https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/12/27/is-starbucks-a-cult/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 03:36:26 -0400<![CDATA[Isn’t there something creepy about Starbucks’ CEO Howard Schultz having [in Politico&#8217;s words] “asked his Washington-area employees to write ‘Come Together’ on each customer cup today, tomorrow and Friday, as a gesture to urge leaders to resolve the fiscal cliff”? Did Schultz take a poll of his employees–sorry, “partners,” he calls them–before ordering pressuring asking them to join in this lobbying effort? What if he were, say, the CEO of Chick-fil-A and he “asked” his “partners” to write “Preserve the Family” on the outside of cups and containers?]]>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 17:20:49 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/12/27/is-starbucks-a-cult-n98642