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Posts Made By: david elosser

November 9, 2012 11:28 PM Forum: Politics

Clinton, Panetta, Petraeus, Geithner, Carney GONE

Posted By david elosser
In all fairness to Obama, it's actually not uncommon to have cabinet members and high appointees "jump the ship" for the second term, regardless of party or executive office successes. IMHO the people that the president appoints often have the tougher jobs, and they are more likely to get burned out after four years. (Some of the "carry-overs" of course, probably should have been replaced from the start, but many presidents make that mistake.)

David E

November 14, 2012 02:14 AM Forum: Politics

Re: Dear Right Wing Forum Posters:

Posted By david elosser
Herb York said:

http://www.usdebtclock.org

Enjoy your "victory"

And this victory too:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-11-10/foodstamps-surge-most-one-year-new-all-time-record-delayed-release

David E

November 15, 2012 06:56 PM Forum: Politics

What Will Rod Post Next?

Posted By david elosser
...or the food stamp recipient report...

...or the manufacturing report...


November 18, 2012 11:43 AM Forum: Politics

Hostess

Posted By david elosser
Alan French said:

Interesting that they also recently tripled the salary of their CEO (from $750,000 to $2,500,000), and other management folks.

Clear skies, Alan


"Despite nearly $16 billion in annual losses announced by the U.S. Postal Service on Thursday, all but one of the top five executives for the nation's mail service had an overall compensation increase this year, records show...Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe, for instance, earned a base salary of $276,840, but even without a bonus or incentive payout, his overall compensation came to $512,093, compared with $384,229 in 2011, according to regulatory filings."
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/nov/15/us-postal-service-loses-159-billion/

The execs that ran Fanny and Freddy into the ground, causing the near collapse of our banking system and the subsequent $trillion TARP bailout, got away like Bonnie and Clyde.

I don't have an answer as to why companies pay their execs the way they do. But nor do I have an answer as to why Quarterbacks get millions to lead a losing team or why liberal media evening news anchors get multi-million dollar contracts while their ratings continue to tank.

David E

November 18, 2012 11:56 AM Forum: Politics

Hostess

Posted By david elosser
Alan French said:

It's far too simplistic to simply blame unions for the demise of Hostess. Clear skies, Alan

Trumka's attacks indirectly blaming Bain Capital is not simplistic, it's delusional. Talk about an angry white man:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/83979.html
David E

November 19, 2012 03:34 PM Forum: Politics

Gay Marriage a Boost for Business

Posted By david elosser
Alan French said:

A nice little boost to some economies.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/wedding-trade-expects-boost-gay-marriage-laws-17753089#.UKo_J4awUmI

Clear skies, Alan

And if statistics run the same, a boon to divorce lawyers too. wink

David E

November 30, 2012 10:39 AM Forum: Politics

A complete shift in the US labor model

Posted By david elosser
Every month since øbama took office, ~1.5 million workers got their pink slips for the first time. What does that mean? By the end of his first term, 72 million, roughly half the adult working population, will have gotten fired or laid off.

Forward!

David E

December 8, 2012 11:40 PM Forum: Politics

This guy has the right idea!!

Posted By david elosser
grin
Absolutely, I mean, if government must require you to purchase health care (which is not mentioned at all in the Constitution) then why not require you to purchase a firearm or be taxed for not owning one? The taxes collected will go to crime control of course, benefiting everybody, and making crime control cheaper for everyone! Businesses must also pay a penal... uh... tax if they don't provide free firearms for their employees! And of course, everyone should get free bullets and gun cleaning equipment!

David E

January 6, 2013 09:34 PM Forum: Politics

WH: Broader Gun Control!

Posted By david elosser
Rod Kaufman said:

The White House is considering ... enabling tracking of gun movements and sales through a national data base...

Well that's something the Messiah should be an expert in, considering how well Fast and Furious worked out.

David E

February 4, 2013 11:09 AM Forum: Politics

Obama loves to skeet shoot

Posted By david elosser
Jim Johnson said:

http://news.yahoo.com/obama-skeet-shooter-see-white-house-photo-180742548--politics.html

All of a sudden it is revealed and documented with a photograph that Obama is an avid skeet shooter when at Camp David. Surprise, Surprise.

Jim J

This is sad, disgusting; everybody knows that skeets are endangered! And Obama is killing skeets and bragging about it! At the current rate, skeets will be extinct within 5 years. Our children will not get to enjoy the beautiful, wonderful skeet, which has a very important part in our ecosystem.

Sad, sad, sad.

David E
(visit www.savetheskeetsfoundation.org)

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