Posted on 08/14/2012 1:28:32 PM PDT by DFG
"Since when does serving up junk food give someone a license to preach?" carped Petula Dvorak as she opened her August 14 piece, "Now featuring filet o' fracas."* Gee, I dunno, Petula, maybe 1791, when the First Amendment -- you know, that pesky little document that guarantees freedom of speech and religion among other things -- was ratified.
"We've got the Papa John's pizza guys weighing in on the health-care debate, while the burger slingers out West at In-N-Out can't serve up a cheeseburger without a Bible verse," Dvorak carped. Later in her Metro section column, she essentially compared the pizza chain to drug-running terrorists.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
I would suggest that Ms Dvorak do the same as I. I do not patronized establishments that support an ideology that I do not agree with. Each and every Friday my wife brings home a Papa John's Pizza and occasionally a Papa Murphy's Pizza. We eat pizza and drink Fireman's #4 Pale Al made by a local micro brewery. I also occasionally get a meal from Chick-F-La
I do not object to companies that support an ideology different from mine. However, I will not patronized them.
=Ms Dvorak real complaint is that we do not have a "thought police" to enforce her ideology.
George Orwell was a true visionary. He did see the future. Let us hope we can defeat what he saw. He was also horrified by what he saw. Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/ken-shepherd/2012/08/14/washposts-dvorak-grouses-about-conservative-politics-fast-food-chains#ixzz23YTESjrI
Homely little monkey ain’t she.
I do not think even Laz would hit it. What is the verdict Laqz?
“who don’t understand the rest of the First Amendment”
Unfortunately, The First Amendment doesn’t say, paraphrased, “Anyone gets to say whatever they want whenever they want”. It says again paraphrased, “Anyone gets to say whatever they want whenever they want...without any retribution from the gov’t”.
The “unfortunate” part is that this dimwit, whoever she is, gets to say whatever she wants, too, without interference from the gov’t and in this instance is probably in full support of her views.
This shows just how ignorant liberals are.
Hey “food critic”, we all share the same rights to free speech that you do. If you enjoy your right to write about what others produce and give your impressions on how good or bad it is then so do we.
In fact, we have more of a right to voice our opinions as free citizens.
This kind of arrogance turns off most people and does the political left no good at all as it demonstrates their total disdain for anyone who may, gasp! disagree with them. Four years of Obama, who is arrogance-on-stilts personified, has left Americans with a bellyful of liberal condescension and little patience for these lefties snobs and their little screeds lamenting a contrary political POV.
Freedom of religion and freedom of speech gives them the right to “preach”, if they so desire, not the chicken, or the pizza.
WaPo gets the “stupid award” for this week.
Does anyone know if Wendys is on the conservative list?
The left continues to go after businesses that are run on conservative values, at their own peril. We can always have a “Papa John’s Appreciation Day”.
http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00369090
looks like our jr bacon cheese is safe :)
“CW-II is not far away.
Five steps to a civil war:
1. Choose sides.
2, Start trading insults.
3. Muster troops and gather equipment.
4. Armed skirmishes.
5. War breaks out.
I’d guess we’re still at No. 2, and that’s good. I’m really hoping that conservatives start to understand the muster message in step No. 3. When I start seeing conservatives taking back their local and county governments, I’ll be greatly relieved.
In the meantime, I see conservatives as drifting, leaderless and completely unorganized. We have tons of great conservatives who I’d like to see start running for county sheriff, village council seats and county board positions.
She looks like a Russian SheMan.
WaPoop. Just that.
So now I’m gonna order Papa John’s tonight.
Yep. We all need to buy Papa Johns now!
The Washington Post is a drug cartel.
Yeah, but this is somebody who “works” for a major “journalistic” enterprise. Yet doesn’t have the respect nor principles for the Constitutional foundation which gives her a job in the first place.
It’s not a question of HER “rights” It’s one of her trying to take others (and mine) away.
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