It's Sunday

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

Jesus.  Is this in keeping with their Christian ethics?

A manager at the restaurant reportedly told a reporter for Vice that the idea behind the post was to “establish a relationship with the community.”

“We get people all the time that want to be a part of what we’re doing. This is designed to be an opportunity for that,” the manager said, according to Vice.

  The Hill

Uh-huh.

A representative for Chick-fil-A, however, confirmed to Business Insider that the Hendersonville location was no longer offering the volunteer program, which was not endorsed by the company.

Perhaps the manager would be okay with being paid in French fries.

And, btw, whatever happened to truth in advertising?

Pretty sure they didn't.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

It's Sunday

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) held a made-for-TV ceremony Friday touting his signing of the so-called Save Chick-fil-A law.

Abbott surrounded himself with associates and Chick-fil-A menu items and vowed to protect religious liberty in response to criticism citing the fast food chain’s owner's support for anti-gay groups and opposition to gay marriage.

The law was sparked in response to the San Antonio City Council to block a Chick-fil-A location from opening in the local airport.

  The Hill

Jesus wept.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

McDonalds at the White House - addendum

LOL.  He's serving Chick-Fil-A this time because at the big CPAC wingding that idiot Mark Meadows said Dems want to take away your cows, but the good news is Chick-Fil-A stock will soar.  Seriously.  He said that. Like he thought it was funny.  And they cheered.  They don't bother to make any sense.  Just say something that sounds like it's a joke on the libs and they can all have a big old laugh.  Junior is an expert at that.  The stupid, it hurts.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

It was such a big hit the first time, I guess

He serves up trash food with his trash talk.

So disgusting.  Cold hamburgers and chicken sandwiches that have sweated in their boxes.  Yuck.



Does anyone know if he has stock in McDonalds?

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

Dial Back the Crazy

The liberal Boston Globe Editorial Page denounced [...] Boston Mayor Thomas Menino['s declaration to prevent Chick-Fil-A from doing business in that city] and wrote: “which part of the First Amendment does Menino not understand? A business owner’s political or religious beliefs should not be a test for the worthiness of his or her application for a business license. . . . History will render judgment on the views of Chick-fil-A executives. City Hall doesn’t have to.”

That’s so basic that it’s just astounding that anyone, let alone Mayors of big cities, need to be told this. Then again, the reason the prohibition was put in the First Amendment — and the reason it’s so often violated — is precisely because every petty tyrant, by definition, has the temptation to abuse his power to punish those with views he dislikes.
  Glenn Greenwald

Another petty tyrant following Menino? Rahm Emanuel of Chicago.

”The anti-gay views openly espoused by the president of a fast food chain specializing in chicken sandwiches have run afoul of Mayor Rahm Emanuel and a local alderman, who are determined to block Chick-fil-A from expanding in Chicago. “

Perhaps Rahm Emanuel is motivated by beneficent ends, or maybe he’s motivated by political considerations and a love of his own power, but either way, abusing his power to punish views he dislikes is at least as offensive as — and definitely more dangerous than — the targeted views themselves.

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I’m happy to observe that most liberal commentators opining on this topic are condemning Emanuel, and for exactly the right reasons; see, e.g., Kevin Drum, Adam Serwer, Scott Lemieux, Digby, Richard Kim, John Cole, and Atrios. The true test of a belief in free speech is whether you defend that right not when views you like are being punished — then it’s easy to object — but when views you intensely dislike are being punished.

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UPDATE: The uproar over all of this today seems to have produced some positive movement. In Boston, Mayor Menino now acknowledges that his planned actions would violate the rights of the restaurant chain, and thus “backed away from a threat to actively block the fast-food chain from setting up shop in the city,” saying: “I make mistakes all the time. That’s a Menino-ism.”