Chick Fil-A franchises not welcome

[scottw]

just read this and wondring if this falls under some folks definition of "bigot"


Mayor Rahm Emanuel “Chick-fil-A values are not Chicago values,” he said. “They disrespect our fellow neighbors and residents. This would be a bad investment, since it would be empty.”

That last statement implies that Emanuel believes it is politicians, not markets, who should determine what is and isn’t a good investment. And that is bad news not just for fans of waffle fries; it bodes poorly for any Windy City business that chooses to support unpopular or controversial causes.

Boston’s mayor, Thomas Menino, has been even more explicit; it looks as if the entire city will probably miss out on the chance to boycott “Chick-fil-A or whatever the hell the name is,” as he put it. The Atlanta-based chain doesn’t have any restaurants in Beantown yet, but it has been considering opening one near the Freedom Trail. That won’t be an easy task. “If they need licenses in the city, it will be very difficult — unless they open up their policies,” Menino told the Boston Herald.

sounds very "intolerant"

[Jim in CT]

When Michele Bachman put her foot in her mouth last week, many influential republicans condemned what she said. I don't see Democrats telling these mayors to remmeber that we have a Constitution, in which the freedom of speech is explicitly stated...

I hope the mayors stick to their guns, and I hope they get sued for a billion dollars.

That famous liberal tolerance, enlightenment, and concern for free speech. Unfreakinbelievable.

Imagine for a second, if a conservative mayor said Muslims can't open businesses in that city, because of their Islamic beliefs. Liberals would go berserk, and they'd be right to do so.

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by scottw

Mayor Rahm Emanuel “Chick-fil-A values are not Chicago values,” he said.

By that, I guess he means Chick fil-A doesn't believe in political corruption, playing the race card, and gang-banging gun violence?

[scottw]

keep in mind that the Progressives seek to turn our traditional ideas of Liberty and Justice on their head....

the Liberties guaranteed at our founding are termed "negative" because they are incomplete and the new "positive" Liberties need to reflect the values of the "real world" where absolutes are inadequate or outdated to deal with modern issues.....some win and some lose with government being the referee

the same can be said for Justice...simple Justice is not enough..the world is too complex...we need Social Justice and Economic Justice and Food Justice and others which are doled out by the Philosopher Kings whose Justice is not "Blind" but "Benevolent" and in the business of guanteeing outcomes(or claiming to) rather than protecting opportunty

It's not Justice at all in fact, but it allows them to pick and choose, based on some claim of fairness and equity to either grant or deny favor, based on their view of the world as it should be.....

so for the Progressive generally...this is perfectly acceptable

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

By that, I guess he means Chick fil-A doesn't believe in political corruption, playing the race card, and gang-banging gun violence?

Alright, now that made me laugh pretty hard.

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by JohnnyD

Alright, now that made me laugh pretty hard.

Rahm Emanuel, mayor of Chicago, also told the Chick Fil-A folks that another restaurant in Chicago would be "a bad investment".

Under Emanuel's leadership, Chicago has almost 10% unemployment, and a deficit of $654 million. Chick Fil-A has 0% unemployment, and 44 consecutive years of revenue growth. So I'm sure everyone at the Corporate Finance departmrnt at Chick Fil-A is just dying for financial advice from the mayor of Chicago.

And we lose to these people, Johnny. We lose to people like Spence and Rahm Emanuel.

[spence]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

We lose to people like Spence and Rahm Emanuel.

That's because we're a$$ kickers

Here's one for ya

-spence

[FishermanTim]

Check out the spoofs they did on the Conan O'brien show with "Chaz" the intolerant chicken as the new spokesperson for Chick-Fil-A.
(This was after the Jim Henson Co pulled had them remove all their ads with muppets on them.)