stupidity is the blue plate special at this resturant

[KG]

My restaurant, love it or leave it

If you don't love it when diners at a rustic Citrus County restaurant put down their grouper sandwiches to wave the flag and sing patriotic music, you can leave it.
By ABBIE VANSICKLE
Published January 2, 2005

My restaurant, love it or leave it
If you don't love it when diners at a rustic Citrus County restaurant put down their grouper sandwiches to wave the flag and sing patriotic music, you can leave it.
By ABBIE VANSICKLE
Published January 2, 2005

CRYSTAL RIVER - The images of two planes slicing through the World Trade Center towers are familiar to nearly every American by now.

On a recent Friday night at a restaurant in rural Citrus County, people heard and watched them again on a big-screen television. The country music anthem God Bless the U.S.A. blared through speakers. More than a hundred people waved large American flags.

They heard the president's voice as he tried to calm a fearful nation. They cheered, applauded and hooted with joy as a grainy image of Osama bin Laden blew up in front of their eyes. They sang along loudly as LeAnn Rimes sang God Bless America.

Moments before, they'd all been eating fried grouper sandwiches or Greek salads and sipping margaritas from fish-bowl-sized glasses.

Most of them had waited more than half an hour - some up to an hour and a half - for the chance to wave the flag at this fervent ceremony, which feels a bit like a high school pep rally for Team America. Many of them come every week.

"It just gives you goose bumps," said Donna Powell, a retired school bus driver and regular customer.

There's no dress code for the place, and people enter with one condition: Everyone must wave Old Glory.

People who refuse are forced to leave to the tune of Hit the Road Jack

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[atommom]

1. It gave me goosebumps just thinking of it, but they weren't

GOOD goosebumps. (shudder)

[LynnTheDem]

2. goose-stepping.

That crowd woulda LOVED Hitler's Germany!

[KG]

5. that was my thought about half way thru the story...

[The Backlash Cometh]

3. Must be the mercury in the Grouper.

[baldguy]

4. Nazis

[underpants]

6. Mmmm margarita flavored kool-aid with a splash of paranoia

Lots of people, such as Mary Jenney, couldn't agree more. Jenney lives in a suburb of Columbus, Ohio, one of the battleground areas in the presidential election. One of her best friends, a retired school bus driver, lives in Citrus County. When Jenney flew down for a recent visit, she insisted, like always, that her friends take her to Margueritagrill.

For Jenney, the restaurant exemplifies what it means to be patriotic. Inside its doors, no one looks at her funny when she waves the flag or sings God Bless America.

People in Ohio want to show they're patriotic, but they often don't, she said.

"Sometimes they're kind of scared," she said. "You shouldn't be scared to show your patriotism."

Jenney wasn't afraid to show her patriotism that Friday night.

[Bronco69]

7. All I can say is...

:puke:

[NuttyFluffers]

8. is ritualized emotional masturbation healthy?

probably not, which explains their fractured state of mind.

to replay the tragedy of the twin towers over and over in this little pep rally display sounds deeply sick and lacking of any respect for those who were lost and their loved ones.

we aren't dealing with sane humans here -- we are dealing monsters in human form.

[underpants]

9. Oh I am just sure that they love everything about New York City

especially before that horrible day.

You are right this is sick.

[SmokingJacket]

10. Sounds like the beer halls

where old Adolf got his feet off the ground.

[KG]

11. yep, a beer hall putsch!