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Greg Norman on why his Presidents Cup team is dangerous, and why Tiger will never win another major.
Golf Magazine ^ | September 28, 2011 | Cameron Morfit

Posted on 10/03/2011 10:55:08 AM PDT by brownsfan

How much attention do you pay to the state of the U.S. economy?

It has a direct effect on my business. I believe you lead from the top down, and if I ran my business like the guy in the White House runs his business now, whether it's your debt-to-GDP, or your inflows to your outflows, basically — I'd be bankrupt. If I didn't show the confidence to my staff from 2007 to where we are today, making a change to the business model, making adjustments within human resources, moving people out, which you don't like to do, to consolidate — you have to do that. And I haven't seen that [from President Obama]. And I've got no confidence. It's nothing personal, but the president has killed the entrepreneurial spirit that made America so fantastic post–World War II.

If you had five minutes with President Obama, what would you tell him?

Balance your budget. It's as simple as that. Implement a policy instead of implementing politics. He's introduced 600 new regulations since he's been president — 600 new regulations have to be understood, implemented and executed. And they're handcuffing this country. So what happens? Companies like GE go overseas and make money overseas and don't pay tax in America. At the end of the day it's not working.

(Excerpt) Read more at golf.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: criticize; golf; norman; obama
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This is an interview with Greg Norman, and he offhandedly skewers Obama. It's not like he set out to do that, just a matter-of-fact kind of thing. And, this from a guy who used to pal around with Bill Clinton.
1 posted on 10/03/2011 10:55:13 AM PDT by brownsfan
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To: brownsfan

headline seems misleading..I read the article from the link and I do not see where the Great White Shark says Tiger will never win another major, just that they young un’s are great


2 posted on 10/03/2011 11:05:49 AM PDT by advertising guy (the NL won the All Star game so game 6 & 7 of the World Series is back in AZ !)
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To: brownsfan

You can be pals as long as you don’t affect my bottom line. When that happens, it’s over..........


3 posted on 10/03/2011 11:06:48 AM PDT by Red Badger (We cannot defeat an enemy that the president and hence his administration cannot name.......)
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To: brownsfan

The biggest choker of all time!


4 posted on 10/03/2011 11:09:12 AM PDT by PALIN SMITH (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.)
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To: brownsfan

I can assume he is talking about Tiger, when he writes,” the run has ended”. Nowhere did I see him directly say such a thing. Again, a misleading headline to sell copy by an editor.


5 posted on 10/03/2011 11:10:15 AM PDT by runninglips (Republicans = 99 lb weaklings of politics.)
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To: brownsfan
who used to pal around with Bill Clinton.

Used to being the key word, no more since Billy Jeff's accident involing stairs and Greg's wife.

6 posted on 10/03/2011 11:10:56 AM PDT by razorback-bert (Some days it's not worth chewing through the straps.)
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To: brownsfan

if you pass enough laws, every body becomes a criminal


7 posted on 10/03/2011 11:11:22 AM PDT by InvisibleChurch (welcome dies irae)
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To: advertising guy

Did you go to the second page? It’s the first question on P. 2.


8 posted on 10/03/2011 11:12:04 AM PDT by LRoggy (Peter's Son's Business)
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To: advertising guy

“headline seems misleading..I read the article from the link and I do not see where the Great White Shark says Tiger will never win another major ... “

You didn’t read it all apparently, there are 2 pages:

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Do you believe Tiger will win another major, given the state of his body, his mind, and his game?

No.
*****

As for the headline... it is from Golf Magazine. So, Greg Norman and Tiger are names that sell, the economic observation... just icing.


9 posted on 10/03/2011 11:13:29 AM PDT by brownsfan (Aldous Huxley and Mike Judge were right.)
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To: PALIN SMITH
Nope. That honor goes to the Minnesota Vikings.(A semi-pro American football team)


Q: Why are the Vikings purple?
A: They've been choking for 50 years.
10 posted on 10/03/2011 11:15:47 AM PDT by Spruce
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To: runninglips

“Again, a misleading headline to sell copy by an editor.”

Read the second page!


11 posted on 10/03/2011 11:15:50 AM PDT by brownsfan (Aldous Huxley and Mike Judge were right.)
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To: Mrs. B.S. Roberts

So...where did you here this first? Hmmm?


12 posted on 10/03/2011 11:16:24 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Deploy. Dominate. Disappear.)
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To: PALIN SMITH
Nope. That honor goes to the Minnesota Vikings.(A semi-pro American football team)


Q: Why are the Vikings purple?
A: They've been choking for 50 years.
13 posted on 10/03/2011 11:16:28 AM PDT by Spruce
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To: brownsfan

Thanks, I went back for another look and found the second page. Sorry, I either didn’t see the 2, or it didn’t show first glance through. Yes, he did say Tiger won’t win again, but later he says, Tiger will win again. I never really liked watching Tiger, others make charges, he either dominated, struggled, or played evenly. No thrilling 6 shot comebacks on the final day, at least when I watched.


14 posted on 10/03/2011 11:23:31 AM PDT by runninglips (Republicans = 99 lb weaklings of politics.)
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To: Spruce

The Vikings got NOTHIN’ on my Buffalo Bills!

4 consecutive Superbowl games, 4 consecutive CHOKES!

I still wear my jerseys, though. Love the Bills.


15 posted on 10/03/2011 11:25:41 AM PDT by Don W (You can forget what you do for a living when your knees are in the breeze.)
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To: Spruce

The Dallas Cowboys are doing the same. *sigh*


16 posted on 10/03/2011 11:28:52 AM PDT by Pining_4_TX ( The state is the great fiction by which everybody seeks to live at the expense of everybody else. ~)
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To: brownsfan
If you had five minutes with President Obama, what would you tell him?

Balance your budget. It's as simple as that
Racist.

/s

17 posted on 10/03/2011 11:35:29 AM PDT by pogo101
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To: runninglips

He was referring directly to Jordan, inferring Tiger( almost wrote Obama).

True, they are both living in a cocoon.


18 posted on 10/03/2011 11:35:52 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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To: brownsfan
I believe you lead from the top down, and if I ran my business like the guy in the White House runs his business now, whether it's your debt-to-GDP, or your inflows to your outflows, basically — I'd be bankrupt.

If I didn't show the confidence to my staff from 2007 to where we are today, making a change to the business model, making adjustments within human resources, moving people out, which you don't like to do, to consolidate — you have to do that. And I haven't seen that [from President Obama]. And I've got no confidence. It's nothing personal, but the president has killed the entrepreneurial spirit that made America so fantastic post–World War II.

Wow, I just started liking Norman a little bit more.

19 posted on 10/03/2011 11:50:08 AM PDT by hattend (If I wanted you dead, you'd be dead. - Cameron Connor)
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To: razorback-bert

I don’t think greg’s wife at the time was at that party. The hookers in attendance would not have liked it.

I heard about this party in Hobe Sound first hand from someone that was there.


20 posted on 10/03/2011 11:56:28 AM PDT by Triple (Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)
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