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Subscribe to RSSA New Hampshire restaurant owner says he is so fed up with the flurry of GOP presidential candidates at his Portsmouth eatery that he put up his own 2012 slogan: "No Politicians, No Exceptions."
For months, politicians, their staff and news media have stormed New Hampshire restaurants during the campaign for the White House.
Seeing no sign of easing until the Jan. 10 presidential primary, Jeremy Colby, owner of Colby's Breakfast & Lunch, said he had to do something to end the circus inside his small business located near the Massachusetts border.
“There is no forewarning and all of a sudden they come in and we are overrun by cameras and blah, blah and blah,” Colby told msnbc.com. “We’re trying to run a business here and this whole meet-and-greet and vote for me deal is very distractive and disruptive, not only to our staff but to our customers.
"It’s hard and I find it very rude," he said.
Visits from Texas Governor Rick Perry and former presidential candidate Michele Bachmann sealed the deal to slap the sign on the door, he said.
“We just had had enough.”
(This story was first reported by CBSBoston.)
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Good for you, Jeremy! Even if we can't vote 'em out of THEIR offices, we still have the right to KICK 'EM OUT of OURS!
If only the rest of the country could do the same!
Now if we could only opt out of robo-calls.........
For a group of politicians that claim to understand business, one would think that they would know that they were disrupting the flow of commerce in this establishment.
jrae: Robo-calls should have been illegal with the do not call list, but our esteemed politicians made that an exception to the rule.
Robo-calls are made so you know who NOT to vote for ;)
I guess these republican politicians can call themselves, "Occupy Restaurants". lol
Hooray for you! I wish everyone had your good sense and courage...nice work!
I love it! What a fantastic illustration of how thoroughly clueless politicians are about the day-to-day realities of average working Americans.
I'd also surmise it's no coincidence that visits from the respective Bachmann and Perry campaigns "sealed the deal," on Mr. Colby's new policy ;)
Don't worry. The political door is closing on all these nutjobs and a more permanent sign will be posted on behalf of the rest of America come November.
Unlike the Democrats, who want to eat into your wallet, the Republicans prefer to eat real food (and they actually pay for their own meals).
As a business owner, a few hours of disruption in 4 years seems a fair trade for the publicity. You usually get a picture in the local paper - at minimum.
I also get the feeling he's one of those cranky types. You know, the type that think customers are a burden.
Of course, it's his private business, so he can choose who he wants to serve.
Except for Heman Cain - he can't barre him from eating there.
Now, if Jermey Colby were an overpaid, robber baron head of say, ADM or Bank of America, the pols would never consider invading his business. They'd send their minions to ask what legislation or deregulation is wanted.
And pick up a check of course.
Ryan - and what if you dont get your name and photo in the paper, and they dont buy anything more than a single sandwich while there?
Still worth it?
Cuz something tells me these politicians arent spending money in these establishments, just thinking like you are..."my presence is profit enough for you, you're welcome"...
Everything is bigger in texas, including ego..and ignorance.
Ryan in Texas- why am I not surprised by your comment. Yes they pay for their meal. One- the staff does not eat but takes up space, the media does not eat but takes up space and all this takes hours not the seconds we see on television.
As for free advertising- what the story tells the locals is - "Don't come here - we have no room for you."
This invasion of space may be Texas, but it's not the rest of the country.
Jessica - He mentioned the problem was all the CAMERAS and REPORTERS.
Cameras take pictures.
Reporters report on things such as the location.
Undoubtedly, if they take a picture in there, and they run it, they will put a caption by the picture.
That's free publicity. Have you ever priced an ad in papers? It ain't free.
And if you are lucky, you might get the front page on hundreds of papers. YOU CAN"T EVEN BUY THAT!
This guy understands that he can't block Obama, Cain, or any minority politician.
So really, he will only block white politicians.
Well, isn't that nice - this guy singles out white politicians - does he make them eat around bacK?
Time to boycott Colby's. Proven racists who only block white politicians from eating there.
Ryan - the inferential leaps in your comments are nothing short of astounding. This guy's now a racist because he has a "no politicians" policy? I sincerely hope you are joking, or being deliberately obtuse to stir some controversy/debate.
We need to put these signs on the doors to the House and Senate chambers.
republicans are completely clueless
The restaurant shouldn't even use tea bags.
Ryan in texas, it's a private business, he put up a sign that read No Politicans not no White politicans! It his business he can refuse service to any one he wants white or black or any other color.
Surprising that after a visit by Perry and Bachmann he just put up a no politician sign and didn't commit suicide or just start shooting up the street.
........ ryan from Texas .... why do so many clowns like you come from Texas ? Must be the water.
Ryan - Seriously? The guys place has been on TV several times and until he stopped letting politicians in there YOU HAD NO FREAKING IDEA WHO OR WHERE HE WAS!! How does that help him? All they ever say is "A restaurant in (enter name of city here)" and sometimes they don't even get the freaking city right! But you go right on thinking having people tromp in, bother his patrons, tromp out and not buy anything is one huge windfall for the guy. But they're Republicans so they can do no wrong, right? Had it been Obama, though, you would be screaming about how he doesn't understand business and blah, blah, blah. A media circus is not a pretty sight now matter who drags it in.
Jermey….Another lost opportunity to earn some cash. Perhaps talking to these “ETs” to establish their requirements would have been another way of solving your predicament. Next time get some help, so you can cope with the volume, wear ear plugs to shut off the blah blah blah, and increase your prices to reflect the demand.
Jermey….All else fails, if you were so desperate, have you considered hanging a picture of the president behind your counter? That would have driven them out for sure.
Ryan, do you think publicity means anything to an establishment in such a small town? Everyone in town probably already eats there and nobody is driving from long distances to eat there just because Rick Perry ate a sandwich there at some point. All things do in a business such as this one, is create havoc for the rest of the customers. I applaud the man for standing up for his regular customers.
@Ryan in Texas -- I make my living in marketing. So let's dissect your points re: Mr. Colby's issues with reporters and cameras.
"Reporters report on things such as the location." Yup. And his target market -- the local people in this small town -- already know the location. So who cares what they report?
"Undoubtedly, if they take a picture in there, and they run it, they will put a caption by the picture. That's free publicity. Have you ever priced an ad in papers? It ain't free." Nope, it ain't. But unless you're a celebrity/famous for being famous, the purpose of publicity is to get more business, not just to get your name out there.
"And if you are lucky, you might get the front page on hundreds of papers. YOU CAN"T EVEN BUY THAT!" Right, but why would he want to? There aren't hundreds of newspapers in NH, which means the people seeing the photo on the front page on hundreds of newspapers don't live nearby and probably won't ever get to small town NH to patronize his eatery. So again, who cares?
Meanwhile, the locals who are his target market can't get in the door, so they're going to go elsewhere, and maybe they won't come back to his place. But you think he should inconvenience his loyal customers and give up their business for the sake of free publicity on the front page of some Ohio newspaper to be seen by people who will never contribute to his bottom line.
On the other hand, he can give up his "free publicity" and show loyalty and consideration for his local customers by not having them turned away or unable to eat in peace. Maybe it's different in Texas, but NH locals aren't all that impressed when Perry or Bachman stop by for a photo op. Sounds to me like he's not the cranky type who thinks customers are a burden. So people like me, who don't live too far away, might even go there and spend our money just to show our support for his approach. Hmmm. . . free publicity, or concern for customers? Seems pretty clear which has the better impact on Mr. Colby's bottom line.
I'm not even going to address your comment that he's singling out white politicians since it's obvious that your comprehension and logic skills are on a par with your marketing expertise -- overblown, unrealistic, and related solely to your own agenda.
lol at all the people taking him seriously.
Give Texas back to Mexico.
Problems with people like Ryan solved.
Can someone post that sign in congress please?
@Jahmekan: Actually, politicians didn't make that exception. It was judges who said that banning robocalls was a violation of the First Amendment.
@most of you: Don't feed the troll.
Who can blame him ? I'd never eat in a restaurant that Bachman ate in. I'd be afraid I'd catch her stupidity.
Ryan- If the sign said "no politicians" that would include them all, even the president, right? He made no specifics to any color or race. Do you run a business? Do you have any idea what it take to run a business or a company? If you do, do you work locale in just your town, city or county that you live in? If you are not a state wide or even a national business how much do you really do know? If you only work in the area that you live in, how much would you like to have all these people barging in and running off your regulars? I own and run a company and work thru-out the whole state that I live in, so what good what it do me to have people in several other states calling me wanting me to come and work for them when I cant? Kind of a waste of every-ones time, energy and money, don't ya think?
Never mind dissecting Ryans points. First point is that they are irrelevant. This is Jeremy's business. He is free, in this country, to run it how he wants. He does not have to like any free publicity he may get, he is free to determine how much profit he made from the visits, and decide for himself if it was worth the hassle it caused him. When Ryan wants to open his own restaurant, he can take those points he made into consideration for himself, and make the decision for himself. That is one of the main problems with people like Ryan. They think they have some sort of god-given right to second guess the decisions that everyone else makes, and make themselves the self appointed experts, without having any of the facts and information the other person has.
All of you guys talking about the free publicity that he was getting consider this. He is making national headlines now that he is barring politicians from his establishment!
Damn, does "lighten up" go without saying here?
You all sound as cranky as this cafe guy.
So we can't second guess people's decisions on Newsvine now? I make a note of that.
There are only a few candidates. They didn't all go to his place. And they stay about 30 minutes, tops.
So maybe 3-4 hours in 4 years.
He has a right to block any white politician he wants, but really, it's making a mountain out of a molehill.
I guess I'm not so jaded as to think that I wouldn't like shaking hands or having a word with the next President. I guess we are just alot more friendly down here.
If they don't want one of the first primaries up in NH, I'm sure some other state will be happy to accept the "burden" of it. All the publicity, all the advertising money - getting a larger say than a tiny state like NH should have in the process.
Around here, the guys running restuarants would get a picture with the candidate and proudly display it when they are President.
Of course, the food is very good around here - so we would want to expose it to as many people as possible. Including the dreaded reporters and politicians. Maybe that guy in NH just is afraid one of them will make a bad face when they eat his slop. Or perhaps a picture will show his plates looking nasty.
You know I'm just kidding, right?
I don't blame the guy, and I bet they do get tired of being treated like pawns when the royalty comes around to use their business and their customers as a backdrop. Maybe he should allow the politicians but NOT the media and cameras. I suspect none of the politicians would bother coming it at that point because they REALLY don't want to interact with the folks there, they just want PICTURES of them interacting with the folks there.
When a news blip this minor garners hundreds of snarky responses, you know MSM is baiting the lines.
Guaranteed this wouldn't have happened if Democrats were campaigning there. Of course if a Republican store owner did this when Obama was in town all the moonbats would be crying foul and playing the race card. Hypocrites.
The same treatment for the offensive and disruptive "Occupiers" is going on country wide.
They are being tossed out of restaurants, etc. because they are nothing but a nuisances.
BlackBox beat me to it. MSNBC needs to do a follow up story in four years to see it this guy is upset when the hordes of democrat contenders are out campaigning for the party nomination. Then if he is still upset over them coming in to his business I will believe him. Colby's Breakfast & Lunch, write it down and file it away for four years from now.
Lizzie; simply brilliant!!
Danged if you do................
Danged if you don't!
At the very least the locals will have something new to talk about not to mention free advertising for the owner. The visitors aren't camping out just stopping by, enjoy the moment it won't last long.
Some guys would complain if you hung'em with a new rope!
We'll just leave that up to you, pumpkin.....
Dumb Yankee should have admission or minimum charges per person and per camera.
Try using the bath room at the first restaurant south of the Hoover Dam without buying something. Will not matter your skin color or occupation ain't gonna happen.
I would expect nothing else from msdnc.
I'm with realitycheck here.
I wonder how many restaurant owners are reading this and wishing they had this guys "problem". Many would WELCOME this scenario. I mean how hard is it to capitalize on this?
Begs the question...what if it were Dem politicians. Just saying.
It will be interesting to see what Jeremy does when the Democrats will be doing their thing in 5 years. Will what Jeremy did be no GOP politicians or will it actually be "NO EXCEPTIONS"!
Ryan,
The best thing you could have done is be quiet. Take it from a person who spent 14 years in restaurant work including management. You want to take care of your regulars and locals. You proudly open your doors to new customers in hopes they also will become regulars.
When you are flooded with non-paying "customers" such as the press who only show up to get their story and leave, you have to spend your hard earned cash cleaning up after them. That is OK if you get a return on sales but this guy clearly isn't getting that return. You are also foresaking your dependable sales group to take care of these folks who aren't there to use your facility and maybe become a repeat customer. This guy probably wants to preserve his local business and isn't getting a return on his investment and he is sick of it.
I have to think that MSNBC is running this story into an anti GOP story which the Vine crowd is quickly picking up. I think it is a judgement upon the press and that includes MSNBC. Flip the tables with a GOP president and the DNC in a primary battle and the story would be exactly the same. It seems that there was a story about DNC candidates 4 years ago leaving a disaster of unpaid bills and economic damage to individual business owners in their wake during their primary fight in 2007.
The moral of the story is that the press are a bunch of whores, politicians like media whores and they will both step on anyone to get their slutty funk on.
When Obama was promoting his porkimulis he visit a Home Depot , that morning the store was close, interfering with the costumers and blocking the all the street. What inconvenience. Probably the store lose money that day.
I love it! Jeremy has "prime bull" already. There's no room for the herd of culls.
I will bet this is just another gimick for someone to get free advertising. I will bet that when the dems run through that town this clown will open his doors wide. Of course if he denies oblamer then he will be a racist hate-monger.
@Ryan, yeah, you get publicity in the papers with politicians, but by barring them out, they ended up on the FRONT PAGE of msn.com, which last time I checked was in the top ten most visited websites in the US.
Talk about publicity...
im am going to make this post knowing that people will hate me
first to you republican morons this is private property he has every right to kick out the politicians, and the media that where taking space from regular customers also it is a small town most people don't care about publicity and actually find it annoying when people pull publicity stunts (i do) now for the matter with democrats if any democrat did what these republicans did i would kick them out in a heart beat and i bet that you would all cheer for me just saying
and btw i'm a independent and i am pissed at both parties right now i just am pissed more a republicans then democrats and don't anyone dare call me a liberal or conservative i will chew you out
Texan's must be very gullible to voted this guy in, worst of all they will do it again after he showed the country what's he really like and they still defend him like he's king, i feel sorry for mexico when Texas joins them but it will be a celebration for the rest of the country
Ryan -
LOL... wow, you are funny today.
1) "Have you ever priced an ad in papers? It ain't free." Actually it's almost free... Why? Because NO ONE reads papers anymore. They are a dying business. Do you know what medium costs 100 times more than an ad in the paper? An ad on the front page of MSN... which his defiance towards politicians has earned him. So, in actuality, he received a great value by excluding them and getting on the MSN homepage.
Seriously... you bring up "papers"? LOL. Who the f*** reads "papers" anymore besides those with one-foot in the grave, and the inbreed morons who are too stupid to turn on a computer. "Papers"... God damn, you're funny.
2) "I guess we are just alot more friendly down here." Friendly? Who? ... You? The people of Texas? My God, you are on a roll with the comedy, today. The "don't mess with Texas", trigger-happy, execution-cheering people are considered "friendly"? LOL. Or maybe YOU are claiming to be "friendly"... LOL. Please. You are the most hate-filled person I have ever seen on this board. All you ever write about is how much you hate liberals, the poor and the president. Go back and read some of your past posts about how much you hate all those groups. Everything about you is pure hatred. And you claim to be "friendly"... hahahahahahaha. Hey, do you think the Westboro Baptist Church is "friendly" too?
Oh man, thanks for the laugh.
OK all you conservatives , don't frequent this restaurant, they are OBAMA liberal rumpswabs !!!!
Heck, Jeremy is getting more publicity by putting up the sign then he would be getting all the pictures and such,from the politicians using his restaurant. Good move Jeremy!!
OK so the restaurant owner is a Democrat, go figure. If a Republican tried that! $hit would hit the fan. in this economy I would take the business. but I have to admit its one hell of a P R stunt, National recognition with no outward expense, yep he's a democrat. or a socialist. ether way smart move on his part.
Of course it's a dumbass liberal who would do something like that. With Obama's brilliant handling of the economy the next sign they hang on that dump will be one that says "Out of Business."
well d buck remember this is a small time local restaurant so he relies on local people to come in and pay for a meal with the politicians and their media vultures while the politicians "might" be paying for their meal doesn't mean the reporters are even buying anything. and these small time restaurant don't have that much room so every spot the media takes up is a spot that a local customer cant what i am getting at is you have to weigh the costs and as for the guy being democrat or republican it doesn't really matter you forget that below the "no politicians" it says "no Exception" so that means it is both parties getting kicked out its just that only the republicans are there so people are getting crazy about this for no real reason (me im not trying to stir anything up i just want to point out some facts)
now with a big time restaurant i can see where this would be good for publicity
for me like i said earlier you come into my restaurant like the republicans did i will kick you out no matter the party
oh and for the republicans sorry for calling you morons i got caught up in the heat of the moment and was really pissed (not a good combination for obvious reasons) i am not a republican hater im just pissed at their policies.
Ryan in Texas wrote, "Unlike the Democrats, who want to eat into your wallet, the Republicans prefer to eat real food (and they actually pay for their own meals)."
Don't be fooled Ryan. The conservatives are eating in your wallet as well. The manner in which they dig into your wallet is different, but the net effect is the same. They can't consolidate ALL of the wealth of a society into the 1% by earning it.
annoyedperson I knew that I just couldnt resist. its a wild world we live in have a nice evening.
thats awesome . don't ban talking politics,WE NEED TO DO THAT MORE obviously. just ban the politicians!!!!
it is a very wild world a place where morons (talking about both parties here) have power kinda sad too that a lot of people are gullible enough to buy into the crap that is produced too
I'm sorry but isn't there miles of coastline between Portsmouth and the Massachusetts border? Last time I visited my home town, Salisbury, MA was still next door to Hampton, NH.
If he makes exceptions for democrats that also is his right as he is the owner of the business and if he wants to alienate his GOP customers, then he will be the one who has to only take blue dollars and all of you who have a problem with that can have your red meat elsewhere. If it were my restaurant that would be excactly how I handled it and I would just put up a sign that says no republicans. No EXCEPTIONS!!! People like Ryan and his followers are so hypocritical. You don't want anyone telling you what to do but you want to tell everyone what to do. So liberal when it comes to your own selfish ideaology. Thats why you only steal elections instead of winning them. Go faux yourself!
Technically he doesn't need a sign. He has a maximum CAPACITY ordinance from his local Fire Department or County office. Once that max capacity is reached, sorry everyone else must stay out. The sign itself, might cause some issues (even though he owns the restaurant) with the EOC; of course once the lawyers step in, causes the restaurant to fall, or have to change names.
As far as advertising, this guy has plenty of it now that he's gone on the internet blogs. He should make sure His host/hostess/greeter (or cashier) knows, NO CAMERAS allowed in a private business without previous approval from the owner, so they have to wait outside, and off the property. Preferrably on a public sidewalk, or parking lot, not blocking another business from operation.
The bad idea from another restaurant owner was, raise the cost of the meals, which is ridiculous, but charging the TIP fee for parties over 8 is reasonable, and should be enforced, REGARDLESS of the politicians assistants having a glass of water or coffee only.
His regular and loyal customers of course will be inconvenienced for a day, or two, but in every restaurant I've run, or bought into, The good ones return, because of the exceptional service we give, which includes shutting down and rebuilding after Katrina, Floods, Frozen Pipes after an Ice Storm, rebuilding after a Tornado and the Occasional CAR RALLY Show that closes off the entire city block on the weekends we had them at Sonic (The business in our area actually showed increased customer activity after the car shows as well). It actually served to INCREASE revenue, profit, and grew our business.
That also doesnt mean, that IT doesnt SUCK when a Bus Load of Tourist arrive at 2pm on a monday and you have minimum staff on hand, but THAT is the food business, and you HAVE to learn to flex with it. That is all part of the Restaurant business, I call it RUSH PERIODS, and WAVE PERIODS. The Rush we expected, the WAVE is when the customers just come in waves out of no-where.
I beg your pardon. I just noticed that in my comments 1.22 and 1.23 I misspelled Jeremy’s name…originally I copied and pasted it from the article, but not sure what has happened. I meant no malice.
What a moron. Did this man ever take a business class? Its obvious he is banning them from his restaurant because they are republicans. He just killed himself 2x over by 1. giving any conservative or political supporter a good reason not to eat there, and 2. he just ruined a good chance at getting local publicity. (while its obvious he is getting publicity now, most people reading this live around the country and won't be visiting his place anytime soon, whereas someone reading the local paper and seeing his restaurant in the pictures would be more likely). Its his decision though, so who cares?
MISCHIEF9, you are suspended for a day for violating rule # 1 of the Code of Honor.
Good for him, everyone should do that.
GOP hopefuls storming in would be enough to ruin anyone's appetite.
For every Iowan and New Hampshireite crying crocodile tears over all the news coverage (and money) coming into their state, there's a hundred spending tax money in court defending their rights, as splinter groups of lunatics, to be the VERY FIRST to "CHOOSE THE NEXT LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD". For myself, I'm sick to death of the sanctimonious yahoos, down to "Dirty Joe's Slop Shop", who have taken it upon themselves to eliminate all but 1-2 major party candidates. They spent millions of tax dollars defending this nonsense 4 years ago, let'em choke on it!!! Just sayin...
No dogs or politicians allowed by order of the health dept. ;)
If the want to compromise... we can allow the dogs
Please don't insult dogs. They are much more honest and even cleaner than politicians.
Agreed, keep the dogs, kick the politicians.
They should round up politicians for the pound.
Exactly. Dogs only lick their own asses.
come on now, no dogs? politicians I can understand, they make my skin crawl when I look at them, but dogs? mans best friend for a reason you know.
Rick's Real: best post I've seen all day.
I'm guessing that the fact this guy is probably a Democrat was left out of the story, and come time for Democrat Presidential candidates to come around all of a sudden he'll have the welcome sign back out.
That's rather presumptuous of you. Perhaps he is just a business owner that is sick of politicians using his establishment as a free forum hall. Contrary to what you might think, not every person in this country falls within party lines. Many of us are sick to death of both Dem's and Rep's, and if this man has had enough of politicians spraying their verbal feces all over his restaurant, I can't say that I blame him one bit.
You infer that? You know it for a fact? You own a diner and would welcome in any political candidate at any time?
So it's fair that every candidate can imply a person's support simply by invading their diner with the cameras rolling?
Get real.
Can't be a Democrat, read the first sentence: "Restaurant owner"
... or... is it possible... there are Democrat "Job Creators" among us???
So typical of right wing nuts. Anyone trying to exercise their rights must be politically motivated. How about you take a man's word instead of projecting your assinine views into this discussion? Who cares what his politics are? He doesn't want the disruptions in his PRIVATE business and that is his right.
Guessing? Get a life that deals in reality.
Sounds like a fed up independent to me.
Dan G...really dumb post!
imagine a restaurant filled with people taking photos and not buying. They are occupying space and space is money. Ask yourself this if you were eating and the windows are fluttered with people trying to take pictures thru the windows, would you find it disturbing? If it becomes a regular thing, you may not come back for a while to eat. Repeat customers make up 80% of business revenue and getting new customers that aren't repeats, take a lot of effort and cost alot.
I'm guessing your the kind of person that doesn't need facts to arrive at conclusions about politics.
Richard...why should they start now?
up in arms about not allowing a business owner to deny service to politicians... but would defend to the death the right for a business owner to put up a "No Blacks" sign= Republican Nuts.
Actually he said NO POLITICIANS..that would include Dems and Repubs right? Get off your soap box.
If your statement is true, that makes him a politician.
of course he's not gonna say that liberals never admit anything!!!
thats his business not yours.let them come into your house.
You gotta love repubs and their conspiracy theories. At the same time that they claim that they represent the vast majority of Americans; they're also convinced that there's a big conspiracy against them.
Dan ???
Many of us don't give a hoot what they are, dem or rep. We don't decide upon color of skin, or race, or sex. We take a person for whom they are.
I wish that were true.
nothing like leaping to conclusions, maybe, and Im just guessing here, but maybe all those disruptive cameras and slimy politicians were actually disrupting his business? the guy has to make a living you know.
"Guessing", "Probably"... no wonder your side hates science so much. Who can ever trust your results?
You're guessing about a "fact," nice. You really need to look up the definitions of "fact" and "opinion." Either that or get a job at Fox News.
Renee Marie Jones .... i do too .... by the way ..... you have a beautiful name.
LOL, anyone who brings actual party side into this is a dumbass. Both democrats and republicans are complete and totally liars and cheats. ESPECIALLY obama and gingrich. Obama is a WORTHLESS president, and i guarantee all the republican candidates are also worthless. By the way, anyone who is taking shots at other parties, fox news or beliefs in science is a dumbass also. I also love that all the hype back when obama was running came out to be false. All of you are bashing politicians, yet you all are the ones who vote for them. Propaganda and the 'cool' look of obama wasn't enough to bring this country back, huh? Choose your votes wisely this time :) stop blaming the politicians, it is our fault.
I also enjoy the fact that many of you are saying that if politicians came to your restaurant, you would be furious. That is a lie. I guarantee more than half of you would thoroughly GUSH if Obama showed up at your doorstep, republicans and democrats alike. It is easy to say that you wouldn't over the internet where no one can see you. "Oh, Mr. President, you are doing a WONDERFUL job at keeping this country in order! Just love that you are patching everything up just right. Can i please shake your hand so your perfection could rub off on me. I mean, the past 3 years you haven't ACTUALLY made any useful contributions, but I am going to reelect you because i bet you are just late bloomer! You will do a fantastic job the second time around, you are just much to cool and my kids see your wife's face all over disney channel trying to make a change in recycling and I think it is just completely amazing. You are such a great, strong family unit which is why i believe you are a great president." Gosh, that about sums up what everyone still believes about our hopefully-soon-not-to-be president.
This is actually very funny! Love it!
Bout time
Great Move. These arrogant pols show no respect for common citizens. They deserve no repsect from any of us.
I would send the politicians a bill for what I would charge to rent out my restaurant for the time the politicians took it over. Probably do the same with the news media.
I'd add an 18% gratuity to it too.
Yeah!! Great reporting MSN! Let the lap dogs lick this up, it is certianly a heartwarming story. As for bad business decisions I really couldn't think of something worse. Alienating a section of your customer base is really a smart move. The guy is obviously a democrat which is completely fine but if he thinks that running a successful resturant means shutting the door to paying customers who don't share his point of view than he won't be in business that long.
"There is no for warning"
for warning???
how about "There is no forewarning"?
come on guys. i haven't graduated high school yet, and even i know better and can do a better job of quoting, writing and/or editing. if you need help, you just let me know. i speak great english, even though i'm hispanic, born to illegal immigrants and grew up speaking spanish first.
Be careful JerkIn...there are many people on here that would have you deported.
So Jerkin, you sound like you are proud of the fact that your parents broke the law. I guess when you finish with your free education, you might want to instruct your parents to go back to Mexico and come back when they can do it legally! Must be tough being an anchor baby!
Or proud of the fact that he is bilingual. How about all of the "legal residents" that can't speak/write.
Come on guys. I haven't graduated high school yet, and even I know better and can do a better job of quoting, writing and/or editing. If you need help, you just let me know. I speak great English, even though I'm Hispanic. I was born to illegal immigrants and grew up speaking Spanish first.
See what I did there? I used this thing called "capitalization" to correct your rant about how great of an editor you would make. Have a talk with your English teachers if they forgot to teach that little rule to you in your sentence structure lessons.
Idaho Steve - you beat me to it.
daryl......you may be correct, but do you REALLY think the confession about illegal immigrant parents added anything at all to his grammer issues point?
There's some word for describing a person with that behavior.......what is now.......it'll come to after awhile.
It's just some person sitting in front of a keyboard probably chuckling to him/herself.
Where did he get the "for warning" from anyway???? I reread the article and it is" ...no forewarning".
What people fail to realize that in today's 24/7 electronic media, there is NO editing before posting. Just look at all of the incomplete sentences or misplaced words, etc. that appears in almost every online news media....not just here on msnbc.com (especially since most of their stories are just postings from other media.)
As an example:
This should correctly have been .....their staff, and news media... according to the grammar I learned back in the 50's and 60's.
Proofread me please I cant spell or write worth a dam.
Oops, I wasn't able to catch an error of mine before the editing time-out....should have been ...that appear in.... not ....that appears in...
Another example of the problems with electronic postings, whether in media, commentary, or any other type of posting.
But these are the dweebs that claim "their words are their tools" or some variation of that. I'd hate to see what they'd do with a hammer.
Yes, thank you for clarifying this. NOW the whole article makes sense. I just couldn't follow what was going on before your insightful correction. It is such an important and critical detail the rest of the world could not have figured out without your help. Thank you again. :|
Jerkins parents were just "PIONEERS" like Romney's family was.
wait, thats right...only WHITE PEOPLE PIONEER
non-whites just invade, occupy and anchor baby.
so hard to remember the rules.
JerkInCoolClothes - Let's see how long it takes for someone to hit this line.
OMG - I didn't see the long thread of hits before I replied to your post. Snag. I thought it was so obvious, too.
I know when writing "I" that it's supposed to be capitalized?
Grammar is just as important as spelling.
There you go. I fixed it.
How many of you "nativists" like sueb could even pass the verbal test you have to take to be a legal citizen as an immigrant or score above 600 in English on the SAT?
Just wondering here. The guy is just making a statement and pointing out that he is a first generatiion American with Hispanic parents.
IdahoSteve- you beat me to it.
Jim- Dang it! you also beat me to it, I'm going back to sleep.
Totally wrong!
Sick of illegals squirming under a fence to get into the U.S. 2 minutes before they give birth so their kid can be born here...UGH!
You should not even been allowed to POST!
I really think he is jerkin his gherkin.
I wonder how EVERY OTHER PERSON IN THE US GOT HERE!!! WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT YOUR GRANDPA JUST APPEARED!! PEOPLE FROM EVEN THE 1700S DID @!$%# LIKE THIS!!! Minus native americans of course, well, the ones that weren't killed off in the pioneer era. and 1st amendment. anyone, and i mean anyone (including racists like you), can write on here
*sigh* Daryl, you had to bring religion into it? I would rather have illegal immigrants in my country than worthless scum who seek every opportunity to bash beliefs.
I agree (meowman). I would also like to congratulate (jerkincoolclothes) For being proud of his success so far. He sounds like a go-getter. I wish I could speak Spanish.
To you other jerks, he is a teenager, they don't capitalize because they text really fast, and that is what they do. For you self righteous white ppl, you did nothing to earn being born white.... nothing. You were just lucky like I was. It has nothing to do with anything. So get off your high horse. Also to you righties, why don't you ppl stop gripping and being the VICTIM! We are not victimizing you! You do it to yourselves! If you believe you are the victim, then you are. If you take pride in who you are and stop whining, "He's picking on me!" you might find some good here in the USA. And if anyone wants to edit this post go right ahead, I think the message out does the grammer.
Hey, commentingbecauseican-- You were just on the story "texas teen deported to Colombia reunites with mom" Have you not sniveled and whined enough for one night?
some of you aren't going to like this: i'm actually a girl.
and the article DOES now say 'forewarned', so maybe i had more of an influence than i thought. which would translate into more of an influence than (some/most of) YOU made. which should make some/most of you pretty jealous.
beaten by a girl. your year's off to a pretty sh!tty start.
About time someone had the balls to tell the azzholes to take a hike.
The article stated that visits from The Texan and Bachmann, "Sealed the door."
Now, at least somebody has finally shed light on how the sane people of Texas and Minnesota feel every day.
Bless that man's blessed little heart.
This cafe owner is very smart - by allowing politicians into the cafe, this would turn anyone's stomach! Poor guy would go broke in a few short days.
Well, it's a start...
Now the rest of society needs to finds ways to shut the politicians out of our lives - not just our businesses.
Here's a thought--whenever you get campaign mail with a prepaid envelope, fill the envelope with as much heavy stuff that you can find, and mail it back. It costs their campaigns and offices money when you do that. For robo calls, just leave the phone off the hook for as long as possible. You need not listen to it, but the longer you can keep them tied up, someone else may be doing the same for you. Got a real person on the phone calling? (It does happen). Tell them that this is a "charge" line, and you charge $9 per minute, 10 minute minimum. You will need their Visa, MC, or Discover card number to continue this call. The time started when you picked up the receiver. For $90, I'll listen to 10 minutes of gibberish. (Be sure to speak very slowly, too. Add up those minutes.) Ask for a callback number, and you only take cell numbers. Post the cell numbers at roadside rests for anyone to have a "good time." Be creative. From the looks of most of the posts here, I think it's time to turn the tables.
Hey, Zapper, best post I've read, yet!
zapper .. love it! I already send back all my junk mail in the prepaid envelopes I get from the utility companies. When telemarketers call, even tho my phone number is on the Do Not Call List, I hand the phone to my 3 yr old grand daughter and tell her its Santa.
lol!! keep messing with them storm! :D
That "do not call" list is not working so well is it!!! They even get your cell number and want to call right at dinner time or when your trying to go to bed. Wish we could get their home numbers and hassle them right back. Good idea putting the 3 year old on the line though. THat was funny.
A friend got a call from a telemarketer selling some "all purpose cleaner". His response was, "will it clean 'DNA' stains out of carpeting?" The young-sounding lady stammered and stuttered and said "what?" He said "if it will clean 'DNA' stains out of carpeting, I'll buy a five-gallon pail right now because there is nothing my old lady likes to do more than F in the middle of the living room carpet." Suddenly there was a click and a dial tone - the telemarketer hung up.
Politicians are public nuisance. Their agenda is to get elected for their own financial gain, nothing more. They know that once they're elected, huge sums of money will start flowing their way. Kudos to this small business owner for telling them all to take a hike.
That is why every poster here needs to be joining the Popular Amendment Movement at www.faircampaignreform.us. Help end this political fiasco we go through every two and four years.
YAY for a free thinker that stood up for himself, his business and his REGULAR (reads: will be there long after the circus leaves) customers!!
have you lost your mind? We have to have a government. Can you imagine the chaos? Not every pol has his hand out. That is negative thinking. Try having having a positive thought and see if you feel better. It may take some time, since you have probably been the victim for years. Why don't you run for office with a positive campaign, and do it to help our country. Then you would know there is at least one person in office that really cares about America. You could start small and learn as you go! think about it!
Good for him.
I know if I were a customer in a place like that and suddenly had cameras and some politician (regardless of party affiliation) in my face, I'd be really unhappy about it.
its not that close to the mass border...almost 17 miles. its a lot closer to Maine.
Maine boarders Portsmouth. It's seperated by the Piscataqua River.Guys from the Navy yard use to go there.
Probably tired of cleaning up puke. I don't even need to be eating and Bachman can give me the heaves. As for Perry, well, if you shake his hand, better count your fingers. I'm just saying....
Hmmmm....isn't that illegal or something? Politicians are people too, you know. The ACLU will be all over this guy. Of course, he may just prefer to be around real people, rather than pretend people....politicians are a lot like manekins...they look real, but they're not. Yeah, I guess I see his point....I mean, it's not like you'd take one home to meet your parents or anything.....
For what? Haven't you seen signs in businesses - "We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone." He's not discriminating - he's refusing to let any politician in - including dems.
politicians are not people, they are monsters, monsters are best left outside.
No need to ban the politicians. All he needed to do was ban the news media and he would never see a politician in his establishment again.
I don't need to "reserve" the right to keep out whoever I don't want, I just simply "HAVE" the right. If you own a business, quite simply put it is your right to do business with who you want. What you CAN'T legally do any more is hire who you want, or make too much money without competition. You also can't eliminate a potential employee for any kind of undesireable traits, such as poor credit or massive debt, because you are not allowed to assume that someone who can't manage money or is in very bad financial shape might do a poor job handling YOUR money or *gasp* might be tempted to steal your money to help themself out of their financial situation. If your company is bigger, you not only can't eliminate the unqualified people from your choice of potential employees, you might be forced to hire one who is less suited to the job simply because you don't already have enough of his race, creed, color (or whatever the correct term is) already on your staff.
BUT, aside from this, you still have the right to kick someone out of your place of business for whatever reason you choose, whether it is because you think his breath stinks, you don't like his choice of socks, you don't like his accent, or even if you don't like what he does for a living.
nice job Dave. i would "like it" more but it doesn't allow me (:'(
Love it meowman! Try to feel sorry for him, he is obviously a teabagger, and they are very unhappy people. haha
Oh, I see how this works. This restaurant owner is sick of GOP Presidential Candidates coming to his establishment. Would he be as sick if Obama showed up there? Did the restaurant owner single out the GOP candidates or was it the 'Failed grammar and spelling in grade school' writer of this article, Sevil Omer? We all know how fair the media has been to the GOP. Now that the restaurant owner has brought attention to his business, I hope he loses business now. I'm sure he didn't give coffee and doughnuts to everyone who showed up so someone paid for something, I'm sure.
Oh, get off your high horse and READ, Sueb. The sign said "NO POLITICIANS" - it didn't specify a party. It's just that Perry and bachmann were - quite understandably - the final straw.
I believe the sign he posted says NO POLITICIANS, That would seem to include Dems or Repubs. Reading comprehension 101 there shooter.
hey Sueb, try reading the article before posting, and now that we know you're a troll, go away.
Gee Sueb,
Would you like a little cheese with that whine??????
What great posts! He is a very sad rightie, they all are sad, just some sadder than the others. Whine, whine, whine. "They are picking on me!" They know they are losers, that is why they are so negative. They love to be negative!!!
Does not matter HIS shop HIS policies. Good for him!
oh but liberals are the first to protest and bring out lawyers and NAACP
and big unions and democrats spouting off against the tea party's rights
to protest peacefully and they are sick of OBOMBO's big government
by calling them racist! and that's okay? HELLNO!
oh but cosertives are the first to protest and bring out police and military
and big guns and Republicants spouting off against the publics rights
to protest peacefully and they are sick of TPs government
by calling them racist! and that's okay? HELLNO!
What an idiot.
i agree they are very disruptive.
Can we put a sign like that on the Capital building?
I'll bet Perry didn't order anything and then stole the salt shaker.
At restaurants in Iowa they gave up on trying to serve food during these clownfests because the journalists around the candidates made it impossible for the waitresses to actually serve food to customers. Bunch of Republican business killers.
Put them to work , both parties Dems / Repub, let them bus dishes, take orders do dishes. I f they can't handle that they all say they have great eye sight, let them pick fly Sh*** t out of the pepper,. Now thats hard work !!!!!