Monday, June 15, 2015

Where is my latte? Really Mr. Romney?

Typical Republican politics of the right wing. I suppose the only coffee Mitt drinks is black and straight from the camp fire pot.

The people in the USA have worked very hard to bring about a 'coffee culture.' There are many, many independent small businesses that are based exactly at the center of that culture. There are also Wall Street companies that compete with those small businesses. 

June 15, 2015
By Brendan James

"When you see her on a stage or when she comes into a room full of people, she's smiling with her mouth but her eyes say, 'Where's my latte?'" Romney said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."
"It just doesn't suggest she believes everything she's saying," he continued, calling her performance "jarring."
Romney faced similar criticism during his own runs for President for flip-flopping on multiple hot-button issues, struggling to connect with working-class voters, and saying things like he enjoys hunting "small varmints, if you will."
"At this stage, what does she really believe?" he said on Monday. "I think people wonder, can they really trust Hillary Clinton?"...

The Coffee Culture in the USA is also an internationally benevolent movement.

There (click here) were about 20,000 coffee shop businesses in the U.S. with combined revenues of $10 billion in 2011, according to First Research. 

Local mom-and-pop coffee shops, compete with established national brands like Starbucks, Seattle’s Best (owned by Starbucks), Caribou, and Peet’s Coffee: 70 percent of sales are generated from the top 50 coffee shop operators....

The moral content of this culture is exceptional, sustainable and brings much needed incomes to the coffee growers internationally.

Mr. Romney's attitude is extremely arrogant. The facts are plain. There is no adverse reality from the investment by Americans to grow this culture across the USA. They started as small counter tops selling imported coffees to a culture easily recognized in every state and province. There is no down side to these businesses. 

The competition in the USA with Wall Street and these small businesses is proving to expose a very exploitative Wall Street. The large companies not only muscle out the small growers, they muscle out entire villages that have been supported by American small businesses. Much of the organic movement that provides No GMO began with this idea of building international customers. Dissing a Latte is nothing more than a faux character assassination of the former Secretary. 

If the former Secretary wasn't drinking an occasional Latte I'd be concerned. President Obama carried an enthusiasm for microbreweries. As a matter of fact the White House decided to have their own brand of beer in recognizing the President's affection for the industry. This focus by Democrats is very much realizing the importance of small businesses, local economies and the high moral culture demanded in all aspect of these dynamics.

It is a great movement. It belongs in the USA and the growth is unlimited. Mr. Romney owes the small businesses and their baristas.  As a matter of fact, baristas can make or break a business venture. So, the esteem of these industries is very important.

As far as trusting Hillary? You've got to be joking. Her priorities have been anchored in moral content from the beginning of her career. There is no doubt in Hillary's priorities and policies. They are tried and true and are very much American values. 

Private emails are important and for the former Secretary maintaining their privacy when it has no value or mention of the State Department is something the USA is fighting for as well. We want the NSA to stop spying on Americans. I would think when the former Secretary defended her personnel emails it makes for 'no wiggle room' on taming the NSA.