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'Global warming is baloney' signs put the heat on Burger King
The Guardian ^
| 6/5/2009
| Leo Hickman
Posted on 06/05/2009 1:19:17 PM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley; 1Old Pro; aardvark1; a_federalist; abner; alaskanfan; alloysteel; alfons; ...
No one has the right to question Global Warming!
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posted on
06/05/2009 1:22:12 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(The beginning of the O'Bummer administration looks a lot like the end of the Nixon administration)
To: markomalley
. . . here in the US we do have some rights.Enjoy while you can, Whopper.
To: markomalley
Thank God someone has the guts tot tell the truth
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posted on
06/05/2009 1:23:57 PM PDT
by
pissant
(THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
To: markomalley
They can’t order him to take down the signs, but I’d bet they can terminate the franchise agreement. The manager should decide if he wants that sign to be the ONLY thing left on his property.
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posted on
06/05/2009 1:23:59 PM PDT
by
TChris
(There is no freedom without the possiblity of failure.)
To: TChris
Not necessarily. A franchise agreement is a contract, and if it says nothing about extra signs....
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posted on
06/05/2009 1:25:46 PM PDT
by
clee1
(We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
To: markomalley
I drive by one of the Memphis BKs each day on the way to work. The first time I saw the sign, it cracked me up. BK food doesn’t have much taste to it IMHO, but I’ve made it a point to stop in and buy some breakfasts anyway just to support the franchise owner.
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posted on
06/05/2009 1:29:11 PM PDT
by
Gtown
To: markomalley
Bravo. I would almost eat at those Burger Kings!!!
To: markomalley
I knew that king guy was weird...
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posted on
06/05/2009 1:29:59 PM PDT
by
newfreep
("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." - P.J. O'Rourke)
To: clee1
Not necessarily. A franchise agreement is a contract, and if it says nothing about extra signs.... You're correct, but I would expect a clause concerning the display or dissemination of messages not approved by BK corporate.
For better or worse, messages posted at a franchise will be PERCEIVED as coming from the Franchisor (Burger King), and they have the right to have a say in that situation, IMO.
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posted on
06/05/2009 1:31:27 PM PDT
by
TChris
(There is no freedom without the possiblity of failure.)
To: Gtown
I drive by one of the Memphis BKs each day on the way to work. The first time I saw the sign, it cracked me up.
How about taking a pic?
To: markomalley
I always find it amusing how in the face of so called "Climate Change" that instead of preparing for the change in climate, the whole world is attempting to change the climate!
Kinda like in the wake of an erupting volcano the people of the village spend all of their time and resources trying to plug the volcano instead of evacuating and fleeing the lava flows.
We have chosen the futile path, instead of the path of survival.
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posted on
06/05/2009 1:43:28 PM PDT
by
R_Kangel
(`.`)
To: markomalley
From now on, I will eat at no Burger King, save for the ones in the Memphis area.
resist...resist...resist
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posted on
06/05/2009 1:43:45 PM PDT
by
Walrus
(If at first you don't secede, try, try again.)
To: editor-surveyor
If Burger King has a problem with the signs, then they should prove that Global Warming (PeaceBeUponGlobalWarming) is a scientific fact.
Those signs make me want to go to BK a lot more than that Burger King freak in their commercials.
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posted on
06/05/2009 1:49:00 PM PDT
by
GBA
To: markomalley
It's good to be the king.
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posted on
06/05/2009 1:51:33 PM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(Gitmo detainees to Alcatraz!)
To: TChris
Yep.
Run a business or run a blog.
Don’t try to mix the two.
Burger King appears to be well within their right to restrict public statements of their franchise outlets.
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posted on
06/05/2009 1:54:14 PM PDT
by
SJSAMPLE
To: markomalley
The Golden Rule -
Them who has the most gold gets to make the rules.
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posted on
06/05/2009 1:56:02 PM PDT
by
alloysteel
(Never let an inanimate object know that you are in a hurry.)
To: clee1
I’d be incredibly surprised if those franchise contracts don’t contain explicit language about the use and image of those outlets. When a company sells a franchise, they’re really selling the IMAGE. As such, they go to great length lengths (as expected) to protect that image.
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posted on
06/05/2009 1:56:10 PM PDT
by
SJSAMPLE
To: markomalley
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posted on
06/05/2009 1:57:08 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(USM is Gator Bait! (Congrats to U-Dub!))
To: R_Kangel
Very true.
If we could affect the climate, we’d already have a fully functional Cheney-Halliburton “Weather Dominator”.
Cooooobrraaaaaaa!!!!!
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posted on
06/05/2009 1:57:22 PM PDT
by
SJSAMPLE
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