Philly has lost it!

I am not sure if you have heard, but the city of Philadelphia is now imposing sanctions against Geno's Steaks for having the absolute unheard of cojones to request that their customers speak the official language of this country.

The city alleges that this is discriminatory and that by having the sign it discourages people from being served (Joey Vento, the owner, has repeatedly said, no one has been turned away). The only problem is, as Joey Vento pointed out in an interview with Soledad Obrien, if you can read the sign, how come you can't say "1 cheesesteak please"

People that are offended by this sign already speak some English, and simply requesting them to do so at your own restaurant does not seem unreasonable. Plus the sign has been up for months and is only now becoming an issue.

You may remember the plumbers union used their influence in local government to crush waterless urinals.

I say, go get em Joey, that is your right as an American...an American who speaks English...sort of. Oh and the ACLU shows its true colors when it decides to issue a wishywashy affirmation of his rights. You can bet if a restaurant owned by Muslims asked patrons to bow west towards mecca (which is the long way around) and the government said no, they would be marching in the streets.

--Joey