Election Aftermath

[guido911]

Just read about these layoffs...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/after-obama-re-election-ceo-reads-prayer-to-staff-announces-layoffs/2012/11/09/e9bca204-2a63-11e2-bab2-eda299503684_story.html


http://www.ksl.com/?sid=22890041&nid=148&title=utah-company-blames-president-obama-for-102-workers-laid-off&s_cid=featured-4

Not quite sure the folks being let go care too much whose fault the employers believe it is.

edited.

[Ed W]

Consider this.  We had a full moon last week, but in the intervening days, President Obama won re-election.  Now, the moon is waning.  Could there be a connection?

[guido911]

Consider this.  We had a full moon last week, but in the intervening days, President Obama won re-election.  Now, the moon is waning.  Could there be a connection?

So it's the moon's fault. I knew it!!! I guess that's better than blaming boooosshhh.

[Red Arrow]

Consider this.  We had a full moon last week, but in the intervening days, President Obama won re-election.  Now, the moon is waning.  Could there be a connection?

Werewolf?

[Townsend]

It's sad someone would throw their business failings onto an election and that a member of the media would print the story.

[guido911]

It's sad someone would throw their business failings onto an election former President Bush and that a member of the mainstream media would print the story for four years and counting.

That's acceptable, correct? Kinda lobbed that one it there....

[nathanm]

It's sad someone would throw their business failings onto an election and that a member of the media would print the story.

There is a certain set that assumes that any successes are solely due to their own hard work, while any failures are someone else's fault, usually the government's. If only that pesky government hadn't intervened, I would have made a mint with my underwater basketweaving classes! 

On rare occasion, it is actually true. I saw it once. A client of mine made pretty good money selling stuff to the government. Then the government stopped buying so much stuff. Sad days. Of course, one could argue that perhaps they should have diversified their customer base. (To be fair, that's exactly what they were doing, just too late)

[nathanm]

So is anyone ready to start calling the people still butthurt over this thing and lashing out sore losers?

[Townsend]

Kinda lobbed that one it there....

A lob?  You changed the statement.  How is that a lob?

Guido smells of elderberries.  Kinda lobbed that one in there...

[Hoss]

A lob?  You changed the statement.  How is that a lob?

Guido smells of elderberries.  Kinda lobbed that one in there...

[Red Arrow]

There is a certain set that assumes that any successes are solely due to their own hard work, while any failures are someone else's fault, usually the government's.

And there are other sets that believe that success is solely the result of good luck and government assistance.

[nathanm]

And there are other sets that believe that success is solely the result of good luck and government assistance.

Really? Can you link to someone saying that? I don't think anyone except your straw man believes that hard work, ingenuity, and common sense aren't part of what makes people successful.

[Hoss]

Really? Can you link to someone saying that? I don't think anyone except your straw man believes that hard work, ingenuity, and common sense aren't part of what makes people successful.

Waiting for that straw man link to the 'You didn't built that' comment....

[Red Arrow]

Waiting for that straw man link to the 'You didn't built that' comment....

Don't hold your breath waiting.

[Red Arrow]

Really? Can you link to someone saying that? I don't think anyone except your straw man believes that hard work, ingenuity, and common sense aren't part of what makes people successful.

I build things of wood. Straw is too combustible.  Can't quite get to brick.