World Politics

[redtreviso]

i don't know about all of Texas, but people are working in Houston because oil is as high as the *** on a tall indian.

I wish scotty could have seen Houston in 1985.. Neighborhoods with HUD signs on every other house..But that Ronald Reagan he was so wonderful. You and Scott probably didn't have a worry in the world then huh?

 

[redtreviso]

Oh Klink. You are so weak.

Can you debate issues and ideas? I'm thinking you can't.

Platitudes. It's all you seem to know.

California is suffering from too much government.... Feel free to interpret that any way you like.

It was your topic...your sh ing of pants

 

[Anonymous]

and you owe it all to the Republican Party? Tell scotty all about it

I'm guessing he owes much of it to a helluva lot of sweat. Not that you'd know anything about that.

 

[Anonymous]

It was your topic...your sh ing of pants

What's the debate here? Oh... that's right, that's not your thing.

 

[patricknd]

I wish scotty could have seen Houston in 1985.. Neighborhoods with HUD signs on every other house..But that Ronald Reagan he was so wonderful. You and Scott probably didn't have a worry in the world then huh?

i was 23 so i didn't worry about anything but my bar tab and getting laid.

 

[Anonymous]

I wish scotty could have seen Houston in 1985.. Neighborhoods with HUD signs on every other house..But that Ronald Reagan he was so wonderful. You and Scott probably didn't have a worry in the world then huh?

What's the debate here? Oh... that's right, that's not your thing.

 

[patricknd]

I'm guessing he owes much of it to a helluva lot of sweat. Not that you'd know anything about that.

a fair amount of sweat. i started at the bottom in 1993 and now i'm the general manager. i've done every job in the company, so for me it's pretty easy to respect and understand the contributions it takes from everyone to make the company succeed, and i think you have to compensate those people accordingly.

 

[Anonymous]

a fair amount of sweat. i started at the bottom in 1993 and now i'm the general manager. i've done every job in the company, so for me it's pretty easy to respect and understand the contributions it takes from everyone to make the company succeed, and i think you have to compensate those people accordingly.

You greedy SOB. How dare you rise to the level of middle management. You probably screwed every co-worker on the way up. There were at lease 100 different people more qualified than you. The only reason you are where you are is how you vote. Heathen.

You won life's lottery is all.

i think you have to compensate those people accordingly

Right. Now I KNOW YOU ARE FULL OF IT.



Well done. It sounds like you work for a great organization.

 

[patricknd]

You greedy SOB. How dare you rise to the level of middle management. You probably screwed every co-worker on the way up. There were at lease 100 different people more qualified than you. The only reason you are where you are is how you vote. Heathen.

You won life's lottery is all.



Right. Now I KNOW YOU ARE FULL OF IT.



Well done. It sounds like you work for a great organization.

i'm the number 2 man in the company and last year i was about 9 on the pay scale. my compensation package is based heavily on profits, and rather than lay off service employees that were billing out only about 70% of their time, i took the hit on my bonus to retain good employees, because i knew we'd be ramping up again.
but hey, i probably had an evil ulterior motive.

 

[Anonymous]

i'm the number 2 man in the company and last year i was about 9 on the pay scale. my compensation package is based heavily on profits, and rather than lay off service employees that were billing out only about 70% of their time, i took the hit on my bonus to retain good employees, because i knew we'd be ramping up again.
but hey, i probably had an evil ulterior motive.

You're just saying that to witness a Klink meltdown.

But you are still evil. You are compensated based on profit? So you're OK with ripping off the customer? Pffff...

 

[patricknd]

You're just saying that to witness a Klink meltdown.

But you are still evil. You are compensated based on profit? So you're OK with ripping off the customer? Pffff...

we tried selling at a loss but it didn't work very well.

 

[redtreviso]

I'm guessing he owes much of it to a helluva lot of sweat. Not that you'd know anything about that.

Graveyard shift for 25 years,.,.mx'd every day if I felt like it. Sacrificed more than you can imagine.. and the horse you rode in on

 

[Anonymous]

Graveyard shift for 25 years,.,.mx'd every day if I felt like it. Sacrificed more than you can imagine.. and the horse you rode in on

See, now if I were like you I'd post something like.... BwaHaaaaaaaaaaa.

Graveyard for 25 years? Sounds brutal. No thanks.

 

[Alpe d'Huez]

No comments on that very interesting article on the Chamber of Commerce lobbying fighting Obama. Very telling, and well worth a read:

Article here.

This is at the real root of our country's problems. Much above all this left/right nonsense.

 

[redtreviso]

See, now if I were like you I'd post something like.... BwaHaaaaaaaaaaa.

Graveyard for 25 years? Sounds brutal. No thanks.

I'm sure it has been more than easy for you to say "no thanks" your whole life scott.

 

[Hugh Januss]

we tried selling at a loss but it didn't work very well.

That is Standard Business Practice in the business that I am in.

 

[Anonymous]

No comments on that very interesting article on the Chamber of Commerce lobbying fighting Obama. Very telling, and well worth a read:

Article here.

This is at the real root of our country's problems. Much above all this left/right nonsense.

I'd like to see total transparency. I don't have a problem with this so long as the same rules apply for ALL corporate donations above $5,000 for any direct or indirect donation (even democrats).

While no final decision has been announced, the White House has acknowledged that Mr. Obama is considering issuing an executive order requiring all would-be federal contractors to disclose direct and indirect political spending of more than $5,000.

Not a left/right thing? I very much doubt that.

 

[Anonymous]

I'm sure it has been more than easy for you to say "no thanks" your whole life scott.

Yeah, I have a way of making decisions I can live with... sometimes that includes saying "no thanks."

 

[Hugh Januss]

I'd like to see total transparency. I don't have a problem with this so long as the same rules apply for ALL corporate donations above $5,000 for any direct or indirect donation (even democrats).



Not a left/right thing? I very much doubt that.

Like a broken clock, you are right on that last point.

After tens of millions of dollars in anonymous political spending flooded the 2010 elections following a landmark Supreme Court decision in the Citizens United case, Democrats tried to pass a bill known as the Disclose Act to require greater reporting of political spending, only to see it blocked by Senate Republicans. Democrats are now turning to other means, including the possible White House order and a lawsuit filed last week against the Federal Election Commission, to achieve similar ends.

The last thing Repubs want is transparency on how elections are bought and sold.

 

[Anonymous]

Like a broken clock, you are right on that last point.



The last thing Repubs want is transparency on how elections are bought and sold.

Replace "Repubs" with "Politicians" and you may be closer to the truth.

 

[Alpe d'Huez]

I don't have a problem with this so long as the same rules apply for ALL corporate donations above $5,000 for any direct or indirect donation (even democrats).

Of course.

What indications to you have that it isn't? Just because Obama is pushing it?

The sad fact is that they're not even debating the bribery aspect of this, only the disclosure of it. Just shows you how warped our entire political system is.

 

[redtreviso]

Yeah, I have a way of making decisions I can live with... sometimes that includes saying "no thanks."

Kind of like the same way you lost track of how many motorcycles you owned before you were 14. I bet

""thought he had hit a triple""

MEME ME MEME ME ME ME

 

[CentralCaliBike]

No comments on that very interesting article on the Chamber of Commerce lobbying fighting Obama. Very telling, and well worth a read:

Article here.

This is at the real root of our country's problems. Much above all this left/right nonsense.

It is just another way of attempting to claim they are preventing corruption but finding out who not to hire - and it will work both way (depending on which party is in power to hire).

As far as the claim that this is an effort to insure "transparency"... I guess I should probably leave this alone since I have not kept up on this forum and I am sure it has been debated at length over the past few months...

 

[Hugh Januss]

Replace "Repubs" with "Politicians" and you may be closer to the truth.

Democrats tried to pass a bill known as the Disclose Act to require greater reporting of political spending, only to see it blocked by Senate Republicans.

My statement stands. Or did the Repubs just vote it down because the Dems wrote it and they never even read it?

 

[Anonymous]

Of course.

What indications to you have that it isn't? Just because Obama is pushing it?

The sad fact is that they're not even debating the bribery aspect of this, only the disclosure of it. Just shows you how warped our entire political system is.

Just reading the article. Why name only "would be federal contractors?"

While no final decision has been announced, the White House has acknowledged that Mr. Obama is considering issuing an executive order requiring all would-be federal contractors to disclose direct and indirect political spending of more than $5,000.

That's suspicious and smacks of politics as usual.

The sad fact is that they're not even debating the bribery aspect of this, only the disclosure of it. Just shows you how warped our entire political system is

Agreed. Politicians are whores. It's really that simple. They don't view it as bribery but simply what's necessary to get elected. Sad.