For service to your country above and beyond the call of duty, you are hereby awarded:
Posted on 07/08/2006 3:02:49 AM PDT by Liz
The mayor of a small Bergen County, New Jersey town is calling for a McDonald's boycott if the fast-food chain does not take down a Spanish-language billboard.... Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan said the advertisement is "offensive" and "divisive"......"The true things that bind us together as neighbors and community is our belief in the American flag and our common language," Lonegan said. "And when McDonald's sends a different message, that we're going to be different now, that causes resentment."
Representatives for McDonald's and CBS Outdoor in New York, the company that owns the billboard on River Road in Bogota, defended the advertisement....said Jodi Senese, executive vice president for marketing for CBS Outdoor.
Jennifer Nagy, a marketing manager of McDonald's NY Metro Region, stood by the advertisement.
Lonegan was dismissive of the statement yesterday. "I think that their boilerplate press release is totally meaningless," Lonegan said. "It shows their utter disregard for this community."
Martin Perez, president of the Latino Leadership Alliance of New Jersey, an umbrella group of 250 Hispanic organizations, said there is an "anti-Latino" sentiment behind the opposition to the advertisement.
Deborah Jacobs, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, said McDonald's has a first amendment right to advertise in Spanish.
(Excerpt) Read more at nj.com ...
BTW: For what its worth, I have been boycotting MickyD's for years due to their disgusting and AWFUL food. MickyD's is diproportionately visited by poor people in my neck of the woods. A shame as they can eat healthier if they had the education.
Why? I guess they'll enlarge their plans depending on who is the US president (smirk).
Sure, and people with IQ's above room temperature will always point and laugh at stupid boycots. What next? Boycotting Burger King because this is a Republic damnit, and there is no room for Monarchal restaurants?
"I think there are millions of "potential minutemen" when it comes down to it"
Probably closer to 20 million who love their country, own weapons, and are willing to use them. That is more than enough to quell an insurrection.
Didn't disagree with a word you said, however freedom of speech includes mocking stupid boycotts. PETA comes readily to mind, and boycotting McDonalds because of a Spanish billboard is probably as ignorant as anything PETA has come up with thus far.
"Politicians especially have been nailed---all of their sins revealed for all the world to see all of it online."
And you can check out their background and voting record
in 10 minutes. I did that on Congreeman Elton Gallegly a few months ago. He has nothing to hide : )
Yeah, but we do have the right to point out how stupid your petty campaign is for the amusement of intelligent people everywhere. Just go on being comic relief. We all need to laugh sometime.
If it makes the employee more valuable to the employer, then I certainly have no problem with it. Some folks even get bonuses for every language they speak. Bully for them, study paid off.
We better keep this quiet (/sarc). The politicans will want to close us down.
For service to your country above and beyond the call of duty, you are hereby awarded:
Dumbest statement on Free Republic, EVER. Not only is Spanish spoken in numerous countries outside of Mexico, but Spanish is a EUROPEAN language with European origins. More specifically, it is a Romance language, or a derivative of Latin.
Very insightful-----I believe Mexico's lingua franca is exclusively Spanish.
English is spoken by black Jamaicans, brown East Indians, and Americans of all races and backgrounds (including second and beyond generation Mexican Americans).
That was a dumb statement, Exton. We are all entitled to a few every once in awhile, however.
Umm, what act of sedition is McDonalds guilty of in this case?
Are you kidding---Mexico has laws AGAINST that.
"Gee, I know many Hispanics who own their own businesses. I see more Hispanic-owned businesses than black American owned businesses. Yeah, those "millions of Latinos" are living off the government teat, aren't they, Cletus?"
Well, aren't we incoherent today? You address something I didn't say...with a quote I didn't write.
(Say something to make him feel better....)
Hey, thank you for your thoughts on this issue! Everybody really appreciates them!
"If it makes the employee more valuable to the employer, then I certainly have no problem with it. Some folks even get bonuses for every language they speak. Bully for them, study paid off."
You sound like an open borders Marxist.
I'm sorry, I really don't care to read some ignorant rant. But what I hear by just a glance is, "dirka, dirka, dirka, dirka." Does that about sum it up what you are trying to say?
It's funny, they cut Colorado in half, but take the entire state of California. I guess they want that lumber up north.
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