Posted on 07/10/2007 2:01:01 PM PDT by george76
Corporation tells Kirchenwitz dismissal unrelated to shooting incident.
Bruno Kirchenwitz was fired Monday from his job at the Basalt 7-Eleven.
The firing came nearly two weeks after Kirchenwitz may have been the target of a person or persons who fired five shots from a rifle into the store. Kirchenwitz said a 7-Eleven official who called to inform him of his dismissal claimed it was unrelated to the shooting incident.
He isn't buying it. Kirchenwitz believes he was fired because his presence as a clerk at the store could be bad for business. He is an outspoken critic of illegal immigration.
"Freedom of speech takes a back seat to profits,"...
Kirchenwitz started as a cashier with 7-Eleven on April 18. He said he never received a written or verbal reprimand and was complimented for his performance by the Basalt store's manager.
The firing didn't surprise him. "In the back of my mind, it was expected,"...
On one hand, it makes sense, he said. About 75 percent of 7-Eleven's customers in Basalt are Latino...so his presence could be bad for business, at least among anyone in the country illegally.
But Kirchenwitz was angry that 7-Eleven wouldn't admit what he believes is the obvious reason for his firing. "That sucks canal water," he said.
When asked if he would appeal within 7-Eleven's system or discuss his firing with the American Civil Liberties Union, Kirchenwitz said he would like to seek help from a different source - conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh.
Kirchenwitz, an outspoken critic of President Bush, said illegal immigration is about the only issue where he sees eye-to-eye with conservatives. If he got a chance to speak to Limbaugh, he said, he would sum up his situation as: "Poor white boy get shot at then gets fired."
(Excerpt) Read more at aspentimes.com ...
You may want to re examine your feelings. Rush does not "interview" anyone below Dick Cheney. If he did, he would have to pretend he knew less than the interviewee and that would make him intellectually dishonest, which he is not.
If he was not there and not on duty he has a excellent case for wrongful termination. Not that the company cares that his literal termination was what the shooters were going for. Oh no; heaven forbid defending an American of the Caucasian persuasion.
This man was specifically targeted by anti-Anglo racists for daring to defend himself. Where’s the ACLU and Southern Anti-Poverty Law Center on this one? “Sorry son - you lack too much melanin for us to defend you.” I call out each group for their histories of purposely letting guys like Kichenwitz suffer while defending non-citizens who shouldn’t be here.
wELL OF COURSE THEY WOULD SAY THAT! I’m not taking sides yet, but that proves nothing.
Thanks for the report.
ok.
” this has DR Savage all over it.”
7-11 sells Border Patrol hats in my neighborhood! Along with bootleg Chevy merchandise
She was unaware that he was homeless. The reporter from the Aspen paper talked with her and other corporate staffers, but being the press, they wrote the story the way they wanted to.
I wear the same Border Patrol hat every day when I run.....past the Islamic Center of New England!!!
The media loves to manufacture stories. They leave out important items and create others.
Whatever comes from an Aspen paper, likely the opposite is true.
“Jesus is my gardener”
ROFL!
That is a great shirt. I want one.
Might check with Margaret again, if she doesn’t have documentation (i.e. something he would have had to of signed) then she is full of it. Law suit on! If Rush let’s this one get away, be looking for Hannity to cover it!
Bruno Kirchenwitz should go into the t-shirt business ?
I wonder if this reporter will follow up with a story about the illegals who shot up the store ?
Drive by shooting .
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Call her at (972)828-7285 and ask her about that.
True .. but what do you do when the company seems to be intent on shoving left wing garbage down your throats anyway?
Me? I'm updating my resume.
I’ve got one of those hats... Maybe I should start wearing it more. Anyone wants to take a pot shot at me, they’d better have better aim than I do...
Apparently, the offended illegals shot up the store when he was not even there.
Talk about a bad aim.
Well, regardless of your stand on immigration, if I'm the guy's employer I might get a little grouchy about having my store shot up.
I know quite a few people in retail who have nothing on their cars or businesses indicating their political views. Regardless of what they are, you're bound to drive off somebody.
If it were a black man wearing a Nation of Islam hat, or an hispanic man wearing a Reconquista hat, and some Aryan Brothers fired some shots into the store, and the company fired the black or hispanic man, it would not be the ACLU and the Southern Anti-Poverty Law Group on the case, it would be the U.S. Department of Justice civil rights division.
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