How Many Businesses Have Announced Closings or Layoffs Since Obama Won A Second Term?
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Do elections have consequences? If you have been paying attention to the financial markets, you might think so. Wall Street has had two horrible days since President Obama won a second term.
However, stock prices are not the only thing taking a hit. It appears that the job market is also suffering. In the last 48 hours, the following major corporations have announced layoffs in America (links take you to news stories about the layoffs – with details from the companies):
• Energizer -
The St. Louis-based company said Thursday that it expects to shed about 1,500 employees. When finished, the restructuring should lead to $200 million in pretax yearly savings, Energizer said. It aims to have most of its restructuring steps finished by the end of September 2014.
Exide Technologies announced Thursday that it will be idling its lead-recycling operations in Laureldale and laying off 150 workers, effective no later than March 31.
• Westinghouse -
Westinghouse Anniston, the contractor responsible for shutting down Anniston’s chemical weapons incinerator, has reduced its workforce by another 50 employees.
• Research in Motion Limited -
Research in Motion Ltd., the maker of BlackBerry smartphones, laid off about 200 people at its U.S. headquarters in Irving on Wednesday, according to a source close to the company who did not want to be named.
• Lightyear Network Solutions -
More than one dozen employees at a Pikeville company lost their jobs this week. Officials with Lightyear Network Solutions said they are consolidating offices in Louisville and Pikeville to save money.
The Providence Journal Co. laid off 23 full-time workers Wednesday as part of a cost-cutting effort, including 16 members of the Providence Newspaper Guild and 7 non-union employees.
The company says 240 employees will lose their jobs with the closing of Hawker Beechcraft Services facilities in Little Rock, Ark.; Mesa, Ariz.; and San Antonio, Texas.
• Boeing (30% of their management staff) -
Boeing Co. said Wednesday it plans to employ 30% fewer executives at its Boeing Defense, Space & Security unit by the end of 2012 compared to 2010 levels.
CVPH Medical Center has handed pink slips to 17 employees. The layoffs — nine in management and eight hourly staffers — are part of an effort to “help bolster the hospital’s financial position in 2013 and beyond,” a press release said.
• US Cellular -
The move will result in 980 job cuts at U.S. Cellular, with 640 in the Chicago area, according to a spokeswoman. The cuts are slightly under 12 percent of the approximately 8,400 total employees U.S. Cellular had at the end of the third quarter.
• Momentive Performance Materials -
About 150 workers at Sistersville’s Momentive Performance Materials plant will be temporarily laid off later this month, officials said this week.
• Rocketdyne -
About 100 employees at Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, most of whom work in the San Fernando Valley, were laid off Wednesday in response to dwindling government spending on space exploration, the company said. The layoffs were effective immediately, and 75 percent of them came at the facilities on Canoga and De Soto avenues, which employ about 1,100 people. The company has six sites across the Valley.
• Brake Parts -
The leader of an automotive parts plant in Lincoln County has told state officials that there are plans to lay off 75 workers starting in late December…The layoffs are expected to start Dec. 28 and continue in the first quarter of 2013
Vestas Wind Systems A/S (VWS) is seeking to sell a stake of as much as 20 percent and said it’s reducing headcount by 3,000 to raise the staff cuts by the biggest wind turbine maker to almost a third over two years.
• Husqvarna -
Husqvarna AB (HUSQB), the world’s biggest maker of powered garden tools, plans to cut about 600 jobs in a move that will save 220 million kronor ($33 million) a year by 2014.
• Center for Hospice New York -
The Center for Hospice and Palliative Care plans to temporarily lay off as many as 40 employees next year as it embarks on a major renovation of the inpatient unit at its Cheektowaga campus.
• Bristol-Meyers -
Bristol-Myers Squibb is following up its lackluster third-quarter results with almost 480 layoffs. As Pharmalot reports, the company notified the New Jersey government that it would scale back in Plainsboro, which means the cuts will hit its sales operations.
Trumbull printer- and scanning-equipment provider Oce North America, Inc. will lay off 135 workers in three Connecticut communities, including East Hartford, according to its notice with the state Labor Department.
The company, which was among those who had received an Obamacare waiver in the past, is looking to limit workers to 28 hours per week. A full time employee that is required to have health insurance (lest the employer pay a fine) works 30 hours per week, as defined by the Obamacare law.
• West Ridge Mine -
In its statement, UtahAmerican Energy blames the Obama administration for instituting policies that will close down “204 American coal-fired power plants by 2014″ and for drastically reducing the market for coal.
• United Blood Services Gulf -
United Blood Services Gulf South region, the non-profit blood service provider for much of south Louisiana and Mississippi, will lay off approximately 10 percent of its workforce. It was a hard decision to make according to Susan Begnaud, Regional Center Director for the Gulf South region.
A layoff is tough enough for employees to deal with, imagine hearing the crushing news that your office is shutting down just before Thanksgiving and Christmas… Here are some of the business closings that were announced in just the past two days:
- Caterpillar Inc. will close its plant in Owatonna Minn.
- Mount Pleasant’s Albrecht Sentry Foods
- The Target store at Manassas Mall Va.
- Millennium Academy in Wake Forest NC
- Target Closing Kissimmee FL Location
- The Andover Gift Shop in Andover MA
- Grand Union Family Markets Closing Storrs Location CT
- Movie Scene Milford Location NH
- Update: TE Connectivity Closing Greensboro Plant – 620 Layoffs Expected
- Gomer’s Fried Chicken in South Kansas City
- Kmart in Homer Glen
- Fresh Market on Pine Street in Burlington
- AGC Glass North America to permanently close its Blue Ridge Plant in Kingsport Tenn.
- The Target store at Platte and Academy in Colorado Springs
- The Roses store on Reynold Road in Winston-Salem NC
- Bost Harley-Davidson at 46th Avenue North and Delaware Ave. in West Nashville TN
- Townsend Booksellers in Oakland
- The Kmart store in Parkway Plaza off University Drive in Durham NC – 79 Jobs Lost
To see even more companies that announced layoffs since the election, visit the Daily Job Cuts page.
This story has been updated.
Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story stated: Meanders Kitchen losing its West Seattle location at 6032 California Ave. While the West Seattle location is closing, there is more to this story. TheBlaze has heard from the restaurant’s owner who told us:
”we’ve expanded into a much larger space with more than double the seating capacity.”
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StormRider
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:58pmBefore the election I posted abooit the companies I personally knew of who were laying off if Obama won I was told I was a liar by a liberal poster. So who’s the moron now? Libs useless and stupid.
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Grey Eagle
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:04pmThere are going to be a lot more when the Military contractors hit. Within 6 months the unemployment rate will be higher than 11, I think.
aproudinfidel
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:07pmIt’s in liberals’ genes to call conservatives liars. They can’t help it. It’s like Chris Matthews calling conservatives racists…
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The-Monk
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:08pmHow many of these Companies are under the WARN Act and should have announced the layoffs before the election?
http://www.doleta.gov/programs/factsht/warn.htm
http://www.dol.gov/compliance/guide/layoffs.htm
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cemerius
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:08pm@Grey Eagle we can only pray that it will be that “low”!
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muffythetuffy
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:14pmI HOPE EVERYONE OF THOSE LAID OFF WERE OBAMA VOTERS
Looks like China will be hiring more of their professionals to take over the manufacturing Americans no longer will be doing. I do not care if any of them go hungry this Christmas.
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ICRedifURBlue
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:39pmAfter the election results it appears half the people I meet are Obummer voters therefore ……..to hell with all, I will do no special favors or assistance for anyone for the next 4 years….finally gonna be all about me and mine…you need help – ask BO, you want charity – ask BO, is your world burning down – ask BO, wanna come give me trouble – I have 500 acres and a Case 580c extend-a-hoe – gonna bury all my problems……….See ya in 2016….
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Silversmith
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:41pmThat’s right you liberal trolls and liberals in general –TAKE A BOW! You actually did make this!
Silversmith
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Bert in NY
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:47pmWhere is John Galt?
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LadyGOP
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:52pmWhat Luck! Obama Won Dozens of Cleveland Districts with 100% of the Vote
Posted on Thursday, November 08, 2012 9:03:39 PM by therightliveswithus
President Obama must have run a great campaign considering the tremendous numbers he put up in numerous big cities. Over in Philadelphia, he was lucky enough to get 90% percent turnout in some districts with over 99% of the vote.
In Cleveland, in some districts he did even better with an astounding 100% of the vote in dozens of locations. For example, in Cleveland’s Fifth Ward, Mr. Obama won districts E, F, and G 1,337 to Mitt Romney’s… 0. And in case you’re wondering, Gary Johnson received more votes than Mr. Romney.
Well, maybe that’s just a fluke. In the Ninth Ward, Mr. Obama won districts D-G with a paltry total of 1,740 to… 3. Hey, at least Romney got .2% of the vote!
And in case you’re wondering, Gary Johnson tied or received more votes than Mr. Romney in both of those districts.
Okay, what if we look at an entire Ward? No way this trend continues, right? An entire ward. Why not do the First Ward? Obama won that one 12,857 to… 94. This time Romney got .7% of the vote. He’s moving up in the world!
In total, there are 21 districts in Cleveland where Mr. Romney received precisely 0 votes. In 23 districts, he received precisely 1 vote.
But Ohio’s not important in the electoral college, right?
http://www.punditpress.com/2012/11/what-luck-obama-won-dozens-of-cleveland.html
fraumj
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 11:06pmI can’t help but also think… “Who is John Galt?” I hope people realize that, as I heard someone say, if you are for jobs, then you have to be for the job creators.
Jedrin
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 11:09pmcemerius: Stats can be minuplated, 11% in Obamanomics is actually 50%. Plus everyone else will be part time or it would be worse, 28 hours max, you need two people to work one shift.
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sillyfreshness
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 11:11pmI looked up one of the companies in this article with big layoffs (US Cellular) and found out the layoffs are due to selling their Chicago market to Sprint. They had bad market penetration and pulled out of that city from what I gathered. Sounded more like it was due to competitive pressure than the economy as a whole.
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one.dakine.howlie
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 11:14pmDea Blaze,
Please include West Ridge Coal Mine here in Utah. They laid off 201 workers today. In their statement to employees they specifically pointed to the re-election of Barack Obama as the reason for the decision to do so.
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BODYBAG
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 11:19pmThe district where Obama got 100% of the vote with 100% turnout had 2 voters. Don’t oversell your story — it just leaves you open to criticism.
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Shamrock241
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 11:19pmCan’t say i feel sorry for the jobs lost in CT,MA and NH all Yankee state’s that went osama
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vpeva1
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 11:36pmMy husband took a chance this May and sold our business. We were not sure about Obamacare and now we are SO glad we did. It would have put us out of business. We have about 100+ employees that would have lost their jobs. The larger company that bought us out will now have to figure it out. Hope they can.
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francisco
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 11:54pmWhere is John Galt? Sorry to say it this is what needs to happen, you can’t argue with a lib. They know so much more than us lib/conservatives. It is going to be really hard but we have to let their ideas fail for them to finally understand this redistribution crap doesnt’t work. These libs need to be shown the reality for their actions.
“A liberal is a conservative who hasn’t been mugged yet” Frank Rizzo.
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VoteBushIn12
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 11:58pmWell my company is having a hiring event this Saturday with close to 3 dozen applicants so I don’t see your point Blaze…
oldguy49
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 12:08amoboma voters don’t care about layoff’s and business closing……they are on the obama phone in line to get food stamps
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AlwaysAmazed
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 12:16amHell, Didn’t see those firings coming!
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colt1860
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 12:30amObama’s Marxist plan is working. He wants to create more Government jobs, thus ensuring Government gets bigger, which will result in higher taxes in order to pay for the wages of Government employees, who will belong to leftist public unions. More people will need Government programs, as there won’t be private sector jobs for them, and they will have to rely on Government cheese to survive. Government will then be exalted and praised as our bread maker. The Government will grow in power and ensure that private property and private rights are never fully exercised by citizens, thus rising the collective about the individual. This will result in a socialist society which will have lost all sense of dependency on ones own talent and rights to survive, creating a state of perpetual bondage. The citizens will further be subjugated to a godless agenda through the use of a Marxist media, including news networks, music, movies, books, and clothing fashions. Society will break down and ultimately accept communism through consent. A few KGB and Jesuits warned us of their Masters hidden plans and we ignored them. America is doomed, and we will not be protected from above. We will be destroyed for lack of knowledge, and for our rebellion against our Creator.
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Silversmith
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 12:54amI truly hope that a large portion of those losing these jobs voted for Barry. Consequences – Responsibility — LEARN!
Silversmith
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somecallmeMC
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 1:48amI can’t believe half the country fell for this deception. I remember hearing that one of these companies was told to disregard the federal mandate to report the layoff until the election was over. Ladies and Gentleman it will get darker before the light of day. We just need to keep our eyes open for the continuing attack on our freedoms.
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Oilfield_Trash
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 2:28am@The Monk, that’s right, The Messiah made a deal to not prosecute if these companies ignored the warn act…. Wonder how these folks like their “Utopia” now?
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Jase
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 2:28amVoteBushIn12- Yeah, I hear the gay porn biz is booming. You go, boy!
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getourcountryback
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 4:17amICREDIFURBLUE – I am right there with you. Exactly how I feel. Everyone needs to take care of themselves first and foremost and make sure you have a plan because God knows Obama doesn’t have one.
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Reality_Bites_You_on_the_Ass
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 5:34amTo all those trying to channel Ayn Rand, you do know that she was a militant atheist that despised religion, idolized a child murderer and collected social security in her later years, right? I know it also doesn’t matter to you all that so much of her ideas were completely absurd so I’ll just leave with one of my favorite quotes:
“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year-old’s life: “The Lord of the Rings” and “Atlas Shrugged.” One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.” – John Rogers
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Detroit paperboy
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 5:50amRomney made the mistake of promising jobs to people , who have no desire to work………lPERIOD.
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NeilChapin
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 5:56amI heard of two the day after the election with more to come I’m sure. Read fresh political comentary at: http://smallcraftadvisorychronicles.blogspot.com/
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chucksue351
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 6:10amkilroy was here
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Walkabout
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 6:45amStormrider,
What is more important? Is having jobs & taking care of yourself more important than getting free abortion & birth control from Santa Claus Democrats?
I mean really now. The trolls know the score. The trolls chose getting their jollies over dignity of work & self sufficiency.
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kettererbg
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 6:59amThis is just the beginning. When I make a mistake, I have to pay for it and have no one else to blame. When others make a mistake and I have to pay for it, it tends to make me a bit angry. That is just logical. Therefore, at least half of the nation is going to be angry as heck at the other half. And we know who you are.
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mersey
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 7:15amIt’s a good thing progressives don’t like to work for a living or else this may be a bit worrisome news. As it stands now…..party on, dudes!
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americansfightingforcommonsense
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 7:21amThis reminds me of exactly what happened in 2008 when it was decided that BHO would be our next president. They want to blame Bush for all that happened when in reality it was the democrats and BHO who killed our economy. Business owners didn’t wait until BHO was sworn in to the office, before they started making preparations. Now look at the Obama stock sell offs that began right after the election! The markets will fail just as bad as they did in ’08. America forget the Christmas presents and start buying food storage, because America will go into hibernation during the next four years of the Democrats and Obama rule.
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Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 7:27amHey Blaze, Want to check how many of these companies had Obamacare waivers?
http://cciio.cms.gov/resources/files/approved_applications_for_waiver.html
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americansfightingforcommonsense
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 7:36amAny of you Libs/Obama Lovers that think the government will save you when things get bad, better look at what is going on in the East Coast after the hurricane. If you can’t save yourselves and your families, you will NOT be saved. Only the prepared will survive. Lock and load America and get your food storage now.
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Genzai_Bakudan
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 7:38am“A partial plant shutdown previously announced in Decatur, where mining trucks are manufactured, will take place one week in November and all of December, according to media reports.”
From the Chicago Sun Times
Caterpillar which is the 46 biggest company in America.
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2012/snapshots/81.html
Layoff bomb detonates; Large corporations join small businesses in announcing mass cuts
http://twitchy.com/2012/11/08/layoff-bomb-detonates-large-corporations-join-small-businesses-in-announcing-mass-cuts/
http://www.dailyjobcuts.com/
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jcldwl
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 7:38amI thank God I was able to sell my business in August. I will pray for these people even if some of them did vote themselves out of a job. It’s gonna move real fast now so hang on to your hats.
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starman70
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 7:40amIf any of the laid off or terminated employees of all these companies or more voted for Obama, well here’s your PAYBACK.
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loriann12
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 7:43amI hope this affects my Aunt (yes, in this case I’m heartless, she’s a rabid O supporter) who lives near Little Rock and her husband is a doctor. Maybe it will open her eyes to the real plan of O’s.
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loriann12
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 7:47am@ICRedifURBlue I totally agree. I have some food put away for my immediate family, and I was going to be cheritable and put care packages together in case it got bad to have by the door…you know, rice, beans, canned tomatoes, etc. My whole neighborhood (or the vast majority) are takers. I moved every thing back into my storage. They can ask Obama for his Obamacash, Obamaphones, and like the woman who said she won’t have to worry about her mortgage or putting gas in her car anymore….they can call Obama. I’m done with anyone who voted for him.
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Genzai_Bakudan
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 7:56amCaterpillar #46 in the Fortune 500 is saying that 2013 outlook will be the same as 2012. They might go to a 4 day work week. They will have 5 weeks of shutdown for the last part of this year. Recovery?
“A partial plant shutdown previously announced in Decatur, where mining trucks are manufactured, will take place one week in November and all of December, according to media reports.”
- From the Chicago Post-Tribune
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Genzai_Bakudan
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 8:09amReality_Bites_You_on_the_Ass
Fiscal Conservatives do not overlap with social conservatives 100% of the time. So Ayn Rand did not see eye to eye with social conservatives. Am I surprised? Shocked? No.
So Ayn Rand took Social Security. You take 7.5% to 15% of a person’s wages thru force & then expect them to not to want to get it back? Is it force? Let’s rephrase the question. Will the IRS confiscate, fine & jail you if you do not pay? Feudal Lords would invite the peasantry to Christmas dinner. where do you expect the food that the lord gave came from? If the Feudal Lord had not exacted all those taxes could not the peasants have provided for themselves?
Reality_Bites_You_on_the_Ass can you answer this?
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George Patton
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 8:11amTo all of the posters who think once the hard times hit the obama voters will feel the pain and realize their mistake: That hope is folly. These idiot voters don’t vote based on the economy or unemployment or the price of gas. It doesn’t matter how much pain they feel in their own lives due to obama’s policies….it doesn’t compute to them. They vote for the guy who promises to have the government provide more things in their own life. It doesn’t matter if he even provides them or not. As long as he claims he’s gonna soak the rich for their benefit and they’ll never have to pay for “xyz” again. These people WANT to be dependent. The message of independence = prosperity is something they hate….prosperity is not worth it to them if the price they have to pay is being self reliant. Half the couny WANTS to be dependent.
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poorrichard09
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 8:13am0webama and his commie minions OWN this disaster-this is what socialism/fascism looks like. Hope you enjoy, red states.
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montanalablover
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 8:13amLet the games begin. This is just the tip of the iceberg. Feel bad for the folks but I’m sure many of them voted for the clown so you made your choice in 2008 and again this week. Welfare rolls UP, Unemployment recipients UP, Food stamp numbers UP, Business Closings UP, Production DOWN. Welcome to the new Amerika. Will be buying more firearms and ammo soon and will wait for the anarchy, rioting and chaos in the streets to begin. You reap what you sow.
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CABERNETQHS
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 8:19amVOTEBUSH
I’m curious what business is having a hiring event in this economic climate, some wonderful new windmill co. or possibly parachute manufacturer for the upcoming jump off the cliff.
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mikem1969
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 8:25amStorm, you are correct, saw some of the posts. This is just the beginning, bend over and forget the lube, AMERICA is screwed.
Hey lib progressive morons, you reap what you sow, glad to see you will suffer for your stupidity, just sad that the rest of us that told you this would happen have to suffer along with you. Don’t come to me looking for help libs at this point I will spit in your eye.
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dogmeat
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 8:33amTHE REAL unemployment rate is and has been over 11% for for the last two years. NOW watch it go over 25%!
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GhostOfJefferson
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 8:40am@Bites
Nothing you said discredits a word she wrote or spoke. You are engaging in a logical fallacy called argumentum tu quoque.
You folks really need to come up with new fallacies to indulge in, between outright bland ad hominem and it’s subcatefory of tu quoque, you’re really not a challenge.
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Jim
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 8:41amI believe layoffs will max to about 13%. But Obama does not care at this point. He is trying to rid us of our rights and we must not give in.
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searcher619
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 8:43amGrey Eagle
“There are going to be a lot more when the Military contractors hit. Within 6 months the unemployment rate will be higher than 11, I think.”
The real unemployment is already above that. Try to remember the numbers they show us in those “jobs reports” are sanitized.
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Lady_of_the_Lake
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 8:44amI expect this area in VA Beach,VA will look like Detriot in 2yrs as the Sequestration kicks in on Jan 13th…such a shame because the City of VaBeach went for Romney and thats without the 40,000 + Military absentee ballots that never arrived……Between the Military and DOD jobs to be lost its gonna get ugly,lets face it tourism is’nt gonna carry this region, oh well i guess all those SNAP/EBT voters in Norfolk,Hampton and Newport News area will have to find another source to pay for their entitlements……..^ locked and loaded….
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Jesterhead85
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 8:50amWe told them this would happen… I can’t believe how fast its happening.
Hate being right. But the choice for president was clear as day. and all these uneducated voters managed to pick the wrong guy…
We’re toast.
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atechgeek
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 9:00amMy company just unloaded 60 and we have about 700 employees.
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teresa2010
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 9:00amThis plays right into the liberals hand…..More people on unemployment, food stamps and welfare..
This is sweet music to Obama…
More people on the gov’t handouts..Why work?? …..If they can get 51% or more of the people making a living off the taxpapers….THE DEMOCRATS WILL BE IN POWER FOREVER
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Madriky
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 9:31amHere in my state Virginia (now turned blue) voted to close down coal mining and the coal-fired power plants. The east coast Tidewater area also voted themselves “sequestration” and thus the termination of their jobs. Its all falling like a house of cards.
I’m glad we live in the rural foothills where we grow our food and can it and hunt our meat.
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Cavallo
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 9:32am@VoteBush, I was able to show two businesses how futile it was to stay open and how they were dooming themselves to a slow lingering death over the next five years anyway. One was able to close immediately laying off some 51 people, the other has 62 employees but it will take him 3 months to properly divest himself of the inventory, plant, and equipment necessary to make a clean break. He’ll be informing his employees of the layoffs next month, giving them 60 days to prepare.
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Mr Sanders
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 9:36am…. and AG Holder will probably file suit against every one of those firms for laying off people to compensate for unwanted costs. Notice the dates they are targeting for…. anything sound familiar?
I think 11% is very conservative. The liberals want to run it… let them. Let’s see what they got. I mean, they’ve got it together, they’re the brain trusts that know it all. 52% wanted it – go for it.
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jwilcox746
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 9:41amCareful about assumptions… sillyfreshness had stated it was market related for US Cellulars layoffs. I know that RIM (Blackberry) has been struggling for several years and has a seriously declining market. I wouldn’t be surprised if they went belly up in the next year or two. So many of these may have been unavoidable regardless of election outcome, which leads me to ask; how many of these waited to report numbers until after the election rather than making the decision to lay off based on the election winner?
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Walkabout
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 9:44amGhostOfJefferson
argumentum tu quoque.
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I guess most people know of this but did not have a label to summarize & name it. Learned something. Had to go thru a lot of dross from the likes of Bites to get to it. But it is worth it.
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Independent4233
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 9:45amStormRider
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:58pm
“Before the election I posted about the companies I personally knew of who were laying off if Obama won I was told I was a liar by a liberal poster. So who’s the moron now? Libs useless and stupid.”
Liberals are ignorant, misinformed and unintelligent. But their worst failing is that they live in a fantasy land of their own making wherein the truth means nothing to them.
Since the world banking system is intertwined now into a global unity, I can almost guarantee that when the economic crisis in the EU reaches critical mass next year with austerity riots the norm, we too will see a precipitous outburst of the same here, because the fed is going to faced with the problem of cutting expenses….again…… or going under altogether.
When chaos hits and it is plain we’re imploding, these same liberal dregs will not admit their messiah is an incompetent and they were fools to vote for him. They’ll blame it on the Republicans in Congress or something else. In no way will they recognize the truth of the situation.
We need to cull the herd, since it was 39% of whites who caused Obama to win, and not 18 or 19% that represented the black/Hispaic vote, as the leftist press would have us believe.
The white population has some of the biggest fools on planet earth.
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Walkabout
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 9:49amjwilcox746
Look at industries up stream. The ones that deal in commodities such as oil & mining.
Not seeing any sunshine there. Were not talking about gadgets that people can do without.
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Recceman90
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 9:55am@ Votebushin12 what is your company? Post a link to this supposed job fair!!! OR you are just another liberal troll sheep of the Obama Admin!
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auntmoxie.com
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 9:55amNo one’s useless. They’re just misguided to their own detriment and, because they have choice, to ours, too.
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American2012
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 10:08amwho cares now in the Bush country…..
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searcher619
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 10:08amVoteBushIn12:
“Well my company is having a hiring event this Saturday with close to 3 dozen applicants so I don’t see your point Blaze…”
I guess you have been ignoring all the reports of businesses starting to cut back after Obama’s re-election in anticipation of insane regulations which will drive up the cost of doing business so much they have no choice. I love how you seem to think your business is representative of the market. It is not. I’m lucky enough to have a skill set that is still in need so finding a job, while harder than it was just 4 years ago, is still easier than for blue collar workers. Try looking t the big picture for once instead of your tiny slice.
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monroeslb
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 10:10amFor those that voted for Obama you wanted it you got it and now you will pay the price! For those that voted for Romney. I am sorry you are getting laid off. The country will suffer purporting Obama back in office, I wonder if God is trying to teach this country a lesson.
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paperpushermj
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 10:15amRomney’s message was Jobs but Single Women went for free Birth Control. Go figure
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marybethelizabeth
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 10:16amThe lie is that this article infers a cause and effect that doesn’t exist.
The Government has remained intact and will be structured at this time next year just as it is today.
The only change in Washington is the Republican grumbling that they are abandoning their obstructionist policies. That may be a baseless promise. It’s hard to believe that the Republicans are suddenly interested in the country’s health and not just themselves.
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rambosharley
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 10:32amI’m being laid off as of January 31, 2013…My employer is shutting the doors…and stated that they cnnot afford the new TAXES & REGULATIONS that are coming in 2013. I just want to take this time to THANK ALL THE ODUMBA$$ VOTERS! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! ….bunch of mindless morons!
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Mil-Dot
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 10:33amEvery businessman and women needs to do everything they can to surreptitiously discover the political ideology of any job applicant. If you discover that they are progs, pass them over. There are plenty of conservative kids that will not knife you in the back that are looking for work. Let the progs eat out of the dumpsters. If you cannot beat them in the massively fraudulent elections maybe we can starve a few milliion of them.
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westtitus
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 10:39amElections have consequencs young people and Liberals or are they the same????
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cessna152
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 10:43amWith all these layoffs, unemployment will be under 2%…according to the MSM.
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4theRepublic
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 10:43am@VOTEBUSHIN2012 please post your company name and a date, time, and place of the job fair!! I may need a job after these layoffs come about! (BTW, I call BS on your statement and you will prove it)
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JRook
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 10:49amOh ok….. well perhaps both you and mike might want to consider that decisions such as these are not decided within 2 days of an election either way. They are based on 3rd quarter financial results and projections for future sales. And if you take the time to consider the global presence of each one of these companies you might find that it is depressed sales projections in Europe that is responsible for these short term economic decision. Or maybe it is just that Bain Capital has invested in these companies and assisting them is moving jobs to China….. you see without actual knowledge of what drove factors drove these decisions statements like yours or mikes should be seen for the Belief Entitlement they are.
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rambosharley
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 10:51amMy employer WAS waiting on the the results of the election! My employer REFUSES to pay the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THE NEW TAX RATES THAT ARE COMING IN 2013, and COMPLYING WITH THE LIBRARY OF REGULATIONS THAT ARE BEING SHOVED DOWN OUR THROATS……GET A FREAKIN CLUE YOU IDIOT ODUMBA$$ VOTERS!
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klpotter2
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 10:53amThey want this to happen…more people with out jobs the more who can live off my tax dollars…people voted to get free stuff and they are going to get it! Thanks libs..
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TheTruthLovesLight
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 11:02amHere is a real solution.
Thomas Paine ignited a revolution with his pamphlet Common Sense.
Every business owner should hand his employees the updated version of Common Sense with each paycheck.
The schools, media and unions have taught half of our country to embrace socialistic, big government solutions that trample freedom.
Now is the time we fight back with the pen and take back our country.
Email Glenn, Stu, the blaze.com staff and ask them to start writing these new common sense pamphlets that can be handed out with paychecks. Glenn’s email address is me@glennbeck.com, stu@glennbeck.com Scott Editor of the blaze sbaker@theblaze.com
Repost this comment so we can bring this to their attention
Here are some of the topics that should be addressed. Feel free to reply to this comment with your ideas.
Real life examples of people who have lived under communism
The truth about taxes. Regulations is a tax increase. Taxes on businesses cost jobs.
The War on Poverty has created dependency and more poverty.
Welfare is like morphine. Use it when necessary but get off it as soon as you can before you become dependent on it and it destroys your life and the lives of your children.
The truth about the modern day unions.
Exposing the politicians who magically become wealthy while in congress.
Exposing the Muslim Brotherhood
Exposing voter fraud.
Exposing the facts about Benghazi
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Cavallo
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 11:04amI wonder at what point the economic news and business news gets bad enough that the central committee orders the department of business and central planning to stop reporting on negative economic news.
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Man-On-A-Mission
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 11:07amMilitary contractors are part of the problem…..it’s corporate welfare, which I do not see anyone here talking about.
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Strange_Paradox
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 11:12amI read an article this morning that Greece’s unemployment was around 25%. Also Dow Chemical had to put out a statement about their accidental posting of a statement that said they were going to have 2400 layoffs. And we still have yet to know how many layoffs are going to come from Lockheed Martin as this administration has committed to covering the costs of lawsuits filed by LM failure to give the FEDERAL MANDATED 60 day notices to employees. Can you say that perpetual high unemployment is the norm? Welcome to the United States of Corruption, Lies, and Deceipt where our national moto is “Come on in and get your free stuff.”
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paperpushermj
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 11:16am@marybeth and enciino
Save your economic spin for the impressionable idiots you apparently hang out with. These Companies are letting go of Workers not because of the reelection of Obama but because of the failed economic policies over the last 4 years and their unfortunate continuation for another 4 years. Business sucks, you know it sucks, I know it sucks, We all know it sucks and it sucks. This President is a Statist. He sees only Government …taking care of and feeding Government is the only thing he sees.
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WRXXXGeof
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 11:18am@Grey Eagle
Higher than 11%? No way will it be higher than “6.4%!”
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4BlueStars
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 11:34amI got into arguments on FB with a couple of younger relatives. One exclaimed, “Thank God Obama won!” His sister claimed she was afraid what Romney would do to the middle class. I must confess to feeling vindicated with a swell of smug self-righteousness. I hope all of these are Obama voters.
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buttpatriot
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 11:48amI worked at a coal mine that decided today to layoff over 40 employees and the only reason that was given was that “America has betrayed coal miners” by re-electing President Obama. Despite the fact that nothing has changed in the two days since the election they decide to lay off employees. I’ve seen how corrupt the company can be over the years and am fairly certain the layoffs are just a way to make the President look bad. I look forward to your questions and will do my best to answer them all.
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/12wyyn/yesterday_i_was_laid_off_because_president_obama/
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PotMeetsKettle
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 11:49amI am closing my small business (6 employees) effective December 15. It is in direct response to what I see the economy’s future after Obama’s reelection.
If you think it is revenge, then we know a) you voted for Obama and b) you don’t understand business and economics.
Of my 6 soon to be former employees, only one voted for Obama. And that one won’t get a recommendation from me…I can’t recommend stupid.
Local, federal, state governments will no longer get about $85,000 in taxes/fees/licenses that my business typically generated for them.
Businesses I purchased services and goods from will see a drop because I’m not buying anything anymore.
And just to illustrate the mindset of the Obama voter, I’m giving my employees an opportunity to buy equipment, etc. at 5% of my cost. Which one wants it “free” … yeah, the Obama voter. Won’t happen. I’ll donate the rest to Vietnam Vets or other charitable group.
Anyone who is successful will find a way to avoid any new taxes to a great deal. We aren’t stupid.
And there will be a resulting “missing predictions” by the Fed. because of all of us that have taken our toys and gone home because the Gov’t wasn’t playing nicely. You don’t play with bullies.
On the other hand, I’m going to have a lot more time to do some fun things. I’ve wanted to travel and now I will, spending money overseas instead of in the US.
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buttpatriot
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 11:58amyou are closing your business because what may happen in the future? makin money hand over fist but i see the future and it is scary.
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DDD
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 12:13pmOne day, I hope the young, Hispanic and Black voters will realize that they have voted for a man and an administration that is bringing down the country. Of course, it will most likely be too late. I feel like I might as well move to Russia – at least I’d know what I was getting from Putin.
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francisco
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 12:28pmI wonder if they are better off now then they were 4 days ago.
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ChokeArtists
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 12:29pmTake a look into these companies individually and you’ll see that the majority of these companies have been in trouble for a long time now for one reason or another. You can’t always blame poor business decisions on the economy. (though many companies will)
Take RIM as an example. I’m surprised RIM (Research In Motion) has even made it this long with their missed opportunities with smartphone/tablet innovation and their poor application development platforms.
Anyone who thinks Obama’s reelection had anything to do with RIM’s troubles is either misinformed or simply blinded by the spin. I’m sure its probably a little bit of both.
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BuzzardSays
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 12:29pmDelphi Automotive will be firing engineers in Kokomo, IN around Christmas(the bloodletting has already begun). We also had received a DOE grant to do electric cars and now that the grant money term is up…sayonara to several hundred engineers. New contracts coming in are minimal and head-count reductions are starting.
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Farmhand82
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 12:39pmReality_bites haha did you just accuse us of being “socially crippled?!” You, the lefty troll who spend his or her time being a douchebag on the blogs of people you disagree with politically just to rile them up. You have the balls to then accuse us of having social issues. That made me laugh, I’m sorry.
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Cavallo
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 12:43pm@Buttpatriot, very very few, if any, businesses close or lay off people to hurt a government official. Businesses close and lay off people to help them survive financially. They take into account legislation, taxes, and regulations. Not only those that might be coming into effect in the near future (for example the ObamaCare regulations, taxes, and oppression) but those taxes, regulations, and legislation that will not be repealed as well as those that might become law or regulated in the near future. You forget that the EPA, OSHA, and a myriad of other agencies do not require a vote of the house to regulate. If you are border line in your finances, and your profit margin is small, you’ll need to eliminate costs to ensure your continuing existence. If you can have one employee do the job of two, or you are fairly certain that expansion is impossible with the expected futures, eliminating costly labor makes the best sense. This is what most of these businesses are doing. It is also why so many businesses and corporations have been sitting on unspent capital. Statists are very bad for general business (and very good for business if you are connected to a central committee member, al la Solyndra, then you can get rich without the bother of competing in a marketplace).
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AvengerK
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 12:56pmNot even Hilda Solis will be able to wave her magic wand and fix this for Obama.
Obama still can’t grasp the most basic of realities…..how do you “raise revenue” when there’s fewer people working and in turn fewer taxpayers paying taxes?
Tax the rich guy? That isn’t even going to put a dent in the deficit of tax revenue let alone the deficit itself.
From the hints we’ve had already Obama believes he has a mandate to raise taxes and as things fail the more he will demagogue the GOP house in order to get the democrats to take over again in 2014 for the midterms.
Obama’s surrogates are saying that he’s willing to cut from entitlements if the GOP is willing to raise taxes.
Gridlock anyone?
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Xiccarph
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 1:25pmDidn’t the Obama administration push out the WARN advance notice date specifically to prevent companies from announcing layoffs PRIOR to the election?? Typical Democrat manipulation and deceit….WIN at ANY way you can!
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Max jones
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 2:29pmMUFFY…..On the short list,above, most of the locations noted are in ‘blue states. Ha ha
MONK….That WARN act data just proves how deep the fix was, in this LAST election. And I do believe that it will stand as our last presidential election.
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3Tesla
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 2:41pmALSO,,,, What is not being talked about is the reducing of many full time positions to part-time to evade Obummercare that is around the corner.
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OldSkoolDJ
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 2:47pmThe progressive will always be the moron.
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Livia
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 3:03pmNow we can rub their noses in it!
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maynardb61
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 3:05pmMy wife, a nurse gets laid off at end of next month after 30 years and my brother in law gets laid off tomorrow at age 42. .
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Michelle44
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 3:34pmThey get WHAT and WHO they voted for. They deserve both!!!,, too bad for the rest of us,, Those stupid uninformed idiots.. I totally believe it was fixed,, he knew he would win the day he told the Russians we will discuss this after the election,, They never guessed Romney would do as well as he did..It’s a downhill from here on,,,,One world GOVT here we come,, first our guns, then speach,,, whew what a legacy to leave for our children,,
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AmazingGrace8
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 3:56pm@detroit paperboy
Hi…our thoughts are the same….I posted something about “work” is a dirty word and made a comment about the guy who didn’t like the word and didn’t want to work….just remembered the program from the 60′s ….”The Dobi Gilles” show and his “lovable-hippy-friend” was the one who would have a sick look on his face when he said the word “work”.
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JohnTwoFeathers
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 4:02pmI haven’t even thought of laying anyone off….gun sales are out of sight.
Semper Fi and happy birthday USMC
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black9897
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 4:58pmYou do realize the real unemployment is 16-20% already right?
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Republic1
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 5:17pmWhen America does a nose-dive over the fiscal cliff, we will have 61,226,412 Obama supporters to hold responsible.
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suckerpunched
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 5:47pmThis is my first post on The Blaze, and I signed up to reply address someone who had complained about government workers. I just want to say– I am a government worker with a law enforcement position. When I stepped off a plane from my vacation on the night of Nov. 6, and found out Obama was re elected– I felt as if I had been sucker punched.
There are conservatives, even ultra conservatives working in government– and I hate to see us all get glommed together like we are all just on some “work fare” program. We are subject to what trickles from the top– and not all of us agree with what is happening to our great nation.
I watched a woman walking along with a young boy, about 9 or 10 years old, through the airport. I overheard her say: “Roe v. Wade, I didn’t want to lose that.” I was dumbfounded. First of all at due to what this implies to a male youngster who will no doubt become sexually active within the next 10 years– but second, that women would sell out their country in order to have their uterus scraped out after irresponsible sex. Do we women really have nothing better to offer our children, families, mates, society…our country?? Do we really see ourselves as having nothing better to offer than a bloody uterus? I am so happy I am not to be counted among these…
Be encouraged– there do exist, people in Federal service who do see what is happening and who do not agree with it– who vote against socialism and liberal values….that is all I wanted
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DenverKitty
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 5:48pmLibs are stupid to the nth degree. IMPEACH Obama.
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onteo
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 5:56pmBeing stupid should hurt. A lot
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R2D2
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 6:13pmLayoffs do not hurt liberals. Don’t they get paid by mail each month?
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tifosa
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 6:32pmWow. Bunk. You might want to read about those layoffs~the facts about each (Boeing’s plan to modernizing restructure plan that started in 2010, CVPH restructuring to prepare to collaborate with Fletcher Allen and bring on a bunch of new physicians, for example.) Misinformation station, again.
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Wolfgang the Gray
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 7:01pmWow! Take all these layoffs, then add the 11-Million new “citizens” if Obama gives full amnesty to all the Illegal Aliens in this country.
I think Obama & the left will blame all these layoffs on the conservatives to further drive a wedge between Americans. Heck, if they believed all the other lies Obama told, they would buy this one too. I think things will be getting far worse before any chance of getting better comes.
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wowjustwow
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 7:30pmCorporations needn’t threaten employees. You people are bigger dufuses than I thought if you actually believe that the election made a damn bit of a difference. Oh…and “hospice laying off temporarily” is in your list??? Pathetic.
Life will only improve now that the election is over — obviously people EVERYWHERE think so.
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LadyGOP
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 8:18pmHe built this.
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MIBUGNU2
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 10:23pm@Shamrock241
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 11:19pm
Can’t say i feel sorry for the jobs lost in CT,MA and NH all Yankee state’s that went osama
Don’t forget the Boeing folks in that wonderful liberal
State of Washington (mega blue) ..12%, 14% soon….
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BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 10:25pmWell, this certainly explains why I woke up on Wed speaking Italian fluently- we’ve become Greece! Transformation complete.
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BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 11:08pm@WOW
And your comment, that life will be better now that Obama has been relected is based on what? Are YOU better off than you were 4 years ago? Seriously, I would like to know.
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Jozep
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 11:20pmI’m sure many political scores will be settled in the coming weeks as these business owners weed the Lib’s out the door… But to lay people off before anyone’s paid a dime more than yesterday seems ‘dramatic’ at best and ‘vindictive’ at worst. I’m more interested in how long it takes for them to hire replacements!
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Ricardvs
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 12:24am@Bert in NY
The correct question is”Who is John Galt?”
And the answer is “I am John Galt.”
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Hoosierchap
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 12:45amWhen I posted on some website about my son-in-law’s insurance premium & co-pays increasing substantially because of Obamacare, I was verbally attacked & accused of being a liar who was just trying to stir up trouble! It got ugly & I just let it go. You can’t reason with those people!
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outerheaven
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 4:06amcan every one say welcome to the new Obama new world order and mayor bloomberg bans food donations to homeless ther is nice place in hell 4 that man
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loriann12
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 8:21am@Detroit paperboy I never looked at it that way, with Romney promising jobs. That probably translated to the lazy percentage of our nation as, “OMGosh! Romney is going to take away all the free stuff and make us work for it!” I downloaded a free ebook about socialism. I just started it. It was written in 1906 and put out by Cornell U. The writer said that people who want socialism, think we’ll all live for free in a luxery hotel, the men will voluntarily go work in the fields singing, while the women accompany them on pianos on the veranda. They expect Utopia, and it just doesn’t work that way. Karl Marx put the idea into words, saying all money is made by laborers, so the laborers should keep all the money. Really? Let’s really make it that way, and when a company folds, let the workers lose all their money too. Let the workers take out the loan for the company, pay the payroll, etc. I suppose they should take the same risks the owners are taking.
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sueatt
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 9:38amYou are the moron. These companies didn’t close because of the election. Do the work. The article gives you the hyperlink. Dumb!!
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OlderCowGirl
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 10:56am@Reality_bites…
You are most likely correct about “Lord of the Rings”. Young ones are susceptible to fantasy.
About Ayn Rand: yes, she was an Atheist. However, her non-religion had nothing to do with her points made in “Atlas Shrugged”. She looked at society and saw “Selfish-ism” under the guise of Liberalism. In fact, her book is right down the line of what’s happening to America now. The liberal agenda increased, poor got poorer (and more of them) and the elite Libs got richer; and the Big Biz folks moved away…taking jobs with them. And the country collapsed. And everybody suffered.
I believe in God/Jesus…and if I had a “Big Business” I could have a thriving business w/many employees. If I did NOT believe in God/Jesus I could have a “Big Business” and I could have a thriving business w/many employes. There is no diff due to religion or lack thereof. The difference is in people…and their drive and talent and ambition to create that big or small business.
Believers in God/Jesus have a personal relationship with their Creator. Non-believers do not have that personal relationship with their Creator. It’s as simple as that. Anybody with drive and ambition and talent can create a business.
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planet87
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 12:22pmDow Chemical, 2500 more.
http://www.ourmidland.com/news/article_6d41b266-adc3-5fbe-a1cd-107415f6c747.html
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Keatonc333
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 1:23pmIsn’t it so depressing! I mean Obama care doesn’t even come into effect to the extent where it would impact these companies until 2014. toying with peoples livelihoods to make a political point… classy!
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Advection
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 2:19pmDon’t forget the corporations that were bribed by Obama to hold their layoffs until after the election. Obama actually gave them federal revenue to pay the lawyer fees they will incur for breaking federal law!!!
How is bribing corporations to break federal law in order to influence the outcome of a federal election NOT a crime?!
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saveamericafromthestupids
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 5:58pmIt’s official….Allen West is OUT….Murphy is in!!!!
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ladoniaflydan
Posted on November 11, 2012 at 9:08amCan’t help but think Greece, Spain and the rest started this way. Well, the silver lining is that it’s out in the open. Don’t think that there enough of us right now to do anything about it.. Hang on everybody, it’ gonna be a wild ride.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_WHAT_LABOR_WANTS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-11-10-04-08-51
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Michelle44
Posted on November 11, 2012 at 11:13amThey all drank the Koolaid,, and now we have to suffer with the rest of them,, He wants to ruin this government,, and he is off to a considerably tremendous start,,
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NightNinja
Posted on November 11, 2012 at 10:48pmObamasizing!
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Blazergirl
Posted on November 12, 2012 at 12:13amI think Ben Franklin said ” You need to make people uncomfortable in their poverty before they will get themselves out of it.” Maybe this is the kick we need to do something about those we “elect” and send to Washington DC because we are definatly on the road and the very close cliff of poverty. Buckle Up America. Prepare. May God have mercy on us.
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keen903
Posted on November 12, 2012 at 3:42amWon’t happen! The misinformation administration will simply retool the way it calculates the unemployment rate, AGAIN. The funny thing about mathematical formulas is that you can still have truthful data, but a skewed final product all because you decided to run the calculations a different this time.
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Lanna
Posted on November 15, 2012 at 10:59amCongratulations, you are right about companies rage laying off people if Obama won. Tell me why that’s a good thing?
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aproudinfidel
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:58pmThanks for the optimism Mr. Obama. These folks will be thinking of you when they take their families to the soup kitchen for Thanksgiving and the Salvation Army store to shop for Christmas. Oh, you don’t care since you just a new gig?
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lketchum
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:09pmWe are planning massive help and relief efforts in our area. We’ve been buying extra foodstuffs for months in preparation. It isn’t much, but we’re going to make an effort.
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pissantno.10
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:20pmsorry but why help these people obama is the god he will deliver them there food . i know it sounds mean but thats how he got back in why work when someone else will take care of you
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Bluebonnet
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:21pmNot good news, however, most of us were told many companies would be cutting back or going out of business if obama won another 4 yrs. Many businesses can’t afford to hang on with the additional expense of obamacare costs. We will Rue the day we didn’t bother to listen to what would happen.
Here comes Greece, here comes France, hope we can afford new underpants.
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unsafe
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 11:11pmI all ready pay to much in taxs now to help any of these fool who voted for free health care LMAO,birth controll pills . I dont feel sorry for any of them, watch what you wish for you just might get. I no it sound mean but they took the care out of me. The same go for the PPl on the East coast, I’ll not give a dime too. Call there insurance company O they dont have any to bad for them.
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Jeetman
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 11:35pmlketchum, pissantno.10 is right. I know this is going to sound very unChristian but oh well. Think about it, all you great people giving charity, all that’s going to happen is Ovomit is going to fool these morons into thinking HE had a hand in it. DON’T HELP THESE PEOPLE!!! They need to see how great the government is. ONLY until then will they break their illusions of a “big government” hand out. Glenn has it wrong. He has to STOP the charity NOW!!! Actually, not stop it, have a precursor. If you supported big government, GTFO!!!! We don’t want to help you.
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kryptonite
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 3:25amThose of you who want to give to charity, be forewarned: Charities are not trustworthy under communism. Also, at some point in time, maybe sooner than you think, you won’t be able to provide for your loved ones. Then what? HIDE what you’ve got. 2013 will be the beginning of sorrows. In 2014 when Obamacare kicks in, you will need to ration whatever you’ve got.
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objectivetruth
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 9:38amObama is the culmination of the work already put into place by those wishing our destruction.What led to it and him are very simple.We have been domestically overregulated and overtaxed for decades.
By overtaxing I’m talking about the whole enchilada not just federal taxes.Our school systems have been dumbed down.We have an underlying sense of despair that every generation since ww2 has percieved.In the last two decades ,though, more act on the desperation and give up.This in turn breeds more.Its a almost neverending cycle.We have companies that should have been allowed to fail.Instead we propped them up for worse destruction.We talk about the tech and housing bubble.How about we start telling the truth.Its all a bubble.In the real world you can only charge what the real market will bear.You don’t access to bailouts and loans.You have to decide if you can make a profit based on truth ,not props.If you can, then you charge what the market will bear ,not what the government will guarentee.This in itself has caused delusions that everyone everywhere can afford the high prices the government guarentees for payment.
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searcher619
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 10:15amI can’t feel sorry for these people. At least those who voted for Obama. They all deserve this setback. they NEED this hardship to wake them up and show them how misguided they were. I urge those who can to volunteer and help these people. Just to show them how Obama and big government isn’t going to do a whole lot for them and their families. They served their purpose and now they will be forgotten like the many others who have been jobless and given up on finding work. that it is evil conservatives and vile people of faith who will be there to offer a compassionate and helping hand.
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dealer@678
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:57pmHollywood is hiring ditch diggers for everyone who lost their jobs for voting for Obama. Starting pay is 7 bucks an hour bitches
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Jenasus
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:15pmObama’s shovel ready jobs are for digging your own grave on the Obama Plantation.
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michael48
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 10:50am“dem-wits need not apply”..congrats…you won..right????
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noland
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:55pmThey being the bo-hammad voters won’t believe it has anything to do with thier Prince or madi they’ll just continue to blame Bush and they will never trust the one true God because they never knew Him! Very sad…
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Reality_Bites_You_on_the_Ass
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 5:40amThe one true god you say? Which god is that? Is it your god? My god? Is it that crazy Mormon god that comes from the planet Kolob? Is it Vishnu? Is it Zeus, Thor, Loki, Apollo? Is it Godzilla?
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GhostOfJefferson
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 8:41am@Bites
Oh, look, sneering and anger. How novel from a leftist.
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westtitus
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 10:43amFunny how they blame the Republican Congress for it’s failures and don’t blame the success of Clinton for the Republican Congress. HMMM..we live among idiots and they deserve no help. Go get an Obama phone and call him for help.
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Cavallo
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 11:49amThis current Republican Congress can’t do anything to stop the coming devastation. Sandy was nothing compared to the financial and economic storm coming to wreck havoc on the rest of us. You get what you voted for. And America voted for: USA RIP
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Max jones
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 5:00pmReality bites…..Very good, son, you have reached the point of no return. We knew you could.
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South Philly Boy
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:55pmSTUPID Is As STUPID DOES
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Eyes
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 3:13amAnd you can’t fix it.
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wisehiney
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:52pmI have not been to a doctor for over 30 years (dentist – yes), but I am planning to schedule appointments with every type of medical specialist as soon as oBUMMER care takes effect. As difficult as it may be, I will find every possible flaw that I have, and get it fixed for FREE! And before the last of the good doctors quit. Sorry folks, good citizenship is a joke. Take all you can while you can. Beat the weasels to it.
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aproudinfidel
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:59pmI hate to admit it, but right on Wisehiney. I hope you don’t wind up with a new heart or something that serious…
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USAMama
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:06pmYou better hope they don’t find anything too serious or they’ll just take you out back and shoot you! I’m thinking the opposite, I’m going to avoid the doctor once the white house controls it.
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jasonsmommy
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:15pmJust make sure you have do it soon. The anesthesia will not be done by a doctor for much longer. Obamacare is having nurses do it. And nurses are nice and good but they are not trained like the specialist. So get in quick.
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dealer@678
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:20pmJust know that you might be prescribed painkillers If Obama Care decides youre not worthy
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aproudinfidel
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:22pm@jasonsmommy: Gotta speak for my nurse friends…even now a lot of anesthesia is done by specially licensed RN’s.
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Raging_Waters
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:33pmHopefully you’re not white or you may spontaneously have cancer when you see the doctor, then they’ll have to ‘take care of you’ ASAP…
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Small World
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:33pmI’m sure you are too old for treatment just take a pain pill.
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Jedrin
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 11:15pmI’m applying for food stamps. If the freeloaders in my apartments do it then I want my share too. Besides there is NO POSSIBLE WAY the national debt will be paid back, except giving land for T bills maybe. That will happen too regardless now.
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cptenn94
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 1:20amgo for it, just dont mention your conservative….or we might never hear from you again
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kryptonite
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 3:32amYour medical record will now be electronic. They know who you are. Just wait till they redistribute your heart, your liver, your kidneys…
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67shelbycobra
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 3:38amNo such thing as “free” healthcare, buddy. All the blind sheep obama supporters who think they’re getting “free” healthcare, obamaphones, foodstamps, govt housing, welfare, etc. are in for a rude awakening when it all dries up. The problem with socialism is eventually, you run out of ther people’s money.
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ADNIL
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 7:42amI hadn’t been to my allopathic doctor in so long that the office called and told me to get in there before they deleted my files. (I lost my job when zero first took office, so therefore cancelled my insurance THAT I PAID for and all appointments, screens, etc. due to NO income as I was forced to live on savings.)
So I went. The doctor visit took 45 minutes, during which the doctor spent 5 minutes looking at me and the other 40 minutes pecking away on a computer – the new electronic recordkeeping system – even though I had no medical complaints and my status had not changed.
Then she told me this would be the last time I saw her because she could see the writing on the wall. She was leaving practice because the new systems were making her work harder, paying her less, and she was able to see fewer patients because of the new demands of her time in recordkeeping. They are turning nurses into doctors and doctors into bookkeepers.
Then I was billed 200 dollars for that. I should have stayed home.
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loriann12
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 7:55amIt doesn’t matter if you avoid the doctor…the IRS will have access to your medical records to make sure you’re covered adequately. Can you imagine, IRS employees will know your medical history. So much for HIPPA….
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objectivetruth
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 9:23amI don’t blame you in the least.However everyone is right on being careful.Its not a joke they will find something wrong that isn’t[chiefly cancer its easy to radiate you to death].They can fake it by a biopsy needle and latiste.It shows as a growth, but in reality is only ****.Its the same medication they use for growing eyelashes.If you don’t have a doctor hospital that is familiar with genocide and torture methods it can easily happen.
As to the IRS and HIPPA.HIPPA and the absolute secrecy in the medical field is what will be used to kill us all.HIPPA was meant as a privacy protection.Its abuse is astounding.If what I’m seeing is any indication the IRS is already aware of this and is taking steps to prevent it.They also are taking steps to force the medical profession to follow the same rules as the financial sector already does.You might not realize it, but, this is the best thing to happen since the self starter.
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glennpatstu
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 4:51pmaww, isn’t that cute- someone clearly doesn’t understand a law he blindly opposes! Good for you!
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ExLawman
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:51pmTake nothing from the government no matter how bad things get. Align yourselves with 5 to 10 like minded people/families. Share responsibilities and resources. The more you have with you, the better your chances for survival.
I hope those words never need to be played out…..but I never thought our country would disappear before my eyes.
There’s a h3ii of a lot more things to be concerned about than legalizing pot, gay marriage, abortion and health care. If we don’t fundamentally transform back to the constitution and limit government, then those things really won’t matter in the end. They have played us for what divides us.
http://LP.org
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aproudinfidel
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:00pmCouldn’t agree with you more, especially the first paragraph.
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Mr.buff1959
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:06pmWell said. That just about covers it all.
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wisehiney
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:27pmIn the words of Josey Wales. “Ya gotta get mean, I’m talkin’ mad dog mean.”
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phoenix110
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 11:58pmI agree with you. However, without revolution there will be NO return to a constitutional democratic republic. Democrats have made sure that socio-economic slavery is here to stay as long as this country exists. NO ONE on the dole will vote themselves off the dole. Hate to be the bearer of such news, but it is now a sad reality. This country has been taken over from within by the sloven masses and their democrat enablers. God Bless and good luck to all patriots.
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Max jones
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 5:39pmRevolution is a word that gets thrown around a lot, here lately. Like just saying the word causes an action. As if this nation is salvageable, It is NOT salvageable……for this one reason: All is God’s will. All is God’s plan. He is showing the U.S. that Idolatry is not sustainable.
This nation has sanctioned 55,000,000 murders of the unborn since 1973….55 million babies sacrificed on the altar of sexual irresponsibility…..leading to a loss of morality so profound that we now view, as normal, sexual deviancy that 50 years ago were shameful abominations. Defend this if you can, but this is the CAUSE of our present decline. And the end result of our rejection of common sense and decency.
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Robert Simpson
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:49pmI hope all of them voted for OBAMA, now they are getting the Gov. they voted for. This is just the beginning of what’s to come.
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BODYBAG
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:01pm@ROBERT SIMPSON
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:49pm
I hope all of them voted for OBAMA, now they are getting the Gov. they voted for. This is just the beginning of what’s to come.
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You aint kiddin’ brother ——-
This will be #3 from President Downgrade. Welcome to the New Normal
Fitch Ratings Warns Of U.S. Credit Downgrade From Fiscal Cliff
http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-fitch-credit-rating-fiscal-cliff-obama-20121107,0,6939564.story
When $0.99 Becomes Unaffordable, We Have A Problem
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-11-08/chart-day-when-099-becomes-unaffordable-we-have-problem
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Grey Eagle
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:03pmI agree with you. The worse is yet to come.
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EqualJustice
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:49pmObama and the fam are ON THE ROAD AGAIN heading to Thialand! So it can’t be too much of a problem for the country, right? Is he EVER going to do any actual WORK on problems? I doubt it.
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aproudinfidel
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:12pmYou’re kidding…on vacation already? I wonder how much this epic will cost the taxpayers? How much will it cost the deadbeats on the dole too, I wonder?
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kryptonite
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 3:41amGive him a break. His brain is fried after three debates.
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Reality_Bites_You_on_the_Ass
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 6:10amYou guys are so uninformed it is sad. You do know that Bush holds the record for most vacation days while in office, right? He spent 1020 days on vacation. That’s 32% of his time in office. Obama has taken less vacation days than the last three republican presidents. Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter took even less. Besides, the last time I checked, an official trip to Myanmar, a military dictatorship, to meet with democratic reformers was not much of a vacation.
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Victory Not Vengeance
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 1:43pmI’d say the man has enough frequent flier miles on Air Force One to upgrade to a flight on the space shuttle…except that the space shuttle program ended on his watch, so there goes that joke.
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TiredAmerican7
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:48pmOver half of American and some so called conversatives apparently wanted this.
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rickc34
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:01pmAre you a fool? We did not want this we wanted Romney to creat. Jobs but Obama has an agenda to kill the job creators. So blame Obama not the conservatives. I love America and pray God will show mercy upon us. I have 5 grandchildren and wanted better.
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rickc34
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:09pmTired- sorry I’m tired to. I worry about my children and grand children. I have no heart left for the liberals at this point. They are blind and cannot see the storm coming.
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aproudinfidel
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:16pm@rick: I think maybe you ought to reread that post. There are a sizable number of Catholics who voted for Obama. Go figure.
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BODYBAG
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:17pm@RICKC34
Dont make that mistake friend. They know EXACTLY what is coming.
It is BY DESIGN. It has been from the very beginning.
FUNDAMENTAL TRANSFORMATION
Why do you think there has not been a budget for 4 years???????
That ALONE for me tells the story.
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Small World
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:43pmCatholics do practice birth control and also believe in abortions.Catholics are not what they use to be.I read that the Pope wants a New World Goverment….go figure!
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Bumpintheroad
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 3:50amand jews voted for him too. Apparently liberals wishing you were de@d doesn’t seem to phase them one bit.
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Acena
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 10:57pmApparently alot of people really wanted Obama to win:
Obama received over 99% of the vote in districts where GOP inspectors were illegally removed. Next, he won 100% of the vote in 21 districts in Cleveland,OH.
Mr. Obama also won the majority of Wood County’,OH with 108% of the votes.
http://frontpagemag.com/2012/dgreenfield/voter-fraud-obama-won-%108-of-registered-voters-in-ohio-county/
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flyingpeters
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:47pmThis works in Obama’s and the Dem’s favor. Each lay-off is another potential recipient class voter!
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TSUNAMI_22
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:56pmIt only works as long as other people work and pay taxes. I work under the table, and more are doing the same.
I’m BEYOND the system.
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Cavallo
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 10:12amWhat are the best jobs for working under the table (aside from exotic dancing)? Are there organizations or internet groups that point you to “how to” ect? Consulting is the first that comes to my mind. Even being an independent accountant can get you paid under the table. Any other suggestions for even part time? Work a full time job and then a lucrative part time cash based job so the IRS doesn’t get too suspicious?
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objectivetruth
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 11:32amYou can make up to four hundred dollars without having to file it.Otherwise taxes kick in.If you work for cash its a good idea to know whether you are truly being paid in cash or cashed out.In a cash out the employer pays you in cash but its declared on a 1099.Whether you owe taxes depends on whether you or the activity is taxable.You could volunteer for paid medical research.Its not usually taxable.You also can make some money off it.Pay differs as to study involved.You will be given a 1099 at the end of the year with check box 3 ticked.This indicates its non taxable.
I couldn’t tell you where to go online to find under the table work.Most people freelance in the professions they have skills in.They may talk to old employers friends family members.They aren’t trying to make a true living out of it, just extra cash.Day here or there.This is also a way to get an opening at a company sometimes.Offer to be on call and request cash till you hit the tax mark.I’ve known a couple people who have gotten jobs with a company that way.First opening they had they called them for the permanent position.
Apply at a temp company is another alternative.You have control over where and when you work.They do take out taxes though.
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Disturbed Crew
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:47pmJust what did these people think would happen when they voted for Obama? As I said, the first time I hear a liberal complain it ain’t gonna be pretty.
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Victory Not Vengeance
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 1:52pmI’m normally very respectful of the dead and dying: I lost my father to cancer years ago. But I can’t WAIT to read about the reaction of the first Obama voter whose life-extending care gets denied by IPAB.
And when TSA gets completely unhinged–and you know they will–my reaction is going to be blunt: if you voted for Obama, shut up and spread ‘em.
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wisehiney
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:46pmTsunami coming.
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TSUNAMI_22
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:51pmI’m already here :)
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Mutiny
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:45pmIts the GOPs fault for shoving Romney down our throats. Everyone knew what Obama was, most of you were just ignorant to what Romney really was.
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The-Monk
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:05pmHi Mutiny,
Now that the election is over and we saw how the public voted I have a question….
How do you think a straight up ticket with only Obama and Ron Paul would have turned out?
Not being sarcastic.
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aproudinfidel
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:19pm@monk: I know you aren’t asking me, but I’ll tell you anyway…not well. I might have voted for Roseann.
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EqualJustice
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 11:23pmIt really did not matter WHO the Republicans had as the nominee, theleft was out to DESTROY them. The media made it happen for Obama, along with BO’s ability to BUY so many votes with OUR tax dollars and sue states to make sure there would be NO voter id! How else would he win? The “SELFISH” votes win again; the ‘What’s in it for me people’ who just don’t care about anyone else!
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Mutiny
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 1:43am@monk
Hey there. I do believe I said on more than one time Romney was unelectable. The way I see it, Ron Paul would have won the same states Romney did. A baked potato would have also won those states. As for would Paul have done better? Well I believe yes. He would have given a much better challenge to Obama mainly because Ron Paul had a real plan. With Romney it was ” I am going to create 12 million jobs” and ” I created a business “. People didnt want to hear that, they wanted to here exactly what he was going to do. When pressed on those issues, Romney failed to capture the voters minds.
The the debates would have lost it for Obama. Romney never was able to really put pressure on Obama because sadly the real issues facing this country they agreed on.
1. How could Obama defend his spending record vs Ron Paul? He couldnt.
2. The FED was ignored during the debates, but had Ron Paul been there, no chance that would have been ignored.
3. Obama never had to deal with tough answers on Obamacare because of Romneycare.
4. Obama never had to be pressed on the issues of freedoms like wire tapping and the NDAA. Why? Because Romney agreed with Obama.
5. Obama never had to answer for killing a US citizen and kill lists. With Paul he would have had to answer it.
6. Romney never really attacked Obama on abortion, because his stance on abortion was so weak.
7. Obama got a pass on Libya from Romney, it wouldnt have happened with Ron Paul because,
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Mutiny
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 1:51amhe would have had to answer why the hell they were there to begin with.
8. The trillion dollar federal war on drugs would have been brought up. As everyone found out election night its a state issue.
9. Obama would have been pressed on his plan, on exactly what are you going to cut to balance this budget. Ron Paul’s plan was out for everyone to see.
10. Our overseas militarism would have been brought up.
11. Foreign aid would have been brought up.
12. Ron Paul inspired the youth vote. Something Romney got hammered on.
Lets also remember, Ron Paul had very little funding. He was never supported by Fox news, talk radio, or the GOP. As a matter of fact they did everything in there power to silence and keep him down. I believe wholeheartedly had Ron Paul gotten to express his views fairly and get would have gotten the ABO crowd, the libertarians, and he would have pulled away Obama people.
Romney was more of the same garbage from the right. The middle didnt want any part of it.
Lastly, is VP pick would have been awesome. Judge Andrew Napolitano!!!!!!! He would have curb stomped Biden.
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kryptonite
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 3:46am@MONK
Mutiny is glad you asked.
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Conservealiberty
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 5:52amoh my, I got a awesome laugh out of that, thank u tsunami. Great post mutiny, too bad its wasted on monk, he has too much pride to realize how duped he was into romney.
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louise
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 6:37amMutiny,
Best post on The Blaze since Tuesday.
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Chromo200
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 7:48amSorry MUTINY .. No Republican or any one but Obama was electable. Ron Paul could not convince the majority of Republican what makes you think he would have convinced Independents and Catholics, Jews, Blacks, Hispanics. Obama won because he promised free stuff .. Money from the rich and redistribute it to people who don’t see anything wrong in not working.
Obama had the media behind him and the glitzy Hollywood crowd. And look who watches the Hollywood cr$p. The zombies.
For change to come, the must be suffering which will then make people look you and say how come you doing OK. Tell them you follow Gods word, you are debt free, don’t accept handout because there usually strings attached, you willing to help if you want to help our self, etc etc .. That you do what made this country strong and prosperous.
Look what Obama did yesterday .. Told Congress to figure out how to stop us from going over the economic cliff. He is not having any input. This way it becomes congress’s fault and who do think is the escape goat on this ..The Republican, the Tea Part, and even Bush. That is what 60% plus of the citizen believe any way .. even people you think are intelligent. Obama has sold us the idea that he just has to wave his arms, smile and tell others to solve the problem. “you guys solve the problem I am off to talk to a freedom fighter in Maymar (Thailand)”.
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Cavallo
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 12:10pmRon Paul lacked the personality to get elected. He would have been easily rattled into saying something asinine during the debates. His attitude after the primary didn’t help much, and in several RP supporters are gleeful that Americans now have to live under a fascist regime. No Ron Paul will ever have the platform again. They helped sell Americans into decades of slavery and oppression just because RP didn’t get nominated. They might as well have been Obama voters and my bet is, many of them were Obama voters.
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Max jones
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 5:54pmMUTINY….Romney was run against Obama by the same people who installed obama into office in 2008….Globalist progressives. The fix was in, and the whole charade was set up to help elevate obama above a man of faith, for the benefit of his godless constituency. All for a show, a display. Setting the stage for his beatification.
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Max jones
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 6:05pmMonk i have to agree with MUTUNY. I voted for Romney, as the only viable alternative to OBAMA..
But it does not make one bit of difference. Ron Paul survived this election precisely because he was not on the ballot against obama….anybody who looked like a real threat to ‘the agenda’ would have gotten Breitbarted. As will, any serious threats, in the future. Obama is “sponsored” by a supernatural, and has been groomed for the position he is in.
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TSUNAMI_22
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:45pmHmmmmmm………no firearms manufacturers in this list. Ironic?
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coldnorth
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:20pmneed to add an AR to the collection. What would you go with? A 5.56 for ammo and parts availability, or 6.8 SPC for improved stopping power?
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aproudinfidel
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:30pm@coldnorth: good luck, I visited my local FFL today and he said that there isn’t an ARe to be had from anywhere he knows. He also said the dealer he buys ammo from sold $12,000,000 to dealers in one day yesterday. Can’t even find reloading supplies, ie small pistol primers, online. Go ahead and try.
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Onesimus
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 11:38pmYou might be able to find a 6.5 Grendel based AR, the ammo is a bit harder to come by tho.
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TSUNAMI_22
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 1:45am@ coldnorth
need to add an AR to the collection. What would you go with? A 5.56 for ammo and parts availability, or 6.8 SPC for improved stopping power?
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Stick with the 5.56 because that’s what the military uses. The 6.8 is better for stopping power, but not as easily found. There are trillions of 5.56′s. Just make sure you get a rifle that says 5.56/.223 and not just .223 only.
Here’s a link to probably some of the best AR’s in production. http://forum.lwrci.com/viewforum.php?f=38 Sometimes you can find a deal for an A2 for under $1,900.
Expensive, but well worth it. Cheaper Than Dirt sells them at decent prices. You’ll want an M6A2 or an M6SL. Personally, I have an M6A3. Works flawlessly. 1,000 rounds fired and no failures of any kind. http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/ItemListing.aspx?mfgid=3554&catid=2144
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Wisdom7
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 1:55amWhat kind of ammo? You know that firearms deer season starts this month (Saturday where I live).
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BookMDanno
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 2:41amOoohooohooo! Good point!
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kryptonite
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 3:49amThe government is buying up all the ammo, so don’t get too excited.
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USAFRetired
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 7:27pmBuy a Bow, Stopping power, goes through sandbags or body armor, silent. Don’t need to waste money on new firearms or ammo. Just pick up your target’s unused weapon and ammo if you feel the need to spray and pray.
Defend the constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic!
nuff said!!!
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RobbieTLHughie
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 7:55pmThe Blaze: The Internet’s personal home for all of God’s mall-ninjas.
You guys are so ridiculous.
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TSUNAMI_22
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 11:35pm@ RobbieTLHughie
The Blaze: The Internet’s personal home for all of God’s mall-ninjas.
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Mall-ninjas throw $250 neon sneakers. I throw lead.
I guess we’ll find out soon enough who the real ninjas are.
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UNALIEN
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:45pmThe best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
Winston Churchill
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jedi.kep
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:43pmYeah Baby! Time to get my free Obamaphone!
What idiots. Let it fall and fall hard, then maybe these dopes will learn a thing or two about REAL life.
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IH8-Libs
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:43pmAtlas is shrugging.
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aproudinfidel
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:10pmThey better build some new housing in the Gulch. Who, among the producers, is going to feel like excelling when the reward will be getting hammered with additional taxes to hand out to deadbeats?
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GeorgieJo
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:52pm“When the Takers outvote the Makers—The country will decline”——Mark Steyn
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GhostOfJefferson
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 8:46amMaybe. To be truthful, you could put together a list like this on any given day, even 10 years ago. We’ll see if it grows into a larger trend, in time.
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lassiegirldawn
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:42pmI am flying my flag at half-mast until we get leaders like Allen West that will lead according to our constitution. We had a death in America on November 7, 2012. This is for all who have fought and continue to fight for freedom in America. Join me and when people ask why you are flying your flag at half-mast, maybe, just maybe there can be intellectual conversation.
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randy
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:51pmHalf mast signifying the death of America and Upside down for America in distress…..
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Lt_Scrounge
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:01pmHalf mast? Hell, upside down would be more appropriate at this point.
For those who don’t know, hanging the flag upside down is a distress signal.
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aproudinfidel
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:03pmPut your flag back to full staff. Half staff is a statement of respect for heroes that pass away.
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Jenasus
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:13pmFly your flag upside down. The country is.
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Max jones
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 6:12pmLassie girl…..Take your bible out of the closet wipe the dust off, and get to the real solutions you need…..It ain’t politics, Dawn
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Adonizedek
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:42pmIt’s only going to get worse. I was going to go to a job at a local restaurant closer to home while I go to school, but with the recent victory, I’m staying put at the job I’m at now, because I don’t know what’s going to happen to that business now.
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aproudinfidel
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:26pmGood idea…a bird in the hand.
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thegreatcarnac
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:42pmIt is good to see most of these layoffs are in blue states. Well…that is not my country anyway. Freedom for the Red states!
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GhostOfJefferson
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 10:51amWe’ve really got to cast off the misnomer “Red”. It is, was, and always will be the descriptive term for communists/socialists. We’ve let the Soviet Left apply it to us and we didn’t even resist.
To be honest, I have nothing concise to take its place, at least that comes to mind easily.
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BIGM32
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 2:56pm2ND Confederacy works for me…and with the gun laws being much different down here the South will easily win this time when Civil War 2 breaks out. I and my AR-15 and Remington 870 are ready.
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tj1961
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:42pmHere’s to “Hope and Change”!!!
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momrules
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:41pmThis is just the beginning. All of you who are losing your jobs need to be sure and thank an Obama supporter.
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CatB
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:56pmHi MOM .. yes and how many small businesses have decided to close or cut back this week also ?.. that would be a VERY interesting and sad list.
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MajorMolly
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 9:18amI am truly scared to death. You can see the change in BO already. He thinks he’s invincible now! I curse all those big names who supported him. CC in NJ – you blew it big time! How dare you suck up to BO like that & practically hand the election to BO? Your blue state gets nothing from me ever again. I won’t even drive through there & pay your bridge tolls. It won’t hurt you much because I never found much reason to visit NJ anyway. It’s a crappy state. Let BO take care of you from now on. You are on your own.
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Small World
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:40pmWow! Food stamps and free phones what more could you want?
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BookMDanno
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 2:37amMight have been helpful to all concerned if the companies had let it be known that layoffs would be in the offing should Obama win. (At least one employer did that, I heard).
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Eyes
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 3:29amAfter I pay my fine for not buying Obamacare insurance, I’ll have to sign up for that. Eat and talk on the phone. What fun!! November 6th was the second time I did not vote for that man in the White House.
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aragona
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:34pmMy only wish is that these layoffs were strategic in the sense that these were Obama voters who were laid off and not patriots. Let them learn that elections have consequences first hand
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50211bs
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:43pmAnd this is only the second day after the election, can you imagine what its going to be like a few months down the road?
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drs1969
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:45pmI doubt many of them work. They collect checks, have a govmint job, or are already dead.
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Robert Simpson
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:53pmI’m with you bro.
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unsafe
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 11:33pmIts going to be a merry christmas in the red states and thanksgiving LMAO they got what they voted for.
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crabman2
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 7:16amThat would be justice , but it”s probably not the case . How many of those jobs were held by non-union workers ? I”m guessing the majority of the jobs lost affect non-union workers . I hope I”m wrong , but probably not .
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rosegrower
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 10:14amSadly, most of the Obama voters are already unemployed and either on the government dole or on their parents’ dole. What they don’t get is now that there are fewer taxpayers (and that number will grow fewer still within two years) there will be serious discussions in the state legislatures about actually cutting giveaways, because what is extracted by the Feds from the remaining taxpayers won’t be enough to fund government overhead and the various social programs. None of these geniuses will blame Obama’s policies – they will complain about their state leadership.
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ChiefGeorge
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 10:08amNo worries ROSE!
They’ll just vote themselves more more from someone elses hardwork….its going to be a vicious cycle. Its unsustainable and they know it. Just position yourself as best you can in this econ, save, prep, be ready to barter with 2nd ammendment right strapped firmly to your hip.
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