Starbucks CEO: Don't donate to pols Excerpt:
The CEO of Starbucks is urging fellow business leaders to join him in getting Washingtons attention by refusing to give money to political campaigns until there is a serious plan to rein in deficits. I am asking that all of us forgo political contributions until the Congress and the president return to Washington and deliver a fiscally disciplined long-term debt and deficit plan to the American people, Howard Schultz wrote Sunday in an email to business honchos obtained by POLITICO. ... This is a time for citizenship, not partisanship. It is a time for action, Schultz said in his Sunday letter. We just believe that in this moment of great uncertainty, the government needs discipline, the people need jobs and leaders need to lead. ... Schultzs most recent donation was the $2,500 maximum to Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) in March. Hes also given thousands in previous cycles to Democrats including President Barack Obama, and one-time Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and John Edwards. Hes also given to Sens. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Max Baucus (D-Mont.). Read more here: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/61396.html J - "When a strict interpretation of the Constitution, according to the fixed rules which govern the interpretation of laws, is abandoned, and the theoretical opinions of individuals are allowed to control its meaning, we have no longer a Constitution; we are under the government of individual men, who for the time being have power to declare what the Constitution is, according to their own views of what it ought to mean." Dred Scott v. Sandford , 60 U.S 393 (1857) (Justice Curtis dis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:341536 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
