John Smith

The company I work for (fortune 25) has gone on an austerity kick to pump/ pimp share price. We have cut staff and not replaced our natural attrition losses. I can't speak for other areas but my area had lost staff and had an increase in tasks assigned. We are expected to be on call 24-7 if needed. So the work is being created it is just being spread over the current staff. We are probably 1.5 people short in my group of 4. So in my small corner of the world the work is there but no new job has been created. Also it has been said many times that corporate profits equals jobs and that is not

For me it's all how it's presented. For instance the Beck/Palin approach will never work with me. Unfortunately that is to common, and no the left has nothing approaching those two as viewed through the lens of their approach and popularity. When I was going through basic training I was about five years olderand more educated than the average recruit. Because of this yelling I'm my face was not going to work. It took the drills a couple of weeks to figure out that talking to me got much better results. It's just how I am

This is absolutely true but you can't convince them of it. They still think tax cuts pay for themselves, the economy was good and debt/deficit were near $0 till Obama went on a spending spree. They ignore 2001 news stories that discussed the deficits that were going to result from the tax cuts, and prefer to focus on cuts paying for themselves rhetoric. They also love to compare their personal spending habits to a national economy. Drives me crazy how uneducated our population is on economics and how politicians capitalize on the ignorance.

Better than Palin?

I know many people who take her seriously and think that what she says makes total sense. Several have traveled hundreds if miles to see her speak and would gladly vote for her for president. But I live in a very rural very conservative region. I just see her as an opportunist taking advantage of every opportunity to keep her profile high and grab the cash. I wonder what happened to the Palin they tried to paint her as when she worked on bipartisan stuff in Alaska. From the moment she took the stage with McCain she's been a fire breather. So I give her credit for seeing where the path to ca

George Zimmerman, always the victim, always holding the gun, go figure. And now for something completely different Rob Ford... Political scandal? Tom Sizemore wannabe? Or just good fun entertainment?

Are we talking about finding WMD in Iraq again? Or perhaps we are discussing "these tax cuts will pay for themselves"? Or "read my lips, no new taxes" Face it presidents say things that are either not true and they know it when they say it or believe it and it does not turn out the way it was intended. It happens all the time, this is not the first time something like this has happened. Also I go back to what Paul Ryan said about Republicans writing a great portion of the law as well as them being the original source of the whole mandate idea, yet anger and vitriol from the right only gets d

The jesters and gladiators are now amongst the highest paid in society.

Im a White Sox and Bears fan and would not have lost one minute of sleep had either team left, but the powers that be decided to give them both a ton of money. The government does not build or pay for physical facilities for companies yet sports teams seem to get what they want.

Imagine how it would have turned out if the republicans had cooperated? They participated because it is their idea, Paul Ryan said they wrote a major chunk of the law, yet they wanted nothing to do with it. See states like MN and KY where implementation was a thusly put forth and they are succeeding. Oh we'll at this point we can only imagine what might have been. On an unrelated issue, anyone from GA here? How do you feel about the braves move? I think it's bull shit. Not that they are moving, but that they are expecting the tax payers to foot the bill for their stadium. That's wrong wr

Yes and no. Their tastes are evolving, but they are teenagers. And that is to be expected.

Generally yes unless I'm crunched for time or just don't have cash (which is more often than I care to admit)

I was in the service on 1982 and my unit got a warning order right after the marine barracks bombing. The order was rescinded within a week or so , I have no idea why. But very shortly after Beirut we invaded Grenada and public attention was diverted. If I remember correctly there was little public anger directed at the administration, not at all like the current faux anger. Nope almost all of the anger was directed at the Palestinians and. The only fall out was with how the marines and military In general handled security. Concrete barriers were erected around the White House and Ronnie suff

I have this DVR'd and am looking forward to seeing it soon.

Just turned 13 still a year or so from learning who Bruce was.

I don't go to many any more. Don't know too many people who like the same music I do and I live a fair distance from most venues. Lately I pretty much have been going when my kids needed rides but they both drive now so that era is over.

Sort of like Squad Leader on computer ? Isn't that what Curt Schilling was working on? I think he owns or has a financial interest in the Squad Leader franchise.

I don't doubt you choose to not understand but I said I'm done with the topic, so you win whatever prize they award for pointless discussions I guess.

Ok, big difference from the historical games I'm used to.

Right, plausible deniability. I, and you know exactly what your implications were intended to be. This is where I call out your dishonesty and you call out my impugning your character. We choose the time and place , secure our seconds, update our wills and in the end no one is any better for it. I will say you've done a masterful redirecting the conversation from the faux outrage to this mess. Oh and I'm done with the topic it grows tiresome.

But you used the cnn story to bolster your claims that Iraq had/was working in WMD when in fact the very information you supplied was known, tagged and stored under seal prior to our invasion. Snopes refutes that. Now, before you say "I didn't say that" the implications and intent of your posting was eminently clear. If that was not your intention, them please do explain why you would choose to insert that particular story at that point in the discussion?

Lamrod, what kind of games? I used to play tons of Avalon Hill and SSI games growing up. Between my brother and I, I probably have access to 200 or so games.

Do you actually read this stuff? Both articles are talking about the same yellow cake being under seal prior to the invasion and shipped to Canada. If you can't see that then all I can say is whatever. Speaking of losing credibility the "expert eyewitness" 60 Minutes used for their Benghazi blowout conspiracy story actually was nowhere neat the compound and was eyewitness to zilch. I wonder what else he fibbed about. Once again the "Liberally Biased" press spent a year investigating and darn it they missed out on fav checking again. How on earth can media matters find out information and vet

I think PBO's link indicated what needed to be fact checked. I can't believe I even had to Post that. You know when I knew positively that the government knew that they were not going to find any WMD? The very first time they said they found some. They announced it and got the press there to report it and the first thing wrong I saw was 'military' NBC (Nuclear, Biological and Chemical) techs opening drums of what they were selling as the most deadly toxins known to man. The problem was that these guys were wearing fatigues, t shirts and protective masks. They should have been wearing full pr

We are a highly militarized culture and we love our violence. The opening scene in Patton says it all.