Posted by Grace Helstowski from cache-dk10.proxy.aol.com (205.188.209.14) on Monday, August 04, 2003 at 2:40PM :
In Reply to: pancho's right posted by Sadie from D006034.N1.Vanderbilt.Edu (129.59.6.34) on Sunday, April 06, 2003 at 7:13PM :
: If we're gonna get anywheres, the Assyrian-& Arab- American communities are going to have to advertise the hell out of ourselves.
: To keep things more-or-less confidential, I'm not giving away names or genders of the persons in the following story. A friend of mine, a GOOD friend (we'll call my friend X), has a parent (we'll call this person Y) in the restaurant bidness.... Y doesn't own a restaurant, but negotiates food contacts for some of the classier chains that superstars & politicians go to to mingle with other famous people - for example, some recent restaurants Y has interviewed with were owned by Ted Turner & George Bush Sr. AND, we're talking mega million dollar contracts (for raw foods) that Y negotiates. Anyway, X was telling me about an interview Y went to, & how George Bush Sr. came into town recently to check out Y's work. Republicans eat steak, & Y can negotiate awesome contracts for beef so that the restaurant makes as close to pure profit as possible when they sell that meat to the customer.... AND the
-- Grace Helstowski
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