[Kickiraqibutt]

I'm at work and don't have a lot of time to read the FAQs on how to post, but I stumbled upon this story on Worldnet Daily and thought I'd pass it on. What is wrong with this "person"? I did a Yahoo People Search and found his address and telephone number, but I don't know if it's appropriate to publish it here. I think he ought to hear from concerned folks about one person's "right" to override the majority's rights to 1st amendment expression, public property or not.

[homeschool mama]

This article has already been posted.

[Bahbah]

Definitely do not publish address and phone number. Yes, he's a jerk.

[Admin Moderator]

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[Joe Hadenuf]

Been posted already.........

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Don't post his phone number. Contact the mayor directly instead.

[chnsmok]

Like your screen name.

[wideawake]

"We are at war and somebody wants to remove the ribbon? I think it's over my dead body if he wants to remove it," said Ashok Patel, owner of the Burlingame Smoke Shop, according to the report.

Thank you, Ashok. Somebody's got their head on straight.

[Joe Hadenuf]

This is America....Where AHs and idiots are allowed to do and say stupid things, generally without getting their heads blown off.

Don't worry he will pay a price for his fat mouth. Bet the rent.

[uncitizen]

Wow! A Bay Area mayor stood up for the folks fighting this war for us. Unbelieveable, but it's great news.

[KansasCanadian]

Welcome to FR--busted on your first post. Keep up the good work--we have yellow ribbons and the stars and stripes all over the yard--our neighbor across the street is in Iraq, so we are sending a message to his family

[clamper1797]

Better way to get him ... since you know his address ... get as many cooperative friends as you can and several yards of yellow ribbon. Drive your car and your friends cars
over to his house and park. Be sure that each car has a BIG yellow ribbon on it. You can stay there talking amounst yourselves for an hour or so to make your point.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

What the hell is wrong with people? The guy doesn't even LIVE in Burlingame! Grrrrrrrr...

[mbynack]

If I was mayor I would WANT this guy to boycott my town. It would improve property values if he wasn't around.

[Sender]

Someone should regruntle this man.

[ZULU]

What Yatovich needs is a hemp collar a few sizes too small or a lead injection delivered by an execution squad - standrad treatment in America's earlier days for creatures called "traitors".

[VOA]

"We are at war and somebody wants to remove the ribbon?
I think it's over my dead body if he wants to remove it," said Ashok Patel,
owner of the Burlingame Smoke Shop, according to the report.

Ashok, you are A Real American.
And don't let anyone tell you different!

[ZGuy]

I have always hated the yellow ribbons, but for the opposite reason. When the song "Tie a yellow ribbon 'round the old oak tree" came out, the message behind the yellow ribbon in the song was clearly "I forgive you even though you did something morally wrong, broke the law and did prison time."

Since I don't "forgive" our troops for doing anything wrong I find the use of yellow ribbons inappropriate unless you are a peace marcher welcoming back your "ring-wing, pro-military, whacko" brother or sister.

If I came back from Iraq and saw a yellow ribbon waiting for me, it would say to me "What you did was evil and bad, but we'll accept you back" -- so I'd just keep on driving.

Apparently yellow ribbons don't mean what they use to mean, but they still rub me the wrong way.

[Salvation]

A reminder for this Burlingame gentleman:

"Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists."
~~George W. Bush

[ppaul]

Somebody should "toiletpaper" this guy's house. The jerk!

[alloysteel]

The least of victories may not be granted to the causes which the America under the leadership of George Bush espouses. This is backbiting and a cheap shot, in a scenario that cannot be changed. The reality is that the US has been highly successful, and has carried the fight back to the bully of the Middle East. And in doing so, the whole gang of terrorists has been put on notice that we will take no more Barbra Streisand.

Sure, free speech and all. But in doing so, the person who raises the objections must also realize that others have equally the right to free speech, and that extends to the placement of yellow ribbons.