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Burger King Franchisee in Hot Water with CEO

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Mark 03 Jun 09, 00:36Post
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/b ... ge-whopper

It's not nice to piss off the CEO of Burger King if you've agreed to carry their products. Especially if you use the Burger King name to criticize global warming and if global wamring is one of the CEO's pet projects.

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Boris (Founding Member) 03 Jun 09, 00:41Post
Mark wrote:http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2009/jun/01/burger-king-climate-change-whopper

It's not nice to piss off the CEO of Burger King if you've agreed to carry their products. Especially if you use the Burger King name to criticize global warming and if global wamring is one of the CEO's pet projects.

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It's probably good for business. Like it or not Mark, most people recognize "global warming" for the scam it is... 8)
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halls120 (Plank Owner) 03 Jun 09, 01:36Post
Boris wrote:
It's probably good for business. Like it or not Mark, most people recognize "global warming" for the scam it is... 8)


Hey! It can't be all bad! After all, it's making Al Gore rich! ;)
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davestan_ksan 03 Jun 09, 01:55Post
Boris wrote:It's probably good for business. Like it or not Mark, most people recognize "global warming" for the scam it is... 8)


Actually, global warming is indeed happening. It's a fact. The question is, who is behind it. You can say you don't believe in MAN MADE global warming, but if you said you don't believe in global warming that would be like saying you don't believe in facts.
John 16:33 | Gary Johnson 2012
ANCFlyer (netAirspace ATC & Founding Member) 03 Jun 09, 02:04Post
davestan_ksan wrote:
Boris wrote:It's probably good for business. Like it or not Mark, most people recognize "global warming" for the scam it is... 8)


Actually, global warming is indeed happening. It's a fact. The question is, who is behind it. You can say you don't believe in MAN MADE global warming, but if you said you don't believe in global warming that would be like saying you don't believe in facts.


You have a point Dave.

There may well be Global Warming . . . the cyclic every 200,000,000 million trillion years global heating that has occured naturally since a) God created Earth or b) the Big Bang, pick your genesis . . .

But Man Made Global Warming, the horsehockey Al Gore and his minion are preaching . . . you remember Al, right? was a VP and has a $30K a month electric bill :)) . . . . is utter nonsense.
LET'S GO BRANDON!!!!
davestan_ksan 03 Jun 09, 02:08Post
ANCFlyer wrote: . . . you remember Al, right? was a VP and has a $30K a month electric bill :)) . . . . is utter nonsense.


Yeah but he bought $45k worth of carbon credits so he's okay {silly}.

Oh and I would make a fat joke about Al, but I'm not much to look at either these days. {shy}
John 16:33 | Gary Johnson 2012
miamiair (netAirspace FAA) 03 Jun 09, 02:10Post
davestan_ksan wrote:Yeah but he bought $45k worth of carbon credits so he's okay {silly}.


Yeah, but remember how derivatives work...

Man-Made Global Warming is a scam. Al Gore is actually Dr. Evil.
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Gunships 03 Jun 09, 03:34Post
"Al Gore is actually Dr. Evil."

{mad}

signed,

Mini-Me
Airfoilsguy (Founding Member) 03 Jun 09, 18:37Post
I applaud their honesty, though. I think we should know what a restaurant's position is on the key issues of the day before we choose to step across their threshold


Ya thats what I do too. {sarcastic}
Queso (netAirspace ATC Tower Chief & Founding Member) 03 Jun 09, 18:55Post
Airfoilsguy wrote:
I applaud their honesty, though. I think we should know what a restaurant's position is on the key issues of the day before we choose to step across their threshold


Ya thats what I do too. {sarcastic}

I guess I need to consider Ruger's position on same sex marriage before I buy another of their guns. Image
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jpetekUA777 (Founding Member) 04 Jun 09, 07:09Post
If you are so adamantly against the concept of profiting on fear, what about all the gun sales though the roof since the election?
Lucas (netAirspace ATC & Founding Member) 04 Jun 09, 08:06Post
jpetekUA777 wrote:If you are so adamantly against the concept of profiting on fear, what about all the gun sales though the roof since the election?



I don't think that's truly analogous. In the specified on-topic reply, there is one person making mega-dollars and being hypocritical...there is no Al Gore of firearms.
jpetekUA777 (Founding Member) 04 Jun 09, 08:29Post
Well , Al Gore has piggy-backed on the issue and made it 'his' issue, but global warming is much bigger than Al Gore and the theories surrounding it have been around much longer than when he chose to champion it. I think it's unfair to connect every discussion about global warming back to Al Gore.
Lucas (netAirspace ATC & Founding Member) 04 Jun 09, 08:40Post
I agree with that statement. I've accepted that I won't listen to any of Al Gore's arguments, as I think he's part of the problem and not the solution. He also has a conflict of interests. Taking him out of the equation entirely would do everyone, for and against, a big favor. Unfortunately, polarizing people have a tendency to keep going strong.

I personally think that the sign is funny and don't care what a private company does that much. If I don't like it (For example, if they say that we should use our unwanted children as a Sapiens veal.) I won't frequent the place. Having signs that display your feelings will attract some and drive away others, but don't be surprised when your franchise ends up in hot water.

I remember when my dear hippies in Missoula forced one restaurant to allow full breastfeeding. While personally I think that the breast-feeding years are the most attractive (Joke! That was a joke. I really don't care if I see your boobie hanging out to feed your kiddo.), I thought the better idea was simply not to patron the establishment instead of placing more laws in place.

Now, I am a tired young man and I should probably be in bed instead of up pouring my life into the interwebs.

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