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Owner of Mexican restaurant 'Illegal Pete's' won't change name 'offensive to immigrants' ...
The Daily Mail ^ | November 8, 2014 | Alexandra Klausner and Charlene Adams

Posted on 11/09/2014 3:59:17 PM PST by EveningStar

Owner of Mexican restaurant 'Illegal Pete's' won't change name 'offensive to immigrants' because it memorializes his father who died of cancer

A Mexican restaurant owner says he won't change the name of his establishment some community members find offensive to illegal immigrants.

The restaurant in Denver, Colorado has been named Illegal Pete's for many years and owner Pete Turner says the name wasn't meant to offend and was named after his rambunctious father with whom he shared a name.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: colorado; denver; illegalpete; illegalpetes; liberalagenda; mexicanrestaurant
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To: EveningStar

So wait, nobody is actually offended, just somebody thinks somebody may be?? Go smoke one and stop worrying, it’s Colorado by the way.

Now if he put a mock U.S./Mexico border at the entrance..


21 posted on 11/09/2014 4:45:17 PM PST by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking.)
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To: EveningStar

Good for him!


22 posted on 11/09/2014 4:57:25 PM PST by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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To: gaijin

It is time to stop allowing the intimidation to control the language.


23 posted on 11/09/2014 5:01:13 PM PST by healy61
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To: RS_Rider
“how about undocumented petes?”

There’s an eric holder joke in there somewhere.

Then he should change the name to "Fast & Furious Pete's"

24 posted on 11/09/2014 5:01:49 PM PST by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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To: EveningStar

Good for him! We’ll stop by next time we’re in CO.


25 posted on 11/09/2014 5:09:59 PM PST by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
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To: rktman
Can’t say burrito or taco any longer?

You still can, but if you say it with an accent less cartoonish than Speedy Gonzales, you're being insensitive and Anglo-centric.

26 posted on 11/09/2014 5:16:09 PM PST by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: Politicalkiddo
If I’m ever in CO, I’ll make it a point to stop in.

/echo

27 posted on 11/09/2014 5:31:44 PM PST by VRW Conspirator (Es Mi Partido, Ahora!)
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To: EveningStar
I don't see why the name would be offensive to legal immigrants.
28 posted on 11/09/2014 5:46:42 PM PST by Nea Wood (Even Heaven has a gate.)
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To: EveningStar

How about “Hose A & Hose B’s”?


29 posted on 11/09/2014 5:46:48 PM PST by paint_your_wagon
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To: EveningStar
Good for him.

It's about time somebody stood up to the PC fascists.

30 posted on 11/09/2014 6:01:44 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Any energy source that requires a subsidy is, by definition, "unsustainable.")
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To: EveningStar

An illegal alien is not an immigrant.


31 posted on 11/09/2014 6:07:48 PM PST by GregoTX (Remember the Alamo)
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To: Impy; BillyBoy; PhilCollins; AuH2ORepublican; fieldmarshaldj; Sun; Salvation

my name is not Illegal Pete, but it is close.

I am reminiscing about the civil disobedience activity of the past year engaged in by various CT Catholics.

1. Robert distributed materials in Church A about assisted suicide bill in Hartford ... Pastor wanted to have nothing to do with the issue. So it was done without his permission. Pastor complained to diocese and numerous voice mails and phone calls were placed to Robert by diocesan official with threatening tone and great alarm.

2. CJ distributed non-partisan materials on 8 windshields at daily Mass at Church B ... GOTV flyers reminding people of the upcoming special election. Vile voice mails left by the lefty Marxist pastor for CJ.

3. I suppose at some point, somebody will do this on a grander scale, rather than a few churches. If CT parishes are insulated from the pro-life message and election involvement (the type of things that are normal in other states) .... is it required to respect that ... or should these Marxist parishes be subjected to such terrorist activity ( such as having their windshields plastered with dissident propaganda) ?

4. Consider: the Diocese gives an annual grant of $250,000 to a Unitarian community organizing group that has defeated 3 Republican incumbent pro-life legislators and replaced them with NARAL, pro-gay Democrats. They won an election last week 51% to 49%. The director of the group is on the payroll of the Diocese.

5. The Catholics and Baptists in Town C just re-elected their Republican Hindu state Rep. who is a leading proponent of Assisted Suicide. You know the Baptists and Catholics are voting for the Republican. It is one thing for such a town to be represented by a crazy rep and do nothing about it. It is another thing, entirely, for him to be re-elected with the votes of Republican church-goers.

A. Some here have decided the best response is to write the state off.
B. Others say to fight back very politely and diplomatically and be patient with people. That if Unitarians and Congregationalists have a right to be pro-gay and pro-abort and to be “left in peace” ... why not leave the lefty Catholicks in “peace”?
C. Others advocate scorched earth. Continue to terrorize them with ink and paper on a grander scale ... relentlessly! (just be sure we have an attorney lined up)

Any input?


32 posted on 11/09/2014 6:09:41 PM PST by campaignPete R-CT (Let the dead bury the dead. Let the GOP bury the GOP.)
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To: campaignPete R-CT

What would God tell you to do about fighting evil ?


33 posted on 11/09/2014 6:18:00 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: EveningStar

Kill a baby, it’s a choice, use a mild slur, death threats. Libs are clearly idiots or they’d be conservative.


34 posted on 11/09/2014 6:48:50 PM PST by Lx (Do you like it? Do you like it, Scott? I call it, "Mr. & Mrs. Tenorman Chili.")
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To: Politicalkiddo

Me too.


35 posted on 11/09/2014 6:53:41 PM PST by max americana (fired liberals in our company last election, and I laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: rey

I miss the Sambo’s in the Wilshire District in LA. Service was so efficient that if you ordered coffee, you could never empty out your cup because a waitress would always be there to top it off. As far as I know, there is still a Sambo’s in Santa Barbara.


36 posted on 11/09/2014 7:29:58 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: EveningStar

“....some community members find offensive to illegal immigrants.”

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Illegals ARE offensive.


37 posted on 11/09/2014 7:43:46 PM PST by 353FMG
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To: EveningStar

I might send some $$ to them and tell them to send the meal to a shelter for abused children.


38 posted on 11/09/2014 7:49:11 PM PST by ExCTCitizen (I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
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To: EveningStar

I find illegal aliens offensive, not names of restaurants.


39 posted on 11/09/2014 8:03:15 PM PST by spodefly (This is my tag line. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
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To: rey

Good one. Illegal Pedro’s crossed my mind too but I also thought things would be all well and PC with
Undocumented Pedro’s.


40 posted on 11/09/2014 9:08:29 PM PST by Sivad
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