Phil, somebody must be getting rich out of all this. I don't
understand it, either.
earlier, Phil Scovell, wrote:
> I was listening to a morning talk show here in Denver as I
>drifted in and out of sleep. This was Monday but some of it
>occurred on Tuesday as well. the talk show host is a man who has
>been in the business over 30 years and is well liked and he gets
>top ratings. He rides Harly motorcycles with a bunch of guys,
>some cops, some accountants, bankers, and just about every walk of
>life is represented in their bike riding group. In fact, he and
>his group put together a motorcycle ride from Denver up to Bailey,
>Colorado when that man, about a year ago, shot and killed a
>teenage Christian girl before killing himself. They raised a
>bunch of money and it was quite the news at the time. Anyhow,
>this guy's name is Peter that runs the talk show. He told this
>story that happened just last weekend. He walked into a
>McDonald's to get a Egg Mac Muffin. There was a black guy in
>front of him so they both stood in line waiting. The lady running
>the counter only spoke Spanish. This is getting to be quite
>common in Denver. So, after a few minutes of not understanding
>that the black guy was ordering a double cheese burger, the lady
>called for help. Another woman, who supposedly knows English,
>walked up but she too was unable to understand what the black man
>was trying to order. They motioned for him to step to the side
>and they would get somebody to help him. I guess, somebody who
>speaks American English or something. Anyhow, Peter steps up, and
>wouldn't you know, the two women together don't know what an Egg
>Mac Muffin is, or at least they couldn't understand Peter's
>English. Both men walk out in total discussed, without their
>orders, and Peter, although he knew it would make the Clear
>channel station management mad, he said he would never enter a
>McDonald's place again. So, I believe it was Tuesday morning,
>Peter is on from 5 until 9 every day in the mornings, a woman
>called in to give her McDonald's story. She goes into the place
>and before placing an order, decides she is going to use the
>bathroom or restroom or lady's room or whatever the politically
>correct term is these days. The lady telling the story said she
>came out of her stall, now get a hold of yourself, and the stall
>immediately next to her's opens and out comes an employee of
>McDonald's. The woman telling the story said she noticed the
>woman was an employee, because the lady was wearing a McDonald's
>shirt which identified her as one of the company employees, but
>she also still had her plastic cellophane gloves on her hands. So
>the woman obviously worked in food preparation but she was still
>wearing the gloves as she was in the stall. How do I know this?
>The woman on the radio talk show said she tried speaking to the
>woman but the woman could not speak English, if you know what I
>mean, and both women walked to the sinks together. The non
>English speaking woman turned on the water and ran water over her
>plastic gloved hands. The woman telling the story, turned around,
>walked out, and said she would never eat in a place like that
>again. She also reported the incident to company authorities but
>you know that won't change anything. Now, even if this story is a
>lie, it will make you stop and think before eating at a fast food
>place ever again. Like Peter said on his show, have you seen the
>price of fast food going down since they are hiring illegals who
>don't have to be paid minimum wage? No, of course, I know that
>not all are illegal just because they don't speak American
>English. Give me a break. You call me a racist and I will
>introduce you to my to mixed race grandsons, part Afro American,
>Part black, and part American Indian, grandsons whom I love as
>much as the rest of my grandchildren. So drop that bilge right
>now because the race card isn't what we are playing right now.
>
> I recall the last time we, as a family, called in some food
>and went and picked it up, we all got sick, mildly, but sick
>regardless, the next day. I stopped eating at Taco Bell months
>ago because I loved their chicken chaloopas, After getting sick to
>my stomach three times in a row. I stopped eating those types of
>tacos but now I'm worried about eating anything else from there.
>
> Secondly, did you know the McDonald's are testing outsourcing
>in the drive up order lane? That's right. They are funneling
>calls from your car as you order in the drive up lane, to a call
>center where people can supposedly speak English. At the moment,
>250 stores are involved but what do you bet this sticks? They
>also, at these drive up windows, have a digital camera that looks
>at you and your car so when you pull up, the person can inform the
>store that the blue car is the one that owes the 14.25 or whatever
>they owe. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
>
> Not too long ago, Vicki and John took Sandy and I out to eat
>at a nice place. We deliberately waited till a certain lady
>could be our waitress because John and Vicki had been to this
>place many times and she always gave wonderful service. So, after
>we had ordered and been waiting, for some time, the waitress comes
>over and informs us that she had gone back to the cooking area and
>using what little Spanish she had learned from others, got the
>cook to speed our order up. She said, A little Spanish goes a
>long ways in this town.
>
> When my daughter Gretchen was getting mixed up with drugs and
>alcohol, she worked as a manager at a Wendy's. She often handled
>the drive up window because, she said, she had learned enough
>Spanish to take orders. Plus, she was able to communicate back to
>the all Spanish speaking crew and indicate which orders went to
>which car. That's right. She had a totally non English speaking
>crew. She told me even back then, and this was at least four
>years ago, that even most of the drive up customers were not able
>to speak English.
>
> Does this bother you?
>
> My youngest son owns a drapery design shop. Decorators bring
>them orders and they do all the work. Sometimes he does installs
>as well but mostly that is handle by someone else the decorator
>has hired. A couple of years ago, before my son became the owner
>and worked just as one of the family employees, the cousin who
>owned the business hired, dare I say it, he hired a young
>Afghanistan man. The eventually were forced to fire him. Why?
>He literally did not know the ethics of using the bathroom
>properly. The crew got sick and tired of having to clean up
>after him. Yes, they tried explaining things to him. No, I am
>not making this up. Like I said before, does this bother you.
>How many of the 12 million, or more, illegals living in this
>country have come across the border with all the required
>vaccinations we received as children? For that matter, how many
>of the 1.5 million coming over the southern boarder every year
>have the required vaccinations? Does it matter to you? they say
>that we approve, legally, 1.5 million immigrants each year. I
>have a friend who, along with his whole family, just became an
>American citizen. Consider this next question. How many is
>enough? 12 million, 15 million, 20 million, a hundred million?
>Do we place a limit do to our resources or do we just open our
>borders, well, they are already open, and let everybody come?
>Explain to me why congress can't even pass a comprehensive
>immigration law? What about the one the congress passed in the
>eighties during the Reagan administration? Why isn't it working
>or being enforced? We now need another one? If you think just
>Hispanics are coming over the southern border, think again. They
>may be the majority but every national un Heaven uses that same
>border to enter the United Sates or doesn't that matter to you?
>Is the American culture changing for the better? If so, why are
>English speaking Americans in this area taking night courses in
>the Spanish language just so they can order food from fast food
>joints? There are signs up in front of buildings all over Denver,
>or are printed in the newspapers, that say, Spanish Speaking Only,
>or Bilingual Only. Even some of the local government jobs
>requirements are the same. So these are the jobs American won't
>do Mr. President? One of my older sisters has been a Registered
>Nurse for over 35 years and is nearing retirement. She works a
>lot of Emergency Room shifts. She has learned enough Spanish to
>at least find out why the person is coming to the hospital. By
>the way, they are coming free. Excuse me. That's wrong.
>American tax payers are covering the bill. That means you. I ask
>again, does that bother you? Are you looking forward to becoming
>the North American Union? Are you looking forward, once an
>emigration bill is finally passed, of increasing your taxes to
>cover the estimated 75 billion, with a B, to take care of those
>who will be supported by your government or did you think all the
>illegals crossing the border were just coming for good jobs?
>Stopping the Iraq war won't help even solve that problem. So
>where do we eat now? What about the unions when 12 or 15 or 20 or
>100 million new workers, if you believe they come here to work,
>don't want to join? Of course, this could be a hay day for the
>unions, huh? Maybe an excellent voting block, too, but getting
>all these people who will do the jobs for less money that
>American's won't do. Who ever said that in the first place, I
>wonder? How do they know that anyhow? Just curious but then I'm
>a racist I suppose.
>
>Please click on the following White House Presidential Directive
>NSPD 51 and weep when you realize what has been done without
>congress even knowing about it.
>
>http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20070509-12.html
>
>
>
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