Domino’s Pizza Founder to Start Ultra-Conservative Town

[NYCe]

I've never been a big Domino's fan anyway. Their pizzas are too small and their delivery is too slow.

MIAMI - Tom Monaghan, founder of the Domino’s Pizza chain, and a former marine who was raised by nuns, has embarked on a multi-million dollar plan to build the first town in America to be run according to strict Catholic principles.

The recent story in The Sunday Times of London reported that abortions, pornography and contraceptives will be banned in the new, ultra-conservative Florida town of Ave Maria, which has begun to take shape on former vegetable farms 90 miles northwest of Miami.

The announcement has understandably stirred protests from civil rights activists by declaring that Ave Maria’s pharmacies will not be allowed to sell condoms or birth control pills and the town’s cable television network will carry no X-rated channels.

Read the entire Sunday Times story here (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2058771,00.html)

[rick_932]

just one step closer to forming a cult

[Quinn]

Well, now Florida has the distinction of having both the "happiest place on earth" (Disneyland) and the "most boring place on earth."

-Quinn

[flabbybody]

I could list 3 brands of supermarket frozen pizza that's better than his piece of shit product.
actually, the thin crust sausage isin't bad.

still, I'm throwing away all my discount coupons. I'm done with Domino's.

[Trogdor]

The kids comming from that town, like rodd and todd flanders, are going to be eaten ALIVE in middle school. :P

[Realgirls4me]

I wonder how many of these rightwing tinhorns in the media will actually move there ?


I would just love to move there with my favorite TS girl on one arm just to fuck with everyone of those nuts. :)

[chefmike]

Doesn't Rush "the junkie" Limbaugh reside in Florida? Maybe he can get a discount on his oxycontin at these reich-wing pharmacies. Gov. Jeb Bush's daughter will probably frequent them as well...

[Trogdor]

a town with house or trailors? :mrgreen:

[Hugh Jarrod]

just one step closer to forming a cult

Agreed

[subvert_the_norm]

hey, if they wanna do it, why not?
At least they're keeping to themselves.
Because, as Catholics they aren't evangelical, so they wont be trying to "recruit" people any time soon.

[Trogdor]

Anyone else here thinks that "yourdaddy" is gonna be one of the fellows living in this town? :mrgreen:

[chefmike]

Anyone else here thinks that "yourdaddy" is gonna be one of the fellows living in this town? :mrgreen:

The thought had occurred to me...I suppose that it would depend on how they feel about bestiality and incest. If not, he can always settle for pedophilia, the Catholic church has no problem with that. :wink:

[Felicia Katt]

MIAMI - Tom Monaghan, founder of the Domino’s Pizza chain, and a former marine who was raised by nuns, has embarked on a multi-million dollar plan to build the first town in America to be run according to strict Catholic principles.

The recent story in The Sunday Times of London reported that abortions, pornography and contraceptives will be banned in the new, ultra-conservative Florida town of Ave Maria, which has begun to take shape on former vegetable farms 90 miles northwest of Miami.

since its founded on strict Catholic principles, shouldn't they call it Boystown? :)

meow

FK

[a994]

Just one more reason why I will never live in the South again.

And Domino's pizza isn't even that good.

[wombat33]

I've never been a big Domino's fan anyway. Their pizzas are too small and their delivery is too slow.

MIAMI - Tom Monaghan, founder of the Domino’s Pizza chain, and a former marine who was raised by nuns, has embarked on a multi-million dollar plan to build the first town in America to be run according to strict Catholic principles.

The recent story in The Sunday Times of London reported that abortions, pornography and contraceptives will be banned in the new, ultra-conservative Florida town of Ave Maria, which has begun to take shape on former vegetable farms 90 miles northwest of Miami.

The announcement has understandably stirred protests from civil rights activists by declaring that Ave Maria’s pharmacies will not be allowed to sell condoms or birth control pills and the town’s cable television network will carry no X-rated channels.

Read the entire Sunday Times story here (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2058771,00.html)


IT WILL FAIL IF IT EVER COMES TO BE.

TALK ABOUT REPRESSED CHILDREN!!!!!!!!!!
THAT TOWN NEEDS TO HAVE THE NYC G&L PARADE RUN THROUGH IT WEEKLY WITH ALANNAH STAR AS THE MASTER OF CEREMONIES!!!!

[ezed]

Nooo! It won't! All the girls will wear plaid skirts and the local priest will give them stale bread sticks from all over the country to satisfy their sexual urges!!! And then... and then ....the young boys will be pissed...but the priests will take them aside and say "Son, have you ever put your hand in a hotpocket with out getting burned..come here."

Then they'll promise to show them where they get the cheese for their double cheese pizza in under 30 minutes.

[Trogdor]

naw, the priests, and probably that pizza guy himself will tell the boys to close their eyes and suck on a hose for a surprise. :lol:

That or like in that scene from GWAR's "Phallus in Wonderland" where Father Bohab, upon whipping out his schlongm said to an alter boy, "Would you like to try my lucky charm? It's magically delishous!" :P

[General124]

Catholic principles huh? Wonder if he knows that if true Catholic principles were to be applied to this country, everyone, including himself, would be excommunicated.

Idiot.

TALK ABOUT REPRESSED CHILDREN!!!!!!!!!!

Yes. You are a repressed and angry person


THAT TOWN NEEDS TO HAVE THE NYC G&L PARADE RUN THROUGH IT WEEKLY WITH ALANNAH STAR AS THE MASTER OF CEREMONIES!!!!


Because why? No one wants to see that. That parade would be run up and strung up, all of em. Bring them to that city and watch the sparks fly.

[Silcc69]

I lulz at this.

[hwbs]

This was all b4 the market crashed..wonder what happened to their town..they were prob forced to work extra shifts at dominoes to keep it afloat lol

[bte]

Great! His town can suck just like his pizzas.

[seamonkey]

On the surface, this whole thing is not dissimilar to the Amish or the Mormons forming separate communities based on their religious principles. The US has a long history of utopian experiments, from all parts of the spectrum. However, historically, most of them fail and I suspect this one will, too, mostly because it has no charismatic visionary leader, i.e., Monaghan did not (as far as I can tell) have a religious vision as a source for setting up the town, just hardened political views, and he is definitely not a charismatic type. With most utopian movements, once the founding leader dies (or is ousted), everything falls apart in petty political bickering among the successors.

On the other hand, one could also see the hypocrisy of the conspiracy theory held by many on the extreme right that Muslims in the US are trying to establish "Shariah law" in some cities (including Dearborn, Michigan, which happens to be in Monaghan's home territory! I know because I am also originally from that area.). I have no idea if Monaghan and his supporters hold this view, but it is interesting to consider--the denial and projection.

Personally, I am happy to see right wingers and religious fanatics remove themselves from the rest of society so they have less influence and can cause less damage. I'd prefer to see Monaghan and his followers go set up the town in the middle of the rainforest somewhere, but I think he's likely to fail regardless. I feel sorry for children raised in that environment, just like in Texas where the state board of education is adopting religious-based revisionist history as the standard for all their textbooks.

[traLika]

The Domino's delivery guy made me say grace before he handed over my pizza!!! He said starting from next week he's only delivering loaves and fishes...

[subspace]

The Domino's delivery guy made me say grace before he handed over my pizza!!! He said starting from next week he's only delivering loaves and fishes...Tom Monaghan sold Dominos in 1998. It spent some time in a LBO firm. That company still owns 30% of Dominos; the rest is traded on the NYSE.

[TsVanessa69]

Domino's pizza sucks
catholic priest suck
they should call it Sucky Town!

[traLika]

Tom Monaghan sold Dominos in 1998. It spent some time in a LBO firm. That company still owns 30% of Dominos; the rest is traded on the NYSE.


Thanks for the update. As you can see, ignorance is bliss... :)

[fordly66]

Maybe we shouldn't keep paving over more of our farm lands? I'm just saying, if this keeps going like it is, 50 years from now, where the hell we going to grow food? Not to mention we keep breeding like flies!

[lisaparadise]

just one step closer to forming a cultim assuming his idol is jimmy jones lol dont drink the cool aid damn it YouTube - Tommy James & the Shondells: Sweet Cherry Wine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10_-hG1HkY0)

[irongoddess]

these people are nuts
they are waisting their time
because there is not ''God'' ah ah ah
luckily we don`t have these religious nutters here
and btw these religious nutters are all a bunch of hypocrits

[Coroner]

these people are nuts
they are waisting their time
because there is not ''God'' ah ah ah
luckily we don`t have these religious nutters here
and btw these religious nutters are all a bunch of hypocrits

England has shipped the garbage to America.

[lisaparadise]

England has shipped the garbage to America.im pretty sure america leads the world in nutjobs and there mostly republicans

[Richctdude]

hes been trying to do it for years.... and his pizza sucks ass

[irongoddess]

im pretty sure america leads the world in nutjobs and there mostly republicans

for sure Lisa,this just wouldn`t happen here
religion has no power and no influence here on the governement
that`s how it should be all over the world but i know it`s impossible!

[giovanni_hotel]

Christian whacko commune, hope they enjoy it.

[Paige]

This isn't a joke-right? I mean, it's really happening?

[PomonaCA]

I just got done eating a medium pizza from Domino's. I paid full menu price because the coupon printing company doesn't recycle (FWIW).

But I do agree. Religion and government should stay separate.

But if thats so, why do the environmentalists in the government have power? I shouldn't have to pay to support their beliefs.

[renoned]

Personally I think it's an excellent idea. Get all those hypocrites in one place and.........

[PomonaCA]

Personally I think it's an excellent idea. Get all those hypocrites in one place and.........


I thought that liberals believed in weapons control?

Besides, are those bombs "carbon neutral"? :))

Are they made with sustainable energy?

After they are used do you brave the nuclear fallout to recycle whatever material may be left?

[rockabilly]

Will they have a Pizza Hut?

[giovanni_hotel]

I just got done eating a medium pizza from Domino's. I paid full menu price because the coupon printing company doesn't recycle (FWIW).

But I do agree. Religion and government should stay separate.

But if thats so, why do the environmentalists in the government have power? I shouldn't have to pay to support their beliefs.


If you were aware of the amount of environmental legislation that's been tabled in Congress, you wouldn't make that statement.

Environmental issues should by definition be non-partisan. Progressives, conservatives and everyone in between benefit from clean air, water and habitable protected forests.

The only folks against sound environmental legislation are corporations who are opposed to ANYTHING that cuts into their profit share.

Corporations are without conscious and amoral. That's the real problem, the profit motive is antithetical to a representative democratic political system, and the real trick is finding a way for both free market capitalism and effective governance to co-exist.

[PomonaCA]

If you were aware of the amount of environmental legislation that's been tabled in Congress, you wouldn't make that statement.

Environmental issues should by definition be non-partisan. Progressives, conservatives and everyone in between benefit from clean air, water and habitable protected forests.

The only folks against sound environmental legislation are corporations who are opposed to ANYTHING that cuts into their profit share.

Corporations are without conscious and amoral. That's the real problem, the profit motive is antithetical to a representative democratic political system, and the real trick is finding a way for both free market capitalism and effective governance to co-exist.

Environmentalism and profitability are not exclusive to each other. This is a fight waged by day traders and environmentalists. Environmentalists want to wage war on working people (plain and simple). They want to put business out of business in the name of the environment.

[giovanni_hotel]

You're confusing environmental extremists (ELF, etc) and groups like the Sierra Club.
Cap and trade is a separate issue altogether.

EVERYONE is, or should be, concerned about the environment. ANd I see nothing wrong with incentivizing behaviors that benefit the environment through legislation.

I hate the way corporations hide behind the plight of 'working people'. And the sheeple drink that tripe whole. ALWAYS. Reason the uber rich won't allow the Bush tax cuts to expire and return back to 39% from 36%, as they were written to do??? Small business, i.e., the working people.
Forget about the $700 billion dollars it will add to the deficit over the next 10 years.

Clue, the plight of multi-billion dollar global corporations and the 'plight of the working people' in this country couldn't be more opposite.

Corporate profit should not be the end game at the expense of EVERY social cost/benefit.

It's disgusting the way corporatists and conservatives alike have made environmentalism an ideological issue, that's the real crime.

[PomonaCA]

You're confusing environmental extremists (ELF, etc) and groups like the Sierra Club.
Cap and trade is a separate issue altogether.

EVERYONE is, or should be, concerned about the environment. ANd I see nothing wrong with incentivizing behaviors that benefit the environment through legislation.

I hate the way corporations hide behind the plight of 'working people'. And the sheeple drink that tripe whole. ALWAYS. Reason the uber rich won't allow the Bush tax cuts to expire and return back to 39% from 36%, as they were written to do??? Small business, i.e., the working people.
Forget about the $700 billion dollars it will add to the deficit over the next 10 years.

Clue, the plight of multi-billion dollar global corporations and the 'plight of the working people' in this country couldn't be more opposite.

Corporate profit should not be the end game at the expense of EVERY social cost/benefit.

It's disgusting the way corporatists and conservatives alike have made environmentalism an ideological issue, that's the real crime.


Be careful with that word "hate". "Working people" aren't just corporations. Working people are the mom and pop shops that are barely turning a profit in this over-regulated business environment. The mom and pop business that are putting their kids through college.

When environmentalist wage war on money and corporations (their great satan), they also wage war on small business because they each are dependent on the other. Hating business is dangerous.

[renoned]

What makes you think I'm a liberal? I'm just a guy that's tired of all the sheepel in this country allowing themselves to be pushed around by the ass holes that have an agenda that has nothing to do with the good of the country or the planet. But you are right perhaps this would be a little more carbon neutral :twisted:

[PomonaCA]

What makes you think I'm a liberal? I'm just a guy that's tired of all the sheepel in this country allowing themselves to be pushed around by the ass holes that have an agenda that has nothing to do with the good of the country or the planet. But you are right perhaps this would be a little more carbon neutral :twisted:


Uh oh! Forgot to mention "the good of the planet".

All hail Earth!

Now when is it time to do the rain dance?

[renoned]

I like rain dancing :banana:

[subspace]

This isn't a joke-right? I mean, it's really happening?It's sort of happening. In one sense, it's happening: http://www.avemaria.com/Default.aspx In another sense, it's been massively slowed down by the recession. And in the most important sense, the kinds of restrictions Monaghan wanted to impose on residences and businesses he quickly found out that by law he can't enforce. It's going to be a combination far-right religious university combined with an over-55 community marketed through churches, so I wouldn't expect a gay pride parade there any time soon. But it won't be illegal to sell pornography there, just a bad idea because the residents will probably boycott you if you do.

[Pelheckitt]

Couldnt care! Go away your Pizza sucks anyways.

[jimbobw2]

im pretty sure america leads the world in nutjobs and there mostly republicans
You mean "they are"? Nancy Peolsi is your hero

[fred41]

for sure Lisa,this just wouldn`t happen here
religion has no power and no influence here on the governement
that`s how it should be all over the world but i know it`s impossible!

sure it doesn't :rolleyes:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1197478/Sharia-law-UK--How-Islam-dispensing-justice-side-British-courts.html