Thursday, February 26, 2009

The Queen Of England And Ronald Reagan.



CLICK ON HER ROYAL MAJESTY

The Queen of England apparently likes coffee with caffeine and President Reagan drank decaf according to this little video clip. We can also see former first lady Nancy Reagan and former President Ford at this little tea party with coffee. I wonder what their reaction would have been if they had been served some Mr. English coffee. I have no idea as to what they were drinking other than it was caffeinated or decaffeinated but in those days that was about the only amount of thought put in to a cup of coffee. If people actually received a cup of coffee that really tasted good they thought it was an extraordinary event.









CLICK ON BONZO BEFORE HIS BEDTIME

I remember the day that Ronald Reagan was elected president of the United States was the day my late father quit drinking. He said that Ronald Reagan was a great actor and quite comical in shows such as Bed Time For Bonzo but the idea of an actor being elected president was really shocking for him. President Reagan had many supporters and detractors alike. I always support my president whether they be democrat or republican as they are the president. That doesn't mean I have to vote for them, though, the next time around. I think that if president Reagan were still alive that he would be very proud of Americans for electing President Obama. That surely doesn't mean he would have voted for him.



CLICK ON HER MAJESTY

The final last sentence of this video is incredibly interesting. It's a comment by Queen Elizabeth and it is almost as though she could look into the future and see this day in time 2009. The comment interested me so much that I ended up watching this clip more than several times. It's truly a must see. I definitely wouldn't have wanted what they were serving up in that silver pot though. I can't tell if it was silver but I imagine it could have been so. Stainless steel acidifies coffee quite enough. I shudder to think of what even a few minutes in sterling silver would do the coffee.

CLICK ON PRESIDENT REAGAN





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Sunday, February 22, 2009

Link to famous coffee quotes.



CLICK ON THE QUOTATION MARKS TO GO TO A VERY INTERESTING INDEX OF FAMOUS COFFEE QUOTES.

I have no way to verify to the authenticity of the following link but most of them seem plausible and quite interesting as well. I especially like the one by Abraham Lincoln who seems to be a role model for President Obama. "If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee." President Obama says he rarely drinks coffee and yet he always quotes President Lincoln. If he really wants to follow in President Lincoln's footsteps and lead the U.S. and the world to financial prosperity and peace again then maybe he too should drink coffee rather than tea. Surely, he'll need all of the energy he can get in the days ahead as he tries to pull the world economy out of the abyss. Maybe people including myself should stop complaining and start helping. Waking up in the morning up with a cheery cup of coffee won't save the world economy but it will help because coffee is the second largest traded commodity next to oil. It's surely a lot better for you and coffee plantations are definitely not the cause of global warming either.

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Saturday, February 21, 2009



Behind those dark sunglasses it's hard to guess what kind of coffee Sharon Stone is drinking. If I were to guess I would have to think she took her coffee black. If I remember correctly one of her films that she filmed with Michael Douglas was one of the first main stream blockbuster hollywood movies to have two movie icons actually giving a spring performance of the birds and the bees. The name of the movie slips my mind but it definitely woke me up and I wasn't even roasting or drinking coffee.

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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

U.S. Secretary of State likes coffee black or with cream but has trouble using coffee machines.



CLICK ON SECRETARY OF STATE CLINTON TO GET AN IDEA OF HER TENACITY WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING WHAT SHE WANTS.

Hillary's husband president Clinton is also renowned for the voraciousness of his coffee appetite. I guess he needs a lot of energy for his extracurricular nightly activities.

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The following is a true story obtained originally from the U.S. embassy in Tokyo.

A true story from the Japanese Embassy in US: Prime Minister Mori was given some basic English conversation training before he visited Washington and met with President Bill Clinton. The instructor told Mori" Prime Minister, when you shake hands with President Clinton, please say 'how are you'.

Then Mr Clinton should say "I am fine, and you?" Now you should say 'me too'. Afterwards we, translators, will do all the work for you." It looks quite simple.

But the truth was:

When Mori met Clinton, he mistakenly said "Who Are You?". Mr Clinton was a bit shocked but still managed to react with humor: "Well, I am Hilary's husband, ha ha..." Then Mori replied confidently "Me too, ha ha ha.."

Then there was a long silent moment in the meeting room.

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Below more miscellaneous info. as to the coffee likes and dislikes of famous politicians. President Obama says he rarely drinks coffee. He should definitely try Mr. English Coffee. It is a lot healthier than smoking cigarettes. And it won't set a bad example for his lovely daughters and billions of other precious children, either. He's absolutely going to need all the energy he can muster to clean up all of the mess his predecessors left him with. A great cup of coffee gourmet specialty would be a great morning White House pick me up and give him something to look forward to when his mind starts wandering towards puffing on a cancer stick. He is now the president of the United States of America for the next four years and all true Americans must really try their best to accept him and help him in his presidency even if they didn't vote for him. At least he's not trying to change the constitution like they did down in Venezuela and proclaim himself president for life. It's time for all real Americans to stop complaining in the negative and to start doing in the positive. Mr. English is roasting coffee for not only the rich and famous people of the world but all of the people of the world. That's our contribution to help out and make things a little better. It's a small thing but imagine what the world would be like if the only coffee choices were co's like Starbucks, Mcdonalds, Peets, Folgers, Maxwell House, Sanka, and Dunkin Donuts etc.. Well, those are all great choices for people who don't understand what real specialty gourmet coffee tastes like but for the few that have already partaken in the sweet precious nectar of a real cup of coffee life would just not have the same meaning without the small micro roasters around the globe like Mr. English coffee who think of more than just profit, profit, profit. But first and foremost consider fairness, aroma, and taste. Profit is just an incidental that is needed to continue doing business, never something that is the driving force of the co. Small and local is good for the many. Global and Mega is only a path to eventual destruction of anything except selfish profit for a few.
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On the December 14 edition of CNN's The Situation Room, host Wolf Blitzer cited a December 12 Associated Press article, in which the presidential candidates answered questions about their coffee preferences, part of the AP's "series of questions about [the candidates'] personal side," and announced, "[L]ook at this -- Hillary Clinton is a flip-flopper. Sometimes she takes it black, sometimes with cream." Yet, Blitzer had offered no characterization of either Rudy Giuliani's or Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) coffee preferences, noting only "Giuliani prefers low-cal sweetener, any brand will do" and "McCain is fond of cappuccino, or coffee with cream and sugar."

The December 12 AP article, in its entirety:

Hold the sugar.

Presidential candidates who drink coffee prefer artificial sweetener or no sweetener, for the most part.

AP asked candidates a series of questions about their personal side. Today's question is about what they take in their coffee. The answers:

DEMOCRATS:

New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton: Sometimes black, sometimes with cream

Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards: Doesn't drink it

Illinois Sen. Barack Obama: Black, but rarely drinks it

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson: Cream

REPUBLICANS:

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani: Splenda, Sweet'n Low or Equal, whichever is available

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee: Splenda

Arizona Sen. John McCain: Cappuccino or coffee with cream and sugar

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney: Doesn't drink it, has been known to have hot chocolate

Former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson: Cream

From the December 14 edition of CNN's The Situation Room:

BLITZER: Let's take a campaign coffee break right now. The Associated Press asked the presidential candidates how they like their coffee. Take a look at this:

Rudy Giuliani prefers low-cal sweetener, any brand will do. Mike Huckabee is more specific; he likes Splenda. John McCain is fond of cappuccino, or coffee with cream and sugar. Fred Thompson says "cream, please." Bill Richardson: also a cream kind of guy.

Barack Obama takes it black, but says he rarely drinks coffee. John Edwards says "no thanks," he doesn't drink the stuff. And on this issue -- look at this -- Hillary Clinton is a flip-flopper: Sometimes she takes it black, sometimes with cream.

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PRESIDENT BUSH SENIOR THROWS UP ON PRIME MINISTER MIYAZAWA IN 1992





CLICK ON THE UPPER LEFT PRESIDENT BUSH TO READ AN ARTICLE OF HIM THROWING UP ON OR NEAR THEN PRIME MINISTER Miyazawa. JAN 9th, 1992. CLICK ON THE LOWER RIGHT PRESIDENT BUSH TO SEE A SMALL CLIP OF THE ACTUAL EPISODE PLUS A LITTLE BIT OF ADDED COMEDY TOWARDS THE END. EVERYBODY HAS PUBLICLY HUMILIATING AND EMBARRASSING MOMENTS IN THEIR LIVES. EVEN MR. ENGLISH.

Yesterday I posted a video of the Japanese Finance minister, Shoichi Nakagawa, who slightly slurred his words at a G-7 summit because of possible exhaustion, fatigue, cold medcine, or a combination of. I also made comments that he had better drink coffee rather than wine in a joking way. Today in face of worldwide humiliation and non stop mass media coverage he has resigned. His resignation is regrettable and sad, too. Whether he was a good, great or terrible finance minister is not the point but what is is that the world is ever unforgiving and extremely lacking in its ability of common and decent compassion. In pursuit of this often missing fairness and compassion I have removed the video link to this small but personally embarrassing matter for him and wish him a happy life in his retired political career. This is a very small gesture on my part but necessary considering the circumstances. I also offer a personal apology on my part to Mr. Nakagawa for posting what I thought was an amusing video of a politician taking a cat nap. There is nothing amusing in his resignation and I take no personal pleasure from it whatsoever. I had mentioned in the comments of the posting of this clip that he shouldn't feel to bad considering that former president Bush senior threw up on the lap of then prime minister Miyazawa. I'm sure at the time president Bush was likewise extremely embarrassed, luckily for him they didn't have You Tube to instantaneously broadcast images of it around the world. It was reported in the news but it really wasn't paid all that much attention to. I still think that he'd better drink Mr. English Coffee but that is besides the matter.

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Monday, February 16, 2009

Finance Minister of Japan resigns in face of an unfair and cruel world.





CLICK ON THE UPPER LEFT PRESIDENT BUSH TO READ AN ARTICLE OF HIM THROWING UP ON OR NEAR THEN PRIME MINISTER Miyazawa. JAN 9th, 1992. CLICK ON THE LOWER RIGHT PRESIDENT BUSH TO SEE A SMALL CLIP OF THE ACTUAL EPISODE PLUS A LITTLE BIT OF ADDED COMEDY TOWARDS THE END. EVERYBODY HAS PUBLICLY HUMILIATING AND EMBARRASSING MOMENTS IN THEIR LIVES. EVEN MR. ENGLISH.

Yesterday I posted a video of the Japanese Finance minister, Shoichi Nakagawa, who slightly slurred his words at a G-7 summit because of possible exhaustion, fatigue, cold medcine, or a combination of. I also made comments that he had better drink coffee rather than wine in a joking way. Today in face of worldwide humiliation and non stop mass media coverage he has resigned. His resignation is regrettable and sad, too. Whether he was a good, great or terrible finance minister is not the point but what is is that the world is ever unforgiving and extremely lacking in its ability of common and decent compassion. In pursuit of this often missing fairness and compassion I have removed the video link to this small but personally embarrassing matter for him and wish him a happy life in his retired political career. This is a very small gesture on my part but necessary considering the circumstances. I also offer a personal apology on my part to Mr. Nakagawa for posting what I thought was an amusing video of a politician taking a cat nap. There is nothing amusing in his resignation and I take no personal pleasure from it whatsoever. I had mentioned in the comments of the posting of this clip that he shouldn't feel to bad considering that former president Bush senior threw up on the lap of then prime minister Miyazawa. I'm sure at the time president bush was likewise extremely embarrassed, luckily for him they didn't have You Tube to instantaneously broadcast images of it around the world. It was reported in the news but it really wasn't paid all that much attention to. I still think that he'd better drink Mr. English Coffee but that is besides the matter.

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Sunday, February 15, 2009

Meg Ryan is sleepless in Japan because she's drinking instant coffee.




I don't know if Meg Ryan is really drinking this instant Nescafe or just advertising it. Starbucks opened up in Japan just after her hit movie with Tom Hanks "Sleepless in Seattle". Because this movie was incredibly popular in Japan with young women and featured ever so many shots of Starbucks in the movie it was perfect timing when they opened their first stores in Japan shortly after the movie's release. Many stories were featured about Starbucks in the Mass Media as well and for awhile Starbucks was an instant success. The existing large Japanese Mega coffee co.'s were caught off guard by the newcomers instant popularity. Overtime though as they developed new themed cafes they are slowly regaining market share. Starbucks is still growing in Japan but it doesn't look as though they are going to end up with the same dominance that they did in the U.S. of the Japanese market. Nevertheless, Starbucks is here to stay in Japan unlike other fads and talent that come and go.

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