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No more business for "Nobama" salesman
Johnson City (TN) Press ^ | September 26, 2009 | Brad Hicks

Posted on 09/26/2009 4:11:25 AM PDT by don-o

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Read it all. I'll head to the Mall when it opens and see what I can see.
1 posted on 09/26/2009 4:11:26 AM PDT by don-o
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To: Mrs. Don-o

You know how I loathe the Mall. But, they will hear from me on this one.


2 posted on 09/26/2009 4:15:34 AM PDT by don-o (My son, Ben - Marine PFC- 1/16/09 - Parris Island - LC -6/4/09 - 29 Palms - Camp Pendleton 6/18)
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She said that Aldridge and Melinda Davis, the mall’s specialty leasing representative, suggested that Fuchs also display items in support of Obama.

It's the mall's version of the Fairness Doctrine.
3 posted on 09/26/2009 4:17:42 AM PDT by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! FairTaxNation.com)
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To: don-o
While Hammond said the mall is a private property and officials do not wish to see it used as a political forum, she said the mall does not conduct its business based on political views and that the termination of Fuchs’ lease is due to a matter between him and the mall.

The BS meter is flashing red.

We've been awash in pro obama schlock for over a year but there's zero tolerance for a dissenting opinion.

4 posted on 09/26/2009 4:19:09 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand (dear world: we are so sorry for Barack Hussein Obama. Can you ever forgive us? ** hang the Czars.)
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Thursday evening, Fuchs said mall officials met with him and told him to take down the anti-Obama items on display by closing time or face immediate eviction.

Always tape meetings with officals or get their "requests" in writing.

“People would look at them and laugh or whatever, and I would always ask ‘what do you think about it? Do you approve?’ or some silly little remark,” he said. “And I would say that probably 95 percent were positive, only 5 percent were not.”

Once again we are being ruled by a teeny tiny minority.
I wonder if I complained to K-Mart about the row of framed Obama portraits they would take them down???

Go get 'em don-o!

5 posted on 09/26/2009 4:24:38 AM PDT by Just A Nobody ( (Better Dead than RED! NEVER AGAIN...Support our Troops! Beware the ENEMEDIA))
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To: don-o

It seems that with all the vacant commercial real estate, there should be no problem finding a location willing to rent to him.


6 posted on 09/26/2009 4:27:33 AM PDT by wombtotomb (Equal opportunity does not mean equal OUTCOME!!)
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To: Man50D

It’s Johnson City it’a all I can say.


7 posted on 09/26/2009 4:29:54 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: the invisib1e hand

Yeah... I see you can buy a Chia-Obama — they never made one of those for GW Bush!


8 posted on 09/26/2009 4:33:25 AM PDT by ReleaseTheHounds ("The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.")
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To: wombtotomb

Sure. But, in this town the foot traffic is where he is. Can’t really duplicate it elsewhere.

Another point - last time I was in the Mall, I saw many items in their gift stores that offended me. Hell, there’s stuff all over that place that offends me.

My reaction - I don’t go there.

Ever.

Until today.


9 posted on 09/26/2009 4:34:03 AM PDT by don-o (My son, Ben - Marine PFC- 1/16/09 - Parris Island - LC -6/4/09 - 29 Palms - Camp Pendleton 6/18)
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To: don-o

Wait until the government controls your health care. Then when they don’t like what you’re doing or perhaps your party affiliation is not in line with “the majority”; they’ll cut off your health care. Of course they would never be so overt as to say so publicly. It will be handled much like the closing of the Chrysler dealerships; those “wrong thinking” (not giving to the right party) were put out of business.


10 posted on 09/26/2009 4:37:17 AM PDT by 6SJ7 (atlasShruggedInd: ON)
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To: Vaduz

I can’t stand going to our Mall. I usually make one trip a year there for about an hour and that is at Christmas. Guess I’ll be heading there today to show my support for this obviously racist business owner. /s

My my isn’t the left tolerant?


11 posted on 09/26/2009 4:37:20 AM PDT by animal172 (A Tennessee guy....I must be a racist.)
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See you there don-o. I’ll be the guy that looks just like me. I’m headed over around noon. Look for the guy in jeans and a Harley shirt.


12 posted on 09/26/2009 4:39:07 AM PDT by animal172 (A Tennessee guy....I must be a racist.)
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To: don-o
The rent for these types of spaces is a pretty penny. Apparently the mall owner has enough. So be it, it is his choice. Other people are free to make economic choices also. Like shopping at the mall, or not. There is always another cookie cutter mall to choose from.

Around here, there is a major mall called Lakeside (Sterling Heights, Michigan), we refuse to shop there. Simple reason. They banned Christian music during the Christmas Season.

The Nobama shop will simply have to set up elsewhere.

13 posted on 09/26/2009 4:42:17 AM PDT by Mark was here (The earth is bipolar. ---- "OBAMA: THE GREAT MISTAKE OF 2008")
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To: don-o

Go for it, and if he’s already gone march into the mall office and demand to know where he is. Make a major stink. Have fun!

I am headed out on a shopping trip, I will keep the good thoughts coming your way all day.


14 posted on 09/26/2009 4:43:06 AM PDT by tioga (Drip, Drip, Drip.......the ACORNS are falling.)
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To: don-o

Needless to say, the statement from the mall management is piled pretty high and deep.

Maybe they need to hear complaints about displays of any pro-Obama materials on their premises.


15 posted on 09/26/2009 4:43:26 AM PDT by Nextrush (Sarah Palin is the new Ronald Reagan)
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To: ReleaseTheHounds

Does the Mall have theaters? Did they play Fahrenheit 9-11?


16 posted on 09/26/2009 4:43:28 AM PDT by Loud Mime (If you don't believe in God, you will believe in Government)
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To: don-o

This also happened in July to another store in a Charlotte NC mall.

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/104/story/72642.html


17 posted on 09/26/2009 4:46:19 AM PDT by skooldayz
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To: don-o

I understand your point. I am unfamiliar with your area, so I will have to claim ingnorance there.

I would suggest, if he has a great deal of support from the community, that he get a vendors license and perhaps a pushcart if necessary. Don’t let the mall put him out of business.

He can also set up online, advertise on craigs list, social networking sites, twitter whats going on with his business and get a following, and put a sign on his car telling about his plight. As he drives around, let people read and see what is going on. Sell them on the spot if someone stops and asks him about the sign.

I would, of course, all the while, be bringing a fat lawsuit against the mall for discrimination, as it is not illegal material to sell, and certainly, as you point out, everyone is offended by something, so no stores could sell anything if they were held to the same standard.

It is time to fight fire with fire, and being a success in the face of this kind of BS is the very first step. Glenn Beck rose to meteoric fame because he was not willing to be bullied, so have many others (Rush, Palin, etc).

Give this man my very best if you see him, and I will keep him in my prayers. Also let him know that THIS is exactly what we NEED to have happen to break the stranglehold on our freedoms. He is a forerunner in the fight for free enterprise, and while I am sure there will be some martyrs, the waking up of average americans is happening, and they are not happy with what they are seeing.


18 posted on 09/26/2009 4:46:22 AM PDT by wombtotomb (Equal opportunity does not mean equal OUTCOME!!)
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they are taking away our freedom of speech.
JOIN OATHKEEPERS.ORG


19 posted on 09/26/2009 4:53:12 AM PDT by manonCANAL
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To: don-o

Well, the mall’s private. Other than that, this stinks on ice.


20 posted on 09/26/2009 5:08:38 AM PDT by Grut
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