>>> I welcome ObamaCare because it levels the playing field and
>>> compels insurance companies to reduce their overhead and
>>> waste and provide medical care needed.
>> Schnatter has been under fire since saying last week that some Papa
>> John’s franchise owners may have to cut employee hours to cover the
>> cost of implementing Obamacare. He estimated that the law would
>> increase the company’s cost by as much as $8 million a year. Papa
>> John's is now also the target of a $250 million lawsuit over spam
>> text messaging.
>This is just another example of right-whining. Maybe Schnatter can downsize >his house so he can avoid having his franchises cut employee hours and >benefits. Or stop giving away free pizzas. Or cut back on advertising. There >are plenty of small independent pizza businesses that make a better product >and all of their revenue goes directly to local owners and employees rather >than the aggrandizement of a big business owner who is caught up in the >insanity of conspicuous consumption and material displays of wealth.
>And, really, we need less pizza palaces and more healthy food >establishments. We have a severe problem with obesity and diabetes, and if >we fix THAT, everyone's health care costs will go down.
>Of course, ObamaCare may not affect you, but his policies will protect >Veterans' benefits and Medicare.
>Paul
Huh? You leftists seem to have trouble multiplying
number-of-employees times $2K. (And it's worse, it's not number of
employees, it's number of W-2's annually... for a part time industry
with high student turn-over it's a disaster.) Obama's policies will
do exactly as he intends... reduce the US to a third-world
shit-green-or-die country. But you deserve it, you voted for it.
Enjoy >:-}
And, Paul, DO try using your brain... go ask your local restaurateur.
...Jim Thompson
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I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
...Jim Thompson
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I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
>>> I welcome ObamaCare because it levels the playing field and
>>> compels insurance companies to reduce their overhead and
>>> waste and provide medical care needed.
>> Schnatter has been under fire since saying last week that some Papa
>> John’s franchise owners may have to cut employee hours to cover the
>> cost of implementing Obamacare. He estimated that the law would
>> increase the company’s cost by as much as $8 million a year. Papa
>> John's is now also the target of a $250 million lawsuit over spam
>> text messaging.
> This is just another example of right-whining. Maybe Schnatter can > downsize his house so he can avoid having his franchises cut employee > hours and benefits. Or stop giving away free pizzas. Or cut back on > advertising. There are plenty of small independent pizza businesses that > make a better product and all of their revenue goes directly to local > owners and employees rather than the aggrandizement of a big business > owner who is caught up in the insanity of conspicuous consumption and > material displays of wealth.
> And, really, we need less pizza palaces and more healthy food > establishments. We have a severe problem with obesity and diabetes, and > if we fix THAT, everyone's health care costs will go down.
> Of course, ObamaCare may not affect you, but his policies will protect > Veterans' benefits and Medicare.
> Paul
But it does not matter. The one's that are doing the mindless voting are those that want free phones, car's, rent, food, heat and they don't
care about veterans and medicare, because they're mostly undereducated, spoiled shelterd brats that shouldn't be allowed to vote.
Those people haven't a care in the world other than when their next
gov check is coming in. Those are the ones that are going to allow unmanaged and out of control gov to put an end to what ever you think
you may have now.
There will be a lot of crying, screaming and shouting, mostly from those same people however, the rest of us will at least feel a little
better knowing that we at least said "I told you so", even though it won't make any difference.
Jim Thompson wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:13:55 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell"
> <mike.terr...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>P E Schoen wrote:
>>>I welcome ObamaCare
>>>because it levels the playing field and compels insurance companies to
>>>reduce their overhead and waste and provide medical care needed.
>>Group Defends Papa John's Through Social Networks - Tuesday, 13 Nov 2012
>>04:46 PM
>>By Todd Beamon
>>An upstart group has taken to social media to urge that Friday be a
>>national appreciation day for the Papa John’s pizza chain, whose founder
>>says he may have to cut employee hours because of Obamacare.
>>Rebooting America has a Facebook page supporting Papa John’s and its
>>founder and CEO, John Schnatter, Fox News reports.
>>The page has about 1,000 supporters thus far.
>>“We just wanted to stand with Papa John’s because it is under attack,”
>>Daniel Wetter, 16, who volunteered with the Mitt Romney presidential
>>campaign, told Fox.
>>Wetter said fellow conservative activist Justen Charters developed the
>>idea supporting the pizza chain, based in Louisville, Ky., on Friday.
>>Schnatter has been under fire since saying last week that some Papa
>>John’s franchise owners may have to cut employee hours to cover the cost
>>of implementing Obamacare. He estimated that the law would increase the
>>company’s cost by as much as $8 million a year. Papa John's is now also
>>the target of a $250 million lawsuit over spam text messaging.
>>The company, based in Louisville, Ky., was among several — including
>>Olive Garden and Applebee’s — who have been under fire by liberal groups
>>after making similar announcements.
>>“This is not just about Friday or one group,” Wetter told Fox. “I just
>>had some pizza yesterday, and I’m going to have some more Friday.”
> Papa John's is just a highly visible beginning. There have been
> _massive_ layoffs in the energy business and everyone is examining the
> 29 hour "work-week"... Darden Restaurants: Olive Garden, Red Lobster
> and Long Horn Steakhouse. Just as I opined years ago... the ones who
> supported Obama are the ones who are going to really lose. And it's
> appropriate. Problem is, they'll rise up and get aggressive, blaming
> the "evil rich", requiring them to have to be dealt with
> "appropriately" >:-}
> ...Jim Thompson
Ok Jim, so when are you leaving the country? I mean being a SI-Eng,, you
must be kind of rich? I kind of assume that, after looking at the price of some of those BGA FPGA up in the thousands. Destroying one of those
most likely wouldn't even make your eye twitch!
Anyone with half a brain can find that. I showed the Ortmaster website because that is a current product. And one may question your motives and respectability by shifting the focus of this thread to a pissing match and a disingenuous and futile attempt at discreditation.
Face it, Jim, your "side" lost, badly, because of utter stupidity, belief in a fairy tale delusion of superiority, and denial of facts. If you don't like the way things are here, in the USA, you are free to go elsewhere, as Jamie suggests. Or you can work to make the changes you want to see, or against those you don't. But accept the fact that most people don't think the way you do, and your actions only make you seem childish and petty. And if you and other neoconservatives really want to make a difference, you will need to stop alienating those with whom you disagree.
If you stick to your narrow-minded dogma, you will be part of a diminishing segment of the population. If you make a genuine effort to find common ground with progressives and liberals, you may find that most of us are not "the enemy", and we also want things like genuine entitlement reform, simplification of the tax code, support for small businesses, and reduction of government waste.
>"Jim Thompson" <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@On-My-Web-Site.com> wrote in >message news:50h8a81ff88fr0nalsn02t5oc7uk2bs493@4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:13:55 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell"
>> <mike.terr...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>P E Schoen wrote:
>>>> I welcome ObamaCare
>>>> because it levels the playing field and compels insurance companies to
>>>> reduce their overhead and waste and provide medical care needed.
>>>Group Defends Papa John's Through Social Networks - Tuesday, 13 Nov 2012
>>>04:46 PM
>>>By Todd Beamon
>>>An upstart group has taken to social media to urge that Friday be a
>>>national appreciation day for the Papa John's pizza chain, whose founder
>>>says he may have to cut employee hours because of Obamacare.
>>>Rebooting America has a Facebook page supporting Papa John's and its
>>>founder and CEO, John Schnatter, Fox News reports.
>>>The page has about 1,000 supporters thus far.
>>>"We just wanted to stand with Papa John's because it is under attack,"
>>>Daniel Wetter, 16, who volunteered with the Mitt Romney presidential
>>>campaign, told Fox.
>>>Wetter said fellow conservative activist Justen Charters developed the
>>>idea supporting the pizza chain, based in Louisville, Ky., on Friday.
>>>Schnatter has been under fire since saying last week that some Papa
>>>John's franchise owners may have to cut employee hours to cover the cost
>>>of implementing Obamacare. He estimated that the law would increase the
>>>company's cost by as much as $8 million a year. Papa John's is now also
>>>the target of a $250 million lawsuit over spam text messaging.
>>>The company, based in Louisville, Ky., was among several - including
>>>Olive Garden and Applebee's - who have been under fire by liberal groups
>>>after making similar announcements.
>>>"This is not just about Friday or one group," Wetter told Fox. "I just
>>>had some pizza yesterday, and I'm going to have some more Friday."
>> Papa John's is just a highly visible beginning. There have been
>> _massive_ layoffs in the energy business and everyone is examining the
>> 29 hour "work-week"... Darden Restaurants: Olive Garden, Red Lobster
>> and Long Horn Steakhouse. Just as I opined years ago... the ones who
>> supported Obama are the ones who are going to really lose. And it's
>> appropriate. Problem is, they'll rise up and get aggressive, blaming
>> the "evil rich", requiring them to have to be dealt with
>> "appropriately" >:-}
>> ...Jim Thompson
>> --
>They will all become bitter, like slowman.
Become? Leftists have always been bitter, like Slowman.
Nonsense. You want to see bitter - just look at one of the many Republican losers. They were even bitter during the nominations - lots of frowns and stern, hateful rhetoric. Actually, there aren't many true leftists. Liberal progressives are in fact very much moderates. And we are now joyful that we have achieved this great moral victory over curmudgeonly old men who want to exercise puritanical control over our freedom to choose, and people who have been brainwashed to an unprecedented level of mental numbness and inability to think freely.
Nonsense. You want to see bitter - just look at one of the many Republican
losers. They were even bitter during the nominations - lots of frowns and
stern, hateful rhetoric. Actually, there aren't many true leftists. Liberal
progressives are in fact very much moderates. And we are now joyful that we
have achieved this great moral victory over curmudgeonly old men who want to
exercise puritanical control over our freedom to choose, and people who have
been brainwashed to an unprecedented level of mental numbness and inability
to think freely.
Forward!
Paul :)
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
You describe your self very well.
Enjoy your "moral" victory while you can as it will end in a huge crash as all things that run above unity do.
> Nonsense. You want to see bitter - just look at one of the many Republican
> losers. They were even bitter during the nominations - lots of frowns and
> stern, hateful rhetoric. Actually, there aren't many true leftists. Liberal
> progressives are in fact very much moderates. And we are now joyful that we
> have achieved this great moral victory over curmudgeonly old men who want to
> exercise puritanical control over our freedom to choose, and people who have
> been brainwashed to an unprecedented level of mental numbness and inability
> to think freely.
> Forward!
> Paul :)
> You describe your self very well.
Tm has always been a right wing nitwit, and his opinions are all party-
partisan predictable, and correspondingly worthless.
> Enjoy your "moral" victory while you can as it will end in a huge crash as
> all things that run above unity do.
You and James Arthur both enjoy predicting disaster - which never
seems to happen - while advocating "solutions" which have proved
disastrous in the past. Those who don't understand history are
condemned to trying to make everybody else repeat it.
> >>> I welcome ObamaCare because it levels the playing field and
> >>> compels insurance companies to reduce their overhead and
> >>> waste and provide medical care needed.
> >> Schnatter has been under fire since saying last week that some Papa
> >> John’s franchise owners may have to cut employee hours to cover the
> >> cost of implementing Obamacare. He estimated that the law would
> >> increase the company’s cost by as much as $8 million a year. Papa
> >> John's is now also the target of a $250 million lawsuit over spam
> >> text messaging.
> > This is just another example of right-whining. Maybe Schnatter can
> > downsize his house so he can avoid having his franchises cut employee
> > hours and benefits. Or stop giving away free pizzas. Or cut back on
> > advertising. There are plenty of small independent pizza businesses that
> > make a better product and all of their revenue goes directly to local
> > owners and employees rather than the aggrandizement of a big business
> > owner who is caught up in the insanity of conspicuous consumption and
> > material displays of wealth.
> > And, really, we need less pizza palaces and more healthy food
> > establishments. We have a severe problem with obesity and diabetes, and
> > if we fix THAT, everyone's health care costs will go down.
> > Of course, ObamaCare may not affect you, but his policies will protect
> > Veterans' benefits and Medicare.
> > Paul
> But it does not matter. The one's that are doing the mindless voting
> are those that want free phones, car's, rent, food, heat and they don't
> care about veterans and medicare, because they're mostly undereducated,
> spoiled shelterd brats that shouldn't be allowed to vote.
> Those people haven't a care in the world other than when their next
> gov check is coming in. Those are the ones that are going to allow
> unmanaged and out of control gov to put an end to what ever you think
> you may have now.
> There will be a lot of crying, screaming and shouting, mostly from
> those same people however, the rest of us will at least feel a little
> better knowing that we at least said "I told you so", even though it
> won't make any difference.
Jamie does enjoy recycling right-wing propaganda. Granting his reading
difficulties, one wonders how he manages to get it quite so word
perfect.
> Papa John's is just a highly visible beginning. There have been
> _massive_ layoffs in the energy business and everyone is examining the
> 29 hour "work-week"... Darden Restaurants: Olive Garden, Red Lobster
> and Long Horn Steakhouse. Just as I opined years ago... the ones who
> supported Obama are the ones who are going to really lose. And it's
> appropriate. Problem is, they'll rise up and get aggressive, blaming
> the "evil rich", requiring them to have to be dealt with
> "appropriately" >:-}
Obama's going to go see why all electricity hasn't been restored in
New England. I think all the out of state crews should just pack up &
go home. Let him go up in a bucket & fix it himself. make sure he
takes Biden & Pelosi with him as observers, ti see just how labor
intensive & dangerous the work is.
At least the police have arrested someone for the assault of a
Florida high line worker. he's back in FLorida with a black eye &
broken jaw. If the out of state workers stay, they should be allowed
open carry to defend themselves from the ignorant, whiny bastards.
> > Become? Leftists have always been bitter, like Slowman.
> Nonsense. You want to see bitter - just look at one of the many Republican
> losers. They were even bitter during the nominations - lots of frowns and
> stern, hateful rhetoric. Actually, there aren't many true leftists. Liberal
> progressives are in fact very much moderates. And we are now joyful that we
> have achieved this great moral victory over curmudgeonly old men who want to
> exercise puritanical control over our freedom to choose, and people who have
> been brainwashed to an unprecedented level of mental numbness and inability
> to think freely.
>> And, Paul, DO try using your brain... go ask your local restaurateur.
> Over half of the restaurants in the Ocala area have closed in the
>last four years.
Our losses are not quite that high, maybe 20%.
What is definitely noticeable is the drop in quality as restaurants
cut corners to contain costs.
...Jim Thompson
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I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
>Anyone with half a brain can find that. I showed the Ortmaster website >because that is a current product. And one may question your motives and >respectability by shifting the focus of this thread to a pissing match and a >disingenuous and futile attempt at discreditation.
>Face it, Jim, your "side" lost, badly, because of utter stupidity, belief in >a fairy tale delusion of superiority, and denial of facts. If you don't like >the way things are here, in the USA, you are free to go elsewhere, as Jamie >suggests. Or you can work to make the changes you want to see, or against >those you don't. But accept the fact that most people don't think the way >you do, and your actions only make you seem childish and petty. And if you >and other neoconservatives really want to make a difference, you will need >to stop alienating those with whom you disagree.
>If you stick to your narrow-minded dogma, you will be part of a diminishing >segment of the population. If you make a genuine effort to find common >ground with progressives and liberals, you may find that most of us are not >"the enemy", and we also want things like genuine entitlement reform, >simplification of the tax code, support for small businesses, and reduction >of government waste.
>Paul
I didn't lose, the country lost.
You're one of those worthless leftists with all kinds of wonderful
schemes to spend other people's money.
You speak the buzz-words of common ground, support for small business,
and reduction of government waste, while supporting Obama, whose
entire intent is to bankrupt anyone who opposes him.
...Jim Thompson
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| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | |
| Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat |
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I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
>> >> And, Paul, DO try using your brain... go ask your local restaurateur.
>> > Over half of the restaurants in the Ocala area have closed in the
>> >last four years.
>> Our losses are not quite that high, maybe 20%.
>> What is definitely noticeable is the drop in quality as restaurants
>> cut corners to contain costs.
>isn't that like the old story of the guy who tried to wean his horse
>from
>eating, shortly after he succeeded it died ...
>-Lasse
Of course. Since most of my business is currently in Europe (my early
morning) or SE Asia (my late evening), we eat out a lot at lunch time.
We've already dropped two restaurants from our repertoire due to
sliding quality and/or service.
My attitude is the sooner the depression the better. Then everyone
will be revalued according to their true productivity. Then clowns
like PE Schoen will starve while they stand at the altar of the Sierra
Club ;-)
...Jim Thompson
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I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
> On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 09:25:53 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell"
> <mike.terr...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> >Jim Thompson wrote:
> >> And, Paul, DO try using your brain... go ask your local restaurateur.
> > Over half of the restaurants in the Ocala area have closed in the
> >last four years.
> Our losses are not quite that high, maybe 20%.
> What is definitely noticeable is the drop in quality as restaurants
> cut corners to contain costs.
These refused to cut corners, and just closed their doors when their
leases were up. I've only seen one new restaurant open in that time. A
Chinese restaurant that's full of retirees, so you know it's cheap food.
> >Anyone with half a brain can find that. I showed the Ortmaster website
> >because that is a current product. And one may question your motives and
> >respectability by shifting the focus of this thread to a pissing match and a
> >disingenuous and futile attempt at discreditation.
> >Face it, Jim, your "side" lost, badly, because of utter stupidity, belief in
> >a fairy tale delusion of superiority, and denial of facts. If you don't like
> >the way things are here, in the USA, you are free to go elsewhere, as Jamie
> >suggests. Or you can work to make the changes you want to see, or against
> >those you don't. But accept the fact that most people don't think the way
> >you do, and your actions only make you seem childish and petty. And if you
> >and other neoconservatives really want to make a difference, you will need
> >to stop alienating those with whom you disagree.
> >If you stick to your narrow-minded dogma, you will be part of a diminishing
> >segment of the population. If you make a genuine effort to find common
> >ground with progressives and liberals, you may find that most of us are not
> >"the enemy", and we also want things like genuine entitlement reform,
> >simplification of the tax code, support for small businesses, and reduction
> >of government waste.
> I didn't lose, the country lost.
A matter of opinion. Jim-out-of-touch-with-reality-Thompson's opinion
isn't worth much.
> You're one of those worthless leftists with all kinds of wonderful
> schemes to spend other people's money.
As opposed the worthless rightists with wonderful schemes to make sure
that the top 1% of the income distribution gets the whole benefit of
any growth in the US economy. Once the Tea Party had a majority in
congress they were able to tilt that table far enough that all the
economic growth from 2010 to 2011 eneded up in the pockets of the top
5% of the income distribution, whose incomes went up by 5%, while the
bottom 80% went backwards.
The leftists do have schemes to redistribute the rewards a little more
widely, but the aim is to get the economy as a whole to work better
and grow faster. Germany is the model you should be looking at, rather
than Franco's Spain.
> You speak the buzz-words of common ground, support for small business,
> and reduction of government waste, while supporting Obama, whose
> entire intent is to bankrupt anyone who opposes him.
Jim-out-of-touch-with-reality-Thompson at the top of his demented
form. Why anybody would waste bandwidth posting such transparent
nonsense escapes me. If Obama's entire intent was to bankrupt anyone
who opposes him, would he have sanctioned the raid on Osama bin Laden
that left bin Laden dead, when bankrupting him would have been so much
more profitable?
<To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@On-My-Web-Site.com> wrote:
>On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 09:25:53 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell"
><mike.terr...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>Jim Thompson wrote:
>>> And, Paul, DO try using your brain... go ask your local restaurateur.
>> Over half of the restaurants in the Ocala area have closed in the
>>last four years.
>Our losses are not quite that high, maybe 20%.
I haven't noticed anything unusaul along those lines. Restaurants
have always had a high failure rate. The only one I remember in a
while that went under was a new "diner". It was always packed on
weekends but it was very poorly managed (even though it was from the
same family as a rather famous place in the Atlanta area). On
off-times, the service was *lousy*. My bet is that their landlord put
them under with the rent. Crazy rent.
>What is definitely noticeable is the drop in quality as restaurants
>cut corners to contain costs.
I haven't noticed that either. Rather the opposite, as competition
stiffens.
> > > Become? Leftists have always been bitter, like Slowman.
> > Nonsense. You want to see bitter - just look at one of the many Republican
> > losers. They were even bitter during the nominations - lots of frowns and
> > stern, hateful rhetoric. Actually, there aren't many true leftists. Liberal
> > progressives are in fact very much moderates. And we are now joyful that we
> > have achieved this great moral victory over curmudgeonly old men who want to
> > exercise puritanical control over our freedom to choose, and people who have
> > been brainwashed to an unprecedented level of mental numbness and inability
> > to think freely.
> > Forward!
> Enough of your ignorant shit. PLONK.
Michael Terrell is quite selective about the ignorant shit he will
tolerate. Right wing nonsense is fine. more centrist stuff that he
doesn't want to understand is ignored, or rejected outright - as here.
A fine example of mental numbness coupled to a total inability to
think clearly.
> On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 08:49:32 -0700, Jim Thompson
> <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@On-My-Web-Site.com> wrote:
> >On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 09:25:53 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell"
> ><mike.terr...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> >>Jim Thompson wrote:
> >>> And, Paul, DO try using your brain... go ask your local restaurateur.
> >> Over half of the restaurants in the Ocala area have closed in the
> >>last four years.
> >Our losses are not quite that high, maybe 20%.
> I haven't noticed anything unusaul along those lines. Restaurants
> have always had a high failure rate. The only one I remember in a
> while that went under was a new "diner". It was always packed on
> weekends but it was very poorly managed (even though it was from the
> same family as a rather famous place in the Atlanta area). On
> off-times, the service was *lousy*. My bet is that their landlord put
> them under with the rent. Crazy rent.
> >What is definitely noticeable is the drop in quality as restaurants
> >cut corners to contain costs.
> I haven't noticed that either. Rather the opposite, as competition
> stiffens.
You would notice whole blocks of empty buildings that used to be
thriving restaurants.
>> On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 08:49:32 -0700, Jim Thompson
>> <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@On-My-Web-Site.com> wrote:
>> >On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 09:25:53 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell"
>> ><mike.terr...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> >>Jim Thompson wrote:
>> >>> And, Paul, DO try using your brain... go ask your local restaurateur.
>> >> Over half of the restaurants in the Ocala area have closed in the
>> >>last four years.
>> >Our losses are not quite that high, maybe 20%.
>> I haven't noticed anything unusaul along those lines. Restaurants
>> have always had a high failure rate. The only one I remember in a
>> while that went under was a new "diner". It was always packed on
>> weekends but it was very poorly managed (even though it was from the
>> same family as a rather famous place in the Atlanta area). On
>> off-times, the service was *lousy*. My bet is that their landlord put
>> them under with the rent. Crazy rent.
>> >What is definitely noticeable is the drop in quality as restaurants
>> >cut corners to contain costs.
>> I haven't noticed that either. Rather the opposite, as competition
>> stiffens.
> You would notice whole blocks of empty buildings that used to be
> thriving restaurants.
We had a nice little sub shop, Mannies, about 1/2 mile from here. They just closed last month after 22 years in business. Good food too. Things are going to get much worse in the short term. I just hope the people that voted for this jerk really share the pain.
