Initiated on a (creative) whim by a couple of ingenious Honest Tea field marketers, the company placed unmanned kiosks in various public locations around the country and asked people to deposit a dollar for each beverage, using the honor system.

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"It is fairly man-friendly to the point where a couple of times a year Daniel hosts a cigar tea, " Richardson said.

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When we owned and operated a fried chicken franchise, one of our promotions involved 800 gallons of iced tea, 20, 000 nickels, and a couple of dozen high school cheerleaders and dance team members.

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Given that it has only a Tea Party electorate to answer to in the next couple of years, that is logically what the GOP should do.

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