Scott Van Duzer Faces Boycott after “Bear Hug” of Obama … Whines There is No Middle Line …Shut Up and Make Pizza

SHUT UP A MAKE PIZZA …

Scott Van Duzer, the owner of Big Apple Pizza & Pasta Restaurant in Fort Pierce, FL and the man pictured the other day giving Barack Obama a bear hug is now complaining that he might be boycotted.  Duzer, an Obama supporter stated that“People are saying a lot of bad things and boycotting my restaurant. There’s no middle line anymore, and that’s exactly what’s wrong with our country right now.” Hmm, who knew that giving the President of the United States was acting in the middle of the road? When one owns a business that wants to market to all folks, well then one best be careful what one says or does. Actions have consequences.

Mr. Duzer, people have a right to boycott you. That is their freedom of speech. Just like you had a right to bear hug the president and make any comments in support of Obama. As much as any normal and literate business owner would know could have ramifications. So basically, Deal with it. Hey Scott Van Duzer, can you say Chick-fil-a? At least you do not have elected officials telling you that you do not have a right to open a business in their cities because of your political or personal opinions.

“People are saying a lot of bad things and boycotting my restaurant,” Scott Van Duzer, 46, told POLITICO. “There’s no middle line anymore, and that’s exactly what’s wrong with our country right now.”

The owner of Big Apple Pizza & Pasta Restaurant in Fort Pierce, Fla., said that both Democrats and Republicans are welcome in his store. But he also said he thinks Mitt Romney’s running mate Rep. Paul Ryan — whose sculpted abs are thanks to intense P90X training sessions — would lose to the president in a workout battle.

“I think Obama could take him,” Van Duzer said, laughing. “Obama looked pretty fast and pretty quick on his feet.”

What a joke the yahoos are at YAHOO. Because I am most certain that all of you whining about how Van Duzer was being treated felt the same way about Dan Cathy and the Chick-fil-a controversy where not only did the LEFT want to boycott them but also politicians in Chicago and Boston tried to prevent them from opening franchises.

Another user, this one checking in from Brooklyn, N.Y., 1,165 miles away, chirped: “Really, conservatards? You try to trash a man’s business because he likes a different political candidate than you? What scum you all are. Go crawl back in your holes. SCOTT VAN DUZER IS MY HERO!”

Of the 229 comments listed on the page (30 of them “filtered,” one removed for violating terms of service), only two were published pre-bear hug, the most recent coming in 2010.

In the end, stick to making pizza if you do not want controversy. However, if you wish to branch out and seek the fame and glory from Barack Obama, then you best be ready for the backlash.

AMEX Assurance Company Sues Gary Giordano Over Missing Robyn Gardner in Aruba to Void Travel Insurance Policy

AMEX Assurance Company is suing the Maryland man, Gary Giordano, who was jailed for months in Aruba in the suspected death and disappearance of his traveling companion Robyn Gardner. AMEX is looking to void a travel insurance policy that Gary Giordano took out in Robyn Gardner’s name before their Caribbean vacation last year. Thirty-five year old Robyn Gardner went missing in Aruba on August 2, 2011 when she was reportedly snorkeling according to Giordano. The inconsistencies in his stories led to Gary Giordano being arrested in Aruba on suspicion of murder. He was later released.

The subsidiary, AMEX Assurance Company, seeks to void a travel insurance policy that Gary Giordano, of Gaithersburg, took out in Robyn Gardner’s name before their Caribbean vacation last year. The lawsuit, filed last week in federal court in Maryland, says the policy isn’t legally enforceable because Giordano and Gardner aren’t married or otherwise related, weren’t business partners and didn’t own property together.

It also accuses him of lying on insurance forms by identifying Gardner as his “partner” when the two actually had what the company calls a “casual and non-exclusive” relationship.

“You have to have an economic interest in the person” when taking out a policy, American Express spokeswoman Gail Wasserman said Monday.

The suit also says that Gardner remains a missing person and that aside from Giordano’s public statements suggesting she is dead, “there is no other direct evidence that she is no longer alive.”

Maryland Democratic Congressional Candidate Wendy Rosen Quits Race Amid Voter Fraud Allegations … Caught Voting in Two States, Florida & Maryland

VOTER FRAUD …

It appears that voter fraud has caused one of their own to drop out of a Congressional race. Wendy Rosen, a Maryland Democrat Congressional candidate has quit the race against freshman Rep. Andy Harris (R) in the Eastern Shore-based 1st Congressional District amid voter fraud allegations. Hmm, I guess voter fraud does exist. So much for that Democrat narrative that none exists. As stated at the PJ Tatler, kinda hard to say none exists when one of your candidates has to step down because of voter fraud. Of course Democrats will find a way to spin this that this is not real voter fraud.

A Maryland Democratic candidate quit her congressional race Monday after her own party told state officials that she had committed fraud by voting in both Maryland and Florida in recent elections.

Wendy Rosen, a small-business owner running against freshman Rep. Andy Harris (R) in the Eastern Shore-based 1st Congressional District, released a statement saying that “with great regret, and much sorrow” she was resigning from the contest.

“Personal issues have made this the hardest decision that I have had to make,” Rosen said

Rosen’s announcement came the same day the state Democratic party released a letter to state Attorney General Douglas Gansler and state prosecutors reporting the allegations against Rosen.

Letter issued by state Democratic party to state Attorney General Douglas Gansler and state prosecutors reporting the allegations against Rosen.

“The Maryland Democratic Party has discovered that Ms. Rosen has been registered to vote in both Florida and Maryland since at least 2006; that she in fact voted in the 2006 general election both in Florida and Maryland; and that she voted in the presidential preference primaries held in both Florida and Maryland in 2008,” wrote Yvette Lewis, the state party chair. “This information is based on an examination of the voter files from both states. We believe that this is a clear violation of Maryland law and urge the appropriate office to conduct a full investigation.”

Obama’s Government Motors Loses $49,000 on each Chevy Volt

The Obamamobile loses $49K per vehicle, yet another example how Obama just does not get it.

Take a good look at what Barack Obama touts as the future of car travel. General Motors Chevy Volt loses on average $49,000 per every Volt that they build. WOW, there’s a business plan, create a product that cost nearly $50K more than what you get back in return. What fool thinks this stuff up? No wonder as Weasel Zippers states, the Chevy Volt, the official car of the Obama administration. As the Lonely Conservative opines, Obama has been talking up the takeover of SM as one of his signature achievements. Imagine that, Obama praising a company that loses $49,000 per vehicle. This sounds much like his stimulus plan. Obama and the Chevy Volt, perfect together.

General Motors Co sold a record number of Chevrolet Volt sedans in August — but that probably isn’t a good thing for the automaker’s bottom line.

Nearly two years after the introduction of the path-breaking plug-in hybrid, GM is still losing as much as $49,000 on each Volt it builds, according to estimates provided to Reuters by industry analysts and manufacturing experts. GM on Monday issued a statement disputing the estimates.

Cheap Volt lease offers meant to drive more customers to Chevy showrooms this summer may have pushed that loss even higher. There are some Americans paying just $5,050 to drive around for two years in a vehicle that cost as much as $89,000 to produce.

And while the loss per vehicle will shrink as more are built and sold, GM is still years away from making money on the Volt, which will soon face new competitors from Ford, Honda and others.

GM’s basic problem is that “the Volt is over-engineered and over-priced,” said Dennis Virag, president of the Michigan-based Automotive Consulting Group.

Public school Teachers Strike in Chicago Strike for the First Time in 25 Years, What About the Children, 400K Students Affected?

What ever happened to Barack Obama’s shared sacrifice? I guess the public schools teacher union did not get that memo in Chicago.

For the first time in 25 years the Chicago Teachers Union, CTU, has gone out on strike in the city of Chicago affecting 675 public schools and 400,000 students. However, the city’s 118 charter schools are not affected by a strike. When Democrats attack Democrats. This should be interesting to see how Democrat Mayor an former Obama Cabinet member Rahm Emanuel deals with this issue.

Rahm says cut back, we say fight back,” picketers chanted this morning outside Chicago Public Schools headquarters.

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis announced late Sunday night that weekend talks had failed to resolve all the union’s issues.  “We have failed to reach an agreement that will prevent a labor strike,” she said. “No CTU members will be inside of our schools Monday.”

Teachers want a 16% pay raise across the board over the next 4 years. Wow, I bet a lot of Americans would like this type of guarantee whether they did their job or not. There is just one problem, they are already operating at a $1 billion deficit.

The school board’s last offer included a three percent raise the first year and two percent raises the next three years — a slight increase from an earlier offer of two percent raises in each of the next four years.

The package, which would cost $400 million, keeps increases for experience and credentials with some modifications.

Vitale said the contract amounted to a 16 percent raise over four years for the average teacher when factoring other increases. And the raises could not be rescinded for lack of funds — which is what happened this past school year, angering teachers and helping to set the stage for Monday’s strike.

“This is not a small commitment we’re making at a time when your fiscal situation is really challenged,” Vitale said. A $1 billion deficit awaits the system at the end of this school year, officials have estimated. And the district drained its reserve funds to plug this year’s budget.