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    Hippie Corporations in Illegal Gifts-for-Votes Scam

    So, What's Jake's Favorite Flavor of Ice Cream?
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    Image of xmonkeydr xmonkeydr
    11/03/08

    In reply to Hippie Corporations in Illegal Gifts-for-Votes Scam
    Given that the campaigns have spent about $1BN, if there are 100M voters that works out to $10/vote. Given that I live in NYC and my vote does not matter, I'd rather have the $10. At least with Boss Tweed I could have got a buzz after this interminable nonsense.
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    Image of NoelSaffron NoelSaffron
    11/03/08

    In reply to Hippie Corporations in Illegal Gifts-for-Votes Scam
    "Wouldn't the world be a better place if we all cared enough to vote? Starbucks thinks so. That's why if you vote, we'll give you free coffee. Why? Because it would be a better place if you voted, and also, purchased THIS FUCKING MUFFIN, since we know if you're in here for your free coffee, you are way more likely to buy THIS FUCKING MUFFIN than if you never set foot inside our store, because, well, our coffee is kind of shit now. Of course to us, giving you a free cup of coffee might cost us 10, maybe 11 cents, including labor, but THIS FUCKING MUFFIN costs you a dollar fifty. So make this world a better place, where our CEO can have the money he needs to renovate his kitchen, and vote. Then buy THIS FUCKING MUFFIN. Thank you."
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    Image of nyphotog nyphotog
    11/03/08

    In reply to Hippie Corporations in Illegal Gifts-for-Votes Scam
    Does Ben & Jerry's have a Muslin flavor? 'Cause that's what I want.
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    11/03/08

    @nyphotog:
    Even to even think of making ice cream out of religious minorities is sick, I tell you, sick.
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    Image of nyphotog nyphotog
    11/03/08

    @Smitros: Yes, but jam bands taste awful.
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    11/03/08

    @nyphotog:
    But the quantities are seemingly endless.
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    Image of meechybee meechybee
    11/03/08

    In reply to Hippie Corporations in Illegal Gifts-for-Votes Scam
    I just got an invitation to take photos at the polls for the NY Times / AIGA. Is this legal? I'm assuming that as long as I'm on the sidewalk outside that is is, but I'm sure they don't allow pics inside the polls. Anyone know for sure?


    [pollingplaces.nytimes.com]

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    Image of LeGagneur LeGagneur
    11/03/08

    In reply to Hippie Corporations in Illegal Gifts-for-Votes Scam
    I think the note at the end is the best part of the post.
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    Image of succulent succulent
    11/03/08

    In reply to Hippie Corporations in Illegal Gifts-for-Votes Scam
    Chiming in from SF also....So we wait (for hours)in line to vote first, then get into another line to wait for ice cream. The beginning of Socialism?

    B&J should be handing out ice cream at the polling places, or there's going to be a riot in the Haight/Ashbury....
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    Image of piequeen piequeen
    11/03/08

    In reply to Hippie Corporations in Illegal Gifts-for-Votes Scam
    But you can still go to B&J and Starbucks and just say, yo, I voted, hook me up. Or, you know, just steal someone else's sticker. Over here in San Fran our only B&J is at the corner of Haight and Ashbury. Damned stoners.
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    Image of cupcakes cupcakes
    11/03/08

    In reply to Hippie Corporations in Illegal Gifts-for-Votes Scam
    This is all bullshit for absentee voters. I get no sticker. I get no goodies. I hate you all.
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    Image of KarenUhOh KarenUhOh
    11/03/08

    In reply to Hippie Corporations in Illegal Gifts-for-Votes Scam
    I'm a lawyer and I don't care if I know what I'm talking about.
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    Image of thebazillion thebazillion
    11/03/08

    In reply to Hippie Corporations in Illegal Gifts-for-Votes Scam
    Did anyone click through to the Starbucks website (I'm temping and have no work)? Does their little video remind anyone else of that "what if you gave a poor girl a cow" video?
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    Image of LinerNotesDanny LinerNotesDanny
    11/03/08

    In reply to Hippie Corporations in Illegal Gifts-for-Votes Scam
    In unrelated news, Ben & Jerry's has unveiled a new seasonal flavor, ACORN.
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    Image of JulesNoctambule JulesNoctambule
    11/03/08

    In reply to Hippie Corporations in Illegal Gifts-for-Votes Scam
    I wish someone was giving away free liquor. The ice cream and the doughnut will help, but my nerves are going to require something a little stronger this time around!
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    11/03/08

    @JulesNoctambule:
    As you may well know, giving away liquor was a fine American tradition for a while. Shoot, in many cases the liquor was given away and ingested in copious quantities before individuals voted, with interesting results.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    11/03/08

    @Smitros: Well, since we have thrown term limits in the toilet in NYC, I expect a full-on Boss Tweed beer-and-a-shot dealie.
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    Image of inflammatorywrit inflammatorywrit
    11/03/08

    @JulesNoctambule: I think everyone should get a milligram of Xanax, a fifth of Jager, and a carton of Marlboros.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    11/03/08

    @inflammatorywrit: When are you putting your name on the ballot, Inflam?
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    11/03/08

    @BookishLookish:
    Sounds groovy. In DC we will be tanked for Obama.
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    Image of winniemc winniemc
    11/03/08

    In reply to Hippie Corporations in Illegal Gifts-for-Votes Scam
    I guess my bipartisan exit-poll hand jobs are off, then...
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    Image of curlyqtips curlyqtips
    11/03/08

    In reply to Hippie Corporations in Illegal Gifts-for-Votes Scam
    I wasn't given the option of an "I Voted" sticker when I voted weeks ago... does this mean I can vote again?
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    Image of lobstr lobstr
    11/03/08

    In reply to Hippie Corporations in Illegal Gifts-for-Votes Scam
    In addition, wouldn't this be discrimination towards underage people and non-citizens?


    ...and ex-convicts!?

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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    11/03/08

    @lobstr: Also the lazy and apathetic.
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