Publix in pressure cooker over PC calendars
Tags: D-Day, Islamic New Year, Jeff Katz, Pearl Harbor Day, Publix, WFTL
| Thursday 7 January 2010 11:22 am
A free 2010 calendar given out in Publix supermarkets has South Florida buzzing.
On it, chain officials thought it’d be worth noting that December 7 marks “Islamic New Year.”
How about Pearl Harbor? Isn’t it on Dec. 7, 1941, that the Japanese carried a surprise attack on Hawaii, killing 2,350 and injuring 1,177 Americans, and pulling the United States into World War II?
Oooops!
Said 85-year-old Harold Shore, a Pearl Harbor veteran retired in Delray: “That’s not nice thing to do!”
And that’s not it, said WFTL-850 AM afternoon host Jeff Katz. His studio’s phone lines lit up like a Christmas tree when he and fellow host Joyce Kaufman broke the story Wednesday.
“They put in Venezuelan and Cuban independence days,” he said.
And while some calendars now mark Sept. 11 as Patriot Day in remembrance of the 9-11 terror attacks, Publix’ freebies don’t include that either.
But the giant grocer didn’t forget Haitian Flag Day.
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Katz
“Listeners went nuts,” Katz said. “Some of them were waiting for an hour to have their say. Some marketing genius at Publix decided to be politically correct and include South Americans dates for their South American customers.
“But most people are outraged by what Publix forgot. If you’re going to be that way, then how about including Israel’s day? They forgot that, too, despite the Jewish population here.”
A woman who called Katz’ 3-6 p.m. show Wednesday described how she went to a Publix and asked a teenage clerk for a calendar. The caller then asked the clerk if she knew about Dec. 7. Response? “Of course I know,” the clerk said. “It’s D-Day.” (Slightly off! The invasion of Normandy to chase Nazism off the map started on June 6, 1944)
Publix spokeswoman Kimberly Jaeger e-mailed Page2Live that the calendar only noted “holidays” and not “days of remembrance and observance.” But that will change next year.
“We regret that . . . Pearl Harbor is not noted and as a result of customer feedback, we will add Pearl Harbor to next year’s calendar,” Jaeger wrote.
This year’s, she added, are no longer available.
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So what? The Jewish community has all of their respective holidays on calendars throughout America. Why not Islam?
And for who would say “Why not holidays concernign Hinduism, Bahai, etc” - you are correct as well, but then again, Holidays which target a major populace should only be noted. Publix knows this, and included the Islamic holiday, as well as the other ethnic independence days.
The reference to Israel’s Day is funny. For one thing, having being raised and living in SoFla for 22 years, I have never seen the Jewish populace celebrate Israel Day. Also, you got 10 other holidays, including Rosh H, Yom Kippur, etc on the calendar…what more do you want. Let the other people have a piece of the pie. And I would rather not even get into the whole factor of whether Israel is truly a legit state.
The reference to Pearl Harbor is illogical because (1) it’s not a day that is technically “celebrated” and (2) the Islamic calendar is lunar based - hence, next year, it’ll be 2-3 weeks earlier than the year noted today.
Listen, this country is a melting-pot. We are always evolving in all particular demographics. The changes are evident in Palm Beach as well, and we should acknowledge such cultural shifts and celebrate them. The Publix calendar is one such example. Embrace it.
IT IS A FREE CALENDAR - don’t use it. People just look for stupid stuff to get worked up about. Get over it.
Just another classic rat from a racist, get out of the closet! get it over with!.
Just another classic rant from a racist, get out of the closet! get it over with!.
Good for you Publix for ignoring the racist pea brains (that’s you Katz)of America. Historically more horrors have been done in the name of Christianity than any other religion so maybe we should not celebrate Christmas, using the Katz logic.
Hey, GOOGLE certainly remembered Dr. Seuss’s birthday with a Cat In the Hat image….what do you think GOOGLE did for 9/11…..NOTHING! GOOGLE ignored ANY rememberance of 9/11…nothing. Erase it from memory..forget it…it wasn’t something we need to think about…forget it…forget it.
How about your local school board…. Why do you think veterans protested in front of the school board…because they were ignored. Veterans’ Day…ha!…forget it, forget it… Fighting to protect our country, losing your fellow soldiers is NOT worth remembering in this current school district or with the current school board members.
Erasing the past, makes it happen again. Remember and honor….change the school board members by voting them out.
They put in the holidays that one would typically go shopping to get some special foods to eat and celebrate. Can’t remember the last time I celebrated the bombing of pearl harbor with a cake or any special kind of food. Give me a break! Don’t we have better things to think of than these ridiculous things. I believe everybody has a right to have there holidays on the calander and although the rememberance days should be there as well, they are not really what Publix is going after.
Publix bastards are unAmerican MF’s….cater to the illegal bastards and their welfare sucking babies.
Publix replaced an American holiday with the Islamic holiday in order that its stores wouldn’t blown up by practitioners of “The religion of peace.”
Is this for real? Who the heck cares? Its a FREE CALENDER!
Why are people so offended by EVERYTHING these days?
What bothered me the most about the Publix calendar was the sucky art work in it. Looks like sixth grade cartoons with all those black outlines. I’m sure they could have gotten a better artist to do the art work, but as they say, there’s no accounting for someone’s taste….all in their mouth, no doubt.
Isn’t it odd that the only Publix protesters come from the jewish community? Why are the jewish people lashing out at one of south Florida’s largest employers’? Publix didn’t do anything to hurt them. It looks as if the Jewish people are attempting to supress the Muslim people living in our community.
The Pearl Harbor attack was almost 100 years ago. It is time to move on. Since no one celebrates the American victory of the Spanish American War; Pearl Harbor needs to be put away.
Why stir up old wounds with our staunch ally; the Japanese?
No one should get fired for this oversight. It sure demonstrates the lack history being taught in schools. What happened at Pearl should be as emphasized as the 4th of July because WW II vaulted this already great nation into superpower status.
The person(s) who threw this slip-shod calendar together probably won’t be given the task next year.
Not only is this calander for their customers, but what about the employees that work for Publix? They come from different ethnic back grounds too. What is the big deal, we are all human. I am sure this was not done on purpose. This just give people something to complain about. Why not see the good in things instead of looking for the worst?
isnt it a food calendar, meaning what holidays are to celebrate by eating…I dont think publix meant it in a harmful way, I think they were meaning days to celebrate eating, I dont think I would want to have a party and celebrate and eat on Pearl Harbor Day or Veterans Day or Memorial Day, those are mournful days and remeberance days, I think it was and is taking out of context but I most certainly understand the upset, best to have it removed from the free wall
They made a mistake, so apologize & reprint them! I’m sure they did not mean to disrespect anyone. Publix is the best grocery store in Florida.
Do we need free calendars to give us history lessons? We all know what September 11th and December 7th mean.
My free calendar had coupons. Thanks Publix, for giving me discounts!
I just checked the 4-5 calendars I have in the office. NONE of them denote Pearl Harbor day. It’s not a holiday! Is it nice to be reminded of? Sure. But I don’t see what the big fuss is.
Big fuss over nothing.
The country’s going down the bankruptcy tubes.
There’s a ton of stuff to get really upset over.
Do I even need to rehash them ?
Fire someone over this ? Good Heavens.
Probably 85% of Congress is financially ruining us.
How about firing them ?
But hey, why worry about real isues ?
Its a free calendar, why do people always think there was some ill will being done.
If I were Publix i would give out free calendars next year with no holiday’s listed, with a small note saying that the holder of the calendar could write in whatever freaken holidays they wanted. Because Publix will NEVER please everyone.
Good work at stirring the pot, WFTL. Now if you could only get some ratings!
Oh, for the love of God. Don’t people have anything better to do than to get worked up over nonsense? It seems to be the National Pastime.
Sorry… Publix does way too much in support of the community for people to be giving them this much grief. I think it’s fine… and even if they ARE wrong.. the positive things Publix does FAR outweigh this. Turn the page…
This column is full of the most inane and useless trivial crap. Palm Beach Post trying to turn into TMZ, seriously!!!!
Once again leave it to FLORIDAH to make news,this time a FLORIDAH corporation.We are the laughing stock of the world,what morons those floridiots are.
Glad I’m only passing through and this wasteful swmapland isn’t my home.Bad enough publix has a monopoly,but then insult the American people and service man who served and who pay the higher uppers salary in publix.
It figures. Next it will be Thanksgiving as Publix caters to hispanics.
I don’t understand why anybody but me should be offended. I would just like to know why my birthday isn’t on it.
This whole thing is ridiculous. We shouldn’t be celebrating Pearl Harbor Day. That day was a total embarrassment for the US Military and represents what happens when America is asleep at the switch. Pearl Harbor should be commemorated on the same day we honor Veterans Day. But Pearl Harbor itself is nothing to be proud of!
Yes we should honor Islamic day…..after all, they
brought us:
9/11
Foot bomber
Underwear bomber
Fort Hood Massacre
even Merhage locally..
publix is a food store. their are homeless all over this country with nothing but a few well intentioned do gooders helping them out. we spend billon after billion of borrowed chinese money blowing up ourselves-pat tillman-and thousands of others. get worked up over that.
Alright. Indeed, Pearl Harbor was over 100 years ago and needs to be at rest. Therefore and in all fairness, slavey was over 100 years ago and needs to bt put at rest. In addition, the Cubans, Haitians, Venezuelans, Guatemalans and the other 162 cultures here in Florida are in America for a reason. That reason must be for freedom from their own cultures. They have obviously renounced their own past; therefore, their future is here in the United States. GIVE IT UP PEOPLE. Start accepting and assimilating to OUR American ways. We did not come to your countries, you came to ours. Haitian flag day does not exist…Cuban day does not exist…neither does Venezuelan day exist. Go home to receive your freedom to complain about something that does not exist.
IM MAD AS HELL DON SHULAS BIRTHDAY ISNT ON THE PUBLIX CALENDER BUT THEY GOT HAITIS FLAG DAY.THATS JUST WRONG.
Until they put Charlie Crist on that calendar celebrating National Coming Out Day, I shall boycott Publix!
..and Jay is an idiot. We are not celebrating anything about Pearl Harbor, it is a ‘Day of Rememberance’, much like Patriot Day, to remember those that lost their lives. Publix made a good point though, they did not include Remembrance Days, only Holidays. By the way, if I’m not mistaken, Publix is owned by Jews.
Next on the Obama agenda is Thanksgiving Day.
To all of you who are complaining about the “complaint”….shame on you! Remembering an event that claimed the lives of over 2300 innocent Americans is not important to you? Celebrating the Islamic New Year should garner more attention?
I am absolutely disgusted by the attitude in this country! We need to get over Pearl Harbor? Get over 9/11? I’m sure the ones saying these things did not lose a loved one during those tragedies.
Very sad statement for this generation of Americans.
Where are the calendars with the Miami Dolphin dancers??? Publix is a big sponsor of the Dolphins, come on give us those gorgeous girls and all will be forgotten!!!!!!
What’s all the fuss over Pearl Harbour? Ohhhhhhhhh…I thought you said Pearl HarBURG, the woman my wife plays Mahhh Jongggg with here at Century Village Boca Raton. Never mind…
After the founder George Jenkins passed away,everything has gone down hill with Publix.The policies on carry out service have changed,they are open on Sunday’s.Its real sad that the company has not kept policies in place.It by far the best super market anywhere.I just don’t like all the changes.I like the old school Publix much better.
The country is changing. They took God and prayer out of schools and our courts. Reporters are not allowed to wear American flag pins on their suit lapels. And now we’re paying homage to Islam. This a great country.
First, this is a free calender and most people only want it for the free coupons that are in it. AGAIN I SAY FREE CALENDER…. Publix takes very good care of their community with the charities that they collect THOUSANDS and THOUSANDS for every year. Charities for children during christmas with the Santa Dollars to help with the gift giving for kids that would other wise not have a Christmas, Feeding South Florida to help the families that cannot afford dinners for Thanksgiving and Christmas, the Special Olympics and so many many more. Publix is a decent company that is concerned for the people in their community and that they may be able to make a difference, even if it is a small one. If you look at MOST calenders, you will see that Pearl Harbor is not noted on then and those calenders are not FREE…….. So maybe we should focus our attention on the rising gas prices, terrorist attacks and keeping our kids safe and not the publix calenders!! SO, if you don’t like them, throw it away, but be sure to give your neighbors the coupons in them, let someone use them that actually appreciates them……
Of course, of course, the most important dates to be noted in any AMERICAN calendar are Constitution Day on September 17th and Bill of Rights Day on December 15th.
I am not politically correct and see no need to remember foreign holidays and since Islam is in favor of eliminating the need for Christian and Jewish Holy Days, their “days” are irrelevant and I don’t want to see them on my calendar. Call me a bigot or anything you like but I call me an AMERICAN!
NEVER, NEVER WILL I SHOP AT PUBLIX AGAIN!
Those who forget history are destined to repeat it
Certainly Pearl Harbor Day is a day to remember & to keep in prayer. But good grief, I don’t depend on my free Publix calendar to remind me. My Publix calendar also did not include other days that were important to me, my anniversary, children’s birthdays, the days my parents died, but I’m not blaming the grocery chain. Instead, I’m just VERY GRATEFUL for the $21 in coupons included with the calendar. Most years I don’t even use the calendar but buy another one with artwork I prefer. This year I’m so broke I am happy to use this one on my wall.
Publix is a nice place to shop offering fantastic sales on groceries & more every week, in addition to good service & pleasant clean stores. They also close on Easter, Thanksgiving & Christmas so their employees can spend time with their families those days. Not many other big stores will do that.
I wonder if the folks complaining about the calendars will still use the coupons they got with them.
Kvetch, kvetch, kvetch….Publix did this as a courtesy. If you don’t like it, don’t take it. If you don’t like Publix, shop at the level where you belong ..Winn Dixie!
sad thing is there are 431 morans in the poll just given.i care about the people who serve our country and the respect they deserve.publix has lost a customer for life and i have made copies of the article in the local paper and am giving it to everone i know and will make shore to go out of my way to let people know that don’t know.i am forming a group of people to pass out this article in front of your stores.
I am a Publix shopper, it’s my favorite grocery store but I will by-pass them and go to Sweetbay. I remeber the time Publix did not open on Sunday. We vote with our Dollars and currently they say The United States of American and In God We Trust.
I really don’t believe the people at Publix sat around and made a conscious decision to leave Pearl Harbor Day OFF of their calendar! I believe they put “Holiday’s” on the calendar that generally involve special types of food or gatherings that involve food and they hope that people will shop at Publix to “celebrate” these particular holidays. If you do not agree with this “free” calendar than politely refuse it and go purchase one from Hallmark for $10.00 that has every “Holiday” or special occasion on it that you want to remember. Please people…in this day and age don’t we have bigger things to worry about?? Get Real!
well tell Publix that I will start shopping there again - next year-
All this PC crap has gone too far and in reality pisses off more people than it appeases
Publix stopped caring about customers a few years ago. I use to describe it as “an old lady store” Now, they are not even that.
What is our Country coming to; I can’t for the life of me understand how something like this can even be a thought, to actually follow through with it. I have been a proud American all my life, for 48 years, not anymore, with this kinda crap & the Obama Administration. Its all so very sad to think of whats next in the future. What a sad, sad day for America. May God be with us all, We are Doomed !!!!!!!!!!!!!
When will we learn. This is the type thing we should expect from the people that voted for the new president. Just stay cool and let them take over our country? No me!
Only officially recognized U.S. holidays should be on a calendar intended for the general public. Since we have people from all over the world, to do more would pretty much require that you include holidays from the entire world. Anyway, it was an incredibly stupid, insensitive and myopic thing to do. The people respnsible need to be removed from a position of responsibility.
For Get over it”, the same thing about slavery ….It happened so long ago, get over it.
our calendars should stay AMERICAN and show all our holidays and observances…as far as islam they do not deserve to have anything on our AMERICAN calendars.
anyone that worships according to the koran has no business in this country and on our calendars. and yes
someone should be fired over this. islamists need to go back to their country. have a wonderful day.
Everything we need to know about Islam, we learned on 9/11/2001, so we sure as blazes don’t need to know their God foresaken holidays!
By they way - did we allow German and Japanese immigration DURING WW2? Why are we allowing muslims to continue pouring into this country, when we KNOW there are jihadist cells here and more forming? It’s as if our own government WANTS the USA to fall. Oh, I forgot - they DO.
Unbelievable! My shopping trips to publix will now be once a month instead of four.
It is only going to get worse. They are trying to take this Country over. Just look at how maney Muslims are in every different State. This only the beginning unless we get the mindless, Liberal judges and people that will not stand for the Constitution out of office.
Well my days of shopping at publix are over. Why would any “Legal” American of any race, etc. even want a calender that celebrates a religion whose goal in life is the elimination of any religion other than muslim? NOT ME!!!
We will have to cointinue shopping at Publix for those item that we need that are carried only by Publix. Until the new Publix calendar comes out, we will be shopping Winn-Dixie for meats and Farmer’s market for fresh fruits and vegetables and making a weekly trip to Whole Foods for both.
Until the next election I expect to see more and more pro-Islamic, anti-patriotic fecal matter in print by the big nulti-national corporations.
We live in America, where we speak ENGLISH. I do not want some third world scum coming in to make America a third world(what barry o is trying to do). If the liberals and dumocRATS knew history we would not have the problems we have. Do not buy from Un-American companies that give aid to the enemy(like Publix). Real Americans will kick the trash out of America soon, we just do not like freeloaders.
This is simply more of the attack against America to diminish our culture at every turn.
The people who do these things are NOT American at all.
They are citizens of the world just like their leader Obama, the Marxist Kenyan usurper.
And thanks to these fools our government is now full of Marxist, Communist, Socialist and homosexual crackpots hell bent on the destruction of our great nation.
When will you wake up America? WHEN?
i think piblix owes an opiligg to all true americans !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What I see, is this country is going down the toilet on the fast track because of the current resident who resides at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC.
When this person bowed down before the King of Saudi Arabia, he has made the name of United States of America a big joke.
Now as for this problem with Publix, even though they were trying to be PC, their advertising department needs to have their heads handed to them on a platter.
I would urge everyone to boycott this chain - usually actions speak louder then words - but lets keep it civil.
I am not being a smart alec here but if its free take it and blackmark out the errors and put your choice in I know everyone is right about their point they are making but it is still useable plus you have all been able to make your points I would use it but I would just make corrections.
TAKE BACK AMERICA
A day of reckoning is scheduled for Nov 2nd, 2010.
BE THERE and send ‘em ALL a strong message.
“Yes We Can” Too. Remove ALL MARXISTS, COMMUNISTS, SOCIALISTS and card carrying Mao worshippers for good.
TAKE BACK AMERICA OR LOOSE HER FOREVER PEOPLE!
To the people who care about the United States and all the Great Things About THIS COUNTRY! Wake up!
I’m afraid this country is well on it’s way to being destroyed from WITHIN. And to those jerks who claimed,
Pearl Harbor was over !00 years ago should go back to school and learn how to subtract 2010-1941= 69 years.
Just another example of the ignorance of a people who will destroy themselves.
It obviously was an inconsiderate oversight on the Publix employees part. If I were Publix I’d forget about publishing a calender and stick to the grocery business. Use the money you save in the publication of the calender and lower the price of groceries.
To #49 upeoplecrackmeup….You don’t have to spend ten dollars at Hallmark for a calender. Drop by any veterans organization and pick up a “FREE” calender showing the true American days to celebrate. It’s people like you and thinking like you that has put this once great country on a downward slide. Get real you say, don’t tell right thinking people to get real. Yes we have much bigger things to think about, one being our liberal Commander in Chief. Do you want to bow down to the arabs if they get to rule the USA Just wait and see what is going to happen “IN THIS DAY AND AGE” with a smooth, silver tongued devil in the White House for the next three years. GOD (not allah) help us all.
REAL AMERICANS SHOULD BOYCOTT THAT MARKET AND SEE HOW QUICK THEY WOULD PULL THOSE CALENDERS!!!!
To claim it was an oversight is an outrageous lie!
How many people had to read, review, re-review, approved, send to a printer, the printer reads, the calendar is printed, shipped, and then distributed in the different stores. Management has the final say on any issue put out by their company. Who are they going to blame this on?
I feel this is shameful for Publix to do this and the American people should rebel.
I remember when President Bush’s daughters were arrested in a night club in Austin, Tx. It was very shaddy how Management treated the situation. You know what happened? Everyone boycotted the night club. He eventually had to close because of no business.
This should be the same for Publix.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SHOULD BOYCOTT PUBLIX FOR FAILURE TO SUPPORT THE COUNTRY.
Waiting til next year to amend the error is too late.
The American People are tired of just a simple apology.
There are so many simple apologies today, that they do not mean the same anymore. They have destroyed what an apology means.
Shame on Publix!
To those of you who say it isn’t important to have Pearl Harbor on the calender: if you had been sitting at your table eating when that news came over the radio, you definitely would want that day noted on ANY calender. It was the most hideous news you could ever hear. Yes, I was the one listening to that news on that day. I suppose the rest of you still want 9/11 on there, because YOU were here when that happened? It should be on ALL calenders. The calenders from Publix should be your choice, and if you don’t like what is on it, don’t use it. As for me, I would not have one in my home.
To # 11 Bo…….The crappy art, you say. It was probably printed in China.
John, the very first comment, 7 Jan, needs a briefing of what the melting pot really means. The various world views of America’s emigres melt down to the American amalgam as defined by the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and our founding history. It’s also a good idea to revisit THE FEDERALIST PAPERS for an insight as to what the Founding Fathers really meant as they formed the Consitution.
My wife and I are both WWII Veterans ….she in the WAVES and I 2 1/2 years in submarine service … 2 successful patrols with confirmed sinking of Japanese ships. Everyone has the right to an opinion, but each should respect the sacrifices which our services make for our country. After the war I had a Japanese IBM
employee reporting to me and we became good friends.
Time can heal all wounds! Redfin SS272
I think most of the comments miss the point!! The problem is not because traditional American holidays
are not listed, it is Publix willingness to cater to the failure of individuals from Cuba and other countries to assimilate into this (our) Country. Many of them seem to want to continue their prior homeland’s customs/mores — celebrating their prior homeland’s holidays seems just one more indication of this. If they came to this Country for a better life, it seems they should want to adopt more of our customs/mores while at the same time keeping many of their homeland’s customs.
its publix,i’m from new england,worked in palm beach until credit crunch,applied to publix several times,never got job that i busted my ass to get,but the hispanic that could barely speak english got the job,take a look at who publix hires,and the palm beach post caters to hispanics(they all kiss ass towards political correctness)when i applied to the palm beach post for part time security gig in late 2007 early 2008,being a martial artist as well as a well spoken caucasian,i felt it was a no brainer,within 2 weeks there was this 350 hispanic fast asleep in a golf cart outside(my competition)and they said they welcome diversified culture(minorities to apply”caucasian are the minority in south florida,i mentioned this to hr department,the response was,i never thought about it that way”,are you kidding me,wake up south florida!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am so appalled at the comments from the stupid people out there….
This country was founded on Christian Principles: If you don’t like it, get out.
We speak English in America: If you don’t like it, get out.
If your out in public, and your not speaking English, expect to be told to speak English if you can. If it offends you, you have the right to leave OUR country.
As for Publix, I pledge to NEVER, EVER shop there again. I hope the rest of you that have something other than goo on your shoulders will do the same. I hope ever Publix store goes out of business.
Publix needs to immediately pull these calendars and make a public apology to real Americans.
I haven’t read such a collection of illiterate rants ever. Good God, don’t they teach ANYTHING in Florida schools? Seems as if history is sadly lacking.
hey pulix ,i have a news flash for you, this is AMERICA your calendar should have AMERICAN holidays if other ethnicities have their own holidays get their calendars. Way too much political correctness in the world today.
Who ever cameup with this brainstorm needes to see what unemployment is like. They would if I were in charge thats for darn sure. Publix has lost my business thats for sure, I will never set foor in one again. I could og on and on, but I think you have hopefully gotten the POINT
This is America. These are not American hollidays The people being reached left thier country behind to live here. Assimilate and speak english or go home.
PUBLIX is a great grocery store and caters to whatever community they serve. If any entry was to be made for December 7th, certainly it should have been Pearl Harbor versus an Islam event. Political correctness will be the ruination of our once great democracy.
The simplest way to do this is, shop somewhere else.
They have the freedom to their speech, the people in the area have the freedom to put economic pressure on them, by shopping at their competitors.
Florida has become real Zany over the last decade.
TO HELL WITH ALL YOU IGNORANT,ISLAM LOV’N FOOLS.THE GREAT U S OF A ! ! ! RULES FOREVERMORE ! ! ! .PUBLIX STICK IT WHERE THE SUN NEVER SHINES !
WHY IS EVERYONE SO UPSET. JUST BOYCOTT PUBLIX UNTILL THEY CORRECT THE CALENDAR. IT’S THAT SIMPLE. BOYCOTT PUBLIX. IF YOU DON’T LIKE THE WAY THINGS ARE DONE IN AMERICA THEN GO BACK HOME TO YOUR OWN COUNTRY.
I think it is time for Americans to be Americans and the rest of the world can forage for there own food. This is what is wrong with America today. We have our own hungry people right here in the good ole U S A . The only way you can get a message to these people is not ot do business with them . There profits decrease enough and they will either become an American buisness or they can go away . America, LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT .
Toss the free calendar…save the coupons; That is what I would do! More offensive and aggregious to me is that more than one person stated “Pearl Harbor was more than 100 years ago” Instead of calendars, these people need history or library books.
Another perceived blow at America & Isreal. Islam is a false religion. Muslims praise a child molester. i now officially despise Islam. Call me a hater—-oh well. OFF WITH THEIR HEADS, sooner than later.
The more that idiots like the PC cretins at Publix chip away and America’s Judeo-Christian heritage, the worse our Country will become.
A grounding in decent behavior and the value of life as taught by the Jews & Christians are what has made this Country great.
Islam loves death and is NOT a religion, although it pretends to be one to demand and receive “equal treatment” although their “equal treatment” is much more pervasive than Jewish and Christian religions.
Islam is in fact a societal control mechanism disguised as religion. The founder was, it is believed by those who have studied his behaviour, an epileptic and a pedophile who killed people and robbed them and to keep his thugs in line shared the “loot” with them.
Boycott Publix until they create a calendar that tells about Judeo-Christian and American holidays and memorial events.
PC is for the heathens and is a good way to destroy what is left of our Republic.
StLouisBoy, i’m right on your heels and “I second” everything you said and then some. Any born American that isn’t outraged at Publix is either stupid or in a coma. The lame-brain that came up with the calendar commemorating days that have nothing to do with America should be fired. Florida is still in America isn’t it? I visit there often and will never shop at a Publix again.
And Publix adding calendar dates for their South American customers? You’re supposed to come to this country with the intent of becoming a U.S. citizen. Whatever happened to assimilation? Immigrants don’t come here to Shop at Publix. Immigrants are supposed to come to this country to join in and contribute to the beliefs, customs and traditions already established. Publix you have blown your image I hope for years to come.
The best way to show Publix that it is un-American to omit a recognition of one of the most significant day in our history. Some 2500 Americans died on 12/7/41 and Japan’s sneak attack (their diplomats were in Washington, D.C. “negotiating” a peaceful approach) dragged America into World War II — which eventually cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans — approximately 900,000 died. And Publix may not know it, but 87% of Americans believe that America is a Christian country. The U.S. certainly is NOT an Islamic nation; to the contrary, we are at war with Islamic jihadsts who hate Americans. Get someone with an education to prepare your calendar, or move to an Islamic country — there are many supermarket chains.
Ron Hill
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Ican’t believe people think that way.
You mean that our men and women died for nothing saving
your lives. I’ve got family memebers who were in those
wars. And if it weren’t for them you would not be ware
you are now. I’m an AMERICAN and proud of it. This
country was founded on Christainty.
Have a nice day
I believe in being fair,honest & just. I believe in INTEGRITY. I am in the minority. The type of men who defended the Alamo & died are now politically incorrect & socially unacceptable. No consequences for actions, no pledge to our country, no prayer in school or a moment of silence. Too many people live in virtual reality & many don’t care. When you are in concentration camps & your family is taken away then you will say somebody save us & you will learn to care the hard way. Freedom has been gone for a long time & you don’t even know it. Cowards will get what they deserve & It’s coming. It will be here very soon.
Someone at Publix had their politically correct head up their ass. Here in America we do not celebrate Muslim holidays,(We shoot them).
This is a disgrace! How can Publix forget to add such important dates in American History on their calendar! Are we to forget all the people who died at Pearl Harbor or on 9/11! We need to remind everyone our freedom is not free! There are many, many people who have died defending us and, because of them, I am sitting at my computer typing this note as a free person! God Bless America! Publix should be ashamed of themselves!
From the comments I’ve read most people don’t care about rememberng history or this country. The main concern is polictical correctness and anything for free. There’s a lot of good Americans long passed gone who cared more about freedom than the people that care about free stuff.
I am a loyal Publix customer, but this made my blood boil. Who was in charge and where do they work now, is my question to Pulbix. No accountability in our government and now at Pulbix. I guess I will have to shop somewhere else since my power is where I spend my money.
The ONLY reason Publix exists is because of the AMERICAN way of freedoms. Everyone in this blog and the broadcasting have the freedeom because of the American way. Without the hundreds of thousands of sacrifices after Pearl Harbor the Jenkins family would not have founded the store - the employees would not be owners - and none of the readers would have the life style they have today. Publix should reprint the calendars and should have a Public apology - this is America, not South America.
I agree with the majority of the posts here. THIS IS AMERICA. YOU COME HERE BECAUSE YOU WANT TO BE AN AMERICAN. If you come in this spirit, you will be most welcome. We are a Christian nation and we are proud of our heritage, proud to be Americans. It would be nice to hear Publix apologize if they offended anyone.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS A COMMON ERROR, BUT I DID NOT SEE TO MUCH REMEMBERANCE OF PEARL HARBOR IN 2009, SEEMS AS THOUGH THERE IS NOT TO MUCH REMEMBERING OF WHY THIS COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED, AS A REPUBLIC. SOME COMMENTS ARE CORRECT ITS NOT A BIG DEAL, I THINK ITS VERY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO DEDICATED THEIR LIVES TO PROTECT OUR FREEDOMS.
TO REALIZE THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THE FREEDOMS THAT THEY ARE TAKING AWAY, THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE FUTURE OF ITS CITIZENS.
HEAR IS A THOUGHT, WOULD THE ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS CALENDARS PUT ANY AMERICAN HOLIDAYS IN THEIR CALENDAR?
SURE BE NICE IF THEY DID, SORT OF BLEND IN AND SEE WHAT THIS COUNTRY WAS STARTED FOR, WHY WE HAVE A CONSTITUTION, THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, SOMETHING THE POLITICIANS HAVE FORGOTTEN.
Publix,
I love you, but you really screwed this one up! Your an American company, founded by Americans, and owned by Americans. Do try to dodge this mess, but learn from it.
The fact that Publix employees put individual ethnic considerations first in their calendar is exactly the problem with this country. Rather than one AMERICA speaking with an AMERICAN voice it has become a country of individual bickering ethnic factions with total disregard for American values and culture. My grandparents were immigrants, but they never ran around demanding special treatment because…they considered themselves Americans first! They thanked God everyday there was an America they could escape to when things in their birth country went bad. Immigrants today do not hold this same respect. They spit on the country who has allowed them something better and many are not even legal immigrants. Immigrant children have no respect for America or its values showing disrepect to their teachers and carrying on about America being a bad country. They learn this from their parents who also lack any respect for a country giving their children a free education and free healthcare. People need to wake up!!! By disrepecting and ignoring the principles that founded this great country by our founding fathers we are destine to recreate the same disasters people run away from in other countries. AMERICA and AMERICAN history should be the focus for all of us. Ethnic backgrounds create the interest in our mixing pot here, but they should be secondary, not primary!!
I urge a complete boycott and to continue to let them know of your displeasure.
I have read most of the comments here and for the most part they all are BS. I’ve not yet sean one that talked about how they love AMERICA and how they would protect it. Here is how i fill , you have all these people coming here from all over the world and all they want to do when they get here is bring all there countrys flag and fly it, and they want there holidays an so on it never stops. If that is what they want then they need to go back to there home land dont come here and want AMERICA to change for you. For the most part the people that are coming here now dont even like AMERICA, there coming for other reason’s. If they want holidays for there countrys belifes then go HOME and stay HOME.
The future of staying in business is up to the store. Other businesses have taken a liberal position on American issues and thus the majarity of “citizens” took issue and stopped supporting the anti-Amercan, socialists,,, sounds like what happened to cnn, atlanta journal not so correct news paper, and the list goes on, seems to be a stupid thing to do, considering, it is because of the red, white, and blue that they exist in the first place. I didn’t capitalize intentially…
What if find interesting are the number of comments who say “who cares” and “why are people upset.” Yet, they take time to say “who cares.” Is not that a contraction of their own words to their actions? To find fault with caring, really just is a deflection of the core debate. A tactic often used when the uninformed speak. Well those who remember the importance of history care, those who understand the efforts of many who promote globalism care, I care. “All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men to nothing.”
Publix is a fine company and I should know. I retired after spending 25 years with them. I recommend that they pull the calender and donate it to the third world. I sure they could really use it and as they have not the opportunity of a education and they will not be offended.
I think it is worth getting upset about. It is just another example of a move to downgrade American history and culture and bring in everyone else’s holidays, a very small minority. It’s just an attempt to change our culture and make it a world culture. Slowly but surely the very left liberals are making gains for their agenda. If we are not diligent, we will lose our American culture. And why should we note a Muslim holiday? This was established as a Christian nation in spite of what the Left wants us to believe. All our Founding Fathers spoke of God and included mention of Him in their speeches and in their governmental activities. It has been a Christian nation until the last few years. No more Bibles or mention of God in our schools or public places, contrary to the Constitution!!!!! That’s one reason this country is going to the dogs!
Apathy will kill America. Stand up, America, you have a GREAT history and that includes remembering it!
Alan, Jan. 7, you sure show your ignorance. You don’t know your history at all. Christianity is NOT the most responsible for the greatest horrors of history. Get an education before you spout off. Islam is the religion that hates and kills and forces people to believe their way or get killed or enslaved. Learn just a little about Islam and you won’t make such stupid remarks.
We don’t need all the holidays of other nations. When you come here, assimilate or go home. I don’t want my country to become a Third-World country. Americans have worked hard to make it what it is. We own nothing to the rest of the world, yet we give and give and give and get kicked in the teeth for it. Enough is enough already.
Publix just narrowed my shopping decision!! They can put whatever they want on their calendars - I will not accept the calendar nor their invitation to sell me any of their products. Happy Re-wraps Publix.
so then, . . maybe next year i will consider setting foot in a publix store again! we will have to wait and see! but as for me and my house, we choose to go to kroger this year.
i fought for three years in the south pacific only to have my sacrifice ignored by a shelf stocking left wing imbecile. i hope they forget the day hes to released from the funny farm.
i fought for three years in the south pacific only to have my sacrifice ignored by a shelf stocking who cant spell publics
If they can put up Islam where are the Catholic Holidays? They had the stupidest “holiday” commercials this season I ever fast forwarded through…heck the word didn’t even fit.
Publix and PC suck and do not go together.
REMEMBER ISLAM IS NOT A ‘RELIGION’ AS WE KNOW IT. IT IS A MUSLIM’S CONSTITUTION. DO WE NEED ANOTHER CONSTITION IN THE U.S. IT IS NOT A RELIGION……..
For some reason the American History that’s being taught in our schools and written in their books are making America look horrible.
I wish the libs and leftists would go to these countries they want to make us into and stay there and NEVER ever come back.
As someone said earlier Assimilate or GO HOME!
Save your money and stop going to movies, then the Hollywood Left would have to appease to us to get their billions not try to teach us while we are living payday to payday and they have a dozen garages full of cars they don’t even drive while saying that what America stands for is bad and we have to be Politically Correct but they aren’t they aren’t even morally correct!
Have been a loyal customer of Pubix for a long time, but I will not set foot in it again. We have Winn-Dixie and Kroger to shop at, so from now on they get my money.
YES THIS COUNTRY IS CONSIDERED A “MELTING POT” … BUT IT WAS TO INTEGRATE OTHERS INTO “OUR GREAT NATION” … NOT TO CHANGE IT INTO THEIRS!!! WHEN IN AMERICA … BE AN AMERICAN … OR AT LEAST LEARN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS THE U.S.A.
I live in the United States of America and love this country. If you want to live in America learn the American way and SPEAK english or go back to your country. I wish all the other ethnics would learn to live as we do and they would expect this of us if we came to their country.
The idiot who thought this up and the one who “approved” it should both be fired. Thousands of American’s died due to the war that ensued. Does
Publix callous disregard mean for “remembering” mean that in a few years, we should “forget” 9/11?
This is AMERICA people. GOD BLESS THE USA.
Please do not shop at Publix & let them know why!
And by the way, if you do not like it here-don’t let
the door hit you on your way out!
OK so they did not put in Pearl Harbor Day, it is upsetting to true Americans. However maybe what they should do next year is put in Pearl Harbor Day and EXACTLY HOW MANY YEARS AGO IT WAS so that the idiot that thinks it was over 100 years ago can get his facts straight. I wonder is he one of those college wonderboys that doesn’t know where Pearl Harbor is!!!
The posters who blamed the radio host and other “racists” are obviously very young - and quite obviously unaware of American history.
They would do well to open an American history book - and while they’re at it - look into their own family history to learn if any of their grandfathers, uncles or other relatives were murdered at Pearl Harbor.
Brave soldiers at Pearl Harbor died so that these sophomoric youngsters would have the right to make their naive and foolish statements.
Why on earth is September 11th referred to as Patriot’s Day???
This is just another form of disrespect for America which seems to have been brought about by the need for the grocery store to capitalize on individual segments in the American culture instead of properly identifying traditional holidays used for observance and/or otherwise. Someone mentioned it wasn’t suppose to indicate days of remembrance. I doubt they left out Memorial Day. I’m sure they heavily advertise that day to get people into the stores to buy stuff. If they choose to include other days of celebration they should only be included in a minor way otherwise it’s very disrespectful to the days that are celebrated or observed for a reason true to America. If they wish to include other non American holidays they should call it a world culutral calendar in which case the holidays noted should include all cultures not just the ones the creator can indentify with since America is essential made up of most of the cultures found in the world. A proper calendar should honor all traditional American holidays and important observed days by prominently marking them on the calendar.
Won’t catch me in a publix. Before or after this stupid p.c. gimmick. That’s because I work for Sweetbay Supermarkets. Keep up the good work publix.
Oh by the way. I can tell that the radio host’s show is on the East(liberal/progressive)coast by most of the comments I read before mine. All I can say to the host is keep up the good work. Even though it may seem like your alone in the world, your not. Boy am I glad I live on the West coast of this great state. Cracker till I die.
One more thing. To Frank Moore and those like him. Thank you and God Bless. From my family to yours.
This comment is for Alan the KING OF THE TARDS Where has your head been? Either in the sand or upsomeones rear end. More Horrors have been done in the name of Christianity than any other Religion.More horrors have been commited in the name of Isalam than any other Religion these people have been killing one another Before Christ. You Obviously did not lose any family or freinds in the trade towers, or maybe you just don’t have one once of the red, white and blue running thrugh your veins. Wake up and Smell the coffee because its burning everyone of us right now.
I just read this article …sorry to say i was so late..there are some comments that i agree with and some that i don’t. Bottom line, Publix , I’m sure didn’t do iton purpose. I think they forgot, as many of these posts, that there are a still a lot of people who remember where we came from and a lot of people that don’t care. You must never forget and never “not care”. History has a terrible tendency to repeat itself. I can almost bet that most of the apathetic comments are from the younger generation and that is a terrible thing. I agree, I feel that the schools haven’t been teaching History like they did 30 years ago, if it did, then you wouldn’t have so many of these comments. In this last 30 years…there is a serious decline of Patriotism ,Government Support and just plain decency. As far as the comments about the “Jews” making the most of these comments. I’m sorry, how do you know this?. I don’t see any comment in here that points to Jewish people. This country is a Melting Pot, always has been and always will be. We need to respect everyone