Another Home Depot Co-Founder Blasts Obama: ‘Unpresidential’ & ‘Willfully Dividing Us’
- Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:05am by
Billy Hallowell
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On Thursday, Ken Langone, the former director of the New York Stock Exchange and the co-founder of Home Depot, joined former colleague Bernie Marcus in criticizing President Barack Obama’s job performance. In an interview with CNBC, the successful businessman has some tough words — and warnings — for the nation’s top executive. Watch it, below:
Aside from calling the commander-in-chief “unpresidential” and “petulant,” he accused the president of purposefully pitting Americans against one another during the nation’s ongoing debt debate. In the interview, the successful businessman said:
“He’s not bringing us together. He’s willfully dividing us. He’s petulant. Ronald Reagan would never go into the Oval Office without his jacket on — that’s how much he revered the presidency…
Divide us and we all lose. And this has got to stop. And if [Obama's] listening, or one of his people are listening, and you can quote me exactly for what I say, he is not acting presidential, he is behaving in a way designed, in my opinion, to divide us and make us look at each other with skepticism, with suspicion.
That’s the end of America as we know it when that happens.”
Langone takes specific issue with the president’s “us versus them” mentality. He continues:
“This guy [Obama] worked like hell to be president . . . Behave like a president. Let me look at you as a model to how we should behave. What does he say? Fat cats, jet airplanes. What is the purpose? Us versus them.”
Although Langone didn‘t hold much back in his critique of the president’s debt debate handling, his opposition has little to do with a refusal to accept paying higher taxes. He explained that he does not oppose an elevated tax rate on the wealthiest Americans. Additionally, he says he is open to means-testing Social Security (i.e. reducing benefits to wealthier individuals who may not need or rely upon them), so long as the funds saved are put toward paying down the federal debt. Langone explains:
“People like me have to understand that it isn’t business as usual. I should not get Social Security. I think it’s a travesty for a man of my success and of my means to get anything from the federal government. I think I should pay more taxes . . . but everything they take from me should go to reduce the debt.”
Interestingly, Longone, a wealthy American who may be forced to pay more taxes while receiving fewer Social Security benefits, is more than open to proposed changes — so long as the funds saved or raised help solve America’s debt crisis.
Like many others, he also sounded the debt-ceiling alarm during the interview, warning of the potential ramifications of continuing to spend beyond the nation’s means:
“We need to understand as a nation that you can’t forever expect somebody out there, whether it’s China or somebody in England, to say I will always take America’s debt no matter what.
We are heading into a dose of reality we’ve never seen before . . . Look at the number of states now laying people off because they can’t print paper [money].”
Despite his warning and his negative opinions regarding Obama’s behavior and handling of the debt situation, Langone says he is confident that the federal government will come to a solution before the August 2 deadline.
(h/t NY Post)
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psst
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 9:10amAawww!! C’mon man. Soetoro is promoting yer(Home Depot) phqueer agenda like none before him.
Give the marxist a break. he can’ tget everything wrong at the same time.
At least give him an A for trying. It takes time to bring this country to it’s knees.But! have faith, US is nearly there.
As for paying more taxes make sure to send your cheque to
President Barry Soetoro. C/o Honourable Tax Cheat SecTreas. Mr.Timothy Geithner
US Treasury Dept. Washingtom DC.
Note on cheque. For Increased spending and vote buying.
intothelight
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 9:32amAmen. We are already on our knees. Hold on, soon be flat on our faces.
Report Post »the hawk
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 9:56amIT’S Still ( Devided We Fall ) We are as Devided as we’ve ever been !
Report Post »And the out-look is’nt very good………………………..
When We cant agree that we cant spend more than we take in , and 15 trillion in the hole !
And that we cant spend more than we take in is extremist ! ? doomed…………………………….
the hawk
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 9:58amAnd I ment DIVIDED ! sorry………..
Report Post »the hawk
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 10:00amIT’S Still ( Divided We Fall ) We are as Divided as we’ve ever been !
Report Post »And the out-look is’nt very good………………………..
When We cant agree that we cant spend more than we take in , and 15 trillion in the hole !
And that we cant spend more than we take in is extremist ! ? doomed…………………………….
southerngal
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 10:00am****-Depot has done well for it self. Ken Langone may or may not be influential in orchestrating that degenerate aspect of his business, But dont think for a minute his progressive ideas are any less than obama’a. he just wants it done in a world where he can still be successful and still promote socially destructive groups. Obama is destroying his partners as well, and they dont like what they have created. Buyers remorse sucks.
Report Post »NWalters78
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 10:07amGrab your ankles and grab some KY, cuz here IT comes.
Report Post »CaptainKook
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 10:12amThis Chinese-goods importer [and US jobs EXPORTER] has nothing realistic to say.
Report Post »IM_UR_HUCKLEBERRY
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 10:37amI am a NEW “Home Depot Lover.”
Report Post »I’m there folks. Support the folks who have the fortitude to speak truth and to speak up for the USA.
I’ll leave “Lowes Home Improvement Center” and start shopping at “Home Depot.”
southerngal
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 10:45amHomodepot has an activist agenda, so be careful how much you support them over your local lumber and hardware store
Report Post »encinom
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:18amAwww, a corporate fat cat is looking ot protect his corporate perks.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 12:00pmIt took him over TWO years to learn this???? Where has this guy been…ON the Botton shelf gathering dust????
Report Post »I support God's Israel!
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 12:01pmSo, what’s new? ANY business that likes/follows Obama’s policies would be someone who works for Soros OR gets money from the government. Sooner or later, because of those two possibilities, the business WILL FAIL. Every single thing that Obama touches, talks about, looks at, walks through, makes comments on, refers to, HE WILL and HAS DESTROY(ED). Evil shows success temporarily until it actually destroys, maims, and sucks its victims dry. It pretends to be good for A VERY SHORT TIME, when it is actually evil. Obama and Soros are experts on evil, especially the subtle kind that sneaks up on you, grabs you, and beats you to death over a slow period of time.
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 12:51pmBut this is just some of “The Change We Need” ,
Report Post »“Unite The Country”
“Transparency”
“No Special Interest”
“No New Taxes”
“No Increse in HC Cost”
“No etc. etc. etc.” we all voted for..
Won’t happen again, BO !! every time his lips move, it’s a LIE….
OneCitizenOfTheRepublic
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 3:22pmThe objectives of the Progressives are exactly the same as those of the 1950 communists party…doubt that? Read on…
A former FBI agent in 1958 outlined the long-term strategy of the Communist Party
that it was then implementing to “defeat” the United States.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQf_QfitmKE
PLEASE…watch this video (turn speaks down just a little.)
We used to say, “That could never happen in America…” a lot. Remember?
However, over the last 60 years,
we failed to take the steps domestically necessary to make sure that was forever true…
Now, when you hear the words, “Liberal” or “Progressive” or “Socialist” or “Communist”
do you have a clear understanding if there be any real differences?
Does Communism no longer bring a twinge of fear?
Is Socialism now “politically correct” in AMERICA?
Home Depot has sponsored homosexual parades flaunting Home Depot aprons, etc…
Report Post »CLM
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 5:30pmYes, Mr. Langone, you just figured out that Mr. Obama is a divisive enemy of this country and the people of this United States. He has set race relations back 50 years! And I suppose you voted for him! At least there were some of us who, could see through this so-called Christian/Muslim and did not vote for him. I could tell what he was the first time I heard him speak on TV. What tipped you off? His “unpresidential” beer summit or was it all the golf or his stance against Israel and the Jewish people??!! Proverbs 24:21, “My son, fear the Lord and the king, do not associate with those given to change, for their calamity will rise suddenly, and who knows the ruin those two can bring?” If he continues with his agenda and forces Israel to divide Jerusalem, you can bet that we will see judgment here in this country. God’s just warning us right now, we haven’t even begun to see the judgment of God. We need to pray for God to change Obama’s heart attitude toward Israel. And a change of heart toward this liberal, “redistribution of wealth” agenda. He will make us all poor. Change? That’s all any of us will have when this man is finished with us, a bit of change to jingle in our pockets!
Report Post »mikem1969
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 11:55amLOL. You said it PSST.
Report Post »L Jean Sullivan
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 12:57pmI want to Thank the “Blaze” For this interview with Langone (founder of Homedepot) On CNBC – This interview Needs to Go Viral for all to see. One of his telling statements remindes me of how Obama got elected -“O”s “Glittering Generalities”. It kept people from looking for the truth of his statements, if they thought about it his statements did not include the good of the American people only the takers and the expansion of that base.
Report Post »Jim AZ
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 2:06amNo one has pointed out that Hdepot has been one of GEs holdings. HD has tons and tons of lobby affiliations which intertwine with many known baddies in the administration. — He must be PO’d about something behind the scenes, OR, this is a calculated misdirection, OR, a riskily near artillery barrage.
Report Post »Jim AZ
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 2:13amOR, GE has their boy picked out of the Rs.
Report Post »GaryInTheMiddle
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 9:09amDoes any one not understand that this is Obutheads plan?
Report Post »Iman Barak Hussein
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 9:14amhe is 100% correct-a-mundo.
Report Post »OLDBIKEFIXER
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 9:23amObama’s plan is indeed to bring down as many American businesses as possible! When there’s nothing left, and everyone is depending on the government to fix things, the Communists will have the ultimate opportunity to take over.
Obama hates American businesses and the whole American idea of a free society.
And by the way… all you union people better get wise to the idea that he hates you, too. He’s just using you for your union dues – A.K.A. campaign contributions. When all the jobs are gone, and there are no more union dues being handed to him, he’ll forget all about you.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 9:50amEXACTLY! Everyone should see it .. unfortunately the MSM won’t report the truth .. like the FACT that the R’s in the House already sent a “deal” to the Senate .. CUT, CAP and Balance and Harry Reid won’t bring it to the floor .. if the government runs out of money (which is a “joke” they just won’t have it for pet project or they will screw over the old people) IT IS NOT THE TEA PARTY’s FAULT!
TEA!
Report Post »sbleve
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 10:06amLook at the blue print – the shadow government of Czars. Perhaps the single largest abuse of Executive power. Appointing ones church deacons to create policy-mandated regulations. The second abuse of power is the lingering effect of Executive Orders.
The model of committee collective governance is in the slide show of Lenin/Stalin. The next serial episode is that similar Adolf scheme of things. Both of these worked so well. The followers of this 2011 year of our lord have said that the only thing wrong with those other examples of notoriety excellence is that they did not spend enough $$ on credit.
Report Post »the hawk
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 10:13am“The shadow government of Czars. Perhaps the single largest abuse of Executive power”.
Report Post »I cant believe the REP‘s have’nt held hearings on this…………………..
oneshiner
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:34amThank God, one courageous man speaks out. Those on radio & TV who continue to support Obama are doing it for their jobs. They have to support O to keep their work coming in. I still shake my head when I hear any of them speak and what nonsense they spout. For God’s sake, stop supporting this Marxist, Socialist man unless you really love losing all your God given rights as a human being. He lies to those who live off the government and of course, they don’t want to lose their monthly checks. This is they way of socialists, lie, tell ‘em what they want to hear then strike like a snake, Obama.
Report Post »I support God's Israel!
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 12:09pmWe understand, so why then aren’t you doing something about it, like CALLING THE WHITE HOUSE, CALLING YOUR CONGRESSMEN, GETTING INVOLVED? I do all of that. DO YOU?
Most of you sit on this board all day and complain, but that’s all you do and you call yourself an American? You are, in name only. You are a coward in the first degree. You say that there is nothing you can do, which a lie of the devil. There are many things you can do, but you are either lazy or you are listening to that evil inner voice telling you it is impossible to change things. COWARDS. Look in the mirror and ask yourself this: CAN I LIVE WITH MYSELF IF I DO NOTHING TO HELP MY BROTHER AND SISTER KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG? Can I live with myself while I live a lie? Most of you are truly pathetic and worse than Obama because you say nothing honest, do nothing honest, and go nowhere. Pathetic, pathetic, pathetic. You are that person, who does nothing and then reaps the benefits of another, aren’t you? May God strike you dead for lying to HIM and to yourself. You heard me, coward. Type away, but be careful what you say, as every word you do say, according to the Bible, even those you type, are written Heaven and YOU WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO GOD FOR THEM ON JUDGEMENT DAY. I pretty much know some of you for who you really are, by the length of time I have read your comments. And, I surmise that you are evil in your own way because YOU DO NOTHING BUT TALK.
Report Post »oneshiner
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 2:51pm@ I SUPPORT GOD’S ISRAEL Just so you know some of us live what we talk about, I’m known to many of my friends as the one who does call her State & Federal representatives. Many times I’m on the phone trying to get through the switchboard for comments to all congress. Others from our state I call their direct DC lines, then call all their state offices to leave a message.
Report Post »But, yes, you are right. Too many talk & grumble and do nothing. They think their voice isn’t heard, but believe me, with enough of us, it is heard. So, get on those phone and call. With email they only take messages from their own constituents. And, I do stand with Israel.
matt708
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 9:08amwe need to demand impeachment now, before it gets any worse. we also need to demand the firing of all czars now
Report Post »USALakota
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:11amAmen
Report Post »SFsuper49er
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 1:54pmI agree Obama is turning people against each other. It’s what devious people do. Say one thing but does the complete opposite. You always watch out for the smooth talker because they use there likeable personality against you. Only fools fall for this. I saw this from the start and I was right. It’s amazing to me the people that fall for this stuff. If America slowly falls the word is doomed. The point of no return is closer than you think…
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 3:30pmThe biggest problem with impeaching Obama is we end up with President (Gaff a day) Biden. BTW has anyone heard or seen Biden lately?
Report Post »I_can't_believe_this_stuff
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:38pmYes. And Biden would spend all his waking time coming his false stubs … he wouldn’t know what country he was in … that would leave … Boehner?
NOBAMA in 2012 … maybe sooner?
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 9:00amHe’s been saying this for at least a few months now. Who cares. Obama has fixed the system and we are all in for a big ugly deadly surprise in 2012 by his design..
Report Post »dsm
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:58amWell said. I would love for him to sit down with our communist in chief, and watch Obama tried to squirm his way out.
Report Post »Rick300
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:57amAmen Ken…Amen!
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:52amMore corporate CEOs need to make this case; everyday, everywhere and echo the working Americans’ sentiments. There is power in this country that will shelve our idiot prez and his minions.
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 9:29amTron I think you are correct. Someone should set it up everyday to have one more successful business
Report Post »man to talk to the Country and tell the other fools what this “Fool in Office” is doing to this country and let people finally see that the man has no business sense and is totally incompetent, He does not know what he is doing. Chicago politics is all the man knows. He is a DIVIDER.
Stormcoming
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 10:46amAgree, instead of calling your worthless congressman. Call the CEO at the company you work for and tell him its time for him to chime in.
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:50amThe man speak truth.
Report Post »saranda
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:53amEspecially the part about paying more taxes.
Report Post »firstHat
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 9:15am@saranda You do realize don’t you that altering Social Security the way he suggests was part of the Ryan plan that the President personally shot down? Where were you then?
Report Post »saranda
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 2:38pm@firsthat – you have no idea where I stand (or rather stood when it was still relevant) on the Ryan plan. I was right in believing it would go nowhere because, like Mr. Langone says of Obama’s actions, it was divisive and not what was needed at the time.
Report Post »I do believe in increasing revenues but by shutting down loopholes. That should not be a huge issue for most as many want a simpler, less complex tax form. How about “what did you earn, and send in XX%” for everyone.
I also believe in dramatic cuts to spending but I would start with foreign aid and not cut domestic spending until all aid was cut as we simply cannot afford to give to “charity” at present.
My big one though is I do not believe in a balanced budget amendment. That flies in the face of all I know about economics. It is imparative for a government to be able to go into debt periodically, and it is up to the people to keep that debt in check.
Servant Of YHVH
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:47amQUIT SPENDING, eliminate most of the departments of this and that, quit giving all this money every year to nations that are our enemies (the UN included) and get rid of the unions. There solution solved! Less (or no debt) and less taxes, that way everyone but the crooks are happy which makes honest people happy.
Report Post »jhaydeng
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:54amSorry too late! Where were these people around TARP 1 & 2, Obamacare, etc.? NOW they have something to say! The election was a few years ago! No sympathy for what they have to say!
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 9:48amThey were AFRAID, which is why they are silent.
Now, the fear of political attacks against their companies is less than the fear of financial ruin for their companies.
THAT is why they are standing up now.
Political attacks against companies are like when the socialist democrats living in their mommies basement boycotted all of Glenn’s advertisers. This can have a significant impact on a company’s bottom line. When you fear the PRESIDENT of These United States is about to DESTROY what remains of the U.S. economy, hence destroying your business, and your livelihood, then, you become emboldened and speak up. The fear of financial ruin has outweighed the fear of temporary financial impact caused by a presidential bully. Instead, we have a president who is a financial terrorist. Yes, I MEANT TERRORIST. Terror is when you instill FEAR in people to get them to do what you want them to do. Attack and kill thousands to force a nation to act differently out of fear (it worked). Attack little old ladies and tell them the boogie man wants to starve them to death – ALSO strikes FEAR in our grandmothers and our mothers, our seniors, our elders. FEAR that forces them to do what he wants them to do – call congressmen and get them to act in the way HE wants…
Report Post »SAME THING – one used death, one uses financial disaster – BOTH motivate with FEAR = TERROR.
Your Name Here
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 10:19amNot only quit giving money to the UN, but kick them out of America and sell the property in NYC to the highest bidder.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:42amFunny that even on the Blaze , some here want to take Other People’s Money. The thieves in DC are stealing our, our kids and our grandkids wealth in the name of Redistribution. How much money someone has to fork over in Taxes , after what the law demands, is none of anyone’s business. Anyone who berates this man for not sending in more than the thieves demand are as bad as the DEMOCRAT thieves.
Report Post »Shut down DC.
awizard
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 9:09am@mami th13; It is you that’s got it backward son, these prog.’s that think they have too much can “Willingly” give it to they fed. govmt. if they want (though it won’t help, they’ll just spend that too), and you/tyey don’t even have to tell me about it (though they will). Just don’t “Force” me to pay more and then give it away … I have kids and grandkids that I can help myself (and let’s not forget the Church and community that I support).
This guy is talking out the other end now, he’s been a prog. for years, They finally got “what they wanted” … And they don’t like it. Yep, obama’s doing all that he said, but that’s “what they wanted” now it’s come out bad, as predicted, and he’s “crying” about it … go figure …
Report Post »L Jean Sullivan
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 2:41pmThe Fat Cats (you sound like Obama) these so called Fat Cats and Small Business Owners are the Ones that give most of use jobs. As to he and others like him Paying higher taxes. How about a Flat Tax say 10 to 12%. Those who make more pay more in accordance to what they bring in. Without exception or writeoff. There is now a problem over 40% of the people pay No Federal Tax at all. And they‘re screaming for more freebee’s. Thus supporting Obama so they can stay on the backs of the tax payers. We don‘t get a tax break for supporting someone who won’t get off their butt. Obama is driving us into the ground, no jobs, out sorcing of jobs Americans could have had, no relief from his trillions in additional debt. Oh, this is so his intent. Remember “Progressive” is a vailed term for Marxist, Socialist, Communist.
Report Post »Hopefull_2012
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:40amWhat a stud!
Report Post »ConsiderThis
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:39amThis man makes sense. And he’s right with regards to how Obama treats the office of president. It‘s not hard to get the feeling he’s in over his head. Powerful interests propelled Obama forward, he didn’t get there on his own merit. He lacks both experience and maturity and has no management or executive experience to draw from.
This debt business must be resolved. I say Congress should give him just enough to get through until next year and ask nothing in return. I doubt he could turn that down at this point. Then in 2012 he can take the issue up with the voters.
Report Post »cloudsofwar
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:32amDon’t give the Socialist (Obama) a damn thing.
Report Post »AZfreeman
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 1:12pmThe manchild Marxist would take what you give him and use it to destroy our country and buy votes for his re-election. It’s time to grow a pair, draw a line in the sand and STAND AND FIGHT. …rf
Report Post »TeaForMe
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:35amGod bless the business leaders who stand up against this president, who seeks to control and dictate to businesses in a most un-American manner! At times, I‘ve wondered why they didn’t file suit in response to his bullying and unconstitutional overreach. Keep it up, as maybe more business people will go public.
Report Post »politicianssuck
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:34amWait a minute. He does not feel like he pays his fair share? So why doesn’t he use his own free will to write a check to the IRS with what he feels is his fair share. Why force everyone else to pay what he feels is the right amount? The heart is there but the mind is not.
Report Post »NOTAMUSHROOM
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:44amExactly!!!
Report Post »kralspaces
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:48amFreudian slip! The man is very generous with his wealth as are many rich fat cats.
Report Post »psst
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:52amUm, he can’t find the address of the Treasury.
Report Post »So he does not know where to send his cheque.
These people are idiots making statement like “I will gladly pay more in taxes and forego taking Socialist Insecurity payments as long as the $ go towards paying down the debt.
Even poor people like myself knows the government’s job is to Grow the Government. to make it bigger, to spend and spend and spend.And paying down the debt is not high on the agenda, if at all.
The libs/marxists in Congress and the WH would just take his $ and buy more votes.
Why the hell does he think the debt is where it is? If pols were really interested in keeping down the debt, it would not have gotten so large to begin w/.
Red1492
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 10:26amDid you not here what he said?? Because if he did, they wouldn’t use it to pay down the debt. They would use it for pork projects.
Report Post »Sargon
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:34amWe need more successful business leaders who actually have run companies like Ken Langone and Steve Wynn to speak up and let everyone know that it is the stifling anti-business policies of Obama and the liberal Dems that are preventing them from from expanding their businesses and hiring new employees here in the U.S.
Report Post »the hawk
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:45amIT’S Still ( Devided We Fall ) We are as Devided as we’ve ever been !
Report Post »And the out-look is’nt verry good………………………..
When We cant agree that we cant spend more than we take in , and 15 trillion in the hole !
13th Imam
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:52amHawk
Report Post »The Civil War was about as divided as a country can be. We are not there yet. But Soon
the hawk
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:10am13TH,
Report Post »your right that was a great divide ,I see us going the way YUGOSLAVIA went ( 5 wars at once )
Rrligous, RACIAL, Political ,Territorial, ———— fill in the blank!
Theres a good book on this if interested Kosovo background to a war–StephenSCHWARTZ also wrote
The two Faces of ISLAM also a good book !……………………………………..
kralspaces
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:33amNow there is a fat cat that makes a lot of sense.
Report Post »cloudsofwar
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:41amIt’s us (tea Party) against the Socialist. this is our time to start turning the ship around. NO Debt Limit RAISE. but we don’t have the Power, our Reps do. the Question is will they do it or will it be government as usual. Sometimes you have to fire your General (Boehner) and appoint a tougher one.
Report Post »politicianssuck
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:32amHe is right. However, why do all these people keep saying they should have to pay more in taxes yet they do not use their free will to do so? Why does everyone keep waiting on the Government to do something?
If you feel you should pay more taxes then write a check to the IRS and send it to them. Quit telling me you feel you don’t pay your fair share while demanding everyone else pay what you feel is your fair share.
Report Post »Vital
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:25amI hope many in our Nation hear this man and take to heart what he has to say about our UNPresident destroying our country
Report Post »designbyinspiration
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:24amSome good, balanced, direct acting words from a (seemingly) decent guy. I can agree to all those
Report Post »nysparkie
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:23amPlay the rock ban Queen:. bump bump bump another one bites the dust, bump bump bump another one bites the dust. Oh and another bites and another bites and another one bites the dust…….
Report Post »But not Jeffrey Immelt and GE, right O’Bambam……now where did those latest jobs go…..Play Queen again…….
nhbmaing
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:20amThis guy knows whats up. Although it would seem that a divided, hostility between Americans is exactly what Obama wants. I think at this point he’s just trying to bring the country down like so many of his Muslim brothers. He just uses horrible policies and Socialist tactics instead of explosives.
Report Post »NOTAMUSHROOM
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:41amAgreed. However, I don’t agree with what Langone said in reference to a progressive tax system. He should not pay more on a percentage basis than anyone else. This is progressive double speak and what is plaquing our country. If the Progressives want to even the playing field for everyone, then we should all pay the same percentage of our INCOME ONLY and NOT punish those like him who have risked much to become successful.
Report Post »L Jean Sullivan
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 2:55pmTo: NotaMushroom, Total agreement Flat Tax for All that means everyone. 10 to 12% sounds good, no loopholes, just a straight percentage that everyone can pay and watch how this will build up, it just might get ridd of the freeloaders.
Report Post »aesaac
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:19amthink I’m going to buy my self an Allen wrench
Report Post »kralspaces
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:17amAnd, so why are Christian Conversatives boycotting Home Depot?
Report Post »awizard
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:44amEh, because Home Dump has been a major contributor to the dem. party for years?.. I guess they finally got what they wanted, and now don’t like it …
If this guy wants to pay more taxes, he (like obama) should get someone to read his tax forms to him … There is a line in there that “Allows” you to pay all the additional taxes you want … That would include paying back any Social Security that the fed. “Requires” you to sign up for?..
And then there’s the “Christian Conservatives” … Yep I’m Christian, and I’m Conservative, but I don’t think the two are related in this case. We have a Lowe’s just down the street here, they have better stuff, better prices, and their employee’s know what they are doing …
Report Post »ThoreauHD
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:57amI didn’t know about their employees. I guess I‘m go to lowe’s instead. I guess the guys right. Obama is dividing us. Social justice can be a real bltch.
Report Post »Hemingway in Cuba
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 10:02am@AWizard: Ken Langone is a founder and no longer works for Home Depot. He gave $60,800 to the RNC in 2010 plus to various other candidates.
http://www.opensecrets.org/usearch/index.php?q=Ken+Langone&cx=010677907462955562473%3Anlldkv0jvam&cof=FORID%3A11&searchButt.x=41&searchButt.y=13#1650
Report Post »tripletdad99
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:44amBecause, the Home Depot actively promotes the homosexual agenda.
http://action.afa.net/item.aspx?id=2147496231
Report Post »BrerRabbit
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:13amGoing to HD to buy some nail for the coffin.
Report Post »Striker
Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:12amWay to go Ken……………Now if we could just keep pounding the message, we may be able to turn this country away from the liberal decay that we are now experiencing.
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