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An old struggle to adapt to a new country's ways (Geno's Steaks:"Speak English")
Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | 5/30/06 | Gaiutra Bahadur

Posted on 05/30/2006 5:41:16 AM PDT by Fintan

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1 posted on 05/30/2006 5:41:21 AM PDT by Fintan
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To: Fintan

I've been to Geno's... great cheesesteaks.


2 posted on 05/30/2006 5:42:18 AM PDT by Lunatic Fringe (http://ntxsolutions.com)
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To: Fintan
How do you say cheesesteak with in Spanish?

biftec con queso?

3 posted on 05/30/2006 5:44:48 AM PDT by edpc
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To: Fintan

What is "Pat's" stance on this?


4 posted on 05/30/2006 5:44:56 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: Lunatic Fringe; Owl_Eagle; Temple Owl
PHILLY PING!

The immortal debate...Pat's or Geno's?

Personally, I like Tony Luke's.

5 posted on 05/30/2006 5:45:09 AM PDT by Malacoda (The Posting Police need an enema.)
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To: Fintan

Americans need to take this battle on themselves. Insist on doing business ONLY with companies that employ only 100% legal residents or citizens. Ask them on the phone or in person when you speak to them. It makes a difference, every little bit.

God Bless Vento.


6 posted on 05/30/2006 5:46:52 AM PDT by AbeKrieger (A country without secure borders will not long be a country.)
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To: Fintan
My grandmother came here from Italy and taught her kids how to speak English. She wanted no part of the past when she came here(except for the food, thank God). She knew the secret to success was assimilation. She wanted to be American and I can still hear her yelling at people who weren't speaking English. She would yell"Speak English you stinking foreigners" in her really rotten broken English.
7 posted on 05/30/2006 5:49:27 AM PDT by satchmodog9 (Most people stand on the tracks and never even hear the train coming)
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To: Lunatic Fringe

I'm a Pat's fan however, I think I may have to lend some support to Geno for standing up for what he believes which happens to fall in line with my views too.


8 posted on 05/30/2006 5:51:56 AM PDT by kx9088
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To: Fintan

Sounds like a great place to eat.

However, money is green and doesn't care about language. And the customer is always right (except when he's wrong!).

If he can't understand Spanish, thats fine, but that's why you have "specials" or "combos" that are numbered... Even a language-challenged individual like me can understand "uno, dos, tres, quatro..."

And God and Heaven help him if he tries to keep employees from speaking Spanish - the EEOC will be all over him.


9 posted on 05/30/2006 5:52:41 AM PDT by Little Ray (If you want to be a martyr, we want to martyr you.)
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To: Fintan

Bump


10 posted on 05/30/2006 6:01:40 AM PDT by Valin (Purple Fingers Rule!)
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To: Malacoda

I hate this propaganda. Expect it to come loud and thick. Yes, the first paragraph is great -- this guy says 'English spoken here.' Then they go on to talk about the 'nativists' in the past who ALSO didn't like immigration (but it happened anyway, and now we are better off for it). I've seen 'nativists' tossed around quite a bit lately. And I think there is a huge push to make US the bad guys.


11 posted on 05/30/2006 6:09:47 AM PDT by bboop (Stealth Tutor)
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To: bboop
And I think there is a huge push to make US the bad guys.

Yes, the Washington insider talking points.

Us folks out here in fly over Land are just a bunch of rubes, that don't make enough to have a gardener and maid. I think you are 200% correct.

12 posted on 05/30/2006 6:15:35 AM PDT by org.whodat (Never let the facts get in the way of a good assumption.)
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To: gubamyster

ping


13 posted on 05/30/2006 6:16:02 AM PDT by DumpsterDiver
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To: Fintan

I'd like to get about a million of those "Speak English" stickers he has in his window and paste them all over Silicon Valley.


14 posted on 05/30/2006 6:23:29 AM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: Fintan

genos!


15 posted on 05/30/2006 6:46:20 AM PDT by philsfan24
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To: philsfan24

 

Yep. Click on the pic.

16 posted on 05/30/2006 6:49:12 AM PDT by Fintan (One day we'll look back on this and plow into a parked car.)
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To: Fintan

FYI, Vento is also a huge supporter of the cause of P/O Danny Faulkner, who was murdered by Wesely Cook, AKA Mumia Abul Jamal. Many events and fund raisers have been helped by him and his establishment.


17 posted on 05/30/2006 6:52:11 AM PDT by FreeperinRATcage (I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for every thing I do. - R. A. Heinlein)
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To: FreeperinRATcage

Darn right. Check the site.

18 posted on 05/30/2006 6:56:26 AM PDT by Fintan (One day we'll look back on this and plow into a parked car.)
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To: Fintan

Just clicked on the pic, and sent an e-mail thanking him for his ability to say what others do not have the courage to!


19 posted on 05/30/2006 6:59:44 AM PDT by GreenEggsNHam (Hey... what if the hokey pokey really IS what it's all about?)
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To: Fintan
Speak English signs also poster his Hummer. He has driven through South Philadelphia blaring through the SUV's P.A. system denunciations of neighborhood business owners who hire illegal immigrants.

:-0 That is a riot.

20 posted on 05/30/2006 7:01:07 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes (That's taxes, not Texas. I have no beef with TX. NJ has the highest property taxes in the nation.)
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