OWS don’t like any capitalism, they want it free. Like how they were digging in dumpsters in Chicago for FREE rotten food to eat in that OWS.

I have no problem with it.  The donations are voluntary.  Now the OWS’ers may have a problem with it because there isn’t a gun pointed at the “rich” telling them to GIVE MORE!

This whole story seems like something from The Onion.

you do realize that restaurants throw away fresh food every night, right?

“gun pointed at the rich”  =  ”please, can you pay 4% more in taxes?”

bon jovi’s isn’t the first restaurant to do this….

there is at least one in san francisco and one in los angeles

…and that is why OWS won’t pay…when they can get if free dumpster diving, or free from the unions and hotels.

The OWS crowd wants student loan forgiveness, so the next step is free food with no strings attached. The lesson is “Don’t pay your bills and the government will come to your rescue.”

People are growing tired of them:

Via the NY Post:

— Livid lower Manhattan residents went off on Zuccotti Park protesters
at a heated Community Board 1 meeting last night and blasted politicians
for not controlling the chaos.“They’re defecating on our doorsteps,”
fumed board member Catherine Hughes, a stay-at-home mom who lives one
block from the protest. “The cowbells start at 4 a.m. and the drumming
goes past 10 a.m. A lot of people are very frustrated. A lot of people
are concerned about the safety of our kids.”
Fed-up homeowners
said they’ve been insulted and harassed as they trek to their jobs each
morning. “The protesters taunt people who are on their way to work,”
said James Fernandez, 51.

I like how nobody comments on the actual story.

Well, he needs to do something like this to make up for that horrible music he foisted upon America.

one upset mother

oh no

as if our “leaders” haven’t already caused any chaos on us for the last 11 years?

Kinda like when libs talk about SP, eh/

oh shut up

You first, Darla Loon.

Now wait just a second!!  We’s tight, but I love me some Bon Jovi!    Even if he is a loony lib.

Will he be serving meat from his herd that grazes on his New Jersey mansion, er I mean farm, farm. Yeah that is a farm eligible for reduced property taxes…..

Yeah, it wouldn’t bother you if you had small kids and people were ****ting on your doorstep.

I’m sure he will get his rich Hollywood friends to eat there as they “volunteer” the labor of their servants to pay for their meals.

It’s a great concept for a celebrity restaurant, but I don’t see it working for your average Joe who starts his own business. You have to be able to pay for what you use and that takes profit (you know, what OWS and their ilk find so EVIL). 

Why should the rich pay more in taxes when they donate more to charities that help the poor? For example, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation supplies free computers and technology to school and public libraries all over the country. The more you take out of the pockets of the rich in taxes, the less they have to give in charitable donations. Unless of course you think it’s best that the government handle everything….

This is CLASS WARFARE!!!!!!!  Why don’t the “patrons that can afford it” get a free meal?????  Then they can use the $$$ saved to create jobs…… duh!!!! 

Yes you ignorant knuckledragging Limbaugh devotees… you really do sound like this, eventhough the majority of you likely make less than $50k and could probably use the free meal.
 @8580fd868a51473ce39166a147dc90d6:disqus 

evidence of people defecating on doorsteps?

thank you.  

Isn’t that what the LDS church does? Take 10% AND check your paystubs to make sure you’re not lying about your income? Sounds like a microcosm of socialism.

Wait, you’re Michelle, you don’t have a paystub.

you do know that charitable donations have been slowly evaporating for years now, right?

and, let me just annihilate your pathetic, ridiculous, naive argument in one sentence:

increased revenue doesn’t just pay for charity

(hint:  it pays for costly wars, infrastructure, research and technology, education)

So you are the guy who slaps his own ass and screams”Mommy!”

wait, are you arguing that there are enough jobs out there for these students, michelle?

i though obama was doing a horrible job on employment?

so, if there are plenty of jobs out there for these students, then i guess obama
really is doing an amazing job after all…..

the san francisco version of this restaurant is doing extremely well, and is quite
profitable

Seriously, I just had a huge lunch. tell me where you live. i will leave a little present for you on your doorstep.

Great idea and I hope it will work out well for everyone.

Hey Jon,

IT’S CALLED WORKFARE!

Don’t you remember when the Democrats called that RACISM! when Guilliani brought it to NYC?

More HYPOCRISY from today’s Marxist-Democrats – and THEIR MEDIA!

2012! – Free at last! Free at Last! Thank God we’re free at last!

heh-heh-heh

And it had nothing to do with nailing quarters to floor!

I stopped reading at, Via The New York Post. Once a media outlet lies to me more than ten times in every issue or episode I do not believe a single thing they say. If Fox “News” tells me it is sunny outside I do not leave the house without a raincoat. The Rupert Murdoch “news” agencies are really just  the propaganda arm of the GOP.

you do realize there’s this thing called ‘sliding scale’

enormously profitable ventures work within such a framework

why can’t restaurants?

oh, that’s right.  because the owner is a “liberal”

A – I do have a job.

B – The church has never asked me for the pay stub. 

Just more misinformation from religious bigots. 

Whether or not they have a job, shouldn’t matter.  They signed a contract to pay back the LOAN and they need to do so.  Just like everyone has before them. 

Except that it is private enterprise and not big government doing it. And that makes all the difference.
The only thing some people will object to is that it lacks the punitive component that so many voices shout about: they shouldn’t have done. . . .whatever, or no one deserves a handout. . . .
But Bon Jovi is doing microphilanthropy in a way individuals can join in with their “coin of the realm” time.
As to the punitive gone missing? The Sermon on the Mount says it best.

The only thing bothering OWS is being OWTSIDERS.
There is just profit and there is gouging profit. That CEO with 300 times the take-home pay of the hourlies is gouging. Being owtside that opportunity hurts. Especially if your job was sacrificed to make the bottom line look good until the bonuses were paid.
All dressed up–no job to go to.

Is that a direct quote from more than one demonstrator?
Or did radio talk dream it up?

Good for Bon Jovi!

And to those speculating what OWS would or would not do in regards to this charity you are just being absurd.

This sounded like a feel good story, until this fact came up:

“And the food — most of it donated by a nearby Whole Foods — is all top quality, including crusted catfish and grilled salmon.”

So if this is REALLY a business and not actually a soup kitchen, how’s that possible? Is Bon Jovi collecting a profit? How is that moral then?

Especially you. No free lunch in your background. No immigrant ancestor helped by his church or workman’s compensation. Just always paying. Maybe they all have inheritances that are not taxed but just don’t want to dip into them. Maybe they have loans because they saw that a diploma was the only entry level into work where they could use their minds. Maybe the corporate job crisis is the result of finely chiseled compensation plans for the top executives.
Then again, those who just don’t want to pay today for a benefit yesterday have a parent CEO who doesn’t want to pay retirees today for what they promised yesterday. I’m just sayin.’

Tell that to the writer of this piece, since they brought it up. 

And Bill and Melinda Gates represent the majority of people in their pay bracket.

Attention all sports’ spectators: it is time to choose up sides! Remember, the side you pick to support is 100% right always; and the side you are against is 100% wrong always.
And the earth is flat.

This is collateral damage by friendly fire. The OWS may not be against the homeowners, but the homeowners are in the line of fire. A philosopher of the future may say it is an unfortunate byproduct of life. A calm mind today might say the experience of the OWS person is to have been at the wrong end of the belief that “it’s only business. Thanks you and good-bye.”
The axis of power is Investor>Corporate Board>Executives>Bonus>bottom line>do what it takes>stock price>speculator/trader replacing investors.
Note that the salaried professional or hourly worker is not in the cycle of power. That’s because they were recently declared cost centers instead of intellectual assets.

And now, he-e-e-ere’s Bon Jovi.
He has not announced any connection to OWS, so let’s get back on topic. He’s doing a good thing.

A – Posting comments to Mediaite while your kids starve in the other room is not a job.

B – So you never had a “tithing settlement’ with your bishop? That would be kind of odd since it’s required by all mormons.

How come the LDS is so secretive about their finances, Michelle? One thing about the Christian church is that they do disclose their financials, but not the mormons. Why so guarded?  Is it because all of the money they’re bringing in from their followers is actually just buying up malls, damage-control-type commercials to clean up their image and office buildings rather than feeding the poor or helping the church help others?

BTW, I live in Gilbert, AZ, which, when coupled with Mesa to the north of us, has the second-largest LDS population in the world. I also work for a mormon-owned company and my boss is one. I know plenty about you guys and it’s quite scary.

I will say that, in general, mormons are very nice, moral people who are loyal to their beliefs (you, Michelle, are clearly an exception). I can’t say the same about other Christian religions.

Pretty cool concept. People helping one another. Cool.

Holder just announced he’ll be suing Bon Jovi for using non-union workers!

Biggest news of the day however, is Obama’s plan to give Billions more to Wall Street to bail out European Banks - while OWS is still outside in the streets!
And after Obama commiserated with them the other day.

Who are the FOOLS who still believe anything this community organizer says?

Good luck getting a liberal to donate…..all they will do is bitch that Conservatives are not donating enough!

Charity doesn’t pay for infrastructure.

Isn’t that what you’re doing?  Not donating but complaining that the other side isn’t donating?  LOL

Isn’t that what you’re doing?  Not donating but complaining that the other side isn’t donating?  LOL

Don’t be fooled by those free computers.  Gates is simply securing his future by indoctrinating children with the idea and concept of WINDOWS at an early age so that when they become of age to actually PURCHASE a computer they will be less likely to purchase a Mac.  Real Charity!

Don’t be fooled by those free computers.  Gates is simply securing his future by indoctrinating children with the idea and concept of WINDOWS at an early age so that when they become of age to actually PURCHASE a computer they will be less likely to purchase a Mac.  Real Charity!

How many pots equals a hamburger? How many pans for a small fry? What if I want cheese on that burger? Do they have a ‘Price Czar’or something?

Rock on, Jon.
 
I think that it’s a great idea, have no idea if he’s going to stay afloat or get enough local support. 
 
Btw, the tea party is absolutely for voluntary charitable actions, it’s when it’s legislated or demanded where they have an issue.  I’m always supporting ‘something’ over here, it’s government deciding where my cash should go and what causes to support that make me see red.

This is a joke right? Most people who would be part of the Tea Party wouldn’t need this place as they would take even the most menial job to support themselves and their family, while the majority at the OWS gatherings would EXPECT the food for free or, would bang on a trash can, call it music and expect gratitude and the meal for  the nothing they have produced.

Pure B.S., DarlaLOON. Total giving went UP 3.8% in 2010. http://www.nps.gov/partnerships/fundraising_individuals_statistics.htm

I suggest you actually attempt to do research before replying to me in the future. I make sure I know what I’m talking about before I open my mouth.

Hey, if JBJ spends his own money to run this business, then really, how could anyone be against the place? If the touchy-feelies want to do this all over the country, I say GO FOR IT! Now, when they start asking for taxpayer fund bailouts, then I’ll be against it. I may think JBJ is a leftist moron, but he’s at least putting his own money where his mouth is and people are getting some good food in the process. Or, he’s getting cheap labor without having to pay benefits. It depends on how you look at it. haha