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Awesome Revenge layoff tweet: [View all] Coexist Nov 2012 OP
Support SMALL BUSINESS Mom and Pop Restaurants HockeyMom Nov 2012 #1
I feel like I'm spamming everyone...lol OneGrassRoot Nov 2012 #8
Yeah, I have been trying to figure out a "buy blue" directory for years. OffWithTheirHeads Nov 2012 #9
There have been various incarnations of "buy blue" directories... OneGrassRoot Nov 2012 #11
This is a great idea agent46 Nov 2012 #15
+1 jsmirman Nov 2012 #21
The O-Friend Book! Coyotl Nov 2012 #87
American Apparel is based in LA, I believe, and I'd heard that in addition to producing goods right Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2012 #25
I actually have an idea for this... Thav Nov 2012 #52
I think I know what you mean. OneGrassRoot Nov 2012 #53
Spam? You? tavalon Nov 2012 #36
I feel like a huge PITA most of the time... OneGrassRoot Nov 2012 #54
couldn't get past the captcha rickford66 Nov 2012 #68
You mean to sign up? OneGrassRoot Nov 2012 #69
I'm further along now rickford66 Nov 2012 #74
my email is working OK rickford66 Nov 2012 #75
I went ahead... OneGrassRoot Nov 2012 #79
As a fellow PITA and budding Norma Ray, how could I not believe in your amazingness? tavalon Nov 2012 #89
IMHO, not spam. AverageJoe90 Nov 2012 #61
here are some near me Coexist Nov 2012 #63
I love that Unchanged Gang site!!!! OneGrassRoot Nov 2012 #64
its a great movement! Coexist Nov 2012 #65
They may be GP6971 Nov 2012 #34
I support local FIRST. I will no longer go to Applebee's nor will I purchase anything from Papa John TxVietVet Nov 2012 #88
Oh, for chirssakes. What a bunch of lying, whining bastards. What-evah! Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2012 #2
Not to mention overpriced Bluzmann57 Nov 2012 #3
Ha, "Overpriced Crappy Restaurant Threatens not to Open in More Locations." Is that a threat or a Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2012 #26
One time. ONE. Gawdawful crapola. Ikonoklast Nov 2012 #5
I went once for a b-day dinner that someone else paid for. OffWithTheirHeads Nov 2012 #14
I'm very picky about food, too. But even my husband, who eats a lot of fast food and junk Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2012 #27
Not to mention... Grins Nov 2012 #18
The last Applebee's I ate at didn't serve food that was particularly bad - Fawke Em Nov 2012 #4
Notice how it's all the restaurant chains that serve pure garbage that are acting out? jillan Nov 2012 #6
Bwahahaha they will put themselves right out of business. nt Raine Nov 2012 #7
Yeah, probably not good business sense to say fuck you to 50% of your customers. OffWithTheirHeads Nov 2012 #22
Food is so mediocre any how, not a favorite! watercolors Nov 2012 #10
Start Emailing donnasgirl Nov 2012 #12
I'll add them to my boycott list, JaneQPublic Nov 2012 #13
+1 n/t IL Lib Nov 2012 #16
No problem femrap Nov 2012 #17
This will be a great opportunity for other restaurants to expand into places they won't be. The Wielding Truth Nov 2012 #19
All of the restaurants in our town are locally owned and run, WHEN CRABS ROAR Nov 2012 #20
Apparently allinthegame Nov 2012 #23
If the demand is there quaker bill Nov 2012 #24
If the demand is there....they will be there. Curmudgeoness Nov 2012 #42
K&R nt ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #28
Nailed it! freshwest Nov 2012 #29
I've eaten there exactly twice and got food-poisoning both times AllyCat Nov 2012 #30
So the owner's of the fanchise don't have a say? ceile Nov 2012 #31
Thud, dies laughing! pam4water Nov 2012 #32
Building more restaurants The Wizard Nov 2012 #33
I'd like to say I will boycott their sorry asses, tavalon Nov 2012 #35
Grassroots Godot51 Nov 2012 #37
Never ate at one Generic Other Nov 2012 #38
And do not forget to close the ones you do have. momsrule Nov 2012 #39
I entered our small town Applebeez roody Nov 2012 #40
Good riddance! Phentex Nov 2012 #41
I USED to go to Applebee's Playinghardball Nov 2012 #43
No more Applebee's? MineralMan Nov 2012 #44
I can live without Applebees and their microwaved entrees. MessiahRp Nov 2012 #45
Support local artisans & food producers & community gardens & mass transit. Amen! patrice Nov 2012 #46
Shop local, one brewery at a time . . . patrice Nov 2012 #47
our revenge: Party for the Holiday Party, the Party Party, for family & friends & neighborhoods ... patrice Nov 2012 #48
Hmmm. Seems to me cyglet Nov 2012 #49
LOL! Little Star Nov 2012 #50
Never have been there but just the thought of that type of food makes me never efhmc Nov 2012 #51
Does this sound right, or is it just a dispatch from Republican fantasyland? WhaTHellsgoingonhere Nov 2012 #55
Frankly, I don't understand why business should pay for health insurance Patiod Nov 2012 #66
No New Crapplebee's, Oldtimeralso Nov 2012 #56
my son got food poisoning at applebee's shanti Nov 2012 #57
No more Applebee's? Hey, now THERE's a culinary loss! n/t markpkessinger Nov 2012 #58
hahah!! AlGoreRhythms Nov 2012 #59
How can we force them to keep their promise? n/t Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #60
I haven't gone to Applebees in a long time. I liken it to McDonalds with ejpoeta Nov 2012 #62
I fail to see the problem here. Atypical Liberal Nov 2012 #67
All food establishments nichomachus Nov 2012 #70
The President of Applebee's has issued a statement concerning the ACA today, seems like he is trying R Merm Nov 2012 #71
Yeah it's one moronic franchise owner, not the whole chain like Papa John's. Initech Nov 2012 #78
The article says "we respect his right to speak freely as an American" DaveJ Nov 2012 #86
K & R Scurrilous Nov 2012 #72
Chains offer predictable food. Not great, just predictable. Warpy Nov 2012 #73
Applebee's exists Mr.Bill Nov 2012 #76
Applebee's in Memphis rickford66 Nov 2012 #77
Applebees azmesa207 Nov 2012 #80
This is such bullshit gollygee Nov 2012 #81
"...capitalists don't seem to know how capitalism works" DaveJ Nov 2012 #85
Our family adopted that philosophy years ago. We spend our dollars with mom and pops! usaf-vet Nov 2012 #82
You mean "Crapplebee's"!!! Iggo Nov 2012 #83
Some of my best childhood memories... DaveJ Nov 2012 #84
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