Posted on 07/18/2012 8:52:57 AM PDT by goodnesswins
Evidently, in Bogalusa, Louisana, an American Soldier was refused service by the MUSLIM owners/proprietors of a Texaco gas station.
If true and in Texas.......the station owner and the primary source of fuel (IE Union76, or Texaco, or whatever) need to be sued and hundreds of people should protest his station until people stop going.
It is a HATE CRIME that should lead to indictments
by the DOJ. But THEY are too busy, defending Korans
and terrorists and their own past misdeeds against
whistlebloweres and against the American people,
to care.
Its all over the urban legends websites and has been for years.
There are hundreds of references on google search using title.
Apparently there was a protest and a sort of apology, then the owners had a neighborhood party.
The muslim owner needs to have his ass kicked at least as hard as a gas station owner who refused service to a muslim customer would.
I used to shop there all the time, but whenever I walked in this guy and his friends would stop talking and give me that 'hate stare' (african americans will know what that means) The previous owner used to greet you at the door and say "Hi Mike how's the kids?" - he was so nice
I stopped shopping there and I noticed the parking lot is almost always empty now
When did this occur ?
You mean the combustion engine has reached Bogalusa?
I think business owners should be able to refuse service to whomever they wish. Of course, the person who is refused has the right to inform the public, and the public can then react by not purchasing goods and services from that business owner.
There are hundreds of references on google search using title.
Apparently there was a protest and a sort of apology, then the owners had a neighborhood party.
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Here’s the vid. It’s great to see, though, how fast they got folks on their feet to protest.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSKQ40F4SoY&feature=related
Has anyone seen or heard of a 7-11 in Iran or Saudi Arabia?
Here’s a TV report.
http://www.wwltv.com/news/Bogalusa-Gas-Station-At-Center-of-Protest-157996865.html
This is an old story. It stayed in my mind because I know Bogalusa - a smelly mill town with lovely people.
Things get distorted. To start with:
1) The gas station is owned/operated by East Indian Hindus, not Muslims.
2) The rumor was begun by a woman who claimed she overheard a National Guardsman denied service.
3) The owner claimed he did not and does not deny service, except to those not permitted restricted items like cigarettes. He does not remember any such incident, except perhaps it was to inform the Guardsman that he did not have a particular brand of some product.
4) After considerable efforts and inquiry, nobody has been able to locate the Guardsman in question.
However, the effect on the gas station has been painful, in that it has had to change its name, been confronted by protestors, received threats and intimidation, etc.
So, until such time as some soldier steps forward, let’s not continue this urban legend.
Snopes says it is “Probably false”.....FWIW
Here is a follow up.
http://www.wdsu.com/news/local-news/new-orleans/Protesters-reach-resolution-with-Bogalusa-gas-station/-/9853400/14751860/-/psy2ycz/-/index.html
Michelle Rayner was surprised to discover protesters and Washington Parish Sheriff's Office deputies keeping a watchful eye on the gas station, where she works six days a week.
See posts 18 and 14, they are links to TV reports.
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