The sign in the lobby at the motel said:

[Arbustosux]

"Owned and Operated By an American"

Any of you ever seen these? I think its another way of saying owned and operated by a white person! Or it lets people know they aren't Indian or Pakistani. Either way, I found it so disgusting I immediately left to find another motel!

I found another motel and just per chance it was owned an operated by an Indian gentleman. He was so nice. He let me use his personal computer and even offered me some of his dinner. I am glad I left the other motel.

Any of you have experiences like this with motels?

[vi5]

1. Not motels, but the Dunkin Donuts around here......

Put up huge signs with this long essay about the family that owns several of the locations in this area (Northern New Jersey). On the surface it is just a family history, but they put them up shortly after 9/11 so the intent was fairly obvious.

It made me switch by business over to another dunkin donuts location though, one that happened to be owned and opeated by someone of middle eastern descent and I'm happy to say that even immediately post-9/11 their business was booming and they seemed to have an incredible rapport with their customers.

[northzax]

5. "owned by an American"

we just employ these furrin folks since they'll work for minimum wage.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

2. The sign in the lobby at the motel said:

Achtung!!!

[damnraddem]

3. On vacation last week, I saw it on a gas station ...

in Oklahoma, just passing through -- Muskogee, no less.

I went to another station so couldn't ask whether the oil was pumped in the U.S. -- don't want all that furrin oil in my car, no sirree. Give me that good, old, red-blooded American oil! Not that oil Americans have shed red blood to conquer.

[roughsatori]

4. I've never seen a sign like that

but I do think signs like that are code for "other people are not as good as whites." Shrub and the Repukes excell in speaking this kind of code.

[commander bunnypants]

6. Yep I have seen them

oh, and for any lurkers out there. I have met Indians, Pakistani's, People from Afghanistan even people from Korea. All as American as me. And damn I work with a Russian shrink and he is American too


Shit like that gets my blood angry. Elect me as world President


DEMMAN- I could rant about this

[trof]

7. The sign in the hotel lobby said:

STREET GIRLS BRINGING
SAILORS INTO HOTEL
MUST PAY FOR ROOM
IN ADVANCE
-Palace Hotel, Norfolk, Va.

circa 1940
Found it in an antique store in NH several years ago and now it hangs right over my monitor.
;-)

[roughsatori]

11. That is a beautiful antique, I am jealous

I want one.

[patdem]

13. I live in Norfolk VA...and I recall we used to have signs...

..dogs and sailors keep of the grass.

It got so bad here an Admiral threatened to pull the Navy out of Norfolk....well we just went about making the Navy more welcome than a dog to a tick.

What a great sign you found...and I am sure it was posted at the motel, probably in the old Downtown or Oceanview???

[BlueJazz]

14. With a bit of a Pun....

....maybe they should have added "Pay as you Enter"

[Kat45]

8. Nope, but on a related post-9/11 note, I have seen American flags, or

flag stickers, put up in the windows of businesses owned by Arabs and other Middle-Easterners. There is an Afghani restaurant around here, and that was the first place like that sporting a flag after 9/11. I can't say I blame them.

[commander bunnypants]

9. Maybe as protection from Freeper likes

The sad thing is they really Love this Country. Probably more than even Chimpy


DEMMAN

[Robb]

10. I wish I still had the Grey Goose vodka ad

from my boss' restaurant industry magazine. Basically explained how the company was owned by Murkans, paid taxes in Murka, and brought all the money home from France to Murka.

I was so appalled, I switched to Ketel One.

And believe me, between that and my "I only drink French wine" campaign, I'm affecting the local economy more than it's seen here since the marshal went on the wagon. :)

Finally, a grass roots effort I can really get behind!

[catpower2000]

12. Being that Chimpy hates this country and does everything in his power...

to destroy it, that's not hard. :)

Oh, you mean how much he FAKE likes it! I gotcha. ;-)

Cat

[SPICYHOT]

15. When I went to Usa

too many times I felt that crap!

[ProudGerman]

16. We should wear signs around our necks that state:

Proud patron of immigrant businesses. Empowering the American dream.

[Bossy Monkey]

17. Was it a Motel 6 or Red Roof Inn?

There was a lot of news during the more virulent part of the anti-French backlash that those chains are owned by a French company. However, the franchisees tried to get out word that they are all (or mostly) Americans. So the sign you saw might have been anti-Indian/Pakistani, might have been anti-French, or might have had to do with the Motel 6/ Red Roof stories mentioned above. Regardless, it's certainly depressing; I'm proud of you that you chose to stay elsewhere.