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- zaq0
"And [Obama] really was born in Hawaii, and he really is legitimately President of the United States, again, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics did not make up a fake unemployment rate last month, and the Congressional Research Service really can find no evidence that cutting taxes on rich people grows the economy, and the polls were not screwed to oversample Democrats, and Nate Silver was not making up fake projections about the election to make conservatives feel bad, Nate Silver was doing math, and climate change is real, and rape really does cause pregnancy sometimes, and evolution is a thing, and benghazi was an attack on us, it was not a scandal by us, and nobody is taking away anyone’s guns, and taxes have not gone up, and the deficit is dropping, actually, and saddam hussein did not have weapons of mass destruction, and the moon landing was real, and FEMA is not building concentration camps, and you UN election observers are not taking over Texas, and moderate reforms of the regulations on the insurance industry and the financial services industry in this country are not the same thing as communism.
You guys, we’re counting on you. Wake up. There are real problems in the world. There are real, knowable facts in the world. Let’s accept those and talk about how we might approach our problems differently."- Yeah. I buy that for a dollar. Jeez is this what people are exposed to on TV? Holy mind fck batman. I. Guess stupidity is the path of least resistance.yurimon
- least resistance or in france they say résistance.yurimon
- lol @12:30 you can feel the despair in Karl Rove.teh
- Re: Rove
I think he inadvertently made an even bigger ass of himself than usual. Might have hurt his own brand?waterhouse - own brand?waterhouse
- Rachel <3 !!mikotondria3
- mg330
- ETM0
- If you want distraction You've probably posted some pic of obama with a caption to move to cananda bullshyt on
that has irrelevant to real issues.yurimon - moving to canada has no relevance to real serious issues.yurimon
- move to sweden
teh - See this guy he was arrested for no reason actually http://online.wsj.co…yurimon
- If you want distraction You've probably posted some pic of obama with a caption to move to cananda bullshyt on
- yurimon0
just a post before i go: Email from an HR person, keep it anonymous. Not endorsing or condoning, but it is what it is...
********************************...I see a lot of +1 going on but what I am confronted with is a -14.
That's the number of employees that I am faced with cutting to pay for the full brunt of Obamacare. Another business owner that I was having lunch with said he will have to lay off about 1/3 of his current staff (that would be over 200 job losses).
I will buckle down and try to weather the next four years and hope for better at the end but many businesses either won't make it or won't bother to try because the struggle has already been too hard.
Personally I don't care WHO is POTUS as long as they ascribe to the Hippocratic oath principle of "first do no harm". I think 90+ weeks of unemployment over 8% is nothing compared to what's coming in act two.
To me and my business it's a very sad day.
- I'm sure plenty of business people felt the same when they abolished slavery. Universal healthcare is good. suck it up.Gnash
- So do you prefer "voluntary servitude" under corporate feudalism? Most americans do. Hows your iphone? Was it made by serfs or the Chinese? How many children did it take to make you panties?
hypocrite me not please. lolyurimon - by serfs or the Chinese? How many children did it take to make you panties?
hypocrite me not please. lolyurimon - I would not buy a cotton t-shirt from a slave plantation in Georgia but I would buy an iphone made in china. ahh progress of double speak.yurimon
- um ya, and that's obama's fault. I'm sure the republican fascists will fix all that up in a jiffy.Gnash
- plus You dont what obamacare is other then what they show you on tv or campaign promisesyurimon
- and. any "business owner" who fires 1/3 of his workforce to pay healthcare premiums is a liar, and a republicanGnash
- no bodies fault but our own ignorance at fault.yurimon
- why do mention politicians, political parties. You think a politician of any kind is going to solve anything?yurimon
- you mentioned politics when you posted some fake blurb about the "full brunt of obamacare"Gnash
- Do you own a business? or you saw someone own a business on tv?yurimon
- The Obamacare requirement only hits businesses with 50+ employeesukit2
- What kind of business employs 600 people and offer no health care at all?ukit2
- the kind that live in fantasyland, fake HR "anonymous" emailsGnash
- and yes, yuri, I've owned a business. and often lamented the overhead of an employee's costs. It would be great if they were free and we all had ponies, too.Gnash
- ... were free and we all had ponies, too.Gnash
- My mom sent me the
exact same chain email
fucktard!utopian - Have a feeling this will be on snopes.com soon...ETM
- Also, rest of western countries have centralized healthcare. It's okay America. You'll catch up.ETM
- nice research, yuri. You just forwarded on a fucking bullshit made up neocon email. You sure do your research!aaux
- ukit20
How many businesses do you know that employ more than 50 people and don't offer health care to their employees? EVen when I was working for a startup with around 20 people they offered a pretty generous health care plan.
- ********0
Don't worry. The invisible hand of the free market will find each and every one of those people a new job.
- invisible hand? Ummm... dipshit, look around you, this country was not built by the government and its ability to create jobs. Damn dumb dumb!whhipp
- Damn dumb, just so dumb!whhipp
- this country wasnt built on people that lost a job, went oh well government will take care of me now. They went and started something on their own. Sell something, clean something!, do something!whhipp
- started something on their own. Sell something, clean something!, do something!whhipp
- So... Obamacare just created a bunch of new entrepreneurs! Nice job, Obamacare!********
- what!?whhipp
- Country wasn;t built by government? Infrastructure wasn't helped by government?ETM
- Isn't infrastructure the building block of virtually everything? So virtually everything is built off government at some level.ETM
- But you are welcome to build a factory in the middle of a private field without water, power, phone, roads.ETM
- Hopefully private industry will bring all those to you. Hope you have the cash to convince them.ETM
- railroads werent built by government. It all began with capitalism. This is whats wrong in your little head, if it makes sense to build a road, there will be a business that will do it. Government is not needed to build roads/infrastructure... dimwit.whhipp
- to build a road, there will be a business that will do it. Government is not needed to build roads/infrastructure... dimwit.whhipp
- dimwit.whhipp
- whhipp0
yeah... I worked at a place that was considered as offering a "Cadillac Plan" under Obummercare... and HR said that they were unsure if they would be providing the same care when 2014 rolls around. We asked, "Why?"... answer, Obummercare will tax us on the cost that goes over the Cadillac threshold. Thus causing the employers that treat their employees well in this regard to have to lower their healthcare plans and provide less. Something very wrong with this picture. I see the true plan, but all of you dont get it.
And so... for me, when Obama says, "You will be able to keep your insurance or opt for a government one" is a load of crap! I/you will not have the same healthcare provided to us by our companies because he is strong arming them to provide lesser quality plans! Its a plan that will make everyone get on government healthcare... duh!? What do we expect from a socialist fool.
- That's about as terrifying as a burning cross.
I'm shitting myself. Try again.waterhouse - oh man... sorry you are an idiot.whhipp
- Did you get the same chain email about Obamacare fucktard?utopian
- no this is real dipshit.whhipp
- my first hand experience is no chain mail.whhipp
- your first hand experience is bullshit. Sorry. I dont' believe you for a second in this regard.aaux
- That's about as terrifying as a burning cross.
- fooler0
yep, the guy who lives in this mansion is going to have to lay off people because of Obamacare...
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_il8Um8…
http://www.trbimg.com/img-50228b…
- teh0
His Holiness the Dalai Lama today congratulated President Barack Obama on his re-election to the presidency of the United States.Please SHARE and Subscribe
In his congratulatory letter, His Holiness the Dalai Lama wrote: “Please accept my congratulations on your re-election to the presidency of the United States.
“When you were elected in 2008, you inspired the world with a call to take responsibility for the problems we face as global citizens. Since then, you have made earnest efforts to live up to that great hope and trust placed in you by the American public. I believe you have been re-elected now in recognition of that effort.
“When you first took office, I remember writing to you that the world places great hope in the democratic vision and leadership of the United States and that I hoped you would be able to shape a more peaceful world, bearing in mind the poverty, injustice and deprivation suffered by billions of people. The need to address these issues remains pressing today.
“As you know, it is over a year since I handed over all my political authority to the elected Tibetan leadership, but as just one among the six million Tibetans I want to thank you for your steady encouragement of our efforts to find a peaceful resolution to the problems in Tibet. I am very appreciative of your support for our Middle Way Approach, which I continue to believe is the best way for us to ensure a solution that is beneficial for both Tibetans and Chinese. Given the recently deteriorating situation in Tibet, of which the tragic series of self-immolations is a stark symptom, I hope your Administration will be able to take further steps to encourage a mutually acceptable solution.
“I am presently on a visit to Japan, and am pleased to send my prayers and good wishes for every success in your second term.”
article courtesy of: http://www.sun-gazing.com/
- obama doesnt care. He is holier than the dalai lama.whhipp
- Whippp, without fail, you bring the dialogue down a few notches with each post.BrokenHD
- agree he never mentions Buddhism when naming religions of america.teh
- lol. obama has no religion.whhipp
- Bet 1000 he's a fuck load more devoted to his religion than your neocon ass is. fucking hypocrit.aaux
- e-wo0
whhipp, yurimon,
If you would take the time to form coherent argument for your beliefs (with acceptable sources cited), instead of commenting every single political post with insults and exasperated objections, there's a chance you'd be understood.
Going on as you are is a waste of your time and a pollution of our discourse, informal as it may be.
- not really. those involved understand... never seen you make a comment till now... so maybe you got some reading to do.whhipp
- do.whhipp
- See what I mean? Thanks for presuming I haven't been reading this thread closely for years.e-wo
- e-wo, assumed because then you would know my stance on a lot of different issues. No one here has stated their stance and provided sources... like its some sort of official political class here. Besides if you require me to do this, where is yours?whhipp
- as you are requiring me to do. So GFY!whhipp
- whhipp0
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB…
Barack Obama presides over an America more divided than at any time in 50 years. A country that was riven back then along racial lines gathered itself in 2008 to elect its first black president. That president has spent four years dividing the country on the basis of economic status. The campaign revealed no evidence that Mr. Obama will close the chasm he has created between his voters and those he attacked and vilified.
It may be true that Mitt Romney failed to respond adequately to the $100 million advertising assault the Obama campaign waged on his years at Bain Capital and in private equity. Maybe a response would have turned some voters. But could it overcome the four-year assault waged not by campaign surrogates, but by the president himself, on bankers, Wall Street, the oil companies after the Gulf spill, insurance companies and the "millionaires" whose family income starts at $250,000?
... continued in article
- ah man, get me a kleenex!prophetone
- No, he didn't divide it. The fat, rich, white dinosaurs did that job on their own.severian
- exactlyprophetone
- bingo, sevGnash
- sure believe what you want. im just sayin, when you start crying about all your take home cash going out the window, you'll remember me. :)whhipp
- remember me. :)whhipp
- lolprophetone
- So we ask for factual information and you post a WSJ opinion piece. Niceaaux
- utopian0
Just your typical everyday.... fear & hate mongering from the whining, radical right wing nut, sore losers, Foxicon Republitards as usual...
My mom sent me the same exact "chain email" last night, LMAO at you dumb fucks!
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just a post before i go: Email from an HR person, keep it anonymous. Not endorsing or condoning, but it is what it is...
********************************...
I see a lot of +1 going on but what I am confronted with is a -14.
That's the number of employees that I am faced with cutting to pay for the full brunt of Obamacare. Another business owner that I was having lunch with said he will have to lay off about 1/3 of his current staff (that would be over 200 job losses).
I will buckle down and try to weather the next four years and hope for better at the end but many businesses either won't make it or won't bother to try because the struggle has already been too hard.
Personally I don't care WHO is POTUS as long as they ascribe to the Hippocratic oath principle of "first do no harm". I think 90+ weeks of unemployment over 8% is nothing compared to what's coming in act two.
To me and my business it's a very sad day.----
- Republitards passing along "chain mail" how pathetic!utopian
- bliznutty0
- So bored of these stupid Jaywalking videos, no matter which side they're coming from.********
- ZOMG! Did you know there are Americans who have an uninformed opinion?!?!?! ZOMG!!!!********
- So bored of these stupid Jaywalking videos, no matter which side they're coming from.
- ukit20
I love that WSJ articles whines about being divided...isn't that the result of every election?
- waterhouse0
It won't be divided for long. Old timers are about to die in droves. Populations among minorities and in urban centers are growing.
Sorry, "whhipp."
- that or moving to canadaRamanisky2
- no worries waterhouse... US will definitely be on its knees by then as well. You have no idea.whhipp
- as you all want it to be.whhipp
- the US was on its knees before Obama took office.Al_dizzle
- You're the only one on your knees, jizz lover.waterhouse
