Casino67 Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Don't know how long it will last, but the Ravens/49'ers game here. Taken down already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestVirginiaRebel Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Congrats to the Packers and the Cowboys. Also Suh needs some serious psychological help. Meanwhile, happy kumbuyah and malaise from President Obama: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Also Suh needs some serious psychological help. Not that I would ever suggest violence be committed against an esteemed member of the 4th estate. Still as an old question goes....How do you train a mule? Step 1 get its attention Meanwhile, happy kumbuyah and malaise from President Obama: Question: if I watch this will I have an almost uncontrollable desire to grab a gun and head for the nearest tall building? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Curses! The Secret is out!Quick everyone go to plan ZETA, and rally at nickydog's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickydog Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Curses! The Secret is out! Quick everyone go to plan ZETA, and rally at nickydog's. Good! We're ready! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyM Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 The descent of the National Labor Relations Board from independent referee to a wholly owned AFL-CIO subsidiary is speeding up. Now its two Democratic appointees are attempting to ram through a new rule requiring quickie organizing elections, with barely any notice and little consultation with its sole GOP member. Once a sleepy, ostensibly independent agency, the NLRB has become the point of the spear for Democratic labor policy since Republicans took the House last year. Earlier this year its general counsel sued to block Boeing from making its planes at a new plant in South Carolina, a case that is still proceeding and could kill thousands of jobs. Now Chairman Mark Pearce, an Obama appointee, says he'll hold a vote next Wednesday on rules to shorten the time frame for union elections. The fire drill is intended to approve the union-favored plan before the recess appointment of the board's other Democrat expires and they lose their quorum. Full WSJ story: The NLRB Putsch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyM Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Be thankful for profits: There'd be No Thanksgiving Without the Profit Motive - Good article written by Lawrence W. Reed, originally published in 2001 and reprinted at mackinac.org for this Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving Day is a particularly appropriate time to reflect on the meaning and value of profit. The settlers at Plymouth colony who started the holiday tradition nearly wiped themselves out early on when they set up a communal, socialistic economy. Each person was producing for everybody else and received an equal share of the total production. In the absence of a strong profit motive, the settlers starved until Gov. Bradford altered the arrangement. Thereafter, men and women produced for profit and the result was bountiful harvests with full Thanksgiving tables. Full article here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Be thankful for profits: There'd be No Thanksgiving Without the Profit Motive - Good article written by Lawrence W. Reed, originally published in 2001 and reprinted at mackinac.org for this Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving Day is a particularly appropriate time to reflect on the meaning and value of profit. The settlers at Plymouth colony who started the holiday tradition nearly wiped themselves out early on when they set up a communal, socialistic economy. Each person was producing for everybody else and received an equal share of the total production. In the absence of a strong profit motive, the settlers starved until Gov. Bradford altered the arrangement. Thereafter, men and women produced for profit and the result was bountiful harvests with full Thanksgiving tables. Full article here A Thanks B. A bit off topic "People Before Profit." Say, you are the CEO of a business, you have the numbers crunched and they say in 5 years a plant in the company will not be profitable and may cause the entire company to fall. Question: Do you close down the plant and disrupt the lives of the people in this one plant (let's assume that the plant is in a small town in a economically depressed area, further let's assume most of the plants your company has are in small towns), or do you layoff some of the people and hope the situation improves, (remember the fate of your company and all the people working for you depend on what you do), or do you close this one plant down and save the jobs & livelihood of the rest of the people that work for you? Have you put People before Profit or Profit before People? You don't have one without the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickydog Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 I'm glad I'm not the CEO of a business. I would not be good at having to make such decisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearvision Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 B. A bit off topic "People Before Profit." Say, you are the CEO of a business, you have the numbers crunched and they say in 5 years a plant in the company will not be profitable and may cause the entire company to fall. Question: Do you close down the plant and disrupt the lives of the people in this one plant (let's assume that the plant is in a small town in a economically depressed area, further let's assume most of the plants your company has are in small towns), or do you layoff some of the people and hope the situation improves, (remember the fate of your company and all the people working for you depend on what you do), or do you close this one plant down and save the jobs & livelihood of the rest of the people that work for you? Have you put People before Profit or Profit before People? You don't have one without the other. You hire a lobbyist and donate to the appropriate decisions makers in Washington and your state. You get your product declared green and get tax credits for you and your buyers. You also get a low interest government loan to use as leverage to get twice as much in investor loans. You build new, more efficient factories, finish out your headquarters and get a corporate jet (which can also be used with the lobbyist and influence process). You pay all executives large bonuses because of your new cash windfall. Then in 2 years when you run out of cash, and still can't sell enough product, you go bankrupt with a nice parachute package for staying on for 6 months to manage the company thru the bankruptcy process. You then go on to be a consultant/lobbyist to congressional staff in WA and then you can finally be putting people before profit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 B. A bit off topic "People Before Profit." Say, you are the CEO of a business, you have the numbers crunched and they say in 5 years a plant in the company will not be profitable and may cause the entire company to fall. Question: Do you close down the plant and disrupt the lives of the people in this one plant (let's assume that the plant is in a small town in a economically depressed area, further let's assume most of the plants your company has are in small towns), or do you layoff some of the people and hope the situation improves, (remember the fate of your company and all the people working for you depend on what you do), or do you close this one plant down and save the jobs & livelihood of the rest of the people that work for you? Have you put People before Profit or Profit before People? You don't have one without the other. You hire a lobbyist and donate to the appropriate decisions makers in Washington and your state. You get your product declared green and get tax credits for you and your buyers. You also get a low interest government loan to use as leverage to get twice as much in investor loans. You build new, more efficient factories, finish out your headquarters and get a corporate jet (which can also be used with the lobbyist and influence process). You pay all executives large bonuses because of your new cash windfall. Then in 2 years when you run out of cash, and still can't sell enough product, you go bankrupt with a nice parachute package for staying on for 6 months to manage the company thru the bankruptcy process. You then go on to be a consultant/lobbyist to congressional staff in WA and then you can finally be putting people before profit. Unfortunately for some that is the business model. What that has to do with Capitalism and the Free Market (not to mention moral behavior) is beyond me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestVirginiaRebel Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Chris Matthews Admits 'National Media Leans a Little to the Left' JOHN HEILEMANN, NEW YORK MAGAZINE: You have sat out on the Iowa sidelines the entire year, and have kind of tried to convey to people that you’re not going to compete there. Now at the last minute you decide because the field is split among the social conservatives that you have a chance to win that state, win New Hampshire, and put this away quickly. If you go out there as the frontrunner, and now you’re playing in Iowa, I think the national media narrative is going to quickly become, “Is Mitt Romney making the same mistake as he made in 2008 when he tried to do the same strategy – win Iowa, win New Hampshire, put the race away?” CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: I agree with you. HEILEMANN: I think if he’s raised the bar, he’s going to raise the bar very high for himself. It’s going to be very hard to lower expectations the way they think they can. MATTHEWS: And that’s what we call a dynamic. He goes in there and says, “I’m running, I can win,” and because we know he doesn’t take chances, the national media, which leans a little to the left I could argue, could smash him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Chris Matthews Admits 'National Media Leans a Little to the Left' In other astounding news... Scientists today announced that according to recent studies A Fire is very warm B Water is extremely moist C Jumping off a 10 story building may cause bodily harm. The EPA & OHSA have stated they are considering banning water, fire & 10 story buildings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Tingles is at it again Glad to see the new tone of civility is really taking hold at MSNBC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SrWoodchuck Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 A new tone of imbecility is more apt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveliberty Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Chris Matthews Admits 'National Media Leans a Little to the Left' In other astounding news... Scientists today announced that according to recent studies A Fire is very warm B Water is extremely moist C Jumping off a 10 story building may cause bodily harm. The EPA & OHSA have stated they are considering banning water, fire & 10 story buildings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyM Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Thanks, unions! [sarcasm intended] 17 Suspended From Plant That Makes Military Parts After Video Allegedly Shows Workers Drinking, Smoking Marijuana Fox News story here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearvision Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Thanks, unions! [sarcasm intended] 17 Suspended From Plant That Makes Military Parts After Video Allegedly Shows Workers Drinking, Smoking Marijuana Fox News story here "Working as expeditiously as possible within the bounds of the legal union contract, seventeen employees have been suspended pending discharge. In addition, we are working with the union to ensure that workers will no longer be allowed to leave the premises during the work day," Fiebig said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyM Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Two weeks after the Richmond Tea Party delivered an invoice to Richmond Mayor Dwight Jones for costs incurred for previous rallies, we received a letter from the City of Richmond formally stating that the city is auditing our Tea Party. Coincidence? This audit is an obvious attempt to intimidate and harass us for standing up against the unfair treatment and discrimination against our Tea Party. First some back story: as reported on the front page of the Richmond Times Dispatch, the Richmond Tea Party delivered an invoice for charges incurred in our previous three Tax Day rallies at Kanawha Plaza because Mayor Jones chose to allow Occupy Richmond protesters to convene in the same park for two weeks. The Mayor not only allowed the Occupiers to break the law, but he visited them in the city-owned park. “Jones said that as a ‘child of civil rights’ and protests, he had allowed the group to remain in the park but understands his mayoral responsibility to uphold laws of the city,” reported the Richmond Times Dispatch. Apparently his mayoral duties included preferential treatment for a group he sympathizes with ideologically at the expense of the taxpayers. Full story in BigGovernment here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SrWoodchuck Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Outstanding post & link, RandyM! Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearvision Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Interesting take on things. Tea parties have probably charged and paid for expenses associated with their events as makes sense. But the occupiers get away for free. Such is the burden of Republicans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casino67 Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 This report is all over Twitter, "Reuters) - Republican presidential contender Herman Cain told his staff on Tuesday he was reassessing the future of his campaign after a woman accused him of having a 13-year affair, a senior adviser said. "Cain, a former pizza executive who has already been hit by allegations of sexual harassment, has denied he had an affair with the woman. He has nosedived in polls in recent weeks after he was hit by harassment allegations." ______ The Cain Train is almost at the station, end of the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SrWoodchuck Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 In the false dichotomy of progressive politics.....they are allowed to pick their candidates & ours. There is an inherent evil, that there can never be a "flawed" conservative choice......but progressives are constantly celebrated for all their warts: a darth of ethics & morals, sexual shennanigan's, narcissism, racial & cultural divisiveness & political peccadillo's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casino67 Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 In the false dichotomy of progressive politics.....they are allowed to pick their candidates & ours. There is an inherent evil, that there can never be a "flawed" conservative choice......but progressives are constantly celebrated for all their warts: a darth of ethics & morals, sexual shennanigan's, narcissism, racial & cultural divisiveness & political peccadillo's. So maybe Cain should run as a Democrat? He and Huntsman could primary the O. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SrWoodchuck Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 In the false dichotomy of progressive politics.....they are allowed to pick their candidates & ours. There is an inherent evil, that there can never be a "flawed" conservative choice......but progressives are constantly celebrated for all their warts: a darth of ethics & morals, sexual shennanigan's, narcissism, racial & cultural divisiveness & political peccadillo's. So maybe Cain should run as a Democrat? He and Huntsman could primary the O. Casino! Works for me......though RINO's must also fit into that perfect, progressive "Respectable Mold." FDR, JFK, LBJ & WJC were all known to have women outside of marriage......and were if not celebrated for it, were given a pass. Cain can not be allowed to embarrass Obummer. [not that he needs anyone's help for that] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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