Pumpkin Spice Latte with an extra shot of reality

My friend J. recently introduced me to the Pumpkin Spice Latte at Starbucks...only available in the fall. This morning I picked one up on the way to work (this is my marathon day--a full day of work followed by nearly 3 hours of class ). The quote printed on my cup was one that struck me:

Starbucks: The Way I See It #178

"The measure of genuine civilization, it has been said, is the quality of life for a nation's poorest and least privileged people. By that measure, we are barbarians. Our current level of inequality cannot be justified or sustained."

-Robert W. McChesney
Author, media critic and professor at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign