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Joey Vento
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Like most homophobes and-judging by the evidence-all senior conservatives, Sen. [Larry Craig] isn't gay; he just fancies a bit of cock now and then. And in all seriousness, what's wrong with that? It's a guy thing. Who among us-even the most heterosexual of us-can honestly say they haven't fancied the occasional prance 'round the old maypole? Conservatives, I've recently learned, are a bit touchy about the gay side of their sexuality. A few weeks ago I wrote an article in which I called right-wing bloggers "carpet-chewing Ann Coulter wannabes." One Ann Coulter wannabe, Debbie Schlussel, assumed I was calling her a lesbian and took great offense, responding that I'd probably had "backseat travails with Elton John and George Michaels" (sic).
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I personally know [Joey Vento], and he's a good guy. Here's a guy, he grew up, he worked extremely hard, he did everything he had to do to get his business. He's very charitable. He gives away to a lot of different organizations, and he just wants people who come to this country to work hard and share in the American dream like he did. He's from a different generation. He's a very good guy, and people call it racist. He doesn't mean anything. He says, 'Listen, if you're here, just get with the program.' And of course the media all jump on it and try to make it a polarizing issue. Everybody has been going to [Geno]'s, going back to Ronald Reagan. It's become one of the icons of the city, and the candidates go there. Just look at all the pictures in Joey's shop. It's a landmark place, an...
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PHILADELPHIA Ten months after filing charges against Geno's steak shop owner Joey Vento over a sign suggesting patrons order in English, the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations held a hearing Friday to determine whether the sign is discriminatory. It's a political statement with a prejudice against me," testified Ricardo Diaz, a social worker.
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This might give us the answer to the question: When can a culture truly be said to be unique? Answer: when the majority of crime is generally assumed to be committed by the majority population, rather than the Poles, Romanians, Irish, Italians, blacks, Welsh, Mexicans or whatever group of incomers or outsiders can be lazily stereotyped by idiot bigots. Ain't that right, Joey Vento?
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Swing State (92 minutes). Behind-the-scenes documentaries of America's electoral process are nothing radically new, and now with MSNBC junkies getting their daily political dose of punditry, there's scarcely anything that isn't discussed ad infinitum. That's where Swing State makes its difference, by humanizing and making relatable the politicians who grovel for our votes. [Jason] Zone Fisher, a recent Syracuse University Newhouse grad, profiled the six months of his dad's 2006 campaign, as Lee Fisher ran for Ohio's lieutenant governor slot alongside Democrat gubernatorial candidate Ted Strickland. Papa Fisher knew what it was like to lose, since he failed to win the Buckeye statehouse during a 1998 run-and the younger Fisher, then a precocious 14-year-old with a videocamera, followed h...
...from Pat's Kings of Steaks; Joey Vento representing Geno's Steaks; Steve Iliescu of...
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What's the language of business worldwide? English. So why is it unreasonable that the owner of Geno's Steaks in Philadelphia should ask that his customers speak English when ordering one of his famous sandwiches? According to the city of Philadelphia, though, it is unreasonable. That's why the city filed a discrimination complaint against Joey Vento: because he posted signs in his sandwich shop that read, "This is AMERICA ... WHEN ORDERING SPEAK ENGLISH.
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I'm more outraged by the notion that stop-and-frisk isn't already police policy, and how, ironically, these upholders of civil liberties don't seem that upset over blacks killing blacks. For some, that's an accepted practice. But the thought of cops doing their jobs effectively is apparently when all hell breaks loose. I also wasn't offended by Bill O'Reilly's review of Harlem's soul food mecca Sylvia's restaurant, where he dined with Rev. Al Sharpton. During the meal, O'Reilly found blacks surprisingly civilized, saying, "There wasn't one person in Sylvia's who was screaming, 'MF-er, I want more iced tea.' I have no problem with Joey Vento's sign outside of Geno's Steaks: "THIS IS AMERICA: WHEN ORDERING 'SPEAK ENGLISH'"-his opinion, his business, and if he wants to cut into his bottom...
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That's off the top of my head. I haven't even mentioned Joey Vento or the notoriously trollish Philly.com commenters. Isn't it interesting, though, that Philly. com didn't allow comments for the online version of the Daily News piece about [Lonnie Powell]? It's like the editors have simply given up: Everybody knows that comments on any story about race will immediately spiral out of control and put Philly's ugliest face out to the wider world. Better to strangle that line of conversation in the crib. I know, I know: We're always having a beer in Philly. But we haven't had a beer the way President Obama had a beer last week- sleeves rolled up, hanging with Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Sgt. James Crowley- trying, with the force of his charm and a few frosty mugs, to defuse the nation's lates...
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WASHINGTON - When Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer asked private donors last year to help pay legal fees to defend the state and its controversial SB 1070 immigration law against lawsuits, thousands of Arizonans responded. And so did thousands of people from other states. And other territories and other countries.
...There was also Joey Vento, owner of Geno's Steaks, a Philadelphia rest...
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Through a cruel convergence of political correctness, the "rights of the accused" movement, America's broken appeals process and good, old-fashioned conartistry, Abu-Jamal forged a new persona for himself out of whole cloth: the innocent political activist railroaded by a racist legal system. Today, as the favored "political prisoner" of America's two most gullible constituencies-college students and Hollywood celebrities-AbuJamal enjoys international acclaim, lucrative book deals, publication in academic journals, speaking invitations and even a regular soapbox on network radio.
... fundraisers were motorcycle runs, and then Joey Vento from Gino's Cheese Steaks in Philly had a fu...
