The only person who can stop Rick Perry is Rick Perry
John Ellis, who among many other things is a Republican political analyst, a blogger and a cousin to former President George W. Bush, nails the state of the GOP presidential race in a Business Insider column:
The Republican “establishment,” such as it is, is quickly coming to the realization that the 2012 GOP presidential nomination is Texas Governor Rick Perry’s to lose.
That establishment would prefer someone more electable, someone more like, say, Mitt Romney. But as Ellis points out, Romney is the guy that most Republican voters will choose only if they have no other viable choice:
“Romney’s problem is four-fold: he’s politically “fungible” (to put it politely), he’s from the wrong region of the country (New England), he’s of the wrong religion (Mormonism) and he’s too closely identified with Wall Street (Bain Capital). The Republican base would prefer to nominate a strong conservative, evangelical Christian from the Sunbelt who, at the least, shares their disdain for Wall Street’s reckless stewardship of the nation’s financial system.”
Know anybody like that?
Ellis predicts that after Labor Day, the GOP establishment will launch “a sustained negative campaign to destroy Perry with the party’s base.” We’ve already seen hints of that from Karl Rove, among others. Absent some major revelation, however, that effort isn’t likely to work. Perry’s persona and background align so closely with the desires of the GOP base that it will be very difficult to drive a wedge between them. If Perry can prove that he can perform on the national stage, the nomination is all but his and there’s nothing Romney can do about it.
And as Ellis points out, Perry will get that opportunity very quickly.
“Once Labor Day has passed, there will be five debates, in quick succession, on the GOP presidential candidates’ calendars. These will be important tests for Perry. If at the end of two or three, it’s clear that he’s every bit the equal of Mitt Romney on matters of policy and politics, then the Perry juggernaut becomes all but unstoppable. Romney’s “I’m the only electable one” argument will vanish and the party’s base will nominate one of their own. If Perry stumbles badly in the debates, Romney’s campaign gets a second wind.”
I agree wholeheartedly. The only person who can snatch the nomination out of Rick Perry’s hands is Rick Perry himself.
– Jay Bookman
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USinUK
August 30th, 2011
12:29 pm
Paul 12:27 – yeah, cuz gawd knows, it didn’t work out at all in WWII
oy.
FrankLeeDarling
August 30th, 2011
12:29 pm
After eight years of republican policies that nearly wreaked our country and have left us still hurting,why would anyone vote for more of the same BS from Texas?
Steve
August 30th, 2011
12:29 pm
Once all the fallacies of his supposed geniusness come to a broader light, he’ll have a big problem.
Gordon
August 30th, 2011
12:29 pm
“The only thing that is obvious to me is that you confused the entire population of the U.S. with those that are eligible to run for president.”
If that is really true (and I don’t think it is), then you really are dense. The point was that we really have a lot of people in this country and it is a shame we don’t have better choices. But again, I think you already knew that. You just like to argue over anything.
I'm Rick James Wa-Itch!
August 30th, 2011
12:30 pm
The article cited earlier: “”We should only risk shedding American blood and spending American treasure when our vital interests are threatened,”
Read vital interests as O-I-L
Paulo977
August 30th, 2011
12:30 pm
Soothsayer
August 30th, 2011
11:36 am
Keep hoping …..
1811/0311
August 30th, 2011
12:31 pm
This is why we need Perry ……….. heck, ANYONE but El Jefe:
Headline: “Consumer confidence at 2-year low”
“A weak job market, higher food costs and struggling stock market led to a 15-point dip and new concerns over the economy.”
JohnnyReb
August 30th, 2011
12:31 pm
What, no stark rebuttal to the link posted @ 12:15? No SAremarks it was funny the first 100 times? It does quite nicely sum up the differences between Perry and Obama, you must admit? Perhaps no rebuttal becuase there is no defense.
Bosch
August 30th, 2011
12:31 pm
“Yes, if Perry becomes POTUS and Repubs capture the Senate, you can kiss the Federal Dept of Education good by”
So Reb, why didn’t they do that when they had all three from 2000-2006? As a matter of fact, why didn’t they slash entitlements, instead of creating a whole new unfunded one? Why didn’t they institute a national educational voucher system? Why Reb why?
Bosch
August 30th, 2011
12:32 pm
“Perhaps no rebuttal becuase there is no defense”
I’ll admit, there is no defense for you posting something so classless.
1811/0311
August 30th, 2011
12:32 pm
Joe Mama:
Re: “Free Speech” in the Constitution ……………..
Yes, we all know that it only covers the government but those who “really” believe in it apply it to every situation ……….. government controlled or otherwise. It’s just the American thing to do.
Brosephus
August 30th, 2011
12:33 pm
300 million people in the United States and our choice is Rick Perry and Barack Obama.
300 million people in the U.S. are over 35 years old?
AND Natural born citizens of the United States?
hee hee hee…. Could not just leave well enough alone.
JohnnyReb
August 30th, 2011
12:33 pm
Bosh, the whole Republican world has changed since 2000-2006. Plus, when the Dems pushed the Healthcare bill through, that told the Repubs to take off the gloves. I think we are in for a long period of repeal by one party of what the other party put in place.
Joe Mama
August 30th, 2011
12:33 pm
Bosch — “So Reb, why didn’t they do that when they had all three from 2000-2006? As a matter of fact, why didn’t they slash entitlements, instead of creating a whole new unfunded one? Why didn’t they institute a national educational voucher system? Why Reb why?”
They wuz stopped by eeevil librulz, led by Satan hisself. Tha internets said so.
AmVet
August 30th, 2011
12:34 pm
The campaign slogan of the year – Read my lips, no new Texans!
The Republican base would prefer to nominate…shares their disdain for Wall Street’s reckless stewardship of the nation’s financial system.
Whaaaaaat?!
Somebody remind me if there has ever, even once, been a neo-con here who did not hold the government – Fannie/Freddie, ACORN, Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, etc – SOLELY responsible for the 2008 meltdown.
I though the fiscal non-conservatives were, to a man, BIG into “letting the free market police itself”.
JohnnyReb
August 30th, 2011
12:34 pm
Bosch – sine when is the truth without class?
I'm Rick James Wa-Itch!
August 30th, 2011
12:34 pm
Don’t know, but they do get the same chain Obama hating emails and post the same phrases verbatim
Do they come from the same people who send out the “I’m a former high ranking official with the Nigerian Government & I need your bank account information So that I can deposit $50M in your account”? If so, then they are a bunch of tops waiting to be screwed.
moonbat betty
August 30th, 2011
12:35 pm
Instead of throwing money at education, use the money to pay the students for making the grade:
A – $500
B – $400
C – $300
D – $200
F – $100
Plus, just like welfare, it will get money flowing into the economy!
Paulo977
August 30th, 2011
12:36 pm
Our Debt
Matters
What?
Check this out
http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/rick-perrys-campaign-strategy-distorting-his-abysmal-economic-record/
Joe Mama
August 30th, 2011
12:36 pm
1811 — “Yes, we all know that it only covers the government but those who “really” believe in it apply it to every situation ……….. government controlled or otherwise. It’s just the American thing to do.”
Ah, the “True Scotsman” fallacy.
If you don’t like Jay’s rules, there’s nothing stopping you from shoving off and starting your own blog with your own rules. The internet’s a mighty big place.
FWIW, I think Jay’s got your number. You’re looking for attention and internet martyrdom. Maybe you should take the afternoon off and go fishing instead. It might clear your mind a bit.
1811/0311
August 30th, 2011
12:36 pm
Brosephus:
Not so fast.
Some of those citizens might have been born by “C-section”.
1811/0311
August 30th, 2011
12:37 pm
Joe Mama:
Keep using those keystrokes about me.
I love it !
USinUK
August 30th, 2011
12:37 pm
moonbat – “Instead of throwing money at education, use the money to pay the students for making the grade:
A – $500
B – $400
C – $300
D – $200
F – $100″
um. you want to pay people to make a D … much less FAIL???
Granny Godzilla
August 30th, 2011
12:38 pm
JohnnyReb
and if the EPA get’s its “peanuts” clipped…..they won’t be the only ones
Want sons?
Mary Elizabeth
August 30th, 2011
12:38 pm
Of course, more is happening in the nation than differentiation of personalities for President. If Governor Perry, in fact, becomes the Republican candidate, and President Obama becomes the Democratic one, the ideological choice for America’s future will be clearly drawn for all to witness. And the fact that Governor Perry resembles President Bush so strongly wil even. visually, underscore that choice.
America – at a crossroad for her future values and direction – is becoming clearer and clearer.
Bosch
August 30th, 2011
12:39 pm
Reb,
Truth?
You have no class.
Tommy Maddox
August 30th, 2011
12:39 pm
Rick James @ 11:51 AM
“Bush proved it in 2007-2009 — You don’t need no stinkin edumacation to make up numbers and crash an economy, all you need is swag, a smile, tough talk, and a great publicist!”
And who was in control of Congress during most of that time and continued on until last January??
I'm Rick James Wa-Itch!
August 30th, 2011
12:40 pm
Instead of throwing money at education, use the money to pay the students for making the grade:
MoonBat Betty – you sure live up to your name. Congrats.
Joe Mama
August 30th, 2011
12:40 pm
1811 — “Joe Mama: Keep using those keystrokes about me. I love it !
Just so long as you understand that I’m married and I only think of you as a FRIEND, okay?
Generation$crewed
August 30th, 2011
12:40 pm
USinUK
August 30th, 2011
12:37 pm
“um. you want to pay people to make a D … much less FAIL???”
Isn’t that kinda how welfare works to a certain degree? Except for those disabled and unable to work. I mean those on welfare either got a “D” or “Failed” at finding sutable employment.
How is that any different?
Brosephus
August 30th, 2011
12:41 pm
What, no stark rebuttal to the link posted @ 12:15?
Since you’re begging for attention, I went back to look at your link. A snapshot in time doesn’t mean jack. You could take a snapshot of Bill Gates and some other kid in college at the same time Bill Gates dropped out. Does that mean that the kid who finished college is gonna be that much better than Gates? I seriously doubt it. We could make assumptions until the cows come home, but there’s no way of comparing two individuals simply based on what they were doing at a particular age. As md states, it comes down to choices, and there’s far too many that have to be made between the ages of 22 and 35 when one first becomes eligible to run for POTUS.
If you were looking for some silly assed comments, sorry if this disappoints you, but that comparison is meaningless in the grand scheme of things. If the comparison contained more information about their decision making skills versus the impact of their decisions on society, you might have a point to make.
moonbat betty
August 30th, 2011
12:42 pm
UsinUK “um. you want to pay people to make a D … much less FAIL???”
Yes, at least they showed up!
ty webb
August 30th, 2011
12:43 pm
“um. you want to pay people to make a D … much less FAIL???”
ummm, that’s already being done.
Granny Godzilla
August 30th, 2011
12:43 pm
Seen the stuff on the waste of time and money that is DHS?
Keep FEMA and Depatment of Education, let’s delete DHS altogether.
USinUK
August 30th, 2011
12:44 pm
Generation – 12:40 – “Isn’t that kinda how welfare works to a certain degree? ”
no. that’s not how welfare works in any degree.
welfare is a safety net to make sure no one in the “richest country on the planet” goes hungry. paying people for grades is nothing like that.
Brosephus
August 30th, 2011
12:44 pm
Some of those citizens might have been born by “C-section”.
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Kamchak
August 30th, 2011
12:44 pm
The point was that we really have a lot of people in this country and it is a shame we don’t have better choices.
No Gordon, the point is you are now trying to walk back your hyperbole.
The choices for candidates are really very limited, not only by age but by ability to fund a viable campaign. A candidate must needs be wealthy and somewhat of a narcissist to even be considered electable, which also limits the field.
I suspect you really haven’t thought this through, hence your initial “300 million people and I can’t get excited” poutrage.
Paul
August 30th, 2011
12:44 pm
Rick James
“Read vital interests as O-I-L”
That’s another great question to peel back the bumper sticker:
“Governor Perry, what are America’s vital interests to which you’d commit America’s forces?”
And the follow-on questions would be…. heck, the interviewer would have a field day -
USinUK
August 30th, 2011
12:45 pm
“Yes, at least they showed up!” – yay! let’s lower the bar!!!
“ummm, that’s already being done.” – really? we’re paying people to fail in school??? I must have missed that education program – do, please, tell us all about it.
Brosephus
August 30th, 2011
12:45 pm
GG
Namejacked @ 12:43???
Brosephus
August 30th, 2011
12:47 pm
Paul
I imagine we’d all be able to walk on water wearing iron shoes before any candidate has to face questioning like that from any interviewer.
Just sayin…
1811/0311
August 30th, 2011
12:47 pm
Joe Mama @ 12:40pm:
Years ago a good friend of mine and I were standy outside the downtown Varsity about 11pm. Up rolled a huge black limo and out jumped Hosea Williams in a tux. He went into the Varisity and soon returned with a couple of full bags of “to go” stuff.
My friend called out as he walked back to the limo, “Hosea, how do you do it?”
Hosea turned and laughingly yelled out, “Just keep your name in front of the people!”
True story ……………………….
1811/0311
August 30th, 2011
12:48 pm
Brosephus:
Come on ………….. you know it was funny.
Jeb
August 30th, 2011
12:48 pm
How does this affect the Dawgs’ 2012 recruiting class?
ty webb
August 30th, 2011
12:49 pm
UsinUk,
yeah, we are paying people to fail…Fail at passing a balanced budget, fail at educating our children, fail at protecting us, fail at leadership, fail at fiscal responsibility, fail in the auto industry, fail in the banking industry, fail in the airline industry….We’ve been paying for failure for quite some time.
I'm Rick James Wa-Itch!
August 30th, 2011
12:50 pm
And who was in control of Congress during most of that time and continued on until last January??
OMG! You couldn’t think of anything more original than that?! (Laughing politely — because of Jay’s rules). While you were typing that and obvioiusly (sarcasm there), thinking about your post very hard, did you happen to remember this little tidbit?
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, January 6, 2007
House Adopts Pay As You Go Rules
On its second day under Democratic management, the House yesterday overwhelmingly approved new rules aimed at reining in deficit spending and shedding more light on the murky world of special-interest projects known as earmarks.
Under the new provisions, the House will for the first time in years be required to pay for any proposal to cut taxes or increase spending on the most expensive federal programs by raising taxes or cutting spending elsewhere.
In recent months, with revelations that lawmakers had earmarked funds for projects with little public benefit, earmarks had became a political embarrassment and a symbol of fiscal profligacy.
The House voted 280 to 152 to approve the rules, which drew the support of 48 Republicans. Democratic leaders, in control of the House for the first time in 12 years, hailed the vote as a sign of their commitment to restore accountability to federal spending and to reduce a budget deficit and national debt that they say have been swollen by Republican tax cuts and military spending.
Remember THAT? It’s so sad to see the dumbing down of America, (not you, I’m talking about OTHER people who post that same crap over and over and over and over. But DEFINITELY NOT YOU ).
PS: Here’s the link:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/05/AR2007010500681.html
Brosephus
August 30th, 2011
12:50 pm
Scout
Maybe some other time… Just not feeling it right now.
Paul
August 30th, 2011
12:50 pm
Brosephus
Aw, c’mon, Scout’s ‘c section’ in regards to ‘natural born’ was kinda funny!
Or did you recognize that it was, in a groaning sort of way?
md
August 30th, 2011
12:51 pm
“Instead of throwing money at education, use the money to pay the students for making the grade:”
Would never work……..the touchy feely crowd would eventually feel bad for the underachievers and make the kids share their A’s and B’s……………
Bumpers are for Stickers
August 30th, 2011
12:52 pm
Well, I’m not ready to write off Rick Parry either. I think he’s got as good a chance as any other candidate with a successful write-in campaign. It’s all about name recognition. I’m thinking a bumper sticker strategy: pArry for pResident
I think it’ll work.
USinUK
August 30th, 2011
12:52 pm
“yeah, we are paying people to fail…Fail at passing a balanced budget, fail at educating our children, fail at protecting us, ”
ohsweetjeebus – hyperbolate, much?
or can we all play this game and talk about the long (and growing) list of CEOs that FAIL at leading their companies?
Joe Mama
August 30th, 2011
12:53 pm
1811 — I’m guessing that you have neither the tux nor the limo, but the Varsity bags are a distinct possibility. I’ll have a couple of chili dogs and a diet coke.
But if you’re *really* trying to get “your name” in front of “the people,” you’re not really getting the job done when you’re using a nym with an online bulletin board.
Tommy Maddox
August 30th, 2011
12:53 pm
I think Getalife has a new name.
ty webb
August 30th, 2011
12:55 pm
“or can we all play this game and talk about the long (and growing) list of CEOs that FAIL at leading their companies?”
well, if we(tax payers) are paying them for their failure, then yes, we can iclude them too.
Tommy Maddox
August 30th, 2011
12:55 pm
“Democratic leaders, in control of the House for the first time in 12 years, hailed the vote as a sign of their commitment to restore accountability to federal spending and to reduce a budget deficit and national debt that they say have been swollen by Republican tax cuts and military spending.”
Remember that?
carlosgvv
August 30th, 2011
12:55 pm
Perry knows that Republican voters were dumb enough to give George W. Bush two terms and are blind to the terrible damage he did to our country. He also knows the voters are even dumber now and will taylor his campaign accordingly. Get ready for an eeee hawww good ole boy I want to be yore President campaign. Also, get ready for our new national motto – “dumb and dumber”.
ATF
August 30th, 2011
12:55 pm
If we elect Perry, the rest of the world will give whoever comes after him another Nobel Peace Price and probably a Nobel in physics to the American people, just for proving that mass stupidity exists, it grows and wanes relative to the involvement of fundamentalist christians in politics, and reaches peaks in 4 and 8 years cycles that correspond with U.S. presidential elections.
Doggone/GA
August 30th, 2011
12:55 pm
“well, if we(tax payers) are paying them for their failure, then yes, we can iclude them too”
We are. Who do you think pays for their goods and/or services?
Left wing management
August 30th, 2011
12:56 pm
It’s a shame in a way that we won’t ever know how effective the scumbag Romney would have been as president.
Brosephus
August 30th, 2011
12:56 pm
Or did you recognize that it was, in a groaning sort of way?
Let’s show our winner his prize behind Door #1……
FrankLeeDarling
August 30th, 2011
12:56 pm
For the anti education crowd ignorance really must be bliss
USinUK
August 30th, 2011
12:57 pm
“if we(tax payers) are paying them for their failure, then yes, we can iclude them too.”
what doggone said.
Brosephus
August 30th, 2011
12:57 pm
Doggone @ 12:56
Beat me to it…
1811/0311
August 30th, 2011
12:57 pm
“Dear Employees:
As the CEO of this organization, I have resigned myself to the
fact that Barrack Obama is our President and that our taxes and government
fees will increase in a BIG way. To compensate for these increases, our
prices would have to increase by about 10%. But since we cannot increase
our prices right now due to the dismal state of the economy, we will have
to lay off sixty of our employees instead. This has really been
bothering me since I believe we are family here and I didn’t know how to
choose who would have to go.
So, this is what I did. I walked through our parking lots and
found sixty ‘Obama’ bumper stickers on our employees’ cars and have decided
these folks will be the ones to let go. I can’t think of a more fair way
to approach this problem. They voted for change……I gave it to them.
I will see the rest of you at the annual company picnic.”
Joe Mama
August 30th, 2011
12:58 pm
ty webb — “well, if we(tax payers) are paying them for their failure, then yes, we can iclude them too.”
Shortly after we bailed B of A out, their market cap was A THIRD of the amount we lent them.
That sound like any kind of failure to you?
Granny Godzilla
August 30th, 2011
12:58 pm
Bro
Nope that was me….
Seriously look at this:
Post-9/11 Homeland Security Spending Spree: A Waste Of Money?
Is there anything in this massive boondoogle – the largest increase in goverment ever – that can’t be handled in other cabinet level departments?
md
August 30th, 2011
12:58 pm
“We are. Who do you think pays for their goods and/or services?”
But there is a difference……..we have a direct choice when it comes to CEO’s………….
1811/0311
August 30th, 2011
12:59 pm
Joe Mama @ 12:53
Yes ………… but Jay knows “exactly” who I am and that’s what I enjoy !
Doggone/GA
August 30th, 2011
1:00 pm
“But there is a difference……..we have a direct choice when it comes to CEO’s”
We do? Nobody ever asked ME to vote for who should be CEO of any company I do business with.
Matti's critical eye
August 30th, 2011
1:00 pm
Meh… I think Perry’s chick appeal is overrated. He just doesn’t do it for me. I was watching Gov. Christie all serious on the tee-vee the other day, and you know… he kind of has a way about him. If he drops 100 pounds, he’ll be H-O-T HOT!
md
August 30th, 2011
1:02 pm
“We do? Nobody ever asked ME to vote for who should be CEO of any company I do business with.”
Do you not get have the choice to buy that particular product or service??
If one hates the CEO that much, don’t support him/her with your purchase…………
USMC
August 30th, 2011
1:02 pm
Some good points made, but I still think/hope Romney will win.
Joe Mama
August 30th, 2011
1:02 pm
1811 — “I will see the rest of you at the annual company picnic.”
Hur hur hurrr, Obama voters losing their jobs. It’s a laugh riot! :eyeroll:
Do you trip handicapped people and kick puppies, too?
USinUK
August 30th, 2011
1:04 pm
“I will see the rest of you at the annual company picnic.”
and the others will see you at the class action lawsuit
sheesh. if stoopid could generate power, some people could light up Las Vegas for a year
ty webb
August 30th, 2011
1:04 pm
“Who do you think pays for their goods and/or services?”
right doggone. We(consumers, this time) are paying(making a choice to purchase) for “goods and/or services”. If companies, being led by said CEO’s, cannot survive simply by the sell of these goods and services, and are bailedout by us(taxpayers, this time), then yes, we are paying for failure as opposed to simply paying for “goods and/or services”.
USMC
August 30th, 2011
1:05 pm
“Meh… I think Perry’s chick appeal is overrated. He just doesn’t do it for me….”-MATTI
Sounds like Matti has a secret CRUSH on Rick Perry that she is trying to suppress…
1811/0311
August 30th, 2011
1:05 pm
Joe Mama/USinUK:
Come guys ………… it’s a joke.
But in the real world you also know it can be done !
Life’s tough.
USinUK
August 30th, 2011
1:05 pm
“But there is a difference……..we have a direct choice when it comes to CEO’s………….”
laugh flippin RIOT!!
when is the last time you voted on a CEO?
or, more to the point, his compensation package?
I'm Rick James Wa-Itch!
August 30th, 2011
1:06 pm
But there is a difference……..we have a direct choice when it comes to CEO’s………….
We Who?
USinUK
August 30th, 2011
1:06 pm
“But in the real world you also know it can be done !”
CAN it be done? yes.
LEGALLY can it be done? hell to the no.
1811/0311
August 30th, 2011
1:06 pm
Headline: “Obama Salutes Veterans; American’s Never Quit”
Hummmmm ………….. I wonder what he would call the Congressional class of 1975 ?
Bumpers are for Stickers
August 30th, 2011
1:08 pm
Buying a company’s goods or services (or not buying) is not the same as being given a vote for or against that company’s CEO.
ty webb
August 30th, 2011
1:09 pm
“That sound like any kind of failure to you?”
again…were they(B of A) bailed out? how? and why?
emo
August 30th, 2011
1:09 pm
I loved it when Jim Hightower (a Texan) said, “Perry is Bush without the intelligence and ethics”. No wonder you all love him. That, or you have hair dye stock…
Left wing management
August 30th, 2011
1:10 pm
And of course, let us not forget the name of the man who is almost exclusively to thank for the possibility of a president Rick Perry:
Barack Hussein Obama.
1811/0311
August 30th, 2011
1:12 pm
Hummmm …………….. something seems to be missing here.
Under Federal law, employers generally (please note “generally”) cannot discriminate against employees on the basis of:
Race
Sex
Pregnancy
Religion
National origin
Disability (physical or mental, including HIV status)
Age (for workers over 40)
Military service or affiliation
Anticipated deployment with the Reserves or National Guard[citation needed]
Bankruptcy or bad debts
Genetic information
Citizenship status (for citizens, permanent residents, temporary residents, refugees, and asylees)
In addition:
Georgia is an “at-will” state:
“At-will employment is a doctrine of American law that defines an employment relationship in which either party can break the relationship with no liability, provided there was no express contract for a definite term governing the employment relationship and that the employer does not belong to a collective bargaining group (i.e., has not recognized a union). Under this legal doctrine:
“any hiring is presumed to be “at will”; that is, the employer is free to discharge individuals “for good cause, or bad cause, or no cause at all,” and the employee is equally free to quit, strike, or otherwise cease work.
I'm Rick James Wa-Itch!
August 30th, 2011
1:12 pm
Gov. Christie all serious on the tee-vee the other day, and you know… he kind of has a way about him. If he drops 100 pounds, he’ll be H-O-T HOT!
Don’t forget the bag over his head, that might help too.
Doggone/GA
August 30th, 2011
1:13 pm
“If one hates the CEO that much, don’t support him/her with your purchase”
doesn’t matter either way, it’s still taxpayers who ultimately pay the salary.
ragnar danneskjold
August 30th, 2011
1:13 pm
Well-argued, Mr. Bookman. Your marshaled your facts to fit your argument as well as Ann Coulter – that is a compliment, even if it does not sound so to you.
md
August 30th, 2011
1:13 pm
“Buying a company’s goods or services (or not buying) is not the same as being given a vote for or against that company’s CEO.”
Certainly can be………..and never said voting was the direct choice………interesting how some of you move to that assumption………………..
Keep Up the Good Fight!
August 30th, 2011
1:14 pm
Taking legal advice from Scout would be like getting abstinence advice from Bristol Palin…. sure it sounds like they might know something, but you’d be very wrong.
Joe Mama
August 30th, 2011
1:14 pm
1811 — “Come guys ………… it’s a joke.”
Sure! Like the photoshopped pics of President Obama as a pimp or an African warrior were a joke! I get it!
“But in the real world you also know it can be done! Life’s tough.”
If a CEO were stupid enough to do that and TELL his employees what he was doing and why, it’d be a lot tougher for that CEO than for the employees. A wrongful termination class-action settlement would be pretty expensive, I bet.
Tommy Maddox
August 30th, 2011
1:15 pm
Gotta love Jim Hightower’s conservative credentials…
md
August 30th, 2011
1:15 pm
“doesn’t matter either way, it’s still taxpayers who ultimately pay the salary.”
Sure it matters……….you can control your input in one instance, not so much with the other………
USinUK
August 30th, 2011
1:16 pm
Scout – do you know what the word “affiliation” means?
“The CSRA prohibits any employee who has authority to take certain personnel actions from discriminating for or against employees or applicants for employment on the bases of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age or disability. It also provides that certain personnel actions can not be based on attributes or conduct that do not adversely affect employee performance, such as marital status and political affiliation.”
http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/qanda.html
Doggone/GA
August 30th, 2011
1:17 pm
“you can control your input in one instance, not so much with the other………”
It’s STILL paid by taxpayers.
Kamchak
August 30th, 2011
1:17 pm
(ir)Rational
If you’re around — my sympathies dude. That 8-2 thrashing at the hands of Sir Alex this weekend had to have been devastating.
Brosephus
August 30th, 2011
1:18 pm
GG
From your link:
The Lake McConaughy dive team is so well-equipped it has been called out on several drownings around the state. A radio network built with Homeland Security funding paid off during widespread grass fires earlier this year by allowing departments from around the state to easily communicate with each other. And when a massive tornado struck Joplin, Mo., in May, the city was able to get its phones running with the aid of an emergency communications trailer bought with some of the region’s $3.1 million in department grants.
Glendale, likewise, has not left the BearCat in the garage. They haven’t caught any terrorists, but last fall, police rolled it out for a pre-dawn assault on an apartment in Echo Park where a suspected armed robber and others were thought to be hiding. Instead of having to pound on the door — risking officers’ safety — they were able to park on the lawn and call for surrender on loudspeakers.
At the risk of labeling you in a similar fashion as I think of the other anti-government people here, it’s a bit of a stretch to say that DHS, excepting the groups you stated, should be eliminated. Under the DHS umbrella, there’s the Secret Service (SS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), US Coast Guard (USCG), and others. Do you really, really think we’d be better off eliminating those groups?
1811/0311
August 30th, 2011
1:18 pm
Joe Mama:
There is always more than one way to skin a cat.
By the way, I used to do a lot of recruiting in my day.
If you were late ……………. you were toast.
If you asked for directions to the office …………… you were toast.
jm
August 30th, 2011
1:19 pm
Kam 12:17 – your issue not mine
USinUK – ah, so you’re saying the calculations did change and you’re agreeing with the first inquisitive poster. How interesting. You sure went to a lot of trouble to agree with someone.