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Post by mice34 on Apr 3, 2009 12:14:21 GMT -5
Seriously now, seriously... I should probably stop laughing already by why the hell is anyone bothering to discuss an op-ed by Karl Rove.
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Post by m52nickerson on Apr 3, 2009 12:27:54 GMT -5
because.....
If we just laugh at it then they will think we are idiots
If we show them, then they will see it is idiotic
but, if then they still believe it, we will know they are idiots.
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Post by Sigmaleph on Apr 3, 2009 14:46:08 GMT -5
Frustrated at the fact that it was painfully obvious during the election that he didn't know what he was talking about when it came to the economy yet people still voted him in? Yes. Taking a break from my strict ignoring sky policy to remark that he said it's painfully obvious someone else doesn't know what they are talking about. Make of that what you will
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Post by booley on Apr 3, 2009 14:49:39 GMT -5
Frustrated at the fact that it was painfully obvious during the election that he didn't know what he was talking about when it came to the economy yet people still voted him in? Yes. Taking a break from my strict ignoring sky policy to remark that he said it's painfully obvious someone else doesn't know what they are talking about. Make of that what you willYes I too wondered at that. Just who did Skyfire think Obama was running against? Who does Skyfire think preceeded Obama?
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Post by the sandman on Apr 3, 2009 16:48:19 GMT -5
because he has the mark of Cain, a rebel in the pre existence I see that once again I find myself being called a "racist" simply for disagreeing with Obama and being alarmed at his policies. ...something which, quite frankly, doesn't improve his image any. Um, what? Sky, no one called you a racist. Someone made a snarky comment about your chosen religion's factual racist history, but no one said anything about you, personally. And how is someone making such a comment on FSTDT hurting Obama's image? Do you honestly think Obama is posting here? Do you honestly think that anyone cares? Wow. Just wow. I am always astonished how someone with so little understanding of economics aspires to an MBA. You do know that Reganomics has been totally debunked, right? You do know that the current financial meltdown is the fault of the GOP, right? You do know that the only two choices for a government in the middle of a recession are to spend like crazy or to collapse, right? Seriously. You don't have to convert to the Democrats, but at least show a basic intelligence once in a while.
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Post by the sandman on Apr 3, 2009 16:58:39 GMT -5
Sky, do you have the slightest idea of what the card-check system even is? It's an alternative system that can be used to officially recognize worker interest in a union without the expense and red tape of a secret ballot. Secret ballots for unionization are rare because of the hoops one must jump through to orchestrate it, the fact that workers must shoulder the expense of conducting the secret ballot (something many simply can not do), and that the red tape involved means that management can easily derail or delay any attempts to hold the ballot in the first place.
Under the card-check system, any employee can at any time simply walk in and sign a card signifying their interest in a union. If enough people sign the cards, management is forced to recognize the fact that a significant portion of their workforce is interested in unionizing.
The only people who are against this simple system are those who continue to put forth the unfounded claim that the majority of unionized workers are "forced" into unions against their will by strongarm tactics, and that the card-check system will be used by unions to terrorize unwilling workers into signing on. This is simply a paranoid fantasy. The card-check system's only purpose and effect is to make it easier for workers to unionize. That's all.
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Post by ltfred on Apr 3, 2009 18:08:29 GMT -5
You do know that the only two choices for a government in the middle of a recession are to spend like crazy or to collapse, right? There is a third option: drop interest rates. It worked a treat for Reagan, for instance. But if you already have a very low or effectively 0% interest rate like, say, the United States of America, you can't really do that.
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