[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.

[Abn1508]

"Ashok Patel."

Interesting. The Patel are an Indian (country) tribe that are widespread in small businesses. It's Patels that own many of the "foreign" hotels for example.

Keep this in mind the next time some yammerhead starts yelling about 'American owned.'