"We'll all go to Geno's and we'll each order a cheesesteak in a different language. Think of the confusion." Golly, gee-wilikers, what a ginger-peachy idea! As it turned out, only 10 mental-midgets showed up, the world did not come to an end and the sun rose the following morning [Fine Print, "J'ai Dit, Pas D'Oignons!" Rachel Frankford, Sept. 14, 2006]. What [these] mental retards don't understand is that when in any country, speaking that country's language is the proper thing to do — or to try to do. If Geno's employee Jimmy Reds were to go to Bengal and order in English, and had not been served, would he have a right to complain about backward or misanthropic Bengalis for not understanding English? If Jimmy Reds had gone to France and had ordered in English, and had not been served, would he have a right to complain about the backward or misanthropic French for not understanding English?

If these nincompoops don't like the "Speak English" policy of Geno's, don't go there.

Andrew Kevorkian

Thanks for your coverage of [City Council] Majority Leader Jannie Blackwell's attempt to give Philadelphia residents a chance to vote to withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq [News, "Charter Bruise," Jenna Portnoy, Sept. 14, 2006]. The Granny Peace Brigade of Philadelphia was one of the many groups supporting this resolution. In fact, many grandmothers feel so strongly about stopping the deaths in Iraq that we are also willing to risk arrest and go to prison to voice our outrage at this war [Cover, "Unusual Suspects," Brian Hickey, July 6, 2006].

However, the first paragraph in the [recent] article gave the wrong impression that some activist inmates "wished they could take back the actions that landed them in the Federal Detention Center." Au contraire! While we were "non-sulking" in prison, we were actually gratified that we could give witness to how strongly we opposed the illegal and immoral war in Iraq. How many more of us need to lobby, protest, march, vote and go to prison before our government finally listens to us?

Sylvia Metzler

Ed: The line Sylvia referenced refers to inmates besides those arrested as part of the anti-war rally. City Paper apologizes for the confusion.

I saw [Naked City, "Click for Beer," Michael Benner, Sept. 14, 2006] and had to chuckle. My family [members] were neighborhood beer distributors back to the early '50s, operating in the city's Fairmount section.

Home delivery was a major part of our business, as it was for most of the city's "D" beer distributors. As a kid, I'd ride along with my dad or one of our drivers as they made home deliveries, both in response to phone orders and on regular, weekly routes. We even had the house keys for some of our customers' homes and would let ourselves in to drop off a case or two every week. The money and the empty case were waiting on the kitchen table.

While the ordering technology has changed, the idea is anything but new to those with enough miles on our odometer who remember home delivery of lots of things like bread, milk and beer.

Lionel K. Schnell

Thanks for the write-up in your paper [Agenda, In the Event That, "Jesus Is Your Homeboy," Rachel Frankford, Aug. 17, 2006]. It was a different take on the conference, but I appreciate it. You were the only publication to pick up the event.

Too often in the media when one hears the term African-American teens, it is followed by unwanted pregnancies, murder, drugs, etc.

Rose Kenney

Due to a production error, Rob Brezsny's Free Will Astrology didn't appear in last week's paper. This week's horoscopes will appear on page 101. City Paper apologizes for any soothsaying inconveniences.