mellow. I am just trying to cope with my pain and no longer use any other recreational drugs. Except alcohol and advil.

[boaz]

I was curious about Glock and other weapons manufacturers teamed with Starbucks? I know Starbucks has a open carry policy in states with conceal & carry laws....would this be why? I dunno?
...

:detective1: hmmm. good question. I did not know that but seriously, who would want to carry heat to starbucks?? :eek: afraid they might get mugged waiting for their mocha or something? :D

I really don't understand why starbucks would support cannabis prohib, tho. That makes no sense at all. :stoned: don't they know who their hard core customers are?? :rastasmoke:

My favorite coffee shop of all times will always be the Bulldog in Oaksterdam. best mocha anywhere in the world!! :rasta: :bonghit:

[Ub3rB0ng]

Must have coffee....err Reefer :D:jointsmile:

[Islandborn]

:detective1: hmmm. good question. I did not know that but seriously, who would want to carry heat to starbucks?? :eek: afraid they might get mugged waiting for their mocha or something? :D

I really don't understand why starbucks would support cannabis prohib, tho. That makes no sense at all. :stoned: don't they know who their hard core customers are?? :rastasmoke:

My favorite coffee shop of all times will always be the Bulldog in Oaksterdam. best mocha anywhere in the world!! :rasta: :bonghit:

More like why would I wanna take my shoulder holster off just cause Im going to starbucks? What a hassle.

My favorite coffeshop is Caribou in Minnesota.....they do battle with coffee giant starbucks for turf.

In the Dam its the Bluebird coffeeshop...they dont allow the beggers and bums to loiter about looking for tobacco or change and have top notch selection minus the Cali THC extracts & chemical created THC products.