The Barnyard

Look, I'm the first one to say that if a business meets existing zoning laws they shouldn't be denied a permit. And if they are denied I wish them all the luck in the world in their lawsuit.

But it's as reasonable for a San Francisco elected official to say, "we don't want you" to Chick FIl A as it is for a San Francisco newspaper columnist, Maggie Gallagher, to lead a national campaign against Starbucks

going down the slippery slope. the tennesseans dont want that big ole islamic temple. cities dont want chicken places. people want buy coffee so they can have the big revenge of pouring it out (really=that one seems off, as one would have to give money to pour out the coffee so where is the bad for starbucks?). back in the 60s we liberals had boycotting of grapes, due to the pretty grim conditions in the california farm fields with cesar chavez famous illegal immigrant dude.

i am just now finishing off some stuff on ig farben of old german fame. is that right johnhunt? were they not the ancestors of basf & bayer & some other hefty businesses???

that the executives of if farben sentenced for war crimes related to slave labor, that in the 50s these war criminals could be back on top in these named companies, and that today, we, when we buy bayer aspirin you are giving blood money to bloody hands.

dont feel sorry for the corporations. if people, they dont face the consequences that i, as just an ordinary good old country boy would if i did anywhere remotely the damage many of our "fellow citizens" have done

do as you wish, i dont care. its america i dont care. i will just do what i want & if i see me a corporation coming this is what i am gonna do. get me a gun shoot him out on highway 61

god said go kill me a son
i said where you want his killing done
god saId out on highway 61 god said what?

The difference is the mayor represents the interests of all the people and the legitimate and legally operated businesses in the city not just those with a particular political or moral stance.

Would it be equally reasonable for Obama to say to Chick Fil A "We don't want you.", You aren't welcome in Our country.

Would it be reasonable for a mayor and an entire political party to say no to a mosque in lower Manhattan that has met all zoning requirements and obtained all permits and is in area with numerous houses of worship including at least one existing mosque?

Liberals are cowards....

"pretty soon there will be drive thru dive by's IF"
What's the IF ?
Explain " drive thru driveby's"?

ahem, as i insinuated earlier, after some steam blowing off, i felt all along these pols would swing back around. jobs jobs jobs. but the quotes were good for everybody to burnish their creds

burnishing cred over fried chicken. the snake oil show goes on. the issue of gay marriage needs to be resolved by our courts, the sooner the better, so as to offically get past this huffing & puffing of indignations

its not that big a deal to me, but it appears to draw more interest than dance with me or dancing horses

its chicken...chicken salad....fries...how about syria and iran and romney wanting to run american foreign policy from israel....lots of odd things going on

Mayor Bloomberg favors the Islamic cultural center. Minority Leader Reid says the center should be built somewhere else.

Islam is clear in its prohibition of homosexual acts. Islamic scholars cite these reasons for condemning homosexuality, based on teachings of the Qur'an and Sunnah:

•It clashes with the "natural" order in which God created human beings
•It brings destruction of the family and the institutions of marriage
•It leads people to ignore God's guidance in other areas of life
In Islamic terminology, homosexuality is alternatively called al-fahsha' (an obscene act), shudhudh (abnormality), or 'amal qawm Lut (behavior of the People of Lut). Islam teaches that believers should neither participate in nor support homosexuality.

If Islamists are being denied the opportunity for expanding or enlarging their mosques I doubt it's because of their stance on family values and gay marriage.

references upon request.

I may be wrong, but I feel as if we are both sitting on the same fence.