With Walmart however its not just the employees they like to screw around,
its the small and medium businesses that are the suppliers for the company.
Walmart does not set out to screw anyone. A modern day fallacy perpetrated
by statists in order to create a coorporate bogey man.
What happens
They may not set out to dick people around, but they do so fully aware of
what they are doing and make it their 'negotiation policy.'
It's like I said, they don't give a damn about anything but the bottom line.
If you want to work with Walmart they require almost cult like loyalty from
you,
If the local businesses want my business, they can stop selling shoddy
good at inflated prices. Especially clothes. I paid a bunch of money
to a local vendor for a garment that fell apart after the second
washing. Bought a similar garment at Walmart to replace it and have
worn it for more
They don't set out to dick people around. They set out to lower prices.
As a guy who's had to deal directly with Walmart's head office numerous time
and worked closely with a few companies that have supplied Walmart, I can
say this is *kind of* true. They do set out to lower prices, but they
On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Judah McAuley ju...@wiredotter.com wrote:
Once again, Robert, head back to the Jack Welch article you pimped out
and tell me which of those accusations he makes that you agree with.
It doesn't matter what I think about it. The CEOs are collectively
sitting
In other words they are driving the economy into the ground and
holding the United States people to ransom if their policies are not
implemented.
Hell of a thing to support: the takeover of a democracy by corporations.
On 27 September 2010 04:15, Robert Munn cfmuns...@gmail.com wrote:
It
It's called a Corporatist (aka fascist) takeover...lets call a spade a
spade...
-Original Message-
From: Vivec [mailto:gel21...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 5:53 AM
To: cf-community
Subject: Re: why ceo's can't stand obama
In other words they are driving the economy
a spade a
spade...
-Original Message-
From: Vivec [mailto:gel21...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 5:53 AM
To: cf-community
Subject: Re: why ceo's can't stand obama
In other words they are driving the economy into the ground and
holding the United States people to ransom
They are following what they see as the best interests of their
shareholders. Compounding the problem, consumers are continuing to pay
down debt rather than spend. Do we then blame consumers for dragging
the economy down? Of course not.
The President and Congress deserve the blame for creating a
So government must tailor their fiscal policy to suit big business in the US?
On 27 September 2010 11:31, Robert Munn cfmuns...@gmail.com wrote:
The President and Congress deserve the blame for creating a hostile
environment for these companies, who understandably are keeping their
money on
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Vivec gel21...@gmail.com wrote:
So government must tailor their fiscal policy to suit big business in the
US?
ALL business, not just BIG business.
But yes, of course. Business drives everything, so why wouldn't you want a
fiscal policy that encourages
the gobermint?
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 11:51 AM, G Money gm0n3...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Vivec gel21...@gmail.com wrote:
So government must tailor their fiscal policy to suit big business in the
US?
ALL business, not just BIG business.
But yes, of course.
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 8:51 AM, G Money gm0n3...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Vivec gel21...@gmail.com wrote:
So government must tailor their fiscal policy to suit big business in the
US?
ALL business, not just BIG business.
But yes, of course. Business drives
Willful or not, this ignores basic economics. Businesses are, indeed,
sitting on quite a bit of cash. Why isn't it being invested in hiring
workers? The answer can be found in economic textbooks, not political
screeds and the answer is this: demand is soft and productivity is
high. When you can
The problem isn't particularly political. If consumer demand shot up do you
think that companies really wouldn't hire workers because they don't like
Obama?
Actually it is. People are not buying luxury items since they believe that
the current administration is driving the economy into the
So government must tailor their fiscal policy to suit big business in the
US?
No. Woodrow Wilson and FDR did this. It doesn't work. Just like stated
above, all businesses should be treated fairly.
J
-
The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they
try to take
So if Business says that it wants complete deregulation of the
financial markets in order to feel 'comfortable' should the Government
do that?
Haven't we already seen what happens when you allow Business to
dictate the laws and regulations for your country?
On 27 September 2010 11:51, G Money
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Jerry Barnes critic...@gmail.com wrote:
The problem isn't particularly political. If consumer demand shot up do you
think that companies really wouldn't hire workers because they don't like
Obama?
Actually it is. People are not buying luxury items since
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 1:15 AM, Robert Munn cfmuns...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Judah McAuley ju...@wiredotter.com wrote:
Once again, Robert, head back to the Jack Welch article you pimped out
and tell me which of those accusations he makes that you agree with.
Actually that is not what he said.
Really f'n strange that you would pick out the cnbc chunks of
commentary instead of the real quotes.
You even put fake quotes around it.
He's there a month and he vilifies Las Vegas
he kills the hotel
business, Welch said.
You get all these little things
Speaking of CEO's thank don't trust Obama:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDUabZCdaKY
Video: Home Depot CEO, Obamas Advisers Dont Have a Clue
:)
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Sam sammyc...@gmail.com wrote:
Actually that is not what he said.
Really f'n strange that you would pick
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 12:03 PM, Vivec gel21...@gmail.com wrote:
So if Business says that it wants complete deregulation of the
financial markets in order to feel 'comfortable' should the Government
do that?
No, but thanks for the stupid question.
Sorry to be so short, but I grow very
That's just it.
No one is going against Business concerns.
The government isn't actively doing anything that would prevent
businesses from operating.
If Government cannot pass any policies and protections that would in
any way reduce the profit of businesses, regardless of their effect on
the
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 11:07 AM, G Money gm0n3...@gmail.com wrote:
I say Fiscal policies should be tailored with the interests of businesses
in mind and you turn that into completely de-regulate the markets on the
whim of businesses.
It's a misleading question that bears no resemblance to
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Vivec gel21...@gmail.com wrote:
That's just it.
No one is going against Business concerns.
The government isn't actively doing anything that would prevent
businesses from operating.
If Government cannot pass any policies and protections that would in
any
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 2:46 PM, Vivec gel21...@gmail.com wrote:
That's just it.
No one is going against Business concerns.
The government isn't actively doing anything that would prevent
businesses from operating.
You'd like to see businesses be prevented from operating? That sounds
like
We had a financial meltdown because they WERE diametrically opposed.
And they still are.
There are many instances where it is not possible to protect the
Public and increase
the profits of Businesses that prey on that public at the same time.
One example is Credit Card regulation. Business was
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Judah McAuley ju...@wiredotter.com wrote:
I think that the problem there is that you don't mention any
counter-balancing interests.
I guess I don't think I should have to every single time I post.
When you say tailored with the interests
of business and
Wrong answer. The correct answer is: Increase business profits AND
benefit
the general public. The two are not diametrically opposed. I know, that
probably doesn't compute with you...but that's part of your charm.
Sometimes they ARE diametrically opposed. They don't HAVE to be, but a
lot of the
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Vivec gel21...@gmail.com wrote:
By your rules unless there was some way to secure the previous profit
margin of Businesses, there should have been no change to Credit Card
regulations.
And I don't agree with that.
You don't agree with it because you still
Nice. You seem to have that a little backwards. It's GMoney that
always enters discussions with ALL are idiots or racist or whatever
you're point of the day is.
Sam is the guy that always jumps in begging you fools to stop using
the wide brush. If folks like you didn't hate the people that you
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Sam sammyc...@gmail.com wrote:
If folks like you didn't hate the people that you
didn't agree with so much I'd have nothing to talk about here.
You aren't disliked because of what you believe. You are disliked because
you come off as a total asshole.
--
Didn't you use that example last week and didn't Jerry shoot it down?
They don't raise prices and they create as many new business as the
ones they replace.
Also, WalMart, like most retail jobs pay around minimum wage and
employee college kids, housewives and retirees. If you are working
there
I guess your thinking is people like you because they prefer real assholes.
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 3:36 PM, G Money gm0n3...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Sam sammyc...@gmail.com wrote:
If folks like you didn't hate the people that you
didn't agree with so much I'd
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Sam sammyc...@gmail.com wrote:
I guess your thinking is people like you because they prefer real assholes.
Have a great day Sammy.
--
Glittering prizes and endless compromises
Shatter the illusion of integrity
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Sam sammyc...@gmail.com wrote:
I guess your thinking is people like you because they prefer real assholes.
Have a great day Sammy.
I hadn't thought, until this point, how much Sam sounds like Santorum
Interesting.
Didn't you use that example last week and didn't Jerry shoot it down?
They don't raise prices and they create as many new business as the
ones they replace.
I must've missed it. I missed a lot of the list last week. It was a busy
week. I'll have to go hunt through the archives.
Also, WalMart,
must not say Don't insult Santorum... must not say Don't insult
Santorum... must not say Don't insult Santorum...
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Judah McAuley ju...@wiredotter.com wrote:
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Sam sammyc...@gmail.com wrote:
I guess your thinking is people like
I didn't mean the person.
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 12:55 PM, Larry C. Lyons larrycly...@gmail.com wrote:
must not say Don't insult Santorum... must not say Don't insult
Santorum... must not say Don't insult Santorum...
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Judah McAuley ju...@wiredotter.com
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 2:46 PM, Vivec gel21...@gmail.com wrote:
There is nothing wrong with reducing the profits of businesses to
benefit the general public.
Except for the fact that rarely does anything result in the reduction
of profits of businesses. Any potential reduction of profits will
With Walmart however its not just the employees they like to screw
around, its the small and medium businesses that are the suppliers for
the company.
What happens is that the contracts allow for a renegotiation every
year. Year 1 no problem, the supplier typically gives a reasonable
price which
To be honest, in this economy, I don't give a shit.
I, like a lot of people, need to get the most out of each and every
dollar I spend. The best place for that, in my opinion, is Wal-Mart.
When the economy turns around, and I am no longer afraid that it may
effect my job, then I can go back to
and that in a nutshell is why so many manufacturing jobs are going offshore.
Its a classic behavioral trap, the short term positive consequences
outweigh the long term negative ones.
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Scott Stroz boyz...@gmail.com wrote:
To be honest, in this economy, I don't
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Sisk, Kris ks...@gckschools.com wrote:
Didn't you use that example last week and didn't Jerry shoot it down?
They don't raise prices and they create as many new business as the
ones they replace.
I must've missed it. I missed a lot of the list last week. It
Manufacturing is going overseas because they work for $5 a week. We
can't compete with that.
If Walmart doesn't do it the next guy will. Have you ever noticed
K-mart, Target and Walmart sell a lot of the same crap. The only
difference is K-mart pays Martha Stewart for her picture on the same
item
'behavioral trap'?
When I was unemployed, do you think it would have been better for me
and my family to purchase more expensive goods from places that were
not Wal-Mart?
What you call a 'behavioral trap', I call common sense. If you do not
have a whole lot of money to play with, you need to be
here are some references
http://www.usna.edu/Users/polisci/purkitt/behavioraltraps.ppt
http://faculty.babson.edu/krollag/org_site/soc_psych/platt_soc_trap.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinforcement#Superimposed_schedules
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Scott Stroz boyz...@gmail.com
Those are really interesting, but you did not answer my question.
When times are hard, the logical thing to do is make sure that what
money you have is being spent wisely. Do you think its wise to spend
more and get less simply so you can avoid buying stuff from Wal-Mart?
Its a simple 'yes' or
, September 27, 2010 1:53 PM
To: cf-community
Subject: Re: why ceo's can't stand obama
Speaking of CEO's thank don't trust Obama:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDUabZCdaKY
Video: Home Depot CEO, Obama's Advisers Don't Have a Clue
:)
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Sam sammyc...@gmail.com
You mean like tax breaks for small businesses?
-Original Message-
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Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 2:08 PM
To: cf-community
Subject: Re: why ceo's can't stand obama
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 12:03 PM, Vivec gel21...@gmail.com wrote:
So
found other ways to save money without fucking over my fellow humans.
-Original Message-
From: Scott Stroz [mailto:boyz...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 5:08 PM
To: cf-community
Subject: Re: why ceo's can't stand obama
Those are really interesting, but you did not answer my
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Judah McAuley wrote:
...
The problem isn't particularly political. If consumer demand shot up
do you think that companies really wouldn't hire workers because they
don't like Obama?
Please sell me this widget.
No, sorry, we're out of widgets and won't make
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Eric Roberts
ow...@threeravensconsulting.com wrote:
I would say yes because your money is not going to Walmart and you would not
be rewarding bad behavior nor would your money be going to corporatist
candidates. By going to walmart you are only making it
It is a laughable approach to a real conversation. We all know why the
economy is in the dump but he'll blame anybody except the government.
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 6:46 PM, denstar valliants...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Judah McAuley wrote:
...
The problem isn't
You could go to Target and pay 50% more for the same items. For some
strange reason giving them more profit is better then giving anything
to WalMart.
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 6:53 PM, Scott Stroz boyz...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Eric Roberts
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 5:34 PM, Sam wrote:
It is a laughable approach to a real conversation. We all know why the
economy is in the dump but he'll blame anybody except the government.
Heh. You're funny too!
:Den
--
Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us
Thank you, I'll be here all week.
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 7:49 PM, denstar valliants...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 5:34 PM, Sam wrote:
It is a laughable approach to a real conversation. We all know why the
economy is in the dump but he'll blame anybody except the government.
if it was the
last job on the planet.
-Original Message-
From: Scott Stroz [mailto:boyz...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 6:54 PM
To: cf-community
Subject: Re: why ceo's can't stand obama
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Eric Roberts
ow...@threeravensconsulting.com wrote:
I
...Except if you had been reading...he has blamed the government...the one
that was led by George Bush for 8 years that got us into this mess.
-Original Message-
From: Sam [mailto:sammyc...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 7:34 PM
To: cf-community
Subject: Re: why ceo's can't
Shhh... they're the party that's going to lead us to enlightenment.
:Den
--
Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth
a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside
thereof for its conquest.
Friedrich Nietzsche
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 6:08 PM,
Wal-mart lives by their motto: always low prices always.
They don't set out to dick people around. They set out to lower prices.
They are so cost conscious that their offices are furnished with floor
samples and returns.
Sometimes in their quest to lower prices, bad things happen. Some
When I was unemployed, do you think it would have been better for me and my
family to purchase more expensive goods from places that were
not Wal-Mart?
You were supposed to pray at the alter of the nanny state and then
everything would have been delivered to you.
-
While the deep concern of a
work at Wal-mart if it was the
last job on the planet.
-Original Message-
From: Scott Stroz [mailto:boyz...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 6:54 PM
To: cf-community
Subject: Re: why ceo's can't stand obama
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Eric Roberts
ow
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 10:15 PM, Judah McAuley ju...@wiredotter.com wrote:
Yeah...corporatist to be a socialist. And he wants to control the
economy...except that he's totally unable to bring the economy around.
Do you actually listen to anything you are saying Rob?
Corporatist to be
Once again, Robert, head back to the Jack Welch article you pimped out
and tell me which of those accusations he makes that you agree with.
~|
Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now!
[mailto:sammyc...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 8:56 PM
To: cf-community
Subject: Re: why ceo's can't stand obama
We lost 5 million jobs in the last two years.
Add the 1.1 million you brag about and that's -3.9 million.
Looks like Meg wins.
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 8:24 PM
Well his comments + the recession. The convention business didn't go
elsewhere. They just didn't go. LV locals went ape-shit about his comments
and he retracted them. As the economy has improved so has the convention
business. I think the economy had much more to do than his comments.
My last
23, 2010 9:34 PM
To: cf-community
Subject: Re: why ceo's can't stand obama
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 5:24 PM, Eric Roberts
ow...@threeravensconsulting.com wrote:
So at the end of 2009, 600,000 jobs were created and so far in 2010,
500,000
jobs have been created (1,100,000 for he math impaired
To: cf-community
Subject: Re: why ceo's can't stand obama
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 7:55 PM, Judah McAuley ju...@wiredotter.com wrote:
Are you that much of a partisan hack or do you actually agree that we
shouldn't criticize corporate junkets to Las Vegas on taxpayer money,
that we shouldn't
...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 11:45 PM
To: cf-community
Subject: Re: why ceo's can't stand obama
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 7:55 PM, Judah McAuley ju...@wiredotter.com
wrote:
Are you that much of a partisan hack or do you actually agree that we
shouldn't criticize corporate
Larry you're going back to your evil ways.
And as always you are very wrong.
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 2:35 AM, Larry C. Lyons larrycly...@gmail.com wrote:
Hey don't confuse the ignorant twit with facts, it hurts his head to
much to think.
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 5:58 PM, Eric Roberts
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 6:30 AM, Medic hofme...@gmail.com wrote:
Well his comments + the recession. The convention business didn't go
elsewhere. They just didn't go. LV locals went ape-shit about his comments
and he retracted them. As the economy has improved so has the convention
business.
That's true. However Vegas *should* have been devastated. It's a place to go
and blow your extra money. If you don't have extra money you shouldn't put
yourself into hock so you can go to Vegas.
Vegas would've been hurting even if Obama kept his mouth shut.
P.S. You cracked me up with your GG
But Obama singled out a local community as an evil waste. Nobody
should do that. He could have said the same about Disney.
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Medic hofme...@gmail.com wrote:
That's true. However Vegas *should* have been devastated. It's a place to go
and blow your extra money.
Except Disney isn't a rotting cesspool of everything that's wrong with
Western society.
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Sam sammyc...@gmail.com wrote:
But Obama singled out a local community as an evil waste. Nobody
should do that. He could have said the same about Disney.
On Fri, Sep
: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 11:59 PM
To: cf-community
Subject: Re: why ceo's can't stand obama
Fiorina is running against Boxer. Meg Whitman is running against
ex-governor Jerry Brown.
Both former CEOs of tech companies. Neither know squat about governing.
Whitman's ads about what she is going
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 6:41 AM, Medic hofme...@gmail.com wrote:
Except Disney isn't a rotting cesspool of everything that's wrong with
Western society.
Oh yes it is.
Disney is way worse than Vegas in my book. Vegas is at least fairly
honest about being a cesspool. Disney is the epitome of
I think Robstar freaking rocks. He's mellowed out quite a bit over
the years, and I dig mellow.
Plus, he knows how to surf, and that's like, Zen, yo!
:Den
--
All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.
Friedrich Nietzsche
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 6:55 AM, Medic wrote:
/me rubs eyes
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 3:37 AM, Eric Roberts
ow...@threeravensconsulting.com wrote:
User does not = employee or job then number of people that do auctions as a
full time job wouldn't boost that number a whole lot. Besides, your claim
was that she created more jobs, not users.
A chunk of
If you wanted to be honest your presentation, you would have a subject
line that says Some CEOs can't stand Obama.The hyperbole of
stating this opinion as if all CEOs hold it is beneath you. Guarantee
that for everyone you find that dislikes him, I can find one that
likes him plenty.
That certainly wasn't an honest answer to Judah's question...
-Original Message-
From: Medic [mailto:hofme...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 8:56 AM
To: cf-community
Subject: Re: why ceo's can't stand obama
/me rubs eyes
You realize you're talking to RoMunn right? I
Subject: Re: why ceo's can't stand obama
/me rubs eyes
You realize you're talking to RoMunn right? I might disagree with just about
every political point he makes, but dishonest is not a word I would ever
think to use to describe him.
Crazy misguided Bush loving weirdo maybe, but dishonest
To: cf-community
Subject: Re: why ceo's can't stand obama
/me rubs eyes
You realize you're talking to RoMunn right? I might disagree with just
about
every political point he makes, but dishonest is not a word I would ever
think to use to describe him.
Crazy misguided Bush loving weirdo
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Robert Munn cfmuns...@gmail.com wrote:
CEOs feel under siege and that is holding the economy back. Here are a
few gems below. I especially like what Rodgers from Cypress Semi said,
maybe because it is what I have been saying for the past two years.
By the
Believe's *what*? He didn't answer anything substantiative. It was an
evasion, not an answer.
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 4:50 PM, Medic hofme...@gmail.com wrote:
I believe that _he_ believes it.
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 7:16 PM, Eric Roberts
ow...@threeravensconsulting.com wrote:
That
Big business doesn't stand for any of that. They are parasites on the
engine of the American economy and are anti-competitive. They are models for
greed, sinecure, lack of respect for their community and the evil of failing
upward.
Read up on Woodrow Wilson. He had visions of incorporating big
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Maureen mamamaur...@gmail.com wrote:
If you wanted to be honest your presentation, you would have a subject
line that says Some CEOs can't stand Obama. The hyperbole of
stating this opinion as if all CEOs hold it is beneath you.
I never said all CEOs, and
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Judah McAuley ju...@wiredotter.com wrote:
By the way, I wanted to go back to the original (and false) assertion
that CEOs feel under siege here. Obama is a corporatist. Plain and
simple and one of the things I really don't like about him. But you
know what?
Buffet went off Obama a long time ago.
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 5:54 PM, Maureen mamamaur...@gmail.com wrote:
If you wanted to be honest your presentation, you would have a subject
line that says Some CEOs can't stand Obama. The hyperbole of
stating this opinion as if all CEOs hold it is
Did you not create this message with a subject of Why CEO's can't stand Obama?
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 5:54 PM, Robert Munn cfmuns...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Maureen mamamaur...@gmail.com wrote:
If you wanted to be honest your presentation, you would have a subject
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 5:54 PM, Robert Munn cfmuns...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Maureen mamamaur...@gmail.com wrote:
If you wanted to be honest your presentation, you would have a subject
line that says Some CEOs can't stand Obama. The hyperbole of
stating this
Fiorina is running against Boxer. Meg Whitman is running against
ex-governor Jerry Brown.
Both former CEOs of tech companies. Neither know squat about
governing. Whitman's ads about what she is going to do to solve the
budget crisis are laughable.
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Judah
The only thing most tech CEOs who are currently running in California
know about jobs is how to outsource them.
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Scott Stroz boyz...@gmail.com wrote:
I would think that the people who run the companies that would
actually be creating the jobs might have a
Yes.
These CEOs knew so much that they crashed the world financial markets.
Since when do CEOs care two dicks about creating jobs? THey care about
Profits and milking the consumers and the country of every single cent
they can.
If they could fire everyone and still get their work done and
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 3:00 AM, Maureen mamamaur...@gmail.com wrote:
The only thing most tech CEOs who are currently running in California
know about jobs is how to outsource them.
Because in the end the boss of the CEO is the share holder, not the
employee.
Intel
Wed Jan 21, 2009
Ah, of course, my mistake. Whitman is responsible for the Skype
acquisition. That was a master stroke of business genius.
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 11:59 PM, Maureen mamamaur...@gmail.com wrote:
Fiorina is running against Boxer. Meg Whitman is running against
ex-governor Jerry Brown.
Both
Really? and how often do they listen to their bosses. Name me 5 cases
where the CEO has been voted out by the shareholders over the last 10
years. or for that matter how often has a shareholder initiative been
effected by a fortune 500 company?
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 4:13 AM, Casey Dougall
Name me 5 cases where the CEO has been voted out by the shareholders over
the last 10 years.
Bear Sterns in 2008. Too little too late since this happened in Jan and BS
was absorbed by ML in Mar.
Mecom in 2010
Bank of America 2009
HP 2010
Motorola 2008
Fannie May 2003
Citigroup 2007
Home depot
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Judah McAuley ju...@wiredotter.com wrote:
Actually, I'd say that politicians are paid to create jobs, though not
directly.
Politicians are paid to foster a good economic environment, which is
exactly where Obama has failed so miserably.
Btw, I'm sure that
Meg Whitman built eBay from a little company into a tech giant. She
created a hell of a lot more jobs than Obama.
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Judah McAuley ju...@wiredotter.com wrote:
Ah, of course, my mistake. Whitman is responsible for the Skype
acquisition. That was a master stroke of
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