"This is the United States of America and we’ll do whatever the f*** we want."

[Johan]

http://gothamist.com/2009/10/28/muslims_request_to_move_bar_laughed.php

The lovely-looking restaurant and bar The Breslin begins lunch service tomorrow, and co-owner Ken Friedman (The Spotted Pig) is planning on serving alcohol despite objections from the Masjid Ar-Rahman mosque across the street. Earlier this month the mosque’s leaders called a meeting with Friedman at The Ace Hotel, where The Breslin is located, and asked, "Can you move the bar?" Friedman's response makes us want to hurry over to The Breslin right now for a dram of Laphroaig to show our support (and drown out the voices):

I laughed. And the guy said, "Oh, you think that’s funny?" And I said, "Yeah, that is funny, that is really funny, because we’re not going to move the bar just because you discovered we’re serving booze." Can you name one restaurant in New York that doesn’t serve booze? I said, "This is the United States of America and we’ll do whatever the fuck we want." He said the mosque had suggested it couldn’t control the behavior of "a few bad eggs"; i.e., we could get a brick through our window.

Friedman notified police of the threat, but just to show he's not a hard-hearted man, that it's not all dollars and cents, he agreed to put a curtain over the windows so devout Muslims wouldn't be corrupted by the sight of infidel inebriation. But the curtain hasn't arrived yet, so over the weekend he actually taped paper over the windows to hide a gay wedding. A volunteer at the mosque says city law forbids serving liquor within 200 feet of a place of worship and that "not more than 200 feet is between the mosque and the bar."

But Ace Hotel developer Andrew Zobler tells The Observer, "The law is clear that in order for that to apply it has to be an exclusively dedicated house of worship, and at their space they have both residences and a restaurant, so basically, because of those uses the law allowed there to be a bar within 200 feet. Everyone was aware of that when the liquor license was granted." And Friedman adds, "They can threaten, but they can’t really stop us." Yeah, heh, what are these devout, pissed-off Muslims gonna do?

I say- Bravo. If I live in New York City area, I would drink there 1 or 2 night a week as matter of principle. ;)

The only difference in my reply if I were bar owner is that I would counter with "And I can not control the behavior of a few thousand Bad New York Eggs who like to have a drink on occasion".

Regards,

[MakoZeroSix]

What's even more appalling is the comments made underneath the article. It shows you entrenched faggot backstabbing liberals there are in NYC. I can understand the imam trying to enforce his agenda on others- that's human nature. I cannot understand the traitors among us who sell out their own kind in the interests of "tolerance" and "diversity" and other leftist claptrap. Fortunately we have less of them in the U.S. than they do in England, however.

[Five-O]

Road Trip to a great bar anyone? Few beers and a piss outside perhaps....? I hear there is a good toilet about 200 feet away.

[Jimbo]

They'll be getting my money next time I'm in the city.

[SOTB]

If I lived in NY, I would purposely drink at this guy's bar, and especially on Friday.

In fact, I would call all of my buddies GAY if they did not drop in and have dinner and a drink as well.

I'm sure someone will come back with "its the law." I think I agree with the restaurant owner -- what sit-down, takethewife restaurant today in NYC only serves food and non-alcoholic drinks?

[Justaclerk]

There is a tremendous exchange between the Matt Damon character (Edward Wilson/Jesus Angleton) and the character (Joseph Palmi/Sam Giancanna) portrayed by Joe Pesci in the vastly underrated movie, The Good Shephard. It goes something like this:

Joseph Palmi: Let me ask you something... we Italians, we got our families, and we got the church; the Irish, they have the homeland, Jews their tradition. What about you people, Mr. Wilson, what do you have?

Edward Wilson: The United States of America. The rest of you are just visiting.

[Five-O]

The Breslin: Located in the Murry Hill section
20 W 29th Street
NY, NY
212.679.2222
Already getting great reviews
http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-breslin-bar-new-york

[Blackjack78]

They'll be getting my money next time I'm in the city.

I'm there. I'm not much of a drinker but I may have to make this a weekly stop for lunch or something. One beer won't kill me.

[MakoZeroSix]

I'm there. I'm not much of a drinker but I may have to make this a weekly stop for lunch or something. One ber won't kill me.

Dude, you should bring Tiger over there. Get him loaded and then send him across the street to torment the imam.

[Blackjack78]

Dude, you should bring Tiger over there. Get him loaded and then send him across the street to torment the imam.

Lol Yeah that would be grand. If it were Brooklyn, I would have some juice BUT being in Manhattan, I'm not sure I could stop him from adding to the count and getting away with it lol.

[Remington Raider]

will B5R, being a native son and all, pony up to the bar.:biggrin:

[Senior D]

Dude, you should bring Tiger over there. Get him loaded and then send him across the street to torment the imam.

I wonder if the bar would hire Tiger? Just a thought.

Tiger would fit right in as he drinks, smokes and has spent his entire life around a bunch of gay Iraqis.

[19MIKE]

What's even more appalling is the comments made underneath the article. It shows you entrenched faggot backstabbing liberals there are in NYC. I can understand the imam trying to enforce his agenda on others- that's human nature. I cannot understand the traitors among us who sell out their own kind in the interests of "tolerance" and "diversity" and other leftist claptrap. Fortunately we have less of them in the U.S. than they do in England, however.

Hey.....not all the comments were bad...I liked this one especially from jchungbra:

"Fuck those fuckety fuck fucks and let's go have a beer at the Breslin".



:biggrin:

[Ace]

Screw those assholes, someone should open a small beer stand (like a hotdog stand) even closer. These organizations need to realize this is the U.S. not ButtFuckaStan.

[iraqgunz]

I am really starting to get pissed off about the Muslims in this country. Especially when one sees crap like this. I missed this because I was in FL. This happened pretty close to my house. So let me get this straight. She is living in the USA and is dressing and acting like a westerner so dad decides to run her down and try and kill her. That makes perfect sense to me. I just love their views on tolerance. They should deport his ass right back to Iraq.

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/30/arizona.iraqi.daughter/index.html

Authorities said Friday that an Iraqi man accused of running down his daughter in Arizona because she had become "too Westernized" has been taken into custody in Atlanta, Georgia.

U.S. Marshals arrested Faleh Hassan Almaleki, 48, in Atlanta, according to spokesman James Ergas.

Police in Peoria, Arizona, say Almaleki struck his 20-year-old daughter, Noor Faleh Almaleki, and her friend Amal Edan Khalaf with the Jeep Laredo he was driving in a parking lot in Peoria on October 20.

After the incident, Almaleki drove to Mexico, abandoning his vehicle in Nogales, Peoria police said in a statement Friday.

He then made his way to Mexico City and boarded a plane to London, England. British authorities denied him entry into the country, and he was put on a plane back to the United States, police said.

Authorities arrested him late Thursday afternoon when he arrived at Atlanta's airport, police said, and he is awaiting extradition to Arizona.

He will face two counts of aggravated assault, police said.

Almaleki was angry with his daughter "as she had become too 'Westernized' and was not living according to [the family's] traditional Iraq[i] values," Peoria police said in a statement last week.

The daughter was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries and remains "unresponsive," Peoria police said Friday.

Khalaf, 43, with injuries that are not life-threatening, is in serious but stable condition, police said.

Noor Faleh Almaleki lives with Khalaf, Peoria police said. They did not elaborate on how the two women knew each other.

Peoria is about 13 miles northwest of Phoenix.

[Spinner]

If it was little closer to lower Manhattan, I'd have suggested it to my mom and some siblings who will be in NY for a wedding in a few weeks.

I'll make a mental note of the location, in case I get there one of these days. Maybe I'll wear my version of the Muhammad cartoon t-shirt.

[Blackjack78]

Screw those assholes, someone should open a small beer stand (like a hotdog stand) even closer. These organizations need to realize this is the U.S. not ButtFuckaStan.

Ace my man, these organization have us infiltrated at many levels. They know how to play the system and we give them money that works against us. It's going to get a whole lot worse before it, if ever, gets better.

[SOTB]

It's going to get a whole lot worse before it, if ever, gets better.Yup. The upside of the next attack ('cause I'm convinced there will be one) is we'll probably get uber-nationalistic on their asses.

So if you've been eyeing that really nice 2-story brick home, but you were outbid by a family that just emigrated to the US with tons of money made off of contracting for the DOD in Iraq -- be patient, it might come back on the market again....

[Blackjack78]

Yup. The upside of the next attack ('cause I'm convinced there will be one) is we'll probably get uber-nationalistic on their asses.

So if you've been eyeing that really nice 2-story brick home, but you were outbid by a family that just emigrated to the US with tons of money made off of contracting for the DOD in Iraq -- be patient, it might come back on the market again....

SOTB,
Funny you mention that about homes,tons of money from DOD contracts and where they may come from. In my attempts to do my job I have come across two folks like you describe. They were cleared TS but I have always gone by my instincts and my instincts said shoot them in the face.

[SOTB]

....but I have always gone by my instincts and my instincts said shoot them in the face.I'm convinced that guys like you are not the ones making the decisions at the very top. I'm serious. How do we get in bed with an assclown like Karzai's brother? Or any number of other shitheads I can think of in Iraq? Or in S. Arabia. Or in Kuwait? Or Pakistan?

I know "how." Some pogue MF'er, sitting in his windowed-office in DC (of which he is so proud of), and whose in-country experience usually involves either the horribly dangerous run from the airport to the embassy in Kabul (ooooooh, a whole 5 min), or Baghdad (ooooooooh a whole 5 min), and/or a photo buying an over-priced rug at the on-embassy-grounds haji shop, has come to the conclusion that these guys are our buddies. They're just like us. And they're smart, too! Why? 'Cause they can speak ENGLISH. That makes them smart. And likeable. Let's give them our support. And money. Hell, let's bring them over here, and then they can allow us to throw cool parties and invite people who speak with accents. Sigh.

I wish guys like you were the HMFIC....

[Blackjack78]

I'm convinced that guys like you are not the ones making the decisions at the very top. I'm serious. How do we get in bed with an assclown like Karzai's brother? Or any number of other shitheads I can think of in Iraq? Or in S. Arabia. Or in Kuwait? Or Pakistan?

I know "how." Some pogue MF'er, sitting in his windowed-office in DC (of which he is so proud of), and whose in-country experience usually involves either the horribly dangerous run from the airport to the embassy in Kabul (ooooooh, a whole 5 min), or Baghdad (ooooooooh a whole 5 min), and/or a photo buying an over-priced rug at the on-embassy-grounds haji shop, has come to the conclusion that these guys are our buddies. They're just like us. And they're smart, too! Why? 'Cause they can speak ENGLISH. That makes them smart. And likeable. Let's give them our support. And money. Hell, let's bring them over here, and then they can allow us to throw cool parties and invite people who speak with accents. Sigh.

I wish guys like you were the HMFIC....

Man do I have you fooled lol Nah, you can be Secretary of Defense, I'll drive you. I could use those trips to the happiest place on earth :).

[bobofthedesert]

In my attempts to do my job I have come across two folks like you describe. They were cleared TS but I have always gone by my instincts and my instincts said shoot them in the face.

Still LMAO 10 minutes later....I think you have good instincts. We should explore this concept of the shooting of faces more fully.....

[MixedLoad]

If I lived in NY, I would purposely drink at this guy's bar, and especially on Friday.

In fact, I would call all of my buddies GAY if they did not drop in and have dinner and a drink as well.

I'm sure someone will come back with "its the law." I think I agree with the restaurant owner -- what sit-down, takethewife restaurant today in NYC only serves food and non-alcoholic drinks?

Touche, Sir. I would be in there racking up some serious bills and asking for more pulled pork sandwiches to piss those imbeciles off. Seriously, where do they get off? They're trying to pull the same shit off they did in Europe and hoping that it'll stick. Unfortunately for them, Americans have a history of being in your face when you confront them with some kind of asinine non-sense.

[Doctor_Doom]

There is a tremendous exchange between the Matt Damon character (Edward Wilson/Jesus Angleton) and the character (Joseph Palmi/Sam Giancanna) portrayed by Joe Pesci in the vastly underrated movie, The Good Shephard. It goes something like this:

Joseph Palmi: Let me ask you something... we Italians, we got our families, and we got the church; the Irish, they have the homeland, Jews their tradition. What about you people, Mr. Wilson, what do you have?

Edward Wilson: The United States of America. The rest of you are just visiting.

Good to know I'm just a visitor. :rolleyes:

While I agree there's no reason to move the restaurant, the gothamist was more than a little slanted. No evidence that anyone tried to force their agenda (a meeting and a request to move the bar), no sign there's some huge brouhaha (restaurant owner seemed to be more than cooperative), doesn't make sense that the guy who was considerate enough that he tried to put up a curtain and was discreet about a gay wedding would say 'we do whatever the fuck we want' just shit stirring from some blogger. There's no need to support every self-righteous asshole, fellas. And we don't do whatever the fuck we want. The USA I know does what we think is right.

[smoked]

Good to know I'm just a visitor.

There's no need to support every self-righteous asshole, fellas.

DD, you know damn well you are not a visitor. You have paid the dues of many Americans... a very many.

At the same time, there is NOTHING self-righteous about an expression of American pride. Nothing. And I don't think that needs to deteriorate into an apology.

[Ex-PH]

Police in Peoria, Arizona, say Almaleki struck his 20-year-old daughter, Noor Faleh Almaleki, and her friend Amal Edan Khalaf with the Jeep Laredo he was driving in a parking lot in Peoria on October 20.
Am I the only one who finds it funny that this guy would run down his "too western" daughter in a Jeep?

[Ace]

........I am really starting to get pissed off about the Muslims in this country...........

As I've stated before, and will in the future, It's the Arabs that are doing these things, and they happen to be Muslim. Hating all Muslims because of the Middle Eastern culture is, IMO, incorrect.

Until I see something like this coming from the Non-Arab Muslims (and on the same consistency that is seen from Arabs), I fail to see how this is religion based. Call me naive...

[wpns4l]

According to the map on that yelp.com link the Museum of Sex is only like 2 blocks away. I wonder if they bitched about that too. I mean someone might have to drive by that on the way to prayer and see something immoral.

[Ace]

Just out of curiosity (because I honestly don't know)...

Has the U.S. ever had this many problems with other immigrant cultures (other meaning, other than Arabs). I don't remember ever hearing of it, if it actually happened. I know that other cultures have kept a lot of their own by creating small ethnic communities within the U.S. (China Town) but none that I recall has ever tried to force the U.S. into changing to suite them........

That said, is it our recent policies (in the guise of "getting along") that are emboldening this type of behavior or something else?

[Horned Toad]

Just out of curiosity (because I honestly don't know)...

Has the U.S. ever had this many problems with other immigrant cultures (other meaning, other than Arabs). I don't remember ever hearing of it, if it actually happened. I know that other cultures have kept a lot of their own by creating small ethnic communities within the U.S. (China Town) but none that I recall has ever tried to force the U.S. into changing to suite them........

That said, is it our recent policies (in the guise of "getting along") that are emboldening this type of behavior or something else?

How about having to press one for English.

Having untold millions of illegals from Mexico and South America in the country is just as bad a threat. I think there could be an easy 50 to 60 million here but no one cares.


LULAC.org

www.nclr.org

www.aztlan.net/brown_berets_de_aztlan.htm

[iraqgunz]

Afghanis aren't Arabs, but they are Muslim and they recently nabbed some of them planning attacks in our country. I believe that there was also a case of a Pakistani man who did a similar thing but he killed his daughter. Again, Pakis aren't Arab, but they are Muslim.

As far as I am concerned the problem is with the religion. That's just me. Not saying that I hate them all, but I am getting sick and tired of other people coming to this country and ramming their stuff down our throats.

As I've stated before, and will in the future, It's the Arabs that are doing these things, and they happen to be Muslim. Hating all Muslims because of the Middle Eastern culture is, IMO, incorrect.

Until I see something like this coming from the Non-Arab Muslims (and on the same consistency that is seen from Arabs), I fail to see how this is religion based. Call me naive...

[Blackjack78]

Just out of curiosity (because I honestly don't know)...

Has the U.S. ever had this many problems with other immigrant cultures (other meaning, other than Arabs). I don't remember ever hearing of it, if it actually happened. I know that other cultures have kept a lot of their own by creating small ethnic communities within the U.S. (China Town) but none that I recall has ever tried to force the U.S. into changing to suite them........
That said, is it our recent policies (in the guise of "getting along") that are emboldening this type of behavior or something else?
IMHO, as we are a country of immigrants, the various hyphen Americans arrived here and did indeed migrate to areas where they could maintain their culture. That brought problems of their own i.e.; ethnic gangs, criminals etc. That being said, the goal for these immigrants was to assimilate and become Americans. Here, they were free to practice their respective religions and maintain cultural activities while learning new ones.

The various ethnic immigrants that practice Islam are for the most part the same as all that came before them. They have however, in my lifetime, pushed the envelope to have us become more tolerant of them then they are of us. Their silence concerning attacks and threats to the homeland I think speak volumes. The homegrown threat aside, The Brotherhood and organizations that purport to protect civil rights and or provide social programs and I’m not talking about the ACLU, in my experience are problematic. The goal of course is to return to the Caliphate and the U.S. and the western world is the prize. This is the condensed version due to every time I try to write a lengthy response it times out lol

[sfmedicw9]

Screw those assholes, someone should open a small beer stand (like a hotdog stand) even closer. These organizations need to realize this is the U.S. not ButtFuckaStan.

Thats a great idea! how much of a hassle is it to get a liscense for a food cart like a hot dog cart or....


maybe BLTs and Pork skins or just good ole german pork sausages ??

just the thought of the savory smell of pork cooking outside the front doors of the mosque wafting over the service

I bet we could find an outgoing jewish lesbian blind girl with a service dog to run the cart just to make things more confusing

[Local]

Just out of curiosity (because I honestly don't know)...

Has the U.S. ever had this many problems with other immigrant cultures (other meaning, other than Arabs). I don't remember ever hearing of it, if it actually happened. I know that other cultures have kept a lot of their own by creating small ethnic communities within the U.S. (China Town) but none that I recall has ever tried to force the U.S. into changing to suite them........

That said, is it our recent policies (in the guise of "getting along") that are emboldening this type of behavior or something else?

My family had their names changes at Ellis Island because Jews couldn't get jobs. My great-grandfather sold sausages from a cart in Brooklyn so he could put his three sons through college. He didn't speak a lot of English but refused to let his sons speak anything else.

My grandfather worked the night shift and took classes during the day sleeping on the train each way. He was exempt from the draft during WW2 because he was a top student. He still joined the merchant marines right after college.

The Irish and Italians followed similar tracks... they fought / worked to be accepted - not to take over.

The Irish got a presidency the fastest I believe though...

[bugeater]

I bet we could find an outgoing jewish lesbian blind girl with a service dog to run the cart just to make things more confusing


:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

[SOTB]

....but no one cares.Some of us do, and more will soon enough....

[Ace]

Afghanis aren't Arabs, but they are Muslim.......

They are also of other faiths. That doesn't lessen the fact that the current threat is based more on geography than religion. That's like saying "The Christians" invaded Iraq and Afghanistan.
I think by making this into a religious issue, it takes away from the real issue of killing the right folks. It also empowers a small group in the same way that giving press attention to WestBoro Baptist gives them credibility.


.......I am getting sick and tired of other people coming to this country and ramming their stuff down our throats.

I agree completely.

....Their silence concerning attacks and threats to the homeland I think speak volumes.....
You can blame the press/news for that. I've seen several Org's. become very vocal against the current threat, you'll never see it in the news because it's not "sensationalism".

Horned Toad,

Good point on the "press one for English", never thought of that, but very true.

[bobofthedesert]

www.aztlan.net/brown_berets_de_aztlan.htm[/url]

These fuckers should be designated as a terrorist organization. I like that "We Support Our Troops" thing at the bottom of the page. When you click on it you get a pic of a bunch of them with bandanna's tied over their faces. Fuck them, and fuck aztlan.

[Soldier415]

What's even more appalling is the comments made underneath the article. It shows you entrenched faggot backstabbing liberals there are in NYC. I can understand the imam trying to enforce his agenda on others- that's human nature. I cannot understand the traitors among us who sell out their own kind in the interests of "tolerance" and "diversity" and other leftist claptrap. Fortunately we have less of them in the U.S. than they do in England, however.

Diversity and its close cousin multiculturalism have now morphed far from what they were originally intended (which is a whole nother post on it's own). If I am to take the comments and feelings of the left literally...

"Multiculturalism" means seeing beauty in all cultures, except your own.

"Diversity" is the act of embracing neo-Marxists of all skin colors and sexual deviations.


I think I am starting to get it :confused:


Next time I'm in NY, i'll have to spend a paycheck at this place.