Talk to me!
Man, as much as I dislike Rachel Ray, I fucking hate Michelle Malkin. And as much as of a peace-loving guy that I am, she makes my blood boil. Aarrgh!
watch out next time you are in New England. Dunkin's coffee is sacred up here man. I don't drink coffee of any make or model so damned if I know.
Oh, and I think Emril is not too far off from running to take a call from McDonalds. Can you say fallen off the face of the earth?
Michelle Malkin is probably worse than Ann Coulter because at least Ann Coulter is obviously a total nutjob. She exudes crazy from every pore of her being.
Malkin can hide and trick people because she is a little more under the radar crazy. She actually seems normal at times, she can seem respectable. But under that, she is just as horrible and stupid as Coulter is.
To see Dunkin' Donuts cave to crazy is ridiculous, but they were duped by respectable Malkin into believing her crazy. Too bad, I love their current They Might Be Giants ad campaign.
I'm pretty sure Ann Coulter hates everybody. Otherwise, why would she be working so hard to turn everybody against one another and bring about armageddon?
Of course, that doesn't change the fact that Michelle Malkin is a racist idiot who enjoys whipping people into a frenzy over bullshit to draw attention to herself. Well congratulations to her... mission accomplished... now everybody knows what a dumbass she is.
It took me a long time to figure out that this wasn't a prank of some sort. I kept reading it on blogs and news sites, and just thought, "How could all these web sites fall for this joke. It's so obviously insane."
I just had no idea that Malkin (since I don't read her) was close to certifiable.
MetroDad - I hear you. Stupidity gets me, too. Don't even get me started on Malkin.
PG- that's where I first had it. I asked for coffee and people kept sending me there. I thought they were confused.
Brandon- I understand that TMBG also own scarves.
Dave- Maybe after the election Coulter, Malkin and the ilk will go hide in a cave somewhere.
Phil- At first I ignored it for that same reason. How could anyone agree with her take? Sadly, one of the links I provided has a comment from someone that agreed and said that Ray's outfit "should stay in San Francisco." I can only assume that the person doesn't understand that people wear scarves, nor that terrorists aren't actually running Northern California.
No matter how many raisins you put in crap, it won't change the fact that it's still crap.
Never even heard of this Malkin chick. I did know about the outrage over Ray's scarf, which is just freaking stupid. Granted, I don't do Dunkin Donuts very often (diabetes, hello?) but I think they made a huge mistake pulling that ad. Idiots being bullied by idiots.
leather's not gay?
humph.
and who needs Dunkin Donuts when you've got Kripsy Kreme.
Well, I don't know her (whew) but she sounds like shoving a donut down her pie hole would not have been nearly enough to shut up her stupidity.. Maybe a 6 pack of donuts?
" It's one notch above truck stop java. " The hell????? I looooove Dunkin Donuts coffee. Cannot. Believe. You. Said. This.
BD- Raisins in crap? I'm more of a corn guy.
Karl- I agree, that was very lame
Greg- sing it, sister
DutchBitch- you know I'm talking about her mouth, right?
Sha- I do think it's better than the free coffee available at some rest areas. Or Folgers.
everything you say is true. i can't deny this post. just cain't.
Liv- you may be my smartest reader ever
DD coffee is nothing more than warm milk with some kind of coffee taste that needs to be killed by sugar.
Starbucks-black-no sugar, please.
Oh come on. Really, now, what was Dunkin' Donuts supposed to do? THose folks are trying to sell products to as many people as possible, not run a political campaign.
DD needed to just get it over with, pronto. So they risk the "boycott" of Starbucks customers who don't patronize Starbucks very much, either. Big deal.
AA Joe- It's warm?
Bob- They were supposed to tell Malkin to get lost and go on with their lives.
So...we're supposed to be upset with Dunkin Donuts because their coffee sucks?? Alright. I'll do it!
A FRIGGIN' Men.
It's a scarf!
BTW: I'm a Peets Guy! Damit!
Whit--I disagree. They needed to just get out of it altogether and let the people on the far ends continue to fight each other, as they do every day and will do no matter what Dunkin' Donuts does.
BTW--Starbucks uses indferior beans and over roasts them so you can't taste the difference and dupes you into thinking the opposite because they charge double a fair price. If theyc an get awaywith that, and they clearly do, anyone will believe anything.
It's best sometimes to ignore an entire "controversy" and leave wars of words to those who eek to enflame them. Dunkin' knows it is not a keffiyeh and tht even if it was, not everyone who wears one is a terrorist--quite the opposite, as seeing any large group of older Middle Eastrners will evidence (or any desert travelling person who is smart enough to protect themselves from the sun.)
It's not Dunkin's job to buy TV time to "educate" the "masses" that many seem to beleive are simple bovines who will begin bleating and stampede at the sight of a black and white patern on a piece of cloth.
Bob- Thanks for replying.
My take is that DD didn't get out of it by dropping the ad, they basically conceded the point to Malkin, and while I don't believe they ever considered the idea that the scarf was anything but, they empowered Malkin's position by caving. A simple, "it's just a scarf" would have worked just as well and wouldn't have necessitated the waste of time and money that went into making the ad in question.
You're right, DD isn't responsible for educating the masses, but their actions have proven the strength of ignorance. Whether they like it or not they allowed themselves to be drawn into it with their actions when a simple non-action would have been more appropriate.
Did I even mention Starbucks? It's been so long ago I can't remember. I grind my own organic, shade grown, fair trade beans (Trader Joe's) at home and enjoy them in a French press, so basically all drip coffee tastes like swill to me. Some more than others.
I couldn't agree more-- let's hope the terrorists win only if they have the elimination of both Coulter and Malkin as the sole item on their agenda.
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