In all fairness, a "grande" black coffee is 2.10 here in Louisiana....a mere 30 cents more than the shit they sell at the gas station, only it hasn't been sitting on the burner for 5 hours. You can spend way too much on a large cup of milk, foam, and sugar, but the real coffee is reasonable. Also, Starbucks as a company isn't pro- or anti-gun/gay/church, et al. They sell caffeine and an image to people who have money and wish to not be a stage for the rest of the world's quibbling. They are capitalists, they treat their employees well, and brew a damn fine cup of coffee. What the ownership or their main clientele support or don't support may be something else entirely.